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Play By Numbers

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

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

Comments

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

References

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 # [https://bocpages.org/wiki/Play_By_Numbers#cite_ref-1 ↑] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEPPv-o68KY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEPPv-o68KY]
 # [https://bocpages.org/wiki/Play_By_Numbers#cite_ref-1 ↑] [https://web.archive.org/web/20010123235600/boardsofcanada.com/discog_play.html https://web.archive.org/web/20010123235600/boardsofcanada.com/discog_play.html]
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