Music Has the Right to Children
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| Music Has the Right to Children | |||||
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| Studio album by Boards of Canada | |||||
| Released | 20 April 1998 (Europe) 20 August 1998 (U.S.) |
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| Recorded | Hexagon Sun studio Pentland Hills, Scotland |
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| Genre | IDM, ambient techno, trip hop | ||||
| Length | 62:58 (Original UK edition) 70:42 (1998 & 2004 edition) |
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| Label | Warp, Skam, Matador | ||||
| Producer | Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin Sandison | ||||
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Music Has the Right to Children is the debut album of the Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada. It was published by Warp Records and released on 20 April 1998 in Europe and 20 August in the United States. The album was produced at the Hexagon Sun, the duo's personal recording studio.
The songs utilize a number of field recordings and intense sound manipulation.[1] It is arguably their most critically acclaimed LP.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Wildlife Analysis" | 1:17 |
| 2. | "An Eagle in Your Mind" | 6:23 |
| 3. | "The Color of the Fire" | 1:45 |
| 4. | "Telephasic Workshop" | 6:35 |
| 5. | "Triangles & Rhombuses" | 1:50 |
| 6. | "Sixtyten" | 5:48 |
| 7. | "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" | 5:07 |
| 8. | "Kaini Industries" | 0:59 |
| 9. | "Bocuma" | 1:35 |
| 10. | "Roygbiv" | 2:31 |
| 11. | "Rue the Whirl" | 6:39 |
| 12. | "Aquarius" | 5:58 |
| 13. | "Olson" | 1:31 |
| 14. | "Pete Standing Alone" | 6:07 |
| 15. | "Smokes Quantity" | 3:07 |
| 16. | "Open the Light" | 4:25 |
| 17. | "One Very Important Thought" | 1:14 |
| Bonus track on 1998 U.S. Matador release and 2004 Warp re-release | |||||||||
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| 18. | "Happy Cycling" | 7:51 | |||||||
[edit] Reception
The album received widespread acclamation upon release.[2][3]
[edit] Miscellanea
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- "Smokes Quantity" first appeared on Twoism in 1995.
- The short songs appended to the end of "Triangles and Rhombuses" and "Sixtyten" predate the album and were later featured on the unofficial compilation Old Tunes, Vol. 1, where they are separate tracks.
- Several of the tracks on this album also appear on Boc Maxima, albeit in a different form.
- "Pete Standing Alone" is the name of a Blood Indian who is the subject of a documentary produced by the National Film Board of Canada.[4]
- "Roygbiv" is a mnemonic for colours of the visible spectrum.
[edit] Notes
Digipak-style packaging for the 2004 edition of Music Has the Right to Children
- ^ Ariel Kyrou & Jean-Yves Leloup (1998). "Two Aesthetes of Electronic Music". Virgin Megaweb. http://bocpages.org/wiki/Interviews#1998-06:_Virgin_Megaweb. Retrieved on 2006-11-22.
- ^ John Bush (1998). "Music Has the Right to Children Overview". All Media Guide, LLC. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4axsa9rgi23f. Retrieved on 2006-11-22.
- ^ Sal Cinquemani (2002). "Music Review: Music Has the Right to Children". Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=255. Retrieved on 2006-11-22.
- ^ National Film Board of Canada (1982). "NFB: Pete Standing Alone". National Film Board of Canada. http://www.nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=13730&v=h&lg=en&exp= NFB:. Retrieved on 2006-11-23.
[edit] External links
- Music Has the Right to Children at the official Warp Records website
- "Roygbiv" at the official Warp Records website
- Music Has the Right to Children at Discogs
- Music Has the Right to Children at MusicBrainz
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