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| name=Play By Numbers
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| label=Music70
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[[Play By Numbers]] is the name of [[Boards of Canada]]'s fourth known release. The [[Interviews#2000-12:_Jockey_Slut|Jockey Slut article by Richard Southern]] describes ''Play by Numbers'' as follows: "Five-track CD from what was now a trio, boasting a My Bloody Valentine influence in places, shifting further into electronics in others."
  
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1. Remmy Kid
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Of the album's five tracks, only a 56-second excerpt of [[Wouldn't You Like To Be Free]]<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEPPv-o68KY</ref> (posted on the [[EHX]] website in the late 1990s) has been heard by those outside of the band's friends and family.
  
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2. Wouldn't You Like To Be Free
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== Tracks ==
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# "[[Remmy Kid]]" &ndash; 0:58
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# "[[Wouldn't You Like To Be Free]]" &ndash; 5:40
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# "[[Infinite Lines of Colourful Sevens]]" &ndash; 9:18
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# "[[Numerator]]" &ndash; 4:37
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# "[[Echelon]]" &ndash; 5:48
  
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3. Infinite Lines of Colourful Sevens
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== Comments ==
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* The title of this release might be an allusion to "painting by numbers", and also to the mathematical basis of music.
  
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4. Numerator
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== References ==
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5. Echelon
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Latest revision as of 14:05, 2 August 2019

Play By Numbers
BOC-album-09.jpg
Label(s) Music70
Catalogue No(s) AOMC43
Release date(s) 1994
Format(s) Cassette
CD
Running time(s) 26:21


Play By Numbers is the name of Boards of Canada's fourth known release. The Jockey Slut article by Richard Southern describes Play by Numbers as follows: "Five-track CD from what was now a trio, boasting a My Bloody Valentine influence in places, shifting further into electronics in others."

Of the album's five tracks, only a 56-second excerpt of Wouldn't You Like To Be Free[1] (posted on the EHX website in the late 1990s) has been heard by those outside of the band's friends and family.

Tracks[edit]

  1. "Remmy Kid" – 0:58
  2. "Wouldn't You Like To Be Free" – 5:40
  3. "Infinite Lines of Colourful Sevens" – 9:18
  4. "Numerator" – 4:37
  5. "Echelon" – 5:48

Comments[edit]

  • The title of this release might be an allusion to "painting by numbers", and also to the mathematical basis of music.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEPPv-o68KY
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