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== Release notes ==
 
== Release notes ==
 
The CD was jointly released by both [[Skam]], BoC's original label, and [[Warp]].  Both labels were included on the credits and packaging.  However, CDs ordered from Skam included a braille sticker reading "boardsofcanada".
 
The CD was jointly released by both [[Skam]], BoC's original label, and [[Warp]].  Both labels were included on the credits and packaging.  However, CDs ordered from Skam included a braille sticker reading "boardsofcanada".
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Mastering by Darrell Fitton aka Bola.
  
 
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==Trivia==
 
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* According to [[WATMM]], the cover image was taken at Banff Springs in Alberta, Canada.  
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* The cover photo was taken at a lookout on Mt. Norquay Road overlooking downtown Banff in Alberta, Canada.
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*  On the title of this album, and of some of its tracks, [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] said in an interview:
 
*  On the title of this album, and of some of its tracks, [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] said in an interview:
 
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"Our titles are always cryptic references which the listener might understand or might not. Some of them are personal, so the  listener is unlikely to know what it refers to. Music Has the Right to Children is a statement of our intention to affect the audience using sound. [[The Color Of The Fire]] was a reference to a friend's psychedelic experience. [[Kaini Industries]] is a company that was set up in Canada ( by coincidence in the month Mike was born), to create employment for a settlement of Cree Indians. [[Olson]] is the surname of a family we know, and [[Smokes Quantity]] is the nickname of a friend of ours."
 
"Our titles are always cryptic references which the listener might understand or might not. Some of them are personal, so the  listener is unlikely to know what it refers to. Music Has the Right to Children is a statement of our intention to affect the audience using sound. [[The Color Of The Fire]] was a reference to a friend's psychedelic experience. [[Kaini Industries]] is a company that was set up in Canada ( by coincidence in the month Mike was born), to create employment for a settlement of Cree Indians. [[Olson]] is the surname of a family we know, and [[Smokes Quantity]] is the nickname of a friend of ours."
 
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Latest revision as of 21:40, 29 June 2024

Music Has the Right to Children
Music Has the Right to Children.jpg
Label(s) Skam Records
Warp Records
Matador Records (US only)
Catalogue No(s) skalp1/warplp55
skald1/warpcd55
skald1/pwarpcd55
skald1/warpcd55x
ole 299-2
Release date(s) 20 April 1998 (Europe)
20 August 1998 (United States)
Format(s) Gatefold 2xLP
CD
Promo CD
Running time(s) 62:58 (Original release)
70:42 (US release/2004 re-release)


Music Has the Right to Children was the first commercially released album by Boards of Canada and probably their most well-known one. It has been called one of the greatest pieces of electronic music of its age and has introduced many to Boards of Canada. It was released 20 April 1998 in the United Kingdom and 20 August 1998 in the United States. It was later re-pressed in 2004.

Tracks[edit]

  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 and 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
  18. "Happy Cycling" – 7:51 (included only on 1998 US Matador release and 2004 Warp re-release)

Release notes[edit]

The CD was jointly released by both Skam, BoC's original label, and Warp. Both labels were included on the credits and packaging. However, CDs ordered from Skam included a braille sticker reading "boardsofcanada".

Mastering by Darrell Fitton aka Bola.

Mhtrtc braille.jpg

Trivia[edit]

  • The cover photo was taken at a lookout on Mt. Norquay Road overlooking downtown Banff in Alberta, Canada.
  • On the title of this album, and of some of its tracks, BoC said in an interview:

"Our titles are always cryptic references which the listener might understand or might not. Some of them are personal, so the listener is unlikely to know what it refers to. Music Has the Right to Children is a statement of our intention to affect the audience using sound. The Color Of The Fire was a reference to a friend's psychedelic experience. Kaini Industries is a company that was set up in Canada ( by coincidence in the month Mike was born), to create employment for a settlement of Cree Indians. Olson is the surname of a family we know, and Smokes Quantity is the nickname of a friend of ours."

Artwork[edit]

Discography Overview | view • edit
Rare/Early releases Catalog 3 • Acid Memories • Closes Vol. 1 • Play by Numbers • Hooper Bay • Boc Maxima • Old Tunes Vol. 1 • Old Tunes Vol. 2 • Random 35 Tracks Tape • Geogaddi (test pressing)
General releases (albums) Music Has the Right to Children • Geogaddi • The Campfire Headphase • Tomorrow's Harvest
General releases (EPs/12"s) Twoism • Hi Scores • Aquarius • Peel Session • In a Beautiful Place out in the Country • Trans Canada Highway
Mixtapes Marcus Eoin's Campfire Mixtape • Societas x Tape
Live Sets Live @ Warp10 • Live @ Lighthouse • Live @ ATP • All Gigs
Promotional Releases Telephasic Workshop • MHTRTC (promo cassette) • Orange Romeda • Geogaddi (promo lp) • Geogaddi (promo cassette) • ------ / ------ / ------ / XXXXXX / ------ / ------ • Reach For The Dead (promo cd) • Come To Dust (promo cd)
Produced by BoC for Others Here Come the Rubber Cops
Bootleg Releases Unreleased Tracks
Other Kaleidoscope • Promotional Events • Promotional Items • T-Shirts



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