Love or Hate?

Trollheart · 01-09-2016, 01:35 PM

Title: Music Has the Right to Children
Artiste: Boards of Canada
Genre: Electronic, Ambient
Familiarity: I've heard, and was not impressed by, Tomorrow's Harvest
Recommended by: TechnicLePanther

Expectations: It had better be a whole lot better than the other album: that really bored the hell out of me, and given the respect these guys get here, I had expected much more. This is their debut however, so maybe it'll be different. Side note: Why does TLP insist on choosing albums with a million tracks every goddamn time??

1. Wildlife analysis: Okay, nice ambient opening, quite short
2. An eagle in your mind: Slightly more upbeat, bit more in it, some very sparse vocals, not bad but hasn't convinced me yet. Not crazy about the scratching.
3. The colour of the fire: Nice vibraphone, the usage of children's voices is uber-annoying. Yeah, I really hated that. The colour of the fire is red.
4. Telephasic workshop: This one's alright. Sort of a mix of ambient and some samply/electronica stuff.
5. Triangles and rhombuses: Short, nice relaxed ambient instrumental. Goes a little weird towards the end.
6. Sixtyten: Some cool percussion and some odd samples. Meh. It's okay I guess.
7. Turquoise hexagon sun: Is this Fender Rhodes? Whatever, it's a lovely smooth luxuriant start to the track, which then moves along in a slow, I guess trip-hop way?
8. Kaini Industries: Too short to make any impression
9. Bcomua: Nice little ambient instrumental
10.Roygbiv: Got a kind of progressive rock feel to it, with the squealy keyboard and the sort of loping pace. The one-word vocal sample is again very annoying though.
11. Rue the whirl: Repetitive but kind of entrancing. Like this. I guess you'd class it as trip-hop, would you?
12. Aquarius: Okay, this sounds like it has some potential. Again quite sort of proggy-like, slow beat, warbly synth, nice guitar riffs, very raw. Oh, crap! More ****ty voice samples. Jesus! I know it's called Music Has the Right to Children, but does it have to have so many ****ing samples of kids in it?? Grrr! Gone from Green to White. If that **** says “Orange!” one more ****ing time....

Alright, **** you! It's Red now! Happy you prick?
13. Olson: Pleasant but very short.
14. Pete standing alone: This is good. Uses vocal samples too but they're not annoying. Nice kind of rattling feel to the music. Sweeping synth and ticking percussion.
15. Smokes quantity: Don't like the kind of whiny, screechy nature of this too much.
16. Open the light: This is much nicer. Light piano, guitar and a sort of flutey sound to it.
17. One very important thought: Political crap. Meh.

End result: Better than the other album I listened to. Some very good tracks but some really annoying ones. I'm still not sure it would make me a fan of the band, though I might be prepared to listen to something else in the future. Jury's still out, I guess.

So, Love or Hate? Overall though, best I can manage is quite a weak Like.

TechnicLePanther · 01-09-2016, 01:52 PM

I normally wouldn't but in this case, I implore you to listen to:

Happy Cycling

It was only released on the US release, but today it's considered an essential part of the album. I agree that "One Very Important Thought" doesn't feel interesting enough to be the album closer. Just give it a listen, it's one of their best songs period. Especially the last couple of minutes.

Trollheart · 01-09-2016, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TechnicLePanther

I normally wouldn't but in this case, I implore you to listen to:

Happy Cycling

It was only released on the US release, but today it's considered an essential part of the album. I agree that "One Very Important Thought" doesn't feel interesting enough to be the album closer. Just give it a listen, it's one of their best songs period. Especially the last couple of minutes.

Holy crap! If that's their best then I'll never be a fan. That was SOOOOOO BORING!!! Mostly the same rambling beat for much of it, then it changed but only slightly. The only good thing about it was that for the first minute or so the cat with headphones gif in my Listening List OP was moving almost exactly in time with the rhythm. Other than that, not interested. Meh. And Meh again I say!

Chula Vista · 01-09-2016, 02:41 PM

Not checking to see if reqs are still being taken. Too tired.

One of the most unique virtuoso rock albums. Nothing else like it.

The Batlord · 01-09-2016, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

3. The colour of the fire: Nice vibraphone, the usage of children's voices is uber-annoying. Yeah, I really hated that. The colour of the fire is red.

I'd just like to point out that Boards of Canada spell "color" without the "u", so you need to change that.

Trollheart · 01-09-2016, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Not checking to see if reqs are still being taken. Too tired.

One of the most unique virtuoso rock albums. Nothing else like it.

They're not. Haven't opened yet.

Trollheart · 01-09-2016, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Batlord

I'd just like to point out that Boards of Canada spell "color" without the "u", so you need to change that.

They're ****ing Scottish! Why would they spell it the WRONG American way? It stays. Sue me.

The Batlord · 01-09-2016, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

They're ****ing Scottish! Why would they spell it the WRONG American way? It stays. Sue me.

Here are four sources that spell it without a "u".

Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children (CD, Album) at Discogs

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/alb...t_to_children/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_...ht_to_Children

http://www.amazon.com/Music-Has-The-.../dp/B0001RVTWA

The Batlord · 01-09-2016, 02:58 PM

And here's the tracklist from the band's own site. Notice anything?

BOARDS OF CANADA - VINYL REISSUES 2013

Trollheart · 01-09-2016, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Batlord

And here's the tracklist from the band's own site. Notice anything?

BOARDS OF CANADA - VINYL REISSUES 2013

01-09-2016, 01:35 PM	#2571 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,971	Title: Music Has the Right to Children Artiste: Boards of Canada Genre: Electronic, Ambient Familiarity: I've heard, and was not impressed by, Tomorrow's Harvest Recommended by: TechnicLePanther Expectations: It had better be a whole lot better than the other album: that really bored the hell out of me, and given the respect these guys get here, I had expected much more. This is their debut however, so maybe it'll be different. Side note: Why does TLP insist on choosing albums with a million tracks every goddamn time?? 1. Wildlife analysis: Okay, nice ambient opening, quite short 2. An eagle in your mind: Slightly more upbeat, bit more in it, some very sparse vocals, not bad but hasn't convinced me yet. Not crazy about the scratching. 3. The colour of the fire: Nice vibraphone, the usage of children's voices is uber-annoying. Yeah, I really hated that. The colour of the fire is red. 4. Telephasic workshop: This one's alright. Sort of a mix of ambient and some samply/electronica stuff. 5. Triangles and rhombuses: Short, nice relaxed ambient instrumental. Goes a little weird towards the end. 6. Sixtyten: Some cool percussion and some odd samples. Meh. It's okay I guess. 7. Turquoise hexagon sun: Is this Fender Rhodes? Whatever, it's a lovely smooth luxuriant start to the track, which then moves along in a slow, I guess trip-hop way? 8. Kaini Industries: Too short to make any impression 9. Bcomua: Nice little ambient instrumental 10.Roygbiv: Got a kind of progressive rock feel to it, with the squealy keyboard and the sort of loping pace. The one-word vocal sample is again very annoying though. 11. Rue the whirl: Repetitive but kind of entrancing. Like this. I guess you'd class it as trip-hop, would you? 12. Aquarius: Okay, this sounds like it has some potential. Again quite sort of proggy-like, slow beat, warbly synth, nice guitar riffs, very raw. Oh, crap! More ***ty voice samples. Jesus! I know it's called Music Has the Right to Children, but does it have to have so many *ing samples of kids in it?? Grrr! Gone from Green to White. If that says “Orange!” one more ing time.... Alright, you! It's Red now! Happy you prick? 13. Olson: Pleasant but very short. 14. Pete standing alone: This is good. Uses vocal samples too but they're not annoying. Nice kind of rattling feel to the music. Sweeping synth and ticking percussion. 15. Smokes quantity: Don't like the kind of whiny, screechy nature of this too much. 16. Open the light: This is much nicer. Light piano, guitar and a sort of flutey sound to it. 17. One very important thought: Political crap. Meh. End result: Better than the other album I listened to. Some very good tracks but some really annoying ones. I'm still not sure it would make me a fan of the band, though I might be prepared to listen to something else in the future. Jury's still out, I guess. So, Love or Hate? Overall though, best I can manage is quite a weak Like*. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*

01-09-2016, 01:52 PM	#2572 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	I normally wouldn't but in this case, I implore you to listen to: Happy Cycling It was only released on the US release, but today it's considered an essential part of the album. I agree that "One Very Important Thought" doesn't feel interesting enough to be the album closer. Just give it a listen, it's one of their best songs period. Especially the last couple of minutes. __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.

01-09-2016, 02:41 PM	#2574 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Not checking to see if reqs are still being taken. Too tired. One of the most unique virtuoso rock albums. Nothing else like it. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”