Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

2.92
Rating
22155
Votes
1
15%
2
24%
3
28%
4
20%
5
12%
Distribution

Reviews (page 8 of 8)

1001 repitions of the same three notes

Utrolig sære greier. Orket ikke høre alt. Mest støy

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

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

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

bing bong.

Someone wake me up for this foggy melancholy sound

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

Straight ass. 1 Star.

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.

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!

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

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

Not for me. 1/5

Zuhause, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Was ein Bullshit.

Not for me

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

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

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

Really long, boring, and tedious

Non mi é piaciuto per niente veramente una delusione

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

Terribly boring

I fucking hate this. Like rage-inducing hatred.

Sounds like a half baked rap album without lyrics.

Offensive to music. 🗑

Video game music.

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.

The Boreds of Canada board me to death.

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.

Did not like it at all

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.

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

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

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

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

What the

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

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...

I thought I was on hold on the phone

Promising start, as in, "This promises to be an immensely dull piece of music (is it music? ) that will involve lots of skipping and a 1 star review. " This is even less appealing than a load of other ambient shit we've been forced to listen to. I have a philosophical hatred of edm as it isn't music that you listen to, it's either background music or being stoned music. No message, it doesn't take you on a journey, it's too dull to dredge up any emotion, just a travesty.

Yet another electronic album. Sounded better than some but still ruined it with endless drum loops

I work in a school. And now a days everyone has “lowfi trip hop chill” YouTube playing in their classroom everyday. I hate it, that all stems from albums like this.

Incredibly unsettling and not in a fun way

This might've been the first electronic album I've heard where just about every track was slower than elevator music. In fact, I think I would've rather listened to elevator music.

This album tries my patience every turn after repetitive turn. I get the building a landscape thing, but it just kinda lumbers there and goes nowhere. Two songs I can be in the same room with were "roygbiv" which finally found a groove I can jive with and "Open The Light" which at least had more of spacey instumental quality to it. Maybe it was the lack of an overly repeatative drum loop. And both of those were late the album. But most of it felt like a loopy, bloopy, and sound sample mess to me. Orange. 2.5/10★ If this *Music Has the Right to Children*, I'm calling Child Protective Service... NOW!

Background music, not my cup of tea, some songs take over 4 minutes to build up, I'm starting to learn that I really hate early electronic and ambient type songs/albums. Album seems to have a cult like following with the counting memes and O R A N G E comments on yt music.

Day463 - ok who snuck this turd on the list?

Awful.

They say it takes a couple listens...call me impatient.

So boring....

When I first started listening I thought this was going to be bad, and I had already set my mind on giving it only 2 stars. Now I’m nearing the end I realise it’s worse than that. Its terrible.

This music wasn’t made for me and does nothing for me besides wanting to turn it off. It’s chill, it’s relaxed, it’s ambient, it’s low key. It’s also pretty boring. Maybe if I was spelunking would I find this a good soundtrack.

mijn adblock blokkeert soms waardoor er dan toch reclames tussen de nummers komen op youtube... normaal gezien begin ik dan te vloeken op die app omdat hij zijn werk niet doet... deze keer waren de reclames een aangename verpozing tussen de wanklanken van dit album

If this is considered music, keep it away from the children.

My reaction to this is like women’s reaction to me. “Sorry, but no” 💔

verrrry different sound compared to the others. no words, a little too stressful for an instrumental vibe, for me

Apart from people getting stoned after a rave WHO ACTUALLY LISTENS TO THIS. it's utter utter rubbish. One star is generous

01) Wildlife Analysis - 4,0 02) An Eagle in Your Mind - 6,0 03) The Color of the Fire - 4,0 04) Telephasic Workshop - 5,0 05) Triangles & Rhombuses - 4,0 06) Sixtyten - 5,0 07) Turquoise Hexagon Sun - 5,0 08) Kaini Industries - 4,0 09) Bocuma - 4,0 10) Roygbiv - 5,0 11) Rue the Whirl - 5,0 12) Aquarius - 5,0 13) Olson - 4,0 14) Pete Standing Alone - 5,0 15) Smokes Quantity - 5,5 16) Open the Light - 5,0 17) One Very Important Thought - 3,0 18) Happy Cycling - 5,0 TOTAL: 4,64 (46/100) Current ranking: 461/482

I tried. I really did. I’ve never heard of this band before and I was willing to give it a go but after four tries at various places in the album, at various times of the day I just can’t get on with it. I even tried to like the song roygbiv because obviously it’s a song about rainbows but flipping heck, driven to boredom.

Pre-listening thoughts: why is there so much crappy 90s electronica on this list. Why not anything else please god. Post/during listening thoughts: I sort of feel like someone is about to kidnap me or something? I feel like I’m in danger. There is something very unsettling about the atmosphere of a lot of this. 2/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: hell no Fav tracks: roygbiv Least fav tracks: literally everything else

More craptronica - could only get thru a few seconds of each song.

Sounds like the soundtrack of a dystopian indie game. And that’s the only situation I’d say it’s justifiable, couldn’t listen to this normally

292/1001 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑

Worst part of Radiohead?

Nothing redeeming about this album.

Non. Mais alors, vraiment pas, mais pas du tout.

not my thing

Shitty music for hipsters.

this reminds me of like, hound of the baskervilles. like, reading it now is underwhelming because it's so basic and riddled with cliches, but that's because it was effectively creating a genre. I'm sure this album was interesting in 1998 but iit's really, really not in 2025.

Who made this list?

Just awful.

Feels like I'm on hold for an hour trying to make an appointment with a secret agent

Why???

What's the point? When would you ever listen to this? Fancy lift music at best. It's so inert I didn't even get annoyed by it. The ultimate background music.

roygbiv was the only song with hair on it's chest

perfectly replicates the feeling you get while waiting for the "skip" button to pop up on a youtube ad

At its best, this is background music.

This felt very long. Especially as it sounds like they set the machines going and left the studio to do some shopping for a lot of the tracks. And how does it take two of them to do this? I love a good hypnotic loop, but this felt soul-less. I could see this working as some kind of late-night sleep aid perhaps, but on a Friday morning whilst working, I was already bored of the Boards by about track 3.

These songs bore me. Electronica/Trip Hop is not my thing. But the music of Moby or Fatboy Slim is interesting. This is not. Might work as a soundtrack to a low-budget sci-fi movie. Hard to get through it without moving pictures though. Definitely not an album I needed to hear before I die.

Never heard of this band, no idea what to expect, seems like it's atmospheric electronic music? Yeah, very repetitive atmospheric electronic music, very much not for me.

Some things are just not worth listening to My only sadness is that it took me three tracks to realise

Just more electronica nonsense. There's nothing appealing about this. 1/10.

Can’t believe I used to like this album. Such pretentious noodling

Not mi kind de disco

Kruder & Dorfmeister tastes much better. too little white substances available ;-)

I got through about 5 songs and gave up. This isn’t music. Terrible. 1

Gross. 4th day in a row we get basically the same album.

1 stars are so back

71 minutes which felt more like 71 days

Not my thing

I'm really not into all the counting, crying, and moaning in the background of the songs here. I absolutely cannot finish this one, I'm sorry to all the fans of this shit.

Like playing a low stakes video game

Hate this style of electronica

Booooring

Electronic music, even one that has more chill vibes than other albums, is just not for me. I gave the first few songs a listen to give it a chance, but I dnf.

I got nuthin, pass.

Pretty lame. Kind of dreamy kind of moody competently assembled. Im willing to be harsh, it's a no from me.

This is completely unappealing to me, so just don’t see it

Langweilig

As a dear friend described this album to me: Terrible and vaguely unsettling. At least it's 71 MINUTES LONG. Couldn't wait for this to be over.

This album has the same vibe as that really weird sims DS game. I don’t like that vibe for my songs why did I have to hear this album

Too many creepy kids voices

Too sober for this

I really really really don't like this. It's like it is in eternal waiting mode and nothing happens but you're still stuck waiting and hanging around.

Mi fa crescere la follia

aiuto raga che fatica arrivare alla fine

L'ho ascoltato 10 minuti, dopodiché le mie orecchie hanno incominciato a sanguinare.

Ammetto che in generale faccio fatica a entrare in sintonia con la musica elettronica, quindi probabilmente “non sei tu, sono io”, ma onestamente non vedevo l’ora che questo album finisse.

W T actual F. Had to pause this and look at the Wiki to see if it was some sort of joke. Sounds like the sound track to every low budget 90s sci-fi movie.

Like a horror movie soundtrack

Not for me on this day.

The sound of robots procreating.

Now I know why the faces are not seen...

Super boring

Detesto eletrônica mas pensei que podia vir uma boa surpresa só pq gostei da capa. Tava totalmente enganada.

gibberish

Forest for the Trees did it better

Useless background music.

Not my thing

not good

Music Has the Right to Children presents itself as a monotonous soundscape devoid of vitality, failing to captivate listeners with its lacklustre melodies and repetitive rhythms. The album's sombre tone and droning ambiance contribute to a sense of tedium rather than evoking any sense of emotion or excitement. While some may appreciate its minimalist approach, for many, it feels like a missed opportunity for creativity and engagement. Surprisingly, given Scotland's rich musical heritage, this album stands out as one of the few disappointments in the Scottish alternative music scene. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 0 STAND OUT TRACKS - None

Just dumb. Toss this whole genre on the funeral pyre already.

Music Has The Right To Make Me Feel or Think Something. This album didn’t. Esto va pa ti vencent, how is this shit “increíble”, sentía que estaba perdiendo mi sanidad con cada canción que pasaba, era un endless void of synths, acoustics and some fucking samples from Sesame St. Peor álbum que he tenido el disgusto de escuchar.

I do not like electronica, and this is everything I hate about it. Formless, shapeless, chronically repetitive. Like someone dropped a paperweight on a computer.

A.I.tinnitus

Another band I've never heard of. Electronica. Too fucked up for me to devote 71 minutes of my life to. Adios. ⭐ __________________________________ 🎧 LPs reviewed: 45 🎧 LPs left to review: 956 🎧 LPs I found great/relevant enough to be mandatory listens (5): 11 🎧 LPs I *might* include in my own list (4): 14 🎧 LPs I will certainly *not* include in mine (1-2): 11

Too weird for me

Found it to be generally boring

BAD!! I got to song 3 and had to stop. I am not even open to hearing anything else from this artist. Brutal.

ajme ne mogu ja ovu elektroničku glazbu, nisan mogla ni dovrsit, bas mi je dosadan.

Šta je ovo

skroz bzvz

Ma bezveze..oce li vise doc pisem s ricima

Ugh...not my thing. I tried.

Das kann sich doch kein Mensch anhören. Schrecklich.

Dull as all fuck. I love this genre but there’s nothing interesting happening here.

Abbruch nach der Hälfte, einfach schrecklich.

once again not my kind of music

This was a bunch of noises. Some of them remind me of the noises I used to hear as a child. DNF

It's the music you would hear in the backrooms, very liminal space. If I were high, I'd enjoy this, but I'm not so it's a 1.

10/100 Based on this scale: 1 star - 0 to 19 2 stars - 20 to 39 3 stars - 40 to 59 4 stars - 60 to 79 5 stars - 80 to 100 No. Just no. Stop it with this nonsense. Why? Is this a prank?

couldn't tell when it finished

warum "muss" man des hören?

Dull, even a bit more so than the other electronic albums on this list I've had to suffer through. If it was going for something, which I'm not sure if it was, it didn't resonate with me.

what the fuck

Boring ambient music

.....the fuck? In no way does this constitute good music, let alone music itself. What's that Kipling quote? "It is interesting but is it art?"

Just noise, and not good noise. Not for me. Hoped it would be like Moby but sadly not

Terrible. None of the songs have any substance. Maybe it’s just not my type of music, I just truly don’t get it.

La verdad no me gustó nada y me frustra no poder entenderlo

Weird ambient electronica bullshit. I was on board for the first couple tracks, but then The Color of the Fire killed all the momentum and I was done.

Hmmm let me find a beat then repeat it 200x to make a 3 min song… really incredible they know the colour orange and can count to 10… inspiring…. my 6 year old niece could compose more complex and interesting music… absolute trash…

Heard before: yes This is at least the 5th or 6th time I've tried to get into this record. It's starting to click a little, I'm grooving with it a little more on a rainy day, but ... nope. Still kinda dull. Maybe after 4 or 5 more times through... Top tracks: Aquarius, Open The Light, Sixtyten

A concoction of moisture without musical arrangement. This was a very irritating album to try and listen to for review. Yet another example of an album that does not warrant being on 1001 albums you should hear. Absolutely woeful.

Did not enjoy. Electronica is not my thing

Not my kind of music at all

I’d rather have a lobotomy than listen to this again

Music has the right to children but maybe not this album. Pretty meh. I've heard significantly better from other electronic albums. If you enjoy repetitive sounds and washing machine noises, this is for you.

oh my good ness. I don’t know if it’s just me or what but I could not stand this album. It was so obnoxious and repetitive and just omg. I genuinely tried to be interested but I couldn’t! It was annoying.

Me voy a pegar un tiro en las bolas con este disco. Y me faltan escuchar 992 discos todavía. Que poronga por favor.

Techno-trance and boring at that. I just couldn’t get into this and that’s really rare for me.

Not a fan

Red hot garbage.

And then there's this. Sod off British (or any country) electronica. Apparently this was a landmark electronica album but I don't know why. It went even trippier? Softer? It inspired music in Minecraft and other video games? Boring. I found myself waiting for it to be over or not even wanting to wait for it to finish. That's borderline 1 territory. I couldn't take it by the time I got to Aquarius (or maybe that was a really annoying song...Orange! Shut up) and I started skipping to next tracks.

Not for me

I’m assuming they are referring to the sound of children randomly hitting keys. Which appears to be what this is. If music was this easy we would all be making it.

good for napping mb?

Ugh. Long and boring

What? Wtf does this album title even mean? This frigging sucks. And it's creepy. Get lost, Board of Canada, you're not representing our fine country appropriately and you're not even from here!!! This should be removed in favour of a Hip or BNL record.

I didn't like this album at all, so I don't have a favorite song.

Made it 3 tracks in. Maybe you “had to be there?”

Space cult music. Weird in a way that wasn’t remotely fun. Skipped most the songs 45 seconds in.

Just to be clear: no one has the right to children.

Not my cup of tea. 2/5 or 1/5

hipster crap

What the f*#k was that? How is this album even on the list? To me that was unlistenable.

I couldn't finish listening to this. Inane and boring.

Every song feels like it's either a rap beat or just plain boring. Awful, awful album

The album has a weird, ominous vibe that just makes you uncomfortable while you listen. It’s interesting that it’s able to create this feeling, but it doesn’t make for good music when it feels like you’re slipping into a dementia haze. Despite most songs feeling icky and weird, there are a couple tracks that feel like you’re on a cloud, mostly near the end of the album.

Seldom I hear music which is so at odds with my taste...

Can’t give it 0

Pff, ik mag na 46 jaar toch wel wat meer op mijn gevoel afgaan. Alle alarmbellen gingen af en toch heb ik het aangezet..

Deux événements se sont aujourd'hui produits, qui me laissent tous deux dans l'incompréhension la plus totale: 1. Mon manager a refusé le premier prototype d'enceinte de 4m sur 5 que je lui ai soumis. 2. Que fout cet album dans la liste de Robert?

Noodling

I don't like this music.

two boring electronic albums in a row....not a good week for me

No thank you.

Pure background. Reading the critical response to this album on the Wikipedia page makes me feel like I come from another planet. A lot of this kind of music tends to come off ponderous and repetitive and this is a prime example here. Like an album whose prime directive was 'don't bother anyone'.

To quote the late Norm Macdonald, "critics called it everything, from shit to fucking shit."

No thanks.

Coñazo electrónico. Son simples ritmos repetidos hasta el aburrimiento.

After the first two tracks, I felt that some research was needed to enlighten my mind... I still don't understand it. "I love you"? What does that even mean in the concordian mind of electronica?

Hard to find anything positive about this, 1 hour of electronic noise over some ambiance music

Didn't find anything to enjoy with this.

Sorry but this feels like noise to me rather than music

I got through it but it was tough. Might be a classic of the genre for all I know but not for me.

Not my style of music, only listened to 3 songs before I turned it off

Boring electronic album. A genre of music that just doesn’t interest me. 2.0/10

Notes: 😳 ok… weird off the bat. If you listen to this album on a regular basis then there’s an 83% chance you’re a serial killer. This album was designed for use in Guantanamo. This album is how they brainwashed the numbers into Masons head. Really not a fan of random background noise being a focal part of all of your songs (I also hate kids singing or having lines in a song so one of them I found especially awful) Realised I don’t need to do this. Nobody’s forcing me to listen to this. I’m an adult. I can do what I want. Wow the album just gave me an epiphany - 5 stars. Jk it’s fucking awful 0 stars gave up at song 10 “Roygbiv” which actually was a nicer sounding one of the lot but I’m not subjecting myself to anything else

Absolute rubbish

Not a fan.

Dogshit

arty rubbish

Estos se fumaron algo fuerte antes de componer esta música?

This was a terrifying experience.

Did not listen