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Play by Numbers

Play By Numbers
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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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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
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Mixtapes Marcus Eoin's Campfire Mixtape • Societas x Tape
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