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." It has also been said that the album, "with the 9-minute Infinite Lines of Colourful Sevens, showcased a more creative approach."

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

Tracks

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

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