Music Has The Right To Children

spooky, atmospheric, not something i'd have come across. perfect list album

this is what i imagine plays in the elevator at superman's fortress of solitude. fantastic adhd working music

Fine. Not grating. Also not particularly memorable.

Went into this project with little to no expectations, not even really knowing what genre of music I was getting into. To be honest, when I found out it was mostly gonna be an instrumental electronic/synth album, I had my doubts that I would even finish it, not my type of music. But each song surprisingly always had an aspect to it that had me grooving. Even with tracks up to 7 minutes long, Boards of Canada manage to find a way to keep you interested musically while floating amongst the rest of the track, each one feeling like you were aimlessly wandering through various portraits of nature. An excellent testament to this genre as a whole, and a fine choice for music to play in the background while doing any tasks or just relaxing on the couch.

Overall a cool album. Electronic ambient music. Favorite tracks are Turquoise Hexagon Sun, Olson, Pete Standing Alone, Open the Light, Happy Cycling.

This is kind of funny. I was just listening to a random album drop that came out today of eurorack generated ambient music. I made it 35 minutes and needed something more melodic so I decided to jump over the the albums project and got this album which actually sounds so similar to what I was just listening to. This stuff was so eerie and kind of bad-trippy hahaha. Honestly I didn't really care for it very much and it's possible it's because I was already burnt out on ambient electronic music.

I've never really been able to get into this band. And the thing is, I kind of get it. Like I get why this band is beloved. I'm just not the audience. I need like sick headphones and 1000 lines of spreadsheet to program while listening to this. Its so flowy and interesting. But.. it kind of just sounds like background music when you don't care about it that much.

Getting this only a week or so after Aphex Twin, doesn't help this snorefest score. Sure it's meant to be somewhat ambient but still it has so little to offer.

Boreds of Canada

This album was very soothing and relaxing. I could easily find myself leaning into this for background music when studying or just wanting something comforting in the background. It has a very nostalgic feel, reminding me of old video game soundtracks and early childhood in the 2000’s

I'm giving this 5 stars for Olson. I would otherwise probably put it at 4 stars. Boards of Canada have some certified classics and this as a cohesive album is pretty solid though there are some samples I get tired of.

It’s actually nice to listen to - I had zero expectations before listening for the first time

No standouts but inoffensive

Какая-то тупая долбёжка и странное клацанье. Две звезды ставлю только за некоторые потуги на адекватные биты.

Holy shit I did not think I was gonna like this album this much. But when something sounds like a classic video game soundtrack with jungle style beats there’s a good chance ima like it. Def will look out for this on vinyl!

-already listened 3x -vocal chops 🤤 -vintage synths(?) -super dynamic and layered -reverb/delay

Un album electro qui s'écoute avec plaisir. Pas mal!

Good, interesting music

Love it, have listened to it before.

Weird. It says music in the title but no actual music on the album.

Strange but beautiful. I still like this album a lot.

Why are they called Boards of Canada if they're Scottish? Are they stupid? No, I'm just kidding. How could they be stupid when they're out here making an album that's this good? Music Has The Right To Children is such a great album. There's a ton that I could talk about here. The production is stellar. The whole album has this vibe that's atmospheric and chill, but also a little unsettling at times, I think? It's certainly not dance music, that's for sure. I'm okay with that though. Some of these songs are just the best. "Roygbiv" is wonderful. I listened to this song when I generated the album to see if I'd like it and it did not disappoint at all. "Aquarius" makes me feel so many different emotions all at once. There's a good groove, but the song itself is one of those almost-unsettling ones, what with the weird vocal samples and whatnot. Also, the song says "6 7" at one point. I can't believe they predicted brainrot in 1998. But here's the thing with this album that I appreciate the most. You see, I have this problem with British electronic music that comes up quite a bit. I believe that most albums can be put into one of two categories; collections of songs and complete artistic statements. Collections of songs are albums where they just put a bunch of songs onto one disc and send it out for people to listen to without much consideration into pacing and such. These can be fine, especially when the songs in question are really good. However, I generally find complete artistic statements to be more appealing to me personally. The problem is that most British electronic albums that I've heard sit firmly into the collections of songs category, or rather the collections of beats category. This isn't inherently a bad thing. I mean, you've got Aphex Twin making an album called Selected Ambient Works and having it be one of the best electronic albums of all time, so clearly they're not all bad. However, I find albums from artists like Fatboy Slim to be kinda uninteresting because they just feel like decent-ish beats slapped together into one package. This is why I've gone on record saying that I generally prefer French electronic albums over British electronic albums. However, Music Has the Right to Children is an exception. The pacing of this album is the real star of the show here. The balancing of short songs like "Kaini Instructions" and "Triangles and Rhombuses" with songs that are longer but still not too long like "Telephasic Workshop" and "Rue The Whirl" puts a stronger emphasis on the full album experience rather than one beat after another. The song transitions aid in this as well, as they often do. This makes the album feel more like a complete artistic statement, which I love. That's not to say that I always hate "collections of beats." If anything, I do think that I actually prefer Selected Ambient Works 85-92 over this album. However, it makes the album stand out as one of the best that its scene has to offer. Amazing album. Light 5/5.

This was an ok album nothing that blew me away!

Doesn't really go anywhere, but more than just random sounds. Again not my genre.

pretty cool but gets a little tiring… good for driving at night through the city though!!

Not this music

some of these hit harder than others

atmospheric and electronic... not my thing

The world would be a better place if we all listened to this.

More like bored of canada amirite

Ambient electronic, not very interesting

Lullaby techno. Not a fan, but it’s ok as background music

Pretty weird, not my cup of tea. I think ambient music can be better.

This is fine but it’s not my cup of tea.

Interesting, but not my thing.

Perfect mellow album for listening to on a Friday afternoon.

Roygbiv Happy Cycling

I kept waiting for something to happen. It didn't

Yuck so glad I wasn’t high when listening

Ok.

Love it. But then I know it well.

Mood and setting is very important for this album. This is a chill floaty album that in no way should ever be listened to during the day.

What would be forgettable lounge music is elevated by loving craft, a plea to the gentle, and a soft undertow of “please don’t hurt the bairn”.

I can't beat the top reviewer's "Palliative care music for former ravers." Essentially "Selected Ambient Works Vol. 1.5"; I recognized the good one "Roy G. Biv", the rest drifted casually past.

Ambient electronic music that to me sounded like a collection of rhythms. I don't hate it but I found it very difficult to get through the whole album. I'm not sure what mood or situation would be appropriate to listen to this because it's too lively for background music but not interesting enough to focus on.

Boring.

Lo fi and lovely. Electronica for your home.

I know it's random but my 100th album being one of my favourites is very cool! An absolute classic from start to finish! This album was the gateway to another world of music. 5 Heard before? Yes Owned: Yes: 25/100 (25%) Will I get? Already have!

6/10 - I can see it being big during its day but nothing really stands out, good background music

This is really good but didn’t leave me feeling really inspired or anything. The downtempo feel is really wel executed but it’s kind of so downtempo it never jazzed me up enough to remember much of it either. A good record but not a great one IMHO.

1 stern

I don't like beige wallpaper. I was going to give it a 2 because it's not offensively bad (i.e. it is an OK soundscape). But then, give me a poor album that at least triggers an emotion, rather than something that does exactly nothing to me. No idea why this is on the list, could just as well have been AI generated elevator music.

1001 repitions of the same three notes

A strange one this, managing to both love and be extremely bored by it, sometimes within the same song. My overall feeling though is that I liked it

ich finds no recht kuul! ich würs beschriibe als elektronischi musig wo ide harmonie, melodie und ide stimme wo vorchömed experimentiert, jedoch mit de zit im beat und im rhythmus sehr eintönig wird. drum nur es drü, ich find s schlagzüg macht wükli ständig s gliiche und s isch chli en killer für di spannende sache wo rundume passiered.

Very excited for this one since it seems to be very important and well received but i've never heard of it or the band! this is the kinds of cluing-in that i started this project for. It's very atmospheric. Im geting the sense that there are no lyrics or whatever in this which is cool i guess. i dont love just pure electronic lyricless stuff like this so im a little biased against it but its definitely good for what it is. Not really my thing, I think, but maybe good kinda exciting ambient music! 10/10 from pitchfork seems gratuitous

Very strong album. Can see why it was so highly reviewed. Not a genre I listen to much and found some songs a bit boring but can see the beauty in it. 3/5 as you can tell it's good but just not my taste.

Utrolig sære greier. Orket ikke høre alt. Mest støy

Too slow

Ambient music has always been less inherently interesting to me than music with lyrics, or even just, you know, melody. This wasn't unpleasant sounding, and it can build quite an interesting atmosphere, but it's also not really attention-holding, and is a very long album. I wouldn't mind having this sort of thing on in the background while doing some work that required me to not be distracted by my background music. But when you're trying to think of positives about a piece of art and fall back on the utility of it for getting other stuff done, it sort of tells you everything you need to know

Okay, another album of electronica. Like out of the corner of my eye if I slap on a track I groove on it for a bit, but once I get to 3-4 in a row I get bored. The inventiveness of this saves it to a 2.5, but I can't go above 2 for the album.

My memory of this album was much higher than this latest listen. A bit too ambient for my tastes

Blended into the background. Nothing really stuck out.

It was pretty alright.

A cacophony of moments. hazy at times and then a crescendo of clarity and warmth.

Very pleasant

I found the whole album boring and non-descript. I’m at a loss under what circumstances you would listen to this. It’s neither danceable or ambient. Instead it lies somewhere in-between in some weird zombie state. Even as background Muzak I would find it annoying rather than relaxing or motivating. 1/5 24/10/25

Weird vibe, not for me. But not completely unpleasant

A very specific taste of music, unfortunately not mine, very video game type songs

It was.. alright? Good background music to vibe to, kind of like lo-fi. Given the years, I'd think at the time it might have been pretty more interesting.

This definitely sounds like the precursor to things like chillhop lofi music that I listen to all the time. However, there are some parts of the album that made me pause the music and stop for a little because it was a bit too much. However, I can definitely tell this is a highly inspirational album.

i know i use the word "repetitive" a lot but there's really no other word for these types of albums..................... except for this one was cultish! that second song was so creepy - zero stars

First time listening to this group and this music. I liked the beginning of some of the songs, but the music became quickly repetitive, so what I liked in the beginning changed to just mediocre noise/sound. Most of the music was instrumental although in a few tracks there were words spoken out but not really sung. Not a big fan.

A languid, dissociative journey through electronica soundscapes that perfectly evokes the feeling of listening to a soundcloud of low-fi chill-hop beats to study/relax to remixed into a indie horror game soundtrack while the family in the apartment next to you watches PBS loudly--not always the vibe, but perfect when you want that vibe. Best: "Roygbiv" Worst: "The Color of the Fire" (misophonia triggered!)

Favorite Track: "Open The Light" Before even hearing the soundscape that these guys weave, I was captured by the imaginative names of the songs on this album - they were original and felt fun. I suppose it's harder to name songs with very few lyrics? Anyway, this was a great album to absolutely chill to. "Telephasic Workshop" got me hooked, and the long-song-trifecta of "Aquarius," "Pete Standing Alone," and "Happy Cycling" was just a pure invitation to pull up a chair and vibe. Shoutout to the seagulls. There's a band I really enjoy called Philter that seems to have taken a lot of inspiration from Boards of Canada. From the sampled seemingly out-of-place sounds to what I'll refer to as the "vibing children" effect, it was fun to see how Philter has modernized this sound. I don't normally give much credit to bands that do things first (at least in my ratings for these albums), but I made a small exception here. This was fun.

What an odd album. At first I didn’t know what to make of the songs. It seems to be music that’s begging to not be the center of your attention, it doesn’t want to be the main course but rather the garnish. It doesn’t demand my attention and so my attention begins to wander. As I continued to listen to it, I fought that inclination because it’s so against what I’ve been doing for these listen throughs. I want to give it a fair shake. Because of that I felt myself really struggling to connect with the music, but at Turquoise Hexagon Sun I let my mind wander and instead of taking my notes about what I liked and didn’t like I started thinking about where the music was showing me. Then it clicked, this music is not the destination but the doorway. It wants my imagination to be pulled through to somewhere new and then my enjoyment of it skyrocketed. This would be a great ambience soundtrack to a neo noir detective game. As a matter of fact, listening to these tracks really reminded me of the Citizen Sleeper games which are criminally underrated and tell some of the best stories I have experienced in gaming in a long time. The music is dark and edgy like the world it pulls you into, but there are beautiful moments in their. Happy conversations take place over slight clanking noises in Hexagon Sun (I took it as a ramen place, maybe I’m just hungry). We get weird snippets in Aquarius that nearly feel like I’m slipping into delusions, finding odd moments important in otherwise normalcy. Again that feeling of paranoia pervades this albums sound, it makes me uneasy but never enough where I run away just enough to pique my interests. This album, to me, was a powerful reminder that music is not always meant to be blaring from speakers in an arena. These odd weird tracks that sit on the edges of your imagination are just as important but they often go unnoticed and that’s by design. These aren’t meant to be the whole experience, hell not even the majority of your experience, your imagination is the main course to these experiential tracks, the music is merely the garnish. I ended very much enjoying my time after my perspective shift and might even put this on if I’m ever running a sci-fi TTRPG. It’s music that is only a shadow and it demands you make the shape it casts. If you bring nothing to the album you will find nothing inside but if you dare to let your mind wander to scary and wonderful places you’ll find something here and I did. 4 out of 5 bored Canadians.

4+/5

This album, and Boards of Canada in general, is the kind of music that I appreciate more than I actually enjoy. It certainly not bad and there are many interesting moments throughout this album, but the whole thing is just OK to me. As far as IDM goes, I'll stick to Aphex Twin or Autechre and give Boards of Canada a listen here and there. Key tracks: An Eagle in Your Mind

bing bong.

Not for me. Likely because I am not a vampire coming down in the chill room of a blood rave.

Didn’t bother me but didn’t move me. This record is very beloved in some circles but I never took to it

Someone wake me up for this foggy melancholy sound

Is board spelled B O R E D?

Not for me

Dreamy, floaty electronica. The whole thing uses sampling and echoes to build a feeling of deja vu, but not quite. Like maybe you've experienced this, but you're not quite sure. It's interesting and good, but I don't think I'd put it on to come back to it. There's not a single standout track, because the whole album feels like a single unit you have to listen to.

Dope album and great for back ground music when working 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Unmemorable but pleasant — nice background texture, but nothing really sticks

This was one of the longest, most boring albums I had to go through in this challenge. Damn it, It was so boring. Ambiental, electronic and boring. It wasn't unlistenable, that's why it's a 2/5

New agey

This album is pure insanity. I'm quite used to the electronic sounds but Boards of Canada make it seem alien. The album is downright terrifying at parts. I love it

5/10

Something about Aquarius just really tickled my brain. I just really like counting I guess. And the ever so often intermittent “orange.” MMmmm it hit just right. And the random child vocals thrown in the mix. Why not! So truthfully though, this was a very enjoyable little electronic project, I found it very soothing. Also that was one very important thought, I’m glad they shared it. I liked the seagull noises.

THIS ALBUM MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M BEING HUNTED FOR SPORT

Straight ass. 1 Star.

Too long.

This was a tough listen. Very boring and uninspired. Soulless, overlong computer programmer noodling. I listened to some similar stuff in the late 90s, early 2000s, but more sample-based and I quickly realized it was the music those people were sampling that truly intetested me, so off I went to 60s and 70s funk, soul, jazz and library music and never looked back.

I think this is a really enjoyable record that doesn’t do anything wrong but also feels pretty inconsequential at the same time. (3.5)

High-tech telephone hold music.

Great for studying.

Well so... What's the point? This feels repetitive, and in a very bad way. Most of the songs feel endless, and they are all the time the same, with basic beats and uninteresting synths. The only song I liked a bit (and I wouldn't say it's good) is "Aquarius" but, well, the songs that follow are just... Some are not that bad but, the album, as an overall, is something I would never listen to again. Honestly, this atmospheric thing is not for me.

Ominous Melancholic Nostalgic Sounds like The Books / Thom Yorke / Com Truise

Never heard of this group before. Interesting, chilled out ambient but a bit too background music for me. Repetitive nature (tempo and instrumentation) started to drag after a while. Recognised Rue the Whirl from the TV show Spaced!

I think this is pretty visionary for its time, but now it just sounds like “lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to”. It’s not bad, but not remarkable either.

This doesn’t belong on this list. Nothing wrong with the album, but it’s just basic beats, and nothing remarkable in any way

Boards of Canada are a really cool band and this album is neat but not my favorite from them. Funny that this was the first album I have to hear out of 1001, could have thought The Rolling Stones would be first.

Not typically my thing, but this album is great for chill vibes.

Música electrónica difícil de escuchar. No me interesa

Interesting

This is #day418 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… I've seen this cover many times, but, like with so many records on this list, never actually listened to it until today. Last day of September: the cold creeping in, raindrops splashing outside my window, while the news reads that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been in blackout for seven days straight, an unprecedented incident. The plant is running only on generators, with unknown reserves, since it's been under the occupation of russian terrorists since 2022. The situation is severely critical. I don't think I need to spell out the consequences... As for the band itself, I had somehow always thought they were Canadian (probably because of the name), but it turns out Boards of Canada are actually Scottish. Music Has the Right to Children feels creepy and menacing at times (those voice alterations, though), but also warm and vintage. I'm glad I've listened to it now. This is a 4 out of 5. Looking forward to #day419.

Forse un po' lunghetto. Molto chill

Kind of boring and didn’t really resonate with me at all. Made decent background music though I suppose.

What if we got reallllly high and made money off of it

The slower atmosphere was very nice I could tell that the track Roygbiv would be a more popular track as soon as it started (in fact, it is the most streamed song by the artist). It reminds me a lot of the song All I Need by Radiohead Aquarius with the counting that suddenly stopped counting in order, and the kids laughing and "yeahhh, that's right" was such a vibe I also liked the message of the spoken word of the closing track (track 17 - note that track 18 is a bonus track)

Enjoyed.

Actually quite decent! 4/5

Bored at first but got won over to its relaxed charm

Good tunes

82/100. Very ambient, this has a good retro feel to it, the psychedelic and immersive elements make you swept up in the music.

This is kinda just an album of minecraft music discs top to bottom and at first I thought I was reentering the Haunted Dancehall

As songs or moments it’s pretty cool, as an album it’s fucked up.

Įdomu. Vėl gi, tokia muzika, kurios klausausi, kai galvoji, ar darai kažką. Kartais turėdavo tokį spookį vibe. Man patiko.

Why was this on the list? Just noise, that does not qualify as ambient.

Not for me. 1/5

You could told me this was released 20 years later and I wouldn't have blinked.

Ambient not exciting at all

“Orange! Yeah, that’s right!” (Aquarius) Chill vibes, but also some audio clips that definitely make some of the pieces veer closer into the creepy (like the vibes I get from Aphex Twin and their album covers). Overall, would listen to some/most of this again, especially in a larger collection of ambient/electronic vibes.

Zuhause, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Was ein Bullshit.

Almost perfect. The kind of album that got me into electronic music. Everything sounds so harmonious or something like that. It seems like the tones were selected with great care. Besides, some parts bring a nostalgic atmosphere.

More techno?!? I honestly feel like there is usually too much Classic Rock on these types of lists. I'm now realizing that I'd trade half the albums I've heard so far for some more Classic Rock. It's over an hour long and the first full length song has some dialogue from something, this is hitting all the buttons. I know what Nicholas Britell was listening to when he composed the score for Andor, especially the dance/Club sequences. Telephasic Workshop was the stand in music for Niamos. Among terrible long techno albums on this list, this one seems worse. The random numbers on Aquarius are annoying. It is impossible to tell the difference between these tracks. Yes, someone is trying to censor a virtually wordless collection of near random electronic noises and found sound. Almost over and they hit you with an 8 minute song. Seagull noises, terrific.

Not for me

So tired of these electronic albums. They just so long and so repetitive.

While nothing can beat my early childhood memories of music due to my father's seventies-rock record collection and my own interest in contemporary pop and later new wave and indie-music of the eighties, the second half of the nineties where musically just as interesting exploring new kinds of music. Especially with the coming of electronic music and the different styles that emerged from there. The days of Underworld, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Orbital, Autechre, Massive Attack and Portishead, to name a few. This album fits right well in that list. A very pleasant journey of low-fi beats and cinematic soundscapes made it a must play on every afterparty and chill out zone of the raves I visited in the late nineties. 5/5

5/10 For the love of Christ Steven, stop bumping into the damn sample keyboard. It cost more than your car. 9-10-2025

Might be one of the worst albums I’ve ever listen to.. half of. Couldn’t do it.

I’m a Geogaddi guy but damn this shit goes hard. Vibed out to this at work and looked at the sun… good vibes…. Basically a 5

one of the albums of all time for me

i love you

Carefully constructed and other-worldly

Muzak.

I enjoy my fair share of electronic/ambient music but I kinda thought the songs were mainly boring. The more interesting songs were only a minute long so i was kind of disappointed. I'm sure this album is great for sampling though.

I completely forgot I was listening to this and now a day later I can't remember what I thought about it and I'm too tired to go back

You can appreciate something’s existence without really liking it 2/5

This brings a very 'jazz' essence for me. Not in the way it sounds, on the face of it, but in its overall energy. It's cool that they could do all this with their instruments and it's certainly not unpleasant to listen to but it feels more like a tapestry of sound that doesn't really take the form of songs or 'tracks' as we know them. It makes for a nice electronic backdrop that I could have on while reading, relaxing or working, without getting distracted. The cover art also feels somehow appropriate in this regard as it shows a group of people, out of focus, distorted by colour and without faces. Somehow while there is something interesting and arresting here, it just lacks a bit of 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺?

Really long, boring, and tedious

Well this was really good, it matched my mood for the day pretty well actually! I love this kind of sound, and some of it reminded me of a few Aphex Twin albums I own. Overall really good, and I'll revisit this sometime I know. 5 stars from me.

Like a less-glitchy Aphex Twin. Interesting sounds and mostly chill beats. 4 stars.

I love this album. I discovered BOC years ago from a video made with Archive.org Prelinger footage. Since then I’ve purchased their vinyl albums. This is a fantastic album to listen to while working or doing whatever.

Non mi é piaciuto per niente veramente una delusione

picks: roygbiv, pete standing alone

Good 90's electronic if not a bit forgettable

If this music did have children they are probably the weird ones that sit by themselves in the corner with the cat ear shaped headphones

I'd rather listen to this after I'm dead.

Meh

Terribly boring

At first, I wasn't sure about this album; it sounded very "staticy," but it had started growing on me when I got to Turquoise Hexagon Sun.

Impressive.

Not good, not bad.

Very nostalgic sounding and hazy, I would probably only listen to this as background music since I found myself tuning out a lot (it was pretty long). Parts of it reminded me of the lofi music I used to listen to for studying

I appreciated this as a disinfectant aucun that inspired lots of other music, but want really my thing, also thought it was too long

Some interesting sounds and landscapes, but nothing mind altering.

I was going back and forth between a 3 star and a 4 star. Ultimately, I don't think I would seek this album out again, which is what led to my decision of 3 stars. That is not to say I did not enjoy my time listening -- the production felt crisp and the atmosphere the album created was entrancing and weird. The samples used throughout were really creative.

We'll Sail Into The Stars 1001 Albums Generator 105 (08/27/2025) Finally, a good fucking electronica album. Music Has The Right To Children is the first studio album by electronic duo Boards of Canada, and is considered their masterpiece alongside its followup, Geogaddi. I have heard Geogaddi before and liked it, although I felt that the "full" songs were pretty consistently better than the <2 minute songs that filled the tracklist. I have a very similar opinion of Music Has The Right To Children. The production here is incredible, and songs like Telephasic Workshop and Pete Standing Alone have such a nostalgic sound to them that I can't describe. Some of the production choices here are also so weird. The counting breakdown in Aquarius goes way harder than it should. How did they make counting cool? Kaini Industries and Olson are both great interlude tracks, with the former having this great sliding bassline and the latter being a beautiful, ambient piece. I do think that, like Geogaddi, the short songs are less memorable, although I understand from an album flow perspective why they are here. Rue The Whirl is also kinda long and forgettable and I think the album doesn't end super strong with Open The Light and One Very Important Thought. Overall, I'm feeling a 4/5. Definitely the best electronica album so far (I'm not including Depeche Mode). Favs: Telephasic Workshop Roygbiv Aquarius Least Fav: Rue The Whirl

Enjoyed some tracks (like turquoise hexagon sun), others gave me anxiety. Innovative, but as much as I like electronic, I also don't enjoy more anxiety than what I'm already prone to. 3*

Alright, I like the music and the synths but overall kinda boring

I fucking hate this. Like rage-inducing hatred.

++: Wildlife Analysis, An Eagle in Your Mind, Sixtyten, Kaini Industries, Aquarius, Happy Cycling +: The Color of the Fire, Turquoise Hexagon Sun, Roygbiv, Smokes Quantity, One Very Important Thought +-: Triangles & Rhombuses, Bocuma, Rue the Whirl, Olson, Pete Standing Alone, Open the Light -: Telephasic Workshop 5,5/10

Alright electronic album. Good background filler.

Sounds like a half baked rap album without lyrics.

Offensive to music. 🗑

There are a few good moments here but most is a bit meh. 2.5 stars

Really want to get into electronic and everytime I try I’m put off, this didn’t really change anything. Maybe another time in a fresh state of mind

This is one I’ve been waiting for :) I love Boards of Canada. In college we would put this shit on when driving state to state when we would go play other colleges and it's like the best trance a little straight edge kid can get into. This one's on the list of albums you need to hear before you die and also on the list of albums I want to hear literally right before I die. Per Mack's list rules, I already have this one on vinyl. I have bias towards this as already liking it but like thank God this list includes good electronic music too. I am fully understanding that this is not everyone's jam but I implore you to just put this one on and do something mindless for the entire hour and however long. Drive, lay down and close your eyes, go on a walk, just let it soak into you. Obviously a 5/5 from me.

I was warned that I wouldn't like this, but luckily I also got a preview of what I was in for. I really liked this for background working music. I wasn't engaged with it too much but I did like when the bass was boosted and the boomy drums were going. Too long 3/5

Video game music.

90/1001. Fourth day of bad / almost no sleep behind, listening to BoC feels like a plush toy in the already surreal mood. Pioneers(?) of the nowadays popular (?) loFi genre, mixing ambient with beats in an ever expaning sonic cinematic landscape. If music can paint it is an abstract Richter but in cooler colors.

I dislike electronic music. But at least with EDM there is usually a driving beat and peaks. This album serves no point that I can discern.

Not a whole lot to it.

Very interesting start to my journey here, starting off with this. The music I typically listen to seems to be the "children" (pun intended) of this album. It has so many notes that sound like today's lofi, atmospheric, dub, and other edm generes. I can tell bands like 65daysofstatic take a lot of inspiration from here, and several of the songs give me loading screen vibes. I definitely will have to take a listen to this bands other works

I couldn’t settle into anything pleasing g listening to this album. It seemed maybe always on the cusp of having something to say sonically, then didn’t get the words out.

I always forget what this album sounds like - before hearing it I just assumed they were punk because of their name. Need more time with it, but enjoyed it more this time around.

The Boreds of Canada board me to death.

First few tracks are too discordant for me, but settles into a nice psychedelic groove for the remainder. Probably much better with some chemical assistance

Happily surprised this was in the list. I only found this album about 3 years ago. It’s in regular rotation for background music while reading, although Roygbiv can pull my attention. Other albums in my reading rotation: Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Dave Brubeck- Time out Modijo-Modijo Cornelius - Point (note: listen to Drop in your best headphones) Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Machito - Kenya Rahul Sharma - Call of the Valley (Compilation) - Logical Progression Level 1 Most of these I found on the list

C'est parfait pour ce que c'est. un 4.49999999

C'est chill. Vieilli pas mal bien dans l'ensemble.

Eine Stunde Aufzugsmusik

Pössyttelynusiikkia. Miksi yli tunti? jjumittaa hämyisyydessä liian pitkään. Sinänsä kaunista ja kivaa 00-luvun rapinaa, mutta mä vihaan tuollaisia epäselviä puhe- ja kikattelusämplejä, etenkin jos niitä pannaan päällekkäin.

The songs are mostly very good individually but it was hard to listen to the whole thing in one go. I prefer Aphex Twin and Oneohtrix for this type of music just because they tend to vary the energy more.

one of those albums i knew but never listened to but was interested. was a really dreamy yet eerie soundscape and really raw and hardhitting, for some it might take multiple listens to get into especially if you’re not into much electronic music, but i really enjoyed it, good listen and would 100% listen to it again and recommend

How on earth did this album make the list? It's bland, uninteresting, and drearily monotonous. Maybe you need to be on drugs to enjoy it, but today you'd just ask AI to produce something as boring as this.

You'd need to be in the mood for this. Fortunately, I was, pretty much. I loved the synth sounds, bass and beats. I didn't really love the sampled voices; they were spooky at times, and could be annoying (Telephasic Workshop). I could imagine the tracks with children's voices in the background to one of those weird TV series from around 10 years ago like The Returned. I get the nostalgia vibe, but warm and comforting those tracks were not. I loved the short Bocuma, and enjoyed Rue The Whirl, both of which made me think of Bowie, Numan or Ryuichi Sakamoto. And some of those synths on the final track were very Japan-esque, which is of course a good thing. Olson also hit my aural sweet spot. So, I know everyone says these guys are hugely influential, but I'm fairly sure there was lots of This Sort of Thing going on in 70s and 80s (albeit perhaps with different techniques? I wouldn't know.) So. With this sort of thing, which is so very considered, I have to decide whether the cleverness is cool, or annoying. I found this pretty cool.

Boreds of Canada. I’m the only one to make that joke, I’m sure of it.

2.5 Man idk this is my third electronica album in one week and they were all over an hour long and ponderous and maybe I’d like them more if I had more space in between but the algorithm is a fickle beast. In theory I think this is one of the better ones I’ve listened to but I also found it kind of frustratingly twee? How do you make electronica music twee? These guys did it. After it ended Spotify autoplayed other electronica/ambient/noise songs and I thought all of them were better than this.

Chilled

Decent ambient music

It’s good ambient sound. Low-key electronic music. Nothing bad, it’s just a bit too mellow for me

3.5

Really really cool. I feel as though this pulled off what the Gorilaz album was trying to do in some ways. Not much here in the way of songs but very atmospheric and so many cool textures. I don't know how much I'd listen to it again it would have to be a certain mood, but I do really like this so probably very high 3 or lowest 4.

Cool stuff, but the heavy synth work like this is just a total turn off for me. Barely made it through, glad I did, will not be looking further into it

I like the eeriness of The Color of The Fire and Telephasic Workshop. I like the wistfulness of Turquoise Hexagon Sun. Love the tune of Roygbiv and the dreamy nature of Happy Cycling.

Totally understand the criticism of this being a bunch of bleeps and bloops. All I can say is that at certain moments I fell into its vibe. Will I ever seek it out again? Doubtful. But it was a cool experience. 3/5

На втором трека мне будто бы мозг щёточкой прочистили. Аж уснула, расслабляет. Наверное любимый альбом без слов.

I wasn't liking this but then I fell asleep and it works amazingly well as a semi-conscious nap album

Music like this always reminds me of 90s demo disc background music. Like I should be listening to this when loading up Virtual Pool on the PS1

Great music for plodding away in Excel.

Did not like it at all

4.0 2x solid and great electronic album

Dull and uninspiring

I've heard this album several times and I think that it is outstanding. Great beats that are super chilled out. I find myself nodding along to each song. A few exceptional songs the whole album is a nice listen. I'm sure I will be putting this one on again when a chill mood arises, would be great for a party where you want some nice background music.

What a strange ethereal album.

Well this may just be the worst thing I’ve listened to.

I could only listen to a few seconds as I randomly forwarded through each “song”. Maybe background sound effects for some video game.

Decent work music as I enjoy the repetition to help me focus

This was not interesting enough to be over an hour (2).

10/10… trip hop / ambient

Quite possibly one of the most delightful, relaxing and satisfying albums ever recorded. The rest of their catalog is just as amazing

3.5 stars. The album has a strangely relaxing vibe to it. The issue is the album is far too long. After around the 40 min mark the album becomes a little boring to listen to.

what is going on here? il y en a quelques unes que je n’ai pas détesté, limite que j’ai apprécié en tant que musique de fond. mais le reste est disturbing

glad they ended One Very Important Thought the way they did. Decent album overall, might listen again as background music. Not great, but truly not terrible.

I can't think of a single scenario where anyone would sit down and listen to this by choice. Downer electronica is not it for me.

pretty boring for me, made well enough for a 2 star Will I listen to again: 1%

Good.

Pretty good. Makes for good background music.

Weird, but I liked this! Perfect music to work with and will be back.

Reduce the tracks on this down to 50-75% of their current runtime and I could vibe with it.

Passable as a film score, skipable as a stand alone.

There are some good vibes here. But not enough to sustain its long runtime. In the right mindset and atmosphere, I could see myself enjoying this more. If I was listening to this while going on a drive or a walk on a rainy fall day, it might be a 4 star album.

l'indus avant que ça soit cool

I recently completed the game Tunic (released 2022) and it felt like the soundtrack was almost a carbon copy of this album. Seems most AI generated dreamcore uses this album as a baseline for sound as well. It's a testament to how well this album has aged. I'm not accustomed to listening to this type of music in album form but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Struggling between a 4 or a 5, but considering I'd be open to relistening and it's completely out of my usual taste profile, I think it warrants a 5 purely off the track for track quality. It's a versatile and multifaceted album that I couldn't help but connect with.

A tough listen, at least towards the beginning, because of the impenetrable fortress that is An Eagle In Your Mind. Pretty much no melody or (consistent) harmonies/chords to speak of. It's trying so hard to be alien that it forgets to be approachable. But then the disembodied vocals come in with The Color Of The Fire, and you begin to understand what's going on. It's alien music. Music from an alternate timeline, one where humans never existed. It's what I think Radiohead were trying to emulate in 2001 with Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors (a track I will defend until my dying breath), which is admittedly not quite as ear-friendly as Boards of Canada's material here. But Music Has The Right To Children is still not exactly prime radio material, and for that it gets points taken off. Music, first and foremost, needs to sound good. The best tracks are generally the short interludes, which establish a beautiful atmospheric synth theme before fading away after about a minute. "Something something beauty is fickle/transient". Triangles & Rhombuses is the first genuinely great track (I'm a sucker for pulsating synths) and Kaini Industries, Roygbiv, Olson, and One Very Important Thought are also standouts. They're all warm, vibrant tracks without any message to figure out – you can just sit back and take in the cool sounds, wahoo. In contrast, songs like Sixtyten, Smokes Quantity, and the lengthy bonus track Happy Cycling are mainly built from one (mostly-)unchanging percussive rhythm and a few discordant synths, with little vocal snippets occasionally coming in at random. 3/5 Key tracks: Triangles & Rhombuses, Roygbiv, Olson

Chill, perfect for working. Where has this been all my life?!

Awful on every front. Where's the zero star option?

Enjoyable enough, but not nothing particularly stood out throughout. I can only assume that it was important at the time. Inoffensive, but I won't be returning to it.

This felt like spa music crossed with one of those YouTube lofi study beats playlists. I really struggled to get through it.

It was background music while I worked - didn’t draw enough attention to itself for me to give it a single star. Still not good and don’t need to listen to it again.

Eigentli na spannend. Mit de Ziit sehr monoton.

ich hasses jetz scho. sie heged öpis wöle mache wo zitlos isch blabla. ähm das isch bis etz würkli hintergrundmusig. und das isch nüt schlechts an eagle on your mind tönt tropfig, liecht agspannt wegem rhythmus und glichzitig au mega ruhig weg de liegende synths. aber das isch nöd musig zum aktiv lose oder? telephasic workshop au fucking weird aber jo ich chum biiitz dri. etz fangts ah a mir verbizieh. scho au afoch nöd esooo mega guet. aber sie geben sich mühee dass es interessant bleibt. bin bi kaini industries. olson zum bispil chönt eigentlich glaub huere geil sii aber im kontext vo all dem vorher ischs afoch nomel. synth idee wos no gmacht hend. sind halt alles barely lieder. oke das isch echt no schön mitem klavier. mol sehr viel platz.

wilde albumtitel hahaha hahaha the color of the fire isch reechr creepy gsi, na cool? also ja du das wird nüt unglaublichs aber je meh stimme bi telephasic workshopf dezuechömmed, desto cooler hanis iwie gfunde? nüt wo ich find omg ich musses wieder lose aber spannend iwie e stund😐 also ich find es het hii und daa öppis wo mich catched aber iwie ischs au eifach chli nüüut aquarius findi jz echt en schmarre hahaha jahahahah ok es isch au kinda funny bro de ton bi pete standing alone zönt wie irgendes meme oder so tutmer leid für de pete aber isch chli dogshit wasmer da döffed lose hahah vo wo isch denn s thems vo censorship cho? aber ja es 2. mengisch schono spannendi ahsätz I GUEEEESS aber isch scho ener langwilig und VILL Z LANG GSI WIESOS IND DIE ELECTRONIC ALBE IMMER SO LANG

Really nice album

Enjoyed listening to this album but won't be revising it.

Ett korianderalbum. Enten elsker man det, eller så hater man det.

One of my top 5 electronic albums of all time. Probably also a desert island record for me.

Very ambient, very chill. Pairs well with woodworking or writing love letters.

Esta cosa dura 1 hora y 10 minutos. Sinceramente, creo que si hubiese empezado a escuchar esto y me hubiese ido a dar una vuelta, al volver habría escuchado lo mismo y parecería que no me hubiese perdido nada. Es demasiado minimalista para mí gusto. 1/5

So aggressively boring

Terrific ambient sounds to chill out to. Love it.

1. uuildlife - 1 2. mind - 1.5 3.. fire - 2 4. tele - 1 5. trianglez - 1.5 6. zizty - 2 7. zun - 2 8. kainy - 2 9. bocuma - 2 10. roygbiv - 2 11. uuhirl - 2 12. aquariuz - 1 13. olzon - 1 14. alone - 2 15. zmokez - 1.5 16. light - 1.5 17. important - 1 18. happy - 1.5

I liked this for a while. Then it just...kept...going. In brief intervals, this would be fine, but it felt more like music played in a Gap in the early 00s. It's fine. Just not for me...most of the time.

What the

great stuff, every single sound makes me dream

Pretty good!

This isn't Canadian! I am not someone who likes ambient or background music.

I just don’t like electronic, but for what it’s worth it wasn’t the worst electronic I’ve ever heard

good nostalgic sounds but tbh boring

I kinda liked this, it was interesting and totally new to me. Great background focus music, I might return to it for that.

Already a favourite

Very average. Down tempo atmospheric electronic. Not my vibe.

orange

My entry point to electronic music was Daft Punk’s Discovery in 2002. This is a far cry from that. I’m hard pressed to point to any moment of this album that caught my attention, so I’d put this firmly into the “background music” category… The grandfather of the ‘Chill Electronic Study Music’ Playlist, perhaps.

I had a couple listens to this album. It was an intriguing and captivating listen. It was great to have it play in the background, there is no real melodies, no real distractions. The music reminds me more of the captivation I have with wind chimes. There is no real predictability to them, it's sporadic, it's susceptible to the randomness of wind gusts. Yet despite this you can listen to it in the background while still being focussed on something else. In this sense this album has some healing properties and is good if you just want something to play in the background while you knock out a deadline or pull some weeds for that matter. If I were to find this in an album create for a low price I would pick it up to put on while doing unfettered tasks at home.

I think my favorite part of this album was the name. I'm not sure what exactly makes this a must listen to album. Perhaps this is another instance of being a product of its time but unless this was literally the first instrumental electronic album ever made (which it might be) I don't see it. Without the context of it being a top 1001 album I likely would have felt differently. All that being said, I still enjoyed the listen because it does cater to my biases, it's just fairly muted, like a watered down Aphex Twin. Also discovered I've had "Roygbiv" on one my my old playlists from almost a decade ago. My thoughts are a bit everywhere with this album. I can't quite decide whether I like it or dislike it. As I'm re-listening to tracks it is starting to grow on me, but my initial impression still stands. Favorite Track: Roygbiv i guess

Better than Coldplay

some genuinely tight beats, but it's really long and the vocal samples are almost without exception, annoying.

There is nothing wrong with this album except for the fact it is extremely boring. Pleasant enough. But boooorrrrinnnnggggggg.

< the Beatles Continues the trend of British electronic duos being pretty shit

Amazing IDM Album, Already listened to this before but always good. The global rating is rather low, definitely needs a few listens or it might be "boring" for some people.

It didn't really click for me, I did not find it as interesting as other Electronic records.

1.8

Never heard of this artist. Very interesting reading about this via Wiki. Very influential in the electronic scene today. Pretty cool stuff. Not sure if I can last all 18 tracks though. Very chill electronic

sometimes you gotta round up

This was sick! Not sure if it’s a 5, because I didn’t save it. But def a 4.5. And Roygbiv👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Not offensive or difficult to listen to at all, but all a bit one dimensional electronic for my taste.

Als ich noch klein war hieß das Easy Listening. Heute LoFi. Youtube ist voll mit stundenlangem LoFi um nebenbei zu arbeiten oder aus dem Fenster zu schauen. Für mich ist das eher Einschlafhilfe...

This is a very chill vibe. Good to work with in the background. Probably not something I would have listened to on my own, but I’m glad I did. Favorites were Telephastic Workshop, Triangles & Rhombuses, Turquoise Hexagon Sun, and Roygbiv.

Pleasant to read to, would be bad in any other context.

Interesting album. My wife called it "elevator-music" from the other room.

I liked this a lot more than I expected to. It kept my interest much more than most ambient electronic music. It still is background music to me, but more variety in the sonic textures made all the difference for me.

Atmospheric/ambient music with some trip hop mixed in. It is excellent background music. Great album.

Initially I was very skeptical but it was actually great music to listen to and concentrate on getting work done. Really enjoyed it in the end.

Not for me.

I enjoyed this a lot. There were many noises with a good beat. Solid

A good and interesting album, I liked Kaini Industries and Rue The Whirl the most.

Overall a really fun listen. Ambient electronica but with enough interesting bits to keep it moving.

A timeless classic.

It's got that 90's sound and feel. It's not an artist and, by extension, album I've ever heard of before. It was ok in the main, nothing special. In fact, I can think of plenty of albums of this ilk that were released within +/- 3 years of this one that are better. The standout track is (6) Sixtyten.

too long man. but pretty kewl at certain times but other times i just killed myself.

Never heard of boards of canada until today. Reminds me a lot of trip hop groups I used to listen to, like Orbital. Really enjoyed this band. Looking forward to listening to more of BoC.

If you slowed down Pink Floyd and made it techno. Or gave Alice some acid and a turntable and a beat machine. Reminds me of Amon Tobin. Not the biggest techno guy...or whatever we're calling this... electronic? But if I'm going to dig it, chances are it's going to be mellow and trippy, like most of this is. I enjoyed this. It was chill but kept me interested. 4

Music Has The Right To Children is the debut album from Scottish pair Boards of Canada. They make a version of downtempo electronica, with extensive use of samples, some from "found sounds." They use a range of hip hop beats, and some of the tracks are best described as trip hop. These songs have ambient backgrounds, and use looped samples to construct melodies. This album includes "Roygbiv," one of the pair's most successful tracks.

I thought I was on hold on the phone

9.5/10

Immaculate vibes on this one. I’m a fan of putting on some lofi music every once in a while, and this scratches that itch while also upping the production value and creativity to 11. It was so unique compared to the other albums I’ve listened to on this project so far, and definitely something i didn’t know i needed.

Sweet fuck, ambient electronica? I envy the dopamine content of the brains of anyone who can treat this as an active listening exercise. Alas, I have a dopamine-starved ADHD brain. The only way I can review ambient is by putting it on while I do chores - it's actually an effective focus enhancer for tedious tasks. My rating is going to be based on how well I manage to get through the mountain of clean laundry I've been needing to put away for a couple days now. Yaaaaaay. Okay! I was pretty productive until it reached Aquarius, now I'm distracted. 4/5.

Highlights: Olson, Wildlife Analysis, An Eagle In Your Mind. In a nutshell: a new era of IDM. Why a new era? Compare this to Brian Eno's Ambient series and Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Parts 1 and 2. This is evolution, friends. It's definitely a textured album. What I noticed on this listen was the loops are repurposed. Not recycled. Beats are built on or tweaked slightly to keep things sounding fresh. I admit that some tracks could have used some trimming to get to 4:30-5:00 minutes but electronica is more about vibe; letting the track take its course. It doesn't surprise me to read that Boards of Canada cite My Bloody Valentine as an inspiration for the record too. Overall: 7/10

78% Best: Turquoise Hexagon Sun; Roygbiv; Rue The Whirl; Aquarius Must-Hear? Not quite

Absolutely beautiful & brilliant

This felt long. I had to keep forcing myself to come back to it. It's good for what it is, but not something I'm going to seek out to listen to again.

Interesting soundsscapes, ahead of its time sounds from this album. Not my thing though I could appreciate it and enjoyed it as background music and possibly as the missing soundtrack to a weird cult film.

Hypnotic, stunning, eerie. Really opens up in a beautiful way when you listen closely to the subtleties. Especially liked sixtyten, roygbiv, Aquarius. As good of a headphones album as this is, it would be at its peak piped through the speakers of a dead mall

nah Ned so meins