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Average customer rating: Absolutely Unlistenable Bonkers Get some battles in your life Different...but why does different have to be total garbage? (1.5 Stars) Spawn of John McLaughlin

Mirrored Battles Manufacturer: Warp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Math Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: From Here We Go Sublime Person Pitch Sound of Silver The Reminder Icky Thump ASIN: B000OLHGBQ Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

1. Race: In
2. Atlas
3. Ddiamondd
4. Tonto
5. Leyendecker
6. Rainbow
7. Bad Trails
8. Prismism
9. Snare Hanger
10. TIJ
11. RACE: OUT

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely Unlistenable.......2007-08-01

I read so much great stuff about this album, I couldn't wait to hear it. It is absolutely horrible. I honestly have no idea how someone could enjoy this. I guess I just don't get it.

Bonkers.......2007-08-01

What can I say that hasn't been said by other reviewers? This is definitely a bonkers record, with a sound that is impossible to describe. I don't think there is a precedent for it. Dense, layered hammered-on guitar beeps and blips with one hand, keyboard riffs with the other, set to absolutely precise and punishing drums. Surreal vocals which are heavily distorted -- I didn't realize that they were indeed vocals, I assumed they were samples at first. It is a definite and welcome progression from their earlier EPs. Just mind boggling, gets better with every listen. The dual (treble?) guitar insanity in Race:Out makes me walk around my apartment making strange noises to myself. This is an unheard of sound -- truly original. You really have to listen to this record a lot to appreciate it -- but what did it for me was seeing them perform live, easily one of the most energetic and uplifting shows I've seen in quite some time.

Get some battles in your life.......2007-07-31

Firstly, don't believe the hype when it comes to claims of Battles being the second coming of musical Christ. Secondly, don't form your opinions about the album on the albums first single 'atlas' and thirdly, listen to a few of the members prior bands and if you do all that you'll appreciate battles all the more. Coming off the large touring success from the first 3 e.p's and the consolidated release of those e.p's on warp records battles are at the top of their game right now.

Battles consists of Ian (Don Cabalerro) Dave (lynxx) John (Helmet, Tomahawk) and Tyondai (Parts & Labor) who created a series of 3 E.P's of solid chunky math rock with call/response style guitars and crushing drums so complex that it sounds like 5 minute drum solo's. On Mirrored, you find a few minor changes in song structure and you see the band moving slightly away from the drums as the central focus of the songs to the addition of distorted and modulated vocals (a neat addition that can be found on Tyondai Braxtons previous work with Parts & Labor)and a new "dance-ability" to the tracks are whats in store for you. But it still sounds like the band you fell in love with last year. It's a very smart take on dance music, math rock and post punk. Think IDM with an all live band. Check them out live -[..] and catch a glimpse at what they do.

What is important about the band is that they could be the most commercially successful indie band of the next few years and when you see their live show you'll understand why there following is rabid about them.

Different...but why does different have to be total garbage? (1.5 Stars).......2007-07-30

Let's give the anointed of the indie kings some space: they don't make music intending to be picked up by pretentious snobs for the rest of us benighted fools to listen to. This being said, I don't really know if I'm really going to grant as much of the benefit of the doubt to Battles regarding whether they're in this for the hype that comes along with doing anything different.

There are many artists that were indie favorites that have come along and ended up being wonderful artists. The kingmakers aren't always wrong. M.I.A., for example, was different and bold.

She was also a good musician. Battles is different, yes, but not for any serious purpose. They're different for the sake of being different.

Anyone who has ever worked with a music program such as Audacity knows how to do what Battles does with vocals: run it through the pitch change option a few times and you end up with "Alvin and the Chipmunks" vocals.

So with that in hand: loop a few strange-sounding things -- perhaps in an odd time signature -- then put in a few odd-sounding instruments and -- voila! You've got something different! Yes, you certainly do. You also have a steaming pile of crap.

It's not that the songs are bad -- hey, lead single Atlas is quite catchy based on its melody -- it's that the *production* is bad. The electronic elements are sorely misguided.

I'm sorry, but I found Mirrored to be intolerable. (No, actually, I'm not sorry. Battles should be apologizing to me.) I love electronica. I love rock. This is neither. Hey -- I even often like hyped music. Metacritic.com ranks Battled as the second best album of the year. The Field's "From Here We Go Sublime" was ranked #1. That was also a *good CD*.

Overhyped music is not always bad, but geez, does this album show that it's not necessarily any good, either. This just goes to show that you shouldn't lap up anything the critics tell you to mindlessly, liking it because you think you're supposed to [see also: the intolerable Amy Winehouse].

GRADE: D
VERDICT: Watch some videos on YouTube and tell me if you don't think that these songs would have had potential had a totally bizarre -- in a bad way -- band not been making them and run them through the pitch change blender a few times.

Spawn of John McLaughlin.......2007-07-25

and that ain't good. The opening track on this CD is the keeper, the rest is simply boring for all its odd time signatures. I don't question that these four are adept at keeping time, but there is a lack of soul in this music, a lack of blues, a lack of swing, a lack of melody, in short it is nunches of sixteenth notes, knocks on various drum heads, electronic pygmy chants and a very dull waste of time, no matter how you count it out.
Way back in the seventies, what killed progressive music like Yes, ELP, Weather Report, and the ilk was essentially one guy: John McLauhlin. Having risen to infamy with Miles, and to the utter dismay of Keith Jarrett, Mahavishnu hisself proceeded to take the avant and classical leanings that were in favour and do them to such an excess that there could only be punk as a response. I don't think Battles will rise to such a post. Still, enough of this is enough. There are obviously those who enjoy this. There are those who enjoy the free jazz of Derek Bailey at his most abstract as well. Unfortunately, Jeff Tweedy's recommendation not withstanding, I found it a real job to get through tracks 2 through 6. It has been tossed in the rubbish bin now. Nice opener though. I thought they might be on to something. Oh well. I'd stick with Nels Cline, Explosions in the Sky and others over this.

Average customer rating: Deserving the 5 stars Yellow House Welcome Home Perfect end to a perfect day . Each day, I spend it with you

Yellow House Grizzly Bear Manufacturer: Warp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Return to Cookie Mountain (with Bonus Tracks) Horn of Plenty (w/Bonus Remixes) The Gulag Orkestar Ys The Reminder ASIN: B000FS9LKW Release Date: 2006-09-05

Tracks:

1. Easier
2. Lullabye
3. Knife
4. Central And Remonte
5. Little Brother
6. Plans
7. Marla
8. On A Neck, On A Spit
9. Reprise
10. Colorado

Amazon.com

It's a rare thing to find a band that counts the glockenspiel, autoharp, banjo, and flute as key instruments, especially when it's a rock band with just four members. Grizzly Bear use all the above instruments plus another dozen or so to make the 10 floating, gossamer, low-lit tunes that comprise Yellow House. They are rounded edges, off-kilter waltzes ("Lullabye," which teeters tipsily), laconic vignettes, and even a vintage 1930s waltz written by singer Edward Droste's great-aunt. The meshwork here is Grizzly Bear's smarts, a banjo lending fleeting rhythmic hints to a guitar-picked melody ("Reprise"), a haunted piano filling the sonic air with smoke. All four members sing duskily and softly, making a slow-going atmosphere that would delight the great composer Morton Feldman. The brilliance here is that every song mesmerizes, not with aural dominance but with an atmospheric magnetism. --Andrew Bartlett

Album Description

"Magical, haunting melodies are Grizzly Bear's mainstay. A band that won't jilt you; they always craft their songs from start to finish--and meticulous instrumentation and arrangements are their specialty. On "Yellow House", Grizzly Bear still flexes its lo-fi connoisseurship, but with a better recording--still totally DIY, now embellished with fine sonic engineering."

Customer Reviews:

Deserving the 5 stars.......2007-06-24

Most of the reviews for this record are right on. GB have an incredibly haunting, big sound, full of menace and beauty. These guys clearly aren't trying to recreate anything else. One of the most stunning releases by any band in a long, long time.

Yellow House.......2007-06-07

The old cliché about the parallel between sound and location pops up here in an endearing way: Yellow House was recorded in singer/guitarist Edward Droste's mother's house--yellow, of course--on the outskirts of Boston. The domicile's creakiness and mustiness permeates these uniformly lovely songs, giving them the homespun feel of something that's been sewn together in an old rocking chair. Grizzly Bear uses the full band at its disposal by gracefully piling instruments atop each other, and their solid group dynamic allows them to focus on ancillary yet important elements like mood and album flow. Some have griped that the production is too tinny for something this sweeping, but if it doesn't sound like a Sony cash cow, it does have the air of a time capsule, dug up and played on the Victrola for the first time in decades. It's the final magic touch on a thoroughly accomplished and enjoyable record.

Welcome Home.......2007-05-11

The lo-fi neo-psychedelia freak-folk of "Yellow House" is not so easily described. Hence the rather amorphous appellates "lo-fi" and "neo-psychedelia" and "freak-folk." Listening to the album (over and over again), a lot of descriptions came to mind...

The Beach Boys, minus the beach ("Knife").

A moon-powered TV on the Radio ("On A Neck, On A Spit").

A tamed-n-trained Animal Collective ("Easier").

Hot Chip on ice ("Little Brother").

If none of that makes any sense to you (and who can blame you?), let it be enough to say that Grizzly Bear's sophomore LP is as warm and silky as sudsy bathwater. The quartet utilizes banjos, laptops, and flutes (among other, more traditional instruments) to create something so atmospheric, so emotional, so good that at times it's just plain heart-wrenching.

Named after one of the band members' mother's home, where the album was recorded, the album is just as inviting as a return to the loamy roots of nostalgia. The apogee of cool soul sonics, "Yellow House" is big enough to live in, but as cozy as a warm embrace.

Perfect end to a perfect day ........2007-05-02

Do not listen to this album if your looking for something new, different, harmonic or simply put ~ beautiful. If you are though, my curious friend then may the gods be with you to absorb the melodic blows this album delivers.

Grizzly Bear like a few choice indy(ish) bands have there vocals down almost too perfectly. "Easier" kicks off the album as a bedtime story that leads to worlds unseen. You really get a feel of what the album will be like in this first song ~ harmony, simple drum placement, and sounds you hear only in cartoons way too early in the morning. All these make up whats to come ~ "Knife" shows up just in time to remind you that its the vocals that make Yellow House.

I was really into "Central and Remote" for a while because of the amazing breakdown in the second half of the song. The acoustic really wants the musician inside you to come out and play, its THAT inviting! "Plans" will seem like the band formed into one giant animal because each sound brought by the members mesh just too well ~ the whistling and again the harmony between the memebers is astounding. Really makes you think the direction music is headed after hearing an album like this.

"Reprise and Colorado" couldn't be placed in the albums list any better. Colorado is also the most simplistic sounding song on the album, with repeating lyrics and the constant sound of something swarming around you. Those two finishing songs finally behead the monster that is Grizzly Bear ( in a good way ) Don't worry it will grow back and hopefully later into another beast with similar traits that follows this album.

Each day, I spend it with you.......2007-04-18

Grizzly Bear have been around for awhile, but "Yellow House" is their first album as a complete, cohesive quartet band. And it's a stunning piece of work, layering together ethereal freakfolk and gentle rock'n'roll into an eerily earthy sound -- it's like listening to a folk band made up of ghosts.

It opens with a run-through of the instrumentation -- a flute smoothing out into a wobbly violin, and some tinny piano. After a moment of silence, the band slips into "Easier," with its folky banjo/guitar melody wrapped in gentle shimmering synth. And the lyrics hint at broken houses and broken loves: "I know, I know, the doors won't close/the pipes all froze/just let it go...let's recreate an easier time/because I still can't find you."

They follow it up with an earthier song, "Lullabye," which meanders uncertainly through mostly acoustic territory, but with the occasional synthy chime. The songs that follow are in this mold -- ghostly rockers and fizzly, windy ballads. Each one starts off simple and slow, but builds up into atmospheric and powerful pieces of work.

If you just hear a sample or skip through it, "Yellow House" sounds like your basic folk-rock album. Not much to listen to. But listen to some of the songs in their entirety, and the beauty of their music really starts to stick out -- it's sort of glitchy shimmery freakfolk psychedelica, with a bit of lo-fi indie-rock thrown in for good measure.

They have a dud every now and then -- the first halves of "On a Neck, On a Spit" and "Reprise" are too banjoey and straightforward to fit in. However, the rest of the time they craft their music exquisitely -- the instrumentation and vocals are layered together into hypnotic swirls, sometimes fading out to give it that ghostly sound.

The instrumentation itself is a beautiful blend of all sorts of instruments -- some straightforward guitar and restrained banjo, some echoing glockenspiel and a soft flute. And the entire album is shrouded in dark, unearthly synth from Chris Taylor, ranging from glitches to wavers, misty fuzz to a twittering sound like a moth's wings.

All four members contribute their vocals, and their intertwined, mournful voices are absolutely stunning. They could sing just about anything and make it sound pretty -- in fact, "Colorado" is mostly made up of mournful calls of the title word. The other songs usually have a few more lines than that, but are pared down to the core: "A folding chair/Sitting out by the wading pool, chlorine blue/Rush of wind passing over me/Restless nights/Chin up, cheer up/My love's another kind..."

Grizzly Bear craft a beautiful, delicate collection of freakfolky tunes with a psychedelic edge, an exquisite listen that takes a little while to sink in. "Yellow House" should be lived in.

Average customer rating: ok maybe 3 stars is a bit harsh FAILS TO HOLD MY ATTENTION British indie pop brilliance If you like the Who, the Jam ... LISTEN

Our Earthly Pleasures Maximo Park Manufacturer: Warp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britpop | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Favourite Worst Nightmare Because of the Times An End Has a Start The Good, the Bad & the Queen Yours Truly Angry Mob [Deluxe Edition CD/DVD Combo] ASIN: B000MV9NC8 Release Date: 2007-05-08

Tracks:

1. Girls Who Play Guitars
2. Our Velocity
3. Books from Boxes
4. Russian Literature
5. Karaoke Plays
6. Your Urge
7. The Unshockable
8. By The Monument
9. Nosebleed
10. A Fortnight's Time
11. Sandblasted and Set Free
12. Parisian Skies
13. Pride Before A Fall (US Bonus Track)
14. Distance Makes (US Bonus Track)

From Amazon.co.uk

The second album from Newcastle's Maximo Park, Our Earthly Pleasures confirms its creators to be one of the UK's more idiosyncratic indie outfits--the sort of bookish, educated rockers for whom intelligence means something more than reading a book while you're having your photo taken. Not only does vocalist Paul Smith boast the sort of wit and wisdom to rhyme the words "hypothetical," "alphabetical," "theoretical," and "dialectical" ("A Fortnight's Time") without coming off as a pretentious try-hard, the songs Maximo pen zip along with a gleaming tunefulness and athletic agility that denies any obvious musical influence. Much here is concerned with collapsing relationships, although Smith takes a more circuitous route than most though the familiar territory of a love song: "Our Velocity" treats male-female communication as a cipher to be cracked, while the chiming "Books from Boxes" takes stock of a love affair of a relationship from its accumulated paper trail. Far from being introspective and self-absorbed, however, Our Earthly Pleasures is an energetic, vibrant affair, thanks in part to the work of Pixies producer Gil Norton, who thickens up Lukas Wooler's synth and hones the band dynamic to quiet/loud perfection. --Louis Pattison

Album Description

2007 sophomore album from this Britpop outfit. Produced by Gil Norton (Pixies/Foo Fighters) making it even more taut and muscular and boasts five huge radio singles (each featuring a video with a different director). 12 tracks including 'Girls Who Play Guitars', 'Books From Boxes' and the first single 'Our Velocity'.. Warp. 2007

Album Details

Second Album from Newcastle's Maximo Park, Produced by Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters).

Customer Reviews:

ok maybe 3 stars is a bit harsh.......2007-08-06

When Maximo Park are at their best, they make strikingly catchy and resonating melodies. "Our Velocity" is a myriad of spacey tunes with a pace and tempo that jumps back and forth like a pendulum. Its misguided lyrics embellished well by the panic stricken synth energy. Its Impressive. Its a complete song.

"Books from Boxes" tells a story in the same vain as Death Cab for Cutie's "title and registration". Again, Mr Maximo manages well to link the melancholy tempo and melody of the song with what he is actually singing. Its an absorbing moment on the album.

But then there are moments on this album , I find myself suspicious of the bands craftsmanship. I wonder whether his choice for words is a sincere attempt at poetry or whether its a mere sellout to make the rhyme work. "5 times 5 equals 25..."

Maximo do chorus lines well, they are catchy... but on the weaker tracks the verses sound like detached phrases of dribble. With derivative melody, mediocre at best.

A certain Trigger had hints of a one dimensional emotional Maximo and this latest release only confirms this. Maximo seem to think that life is all about one thing... relationship. They sing only about relationship, whether it be losing it, wanting it, or hating it. It seems there has been only one thing on their mind since their conception....
and it gets too much after a while.

They have great potential, and great energy but its time to get over it... and transcend to greater heights.

FAILS TO HOLD MY ATTENTION.......2007-07-12

This album really fails to hold my attention. Nothing bad can be said for the work behind it, however I was wanting to fast foward through tracks in the hopes of hearing something that would grab me and me want to listen to it over and over.

Respect this review, realize that I'm no critic but I know what I like and this album has nothing I like...Recommending it because I own some Simian Mobile Disco merits the effort to give this album a bad review. Plus, believe me that I took a good listen to this album with the hopes of finding something good in it even if it was for the purpose of remixing/refixing for the dancefloor.

British indie pop brilliance.......2007-07-06

I'ts hard to put your finger on Maximo Parks sound,it really grows on you the more you listen. The first cd was a little herky/jerky and lacked refined production value but Our Earthly Pleasures has a much smoother sound without detracting from it's origins. I would recommend to anyone who craves original sound along with intelligent and inspiring lyrics.

If you like the Who, the Jam ..........2007-06-16

If you like the Who, the Jam ... or even the Smiths in some respects, you should try this music.

I cannot stop listening to this CD, and I don't do that often. A stack of music comes and goes from my office every month. It's a big part of my job, but I cannot listen to much of it and do my work. Ironic, I know. The cover of this CD caught my attention ~ [side-note: it looks like the same photographer over the course of their previous releases]

This is not simple pop. The songs are crafted and well-written ~ they build and turn unexpectedly. Strong tracks to sample: Your Urge; Books From Boxes and the lead track, Girls Who Play Guitar.

LISTEN.......2007-05-12

There will undoubtedly be people who loved the first album that will listen to this and feel lost in the sheet of sound that fills the middle of this one. I too wondered what happened to the brilliant changes of their first release. However, anyone who loves Maximo knows they deserve more than one good listen. And so that is my advice...LISTEN. Put on some good headphones, sit back, and listen to it unfold. After a few listens you'll hear it.

Average customer rating: new age for hipsters? Not understanding other reviewers here Their best. More music, less noise. takes you away Remote Music

The Campfire Headphase Boards of Canada Manufacturer: Warp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Music Has The Right To Children Geogaddi Trans Canada Highway In a Beautiful Place Out In the Country Takk... ASIN: B000AP2ZQC Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

1. Into the Rainbow Vein
2. Chromakey Dreamcoat
3. Satellite Anthem Icarus
4. Peacock Tail
5. Dayvan Cowboy
6. A Moment of Clarity
7. '84 Pontiac Dream
8. Sherbet Head
9. Oscar See Through Red Eye
10. Ataronchronon
11. Hey Saturday Sun
12. Constants Are Changing
13. Slow This Bird Down
14. Tears From the Compound Eye
15. Farewell Fire

Amazon.com

This Scottish duo's third album is their most shoegazer-y and gorgeous. For the first time, acoustic and electric instruments intrude on their landscape, which brings them closer to the work of artists like Four Tet and M83. But there's an intricacy to their beats and a strange, underwater quality to their samples that's strictly BoC. It's weird woozy music that's lovely and alien. "Dayvan Cowboy,"for instance, is a slow-paced bit of moody psychedelia; the drums don't even kick in until two thirds of the way through. The hypnotic, analog synth-driven "Farewell Fire"sounds like some lost tune by space-kraut pioneers Cluster. This is music you listen to when drugs don't work anymore; it's more reliable and a whole lot cheaper besides. "Oscar See Through Red Eye,"one of the more percussive songs, is perfect for languid late night dancing, but most of the album is sublimely made for the bean bag chairs. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

One of the world's most revered and mysterious electronic acts, Boards of Canada re-emerge from the ether with "The Campfire Headphase" their first album since 2002's mystic "Geogaddi". "The Campfire Headphase" will satiate the groups massive, rabid fanbase. This is classic Boards of Canada touched with acid-drenched folk music, atmospheric dissonance, deceptively tough alien beats and mindbending melodic creations.

Customer Reviews:

new age for hipsters?.......2007-08-05

This album has some gorgeous sounds, and a few nice tracks, most notably Dayvan Cowboy. I was so intrigued when I first started listening that I read some interviews with the band and distilled that they are really focused on finding new sounds and they love My Bloody Valentine. As for the new sounds, I don't hear many on here. They use annoying things like drum machine handclaps. The rest of it is pretty uninspired synth programming, horrible drum programming, and canned samples. Or at least it sounds canned, so if they are striving to invent their own sonic pallet, it's not working.

As far as being influenced by My Bloody Valentine, the Loveless album is one of the most interesting, beautiful, and unique ever. It's gritty and warbly and all, but it's also a collection of great pop songs. I hear BoC working on the gritty and warbly part, but they don't know how to write a catchy song. It's a tough thing to do in the instrumental realm, but it can be done.

I hope the BoC guys team up with a killer songwriter and rhythm section someday and make the great album that might be inside them. As for this one, it's novel at first but ultimately, dress these boys like hippies and let them make music for yoga videos. After about 20 listenings, my infatuation was over.

Not understanding other reviewers here.......2007-03-10

I don't see where the addition of guitars into BoC's music is a bad thing. At all. I don't think it adds or dectracts from their style. I like it. I have listened to most of their other songs, and this is just another really great album. Boards of Canada are one of the best bands ever. They have managed to take their darker emotions and turn them into something staggeringly beautiful. I don't think there is another band that does that.

Their best. More music, less noise. .......2007-03-09

I think this is the best the boys have put out. The songs all have melodies and structures, where some of the previous material had drums and a lot of noise.

Keep it up!

takes you away.......2007-03-08

I had no idea what this group was like but I like the feel to it.

Remote Music.......2007-03-02

This is not music you listen to; it is music you HEAR. It doesn't emanate from your player or radio, it comes from (& covers) the WORLD, and ALL WORLDS. And it is not "with" you, but rather ALL AROUND you. Even if shipwrecked in treeless Nome, Alaska, Saturday Sun can permeate the Rainbow Vein, and Constants are always Changing, even if for a brief period of time.

After a few playings, these pieces pay pleasant visitations to your psyche, your immediate environment, your soul. Witness the dawn and the subsequent sunrise, and Satellite Anthem Icarus will rise along with. Watch the dusk, and then the moonrise, and the Tears from the Compound Eye shed an unearthly cascade into the environment. When caught in a traffic jam, dream of Peacock Tails & then the Dayvan Cowboy rides by freely, without being summoned. During a thunderstorm, or an argument at work, or even a party, visions from Oscar See-Through Red Eye combine reality with fantasy, with a sudden but not rude awakening. And after a church service, Farewell Fire quietly flares up, then almost as unnoticeably fades away. Can't Slow This Bird Down, since it is always both ahead of you & behind you simultaneously.

This disk has to be played at higher volume, since the music is multi-textural and the fadeouts are gradual & lengthy. The final selection begins fading only halfway through, and it is 8 minutes plus! (Turn it up then to introduce a Mobius strip of denouement). Since the melodies are the aura of the music, while the instrumentation is the body, the sounds connect with the notes. Like, the Chromakey Dreamcoat fabric is woven with that banjo-like guitar; other instrumentation would alter its identity directly.

Good remote companions for the player in your head & the campfires of your awareness, and a critical chapter in the Boards' fine work. And it COULDN'T BE ANY BETTER.

Average customer rating: A Modern Classic Strange and beautiful Excellent.... Music Has the Right to Children An Album that Transcends Time and Space

Music Has The Right To Children Boards of Canada Manufacturer: Warp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Scotland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Geogaddi The Campfire Headphase In a Beautiful Place Out In the Country Twoism Trans Canada Highway ASIN: B0001RVTWA Release Date: 2004-03-23

Tracks:

1. Wildlife Analysis
2. Eagle in Your Mind
3. Color of the Fire
4. Telephasic Workshop
5. Triangles & Rhombuses
6. Sixtyten
7. Turquoise Hexagon Sun
8. Kaini Industries
9. Bocuma
10. Roygbiv
11. Rue the Whirl
12. Aquarius
13. Olson
14. Pete Standing Alone
15. Smokes Quantity
16. Open the Light
17. One Very Important Thought
18. Happy Cycling

Customer Reviews:

A Modern Classic.......2007-07-13

I have been into "new age" music since the 1980's, then I discovered ambient/electronica and chill out. "Music has the right to Children" is definitely a blend of the latter, well worth the purchase price. I suppose if you took a little bit of Tangerine Dream, David Lanz, Paul Speer, Freedom, Biosphere and mixed it together, and added a heavy dash of Francois K., The Starseeds and just a touch of Klaus Schulze, you would have this work by Boards of Canada. Modern, contemporary and having no pretenses of tinkly-winkly, star-trekky new age chrystal waving activists, "Music has the Right to Children" is a naturally free-flowing, sonic mix of the band members doing what they do best.

This album in the background inspires me to write better, to relax, and more importantly, to make me feel that I am over the year 2000 hump. I can see listening to this album 20 years from now with the enthusiasm I had when I bought it. (I sampled the tracks at Silver Platters beforehand, so that I didn't end up with only two or three good tracks, and the rest mediocre). I wish I had waited and bought a used copy, but, that doesn't really matter. My favorite tracks are #2, "An Eagle on Your Mind" and #4, "Telephasic Workshop," where the synchopated, off-beat rhythmica develop nicely with the harmonious keyboard scaled tremelos in the backdrop. A few muddled voices with the crisp high-hat percussion add to the variety, making this album a true keeper. I look forward to acquiring more of their work. Good job, fellows!

Strange and beautiful.......2007-05-25

Before I ever heard this album, I was listening to punk, rock, pop, anything you could find on the Disney channel. But I made friends with people who don't watch tv, and ended up a bigger fan of BoC than them. I don't think of BoC as "New Age," "experimental," "ambient" or "trip-hop."
The best word I can use to describe the three LPs that I am aware of (MHARTC, Geogaddi, and The Campfire Headphase) is Elemental. Go ahead, listen again.
MHAR: Air. Light, floating leads like dust particles, spacey pads, kind of like floating on a cloud.
Geogaddi: Fire. Crackling, distorted vocals, music like smoke after a fire has been watered.
And speaking of water, how about The Campfire Headphase? Samples of waves, undulating progressions, sounds like being out at sea, all alone floating without a care in the world.

But if your sign is an air sign, give this one a try!

Excellent...........2007-03-11

I really love this album......:-) No further explanation needed. Enjoy! & CHILL!

Music Has the Right to Children.......2007-01-20

Adam Wiltzie, former bassist for post-rockers Windsor for the Derby, once said that their band tried hard to emulate visually in their album covers what the music on those albums indicated aurally. That seems to be becoming less relevant these days, as fewer and fewer people actually buy CDs, but the cover of BoC's "Music Has the Right to Children," depicting a turquoise, washed-out photograph of a 1970s family with their faces erased, perfectly encapsulates the album's effect, whether desired or not. On paper, Boards of Canada's M.O. lumps them in with the rest of the IDM movement circa 1998: mid-tempo beats, lush synth washes and a bit of turntablism. Yet the music proves to be far greater than the sum of its few integral parts, especially with repeated listens. For a lot of music writers who spent their youth in the 1970s, "Music" exhumes their childhood memories with a blurry, greenish tint, marked by weathered decay and intrusive vocal samples that sound as though they're coming from domineering parents, public announcement systems and educational videos. Like Liz Phair's "Exile in Guyville," Boards of Canada's debut album was so good that it became the band's death knell: their subsequent albums, while accomplished, paled in comparison to "Music"s puzzling brilliance. It's a testament to the album's je ne sais quoi specialness that so many musicians have attempted the BoC sound with far more diminutive results.

An Album that Transcends Time and Space.......2007-01-20

Ok, the title of this review is a bit odd and possibly even idiotic-sounding but I must say that this album is one of my top aural delights of all time. On this album you will find great beats, some catchy melodies, vintage keyboards, and a lot of variation (yet the album is very cohesive) and interesting music. This is tied with Aphex Twin's classic Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (which I highly recommend also!) for being the best electronica album ever. This is great stuff.

Average customer rating: CRIMINAL One MAJOR missing piece A good OMD compilation juicereview Where's Black Sky???

Time Warp: The Very Best of Ozark Mountain Daredevils Ozark Mountain Daredevils Manufacturer: A&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Pure Prairie League: Greatest Hits Anthology: The First 30 Years Best Of The Outlaws: Green Grass & High Tides The Ozark Mountain Daredevils Hot & Nasty: The Best of Black Oak Arkansas ASIN: B000053GU9 Release Date: 2000-12-05

Tracks:

1. If You Wanna Get to Heaven
2. Jackie Blue
3. Country Girl
4. Chicken Train
5. Spaceship Orion
6. Standing on the Rock
7. Road to Glory
8. You Made It Right
9. Look Away
10. E.E. Lawson
11. It Probably Always Will
12. Walkin' Down the Road
13. It'll Shine When It Shines
14. Keep on Churnin'
15. Leatherwood
16. Cobblestone Mountain
17. Mr. Powell
18. Homemade Wine
19. Arroyo
20. Giving It All to the Wind
21. Time Warp

Customer Reviews:

CRIMINAL.......2006-12-19

I love OMD! I am from St. Louis, so this band is kinda hometown. They are from across the state but OMD are hometown to anyone in Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. This is a brilliant collection of songs.

HOWEVER... it it absolutely CRIMINAL to not have included their most brilliant song of all. I'm talking about, You Know Like I Know. The vocals and songwriting are second to none. None of OMD, none of The Eagles and none of Poco.

Buy this CD anyway, it's great. In fact, buy everything they have ever released. I mean that in every since of the word.

THIS BAND HAS TALENT... SO MUCH TALENT... YOU CANNOT BELIEVE!

One MAJOR missing piece .......2006-03-26

Sorry I have to break the 5-star-spell here. How you could put together a "Best of" for OMD and not include "Men from Earth"'s FLY AWAY HOME is beyond me!!! It's a moral outrage! It's worse than torture!!! It's.... okay, I'm messin'. But still, that is a terrific piece, their greatest in my mind, on all counts, and could easily have been in this package in lieu of "Jackie Blue". Never understood the popularity of that song, whimsical though it is. Anyway, do get Men From Earth just to hear, or at least to hear, FLY AWAY HOME. Country Rock at it's best.

A good OMD compilation.......2005-09-14

The OMD have a very unique style, if I had to describe their overall style, I'd say it's like "psychadelic country". Even that isn't a complete description, but I think it comes pretty close. My personal favorite has always been "Jackie Blue", which is actually atypical of the usual OMD style. They are country with a bit of psychadelia and a little rock. This disc reflects their best hits and I'd highly recommend this to anyone who likes folk/rock and country/rock.

juicereview.......2004-12-19

one of a kind band with a one of a kind sound. I bought this disc with no knowledge of the band whatsoever, and it has turned out to be one of the best decisions i have ever made, when it comes to music.

Where's Black Sky???.......2004-05-26

No doubt this "would" be the definitive collection if it included the best song (along with Standing on a Rock) off the first album. Too bad...

Average customer rating: 3 1/2 stars Mediocre CD a little bit more.....more.....plz well crafted, but something not quite right about it Don't Believe The Hype

Multiply Jamie Lidell Manufacturer: Warp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Multiply Additions Muddlin Gear Rive Gauche Rio Sound of Silver Back to Black ASIN: B0009I46A8 Release Date: 2005-06-28

Tracks:

1. YouGotMeUp
2. Multiply
3. When I Come Back Around
4. A Little Bit More
5. What's the Use
6. Music Will Not Last
7. NewMe
8. The City
9. This Time
10. Game For Fools

Amazon.com

It would not be an exaggeration to say that James Lidell's the finest blue eyed soul singer in years, and thankfully he puts his pipes in service of the right stuff. Dude can seriously sing-one minute he reminds you of Otis, the next Sly, a brief detour through Marvin, a serious Prince workout, and then the dude goes and nails a great take on Stevie 's style too. The production is really inventive and subtle. Songs like "Multiply" and "Game for Fools" start out sounding spot-on retro at first, but then little touches sneak into the mix later on that are decidedly modern - the crazy keyboard solo on the former and the drum programming and subtle vocal effects on the latter. What keeps Lidell from massive cheesiness a la Jamiroquai is evident on "The City," the only real link here to Lidell's previous crazy-beats-heavy and effects-laden solo album and his work with Supercollider. Its inclusion here helps ground the album in the present, and along with the brief live clip included in the enhanced portion of the disc, it is clear Lidell is a major talent. -Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

3 1/2 stars.......2007-06-24

I would suggest that those who cite Jamie Lidell's Multiply as "amateurish": 1) perhaps adjust the subwoofer level, and 2) take an educational field trip through the R&B section of a good record store. Absent from their shelves will be the overly-produced, soul-less recordings so many are used to dotting their radio dials. Instead, one may expect to find timeless works like Marvin Gaye's Midnight Love, Otis Redding's Pain In My Heart, and (yes, it's true) Jamie Lidell's Multiply.

Though Multiply breaks no real ground and is not likely to blow many minds, its commitment to the tried and true Motown production style and simple, melodic compositions is a welcome relief from the muck in which top forty radio continues to churn its feet in. Fans of fun, genuine, soulful music will find this album more than enjoyable.

Mediocre CD.......2007-05-31

The recording quality sounds a bit amateurish, for example, the bass is very weak compared to the high and mid-range tones. The singing is average and the songs are not memorable except for the "A little bit more." All in all, you pay for that single song.

a little bit more.....more.....plz.......2007-05-21

gr8 cd, I first heard the song from a tv commercial.

I just got hooked to his music..awesome tracks....

really good cd with that funky electronic mix feelings.
my favorite track "A little bit more"

well crafted, but something not quite right about it.......2007-05-16

Is there a soul / R&B scene in the UK? Not sure what I think about this.... Its good, but it seems culturally disingenuous.

Don't Believe The Hype.......2007-05-07

Was more than a bit disappointed with this record. I rarely buy a disc based on one song, but when I read some of the other reviews that raved about it I thought, "I've got an open mind, let's give it a go." I only ended up liking 2-3 songs on the whole thing. Perhaps this is one of those that will grow on me. But it hasn't yet.

Average customer rating: On the highway ANYTHING BOARDS IS GOOD Thanks Very Nice EP Good EP, bad timing

Trans Canada Highway Boards of Canada Manufacturer: Warp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Scotland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 International | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Campfire Headphase In a Beautiful Place Out In the Country Music Has The Right To Children Geogaddi Twoism ASIN: B000F8DTNW Release Date: 2006-05-30

Tracks:

1. Dayvan Cowboy
2. Left Side Drive
3. Heard From Telegraph Lines
4. Skyliner
5. Under The Coke Sign
6. Dayvan Cowboy (Odd Nosdam remix)

Customer Reviews:

On the highway.......2007-06-25

The Boards of Canada took a lot of flack for their fuzzy, less ethereal "The Campfire Headphase," which basically explores whole new avenues of music, but didn't sound anything like what they had done before.

But one of those songs comes across far better in "Trans Canada Highway," spearheading an EP of the kind of music that Boards of Canada is known for -- rippling electronica, crammed with atmosphere and chilly beauty. It's a nicely solid little EP, covering both sides of the band's musical palette.

It opens with "Dayvan Cowboy," a mass of fuzz with a rambly little guitar melody in the middle, and decorated with some delicate chiming sounds. About halfway through, a gust of wind blows away all the fuzz and chimes, leaving just a the hesitant guitar, clashing cymbals and a trembling violin. But slowly the fuzz and chimes creep back in....

... just in time for the rattly, atmospheric sweeps of "Left Side Drive," which is more typical of Boards of Canada's music. It's mellow, smooth and atmospheric, with some nice beats. From there they explore the dreamlike prettiness of "Heard From Telegraph Lines" and the staticky "Under the Coke Sign," and the angular synth stretches of "Skyliner."

And finally there's he Odd Nosdam remix of "Dayvan Cowboy." Hoo, this one takes a little getting used to -- for awhile you can just hear planes taking off, it softly segues into a chilly ambient sweep... before finally getting into the expansive, swirling main melody. It takes a LONG time to get anywhere, but it's brilliant when it really gets moving.

"Trans Canada Highway" has a little of every Boards of Canada "sound" in it, flickering through their prior "sounds" with new little songs. And it really makes "Dayvan Cowboy" sound appealing as it didn't before, by letting it be judged on its own merits. It's actually a pretty good song.

Except for an angelic-sounding chorale which only appears for a second, there aren't any vocals in this. Instead, the music is pure -- it's full of shimmering warm analog synth, sharply-defined beats, heavy fuzz, and in "Dayvan Cowboy," a twining of more conventional instrumentation like violin, guitar and clashing drums.

"Trans Canada Highway" is a beautiful little EP, bringing two very different styles for Boards of Canada together. Definitely a good listen.

ANYTHING BOARDS IS GOOD.......2007-06-23

ANY BOARDS OF CANADA is one of my favorite things to listen to. I listen to BOC all of the time at work to escape. When I hike or mountain bike. It is truely one of a kind music. And yes I do love the campfire headphase just as much as everthing else.

Thanks.......2007-03-18

I will make this review very concise. This is a most welcome return to form for Boards of Canada. This EP is fresh, capturing some of their new sound from Campfire Headphase and giving it that classic "Beautiful Place in the Country" treatment. It's the new Boards of Canada and yet SO MUCH the classic Boards of Canada. The track "Skyliner" sounds very much like a classic track they unearthed for this EP.

Everything about this EP is great, even the very spaced out closer which is the HEAVILY remixed "Dayvan Cowboy." I personally disliked Geogaddi quite a lot and it is great to hear they have found their sound again!

Very Nice EP.......2007-03-02

Short, under 30 minutes....but a very nice cut. Boards of Canada are so timeless Check it out

Good EP, bad timing.......2006-11-05

After the release of The Campfire Headphase, I was surprised to find so many people disappointed with their new sound. It might not be the same as their old sound, and TCH might not be the same as (or as great as) Music Has the Right to Children, but was still a worthy release that marks the progression of BoC's music. Obviously I greatly enjoyed The Campfire Headphase, and still do a year after its release. When I heard news of a new EP being released back in May, I was ecstatic. After listening to it... I was quite as ecstatic.
When I think of BoC's EPs, I think of the textured and rather dark ambient sounds of In A Beautiful Place Out in the Country, or the chilled-out trip-hop/IDM sounds of Twoism and Hi Scores. Trans Canada Highway is a different kind of EP. As with BoC's other EPs, there precious little time in which to create a beautiful atmosphere of sound with (which is done successfully in their other EPs), but there's only 4 new songs on here, as there are 2 version of Dayvan Cowboy- the exact same version that's on The Campfire Headphase and a remix version. This would have been fine if released before The Campfire Headphase, but the fan's desire for new material has increased while their patience decreases.
Don't get me wrong, Trans Canada Highway is a great release. "Left Side Drive" is now one of my favorite BoC songs, as it blends the smooth and "trippy" atmospheric tones from The Campfire Headphase and combines them with trip-hop beats of BoC's earlier releases. "Heard from Telegraph Lines" is another great short BoC transition song, and "Skyliner" combines the chilled attitude of The Campfire Headphase with the experimental and distorted sound of Geogaddi. "Davyan Cowboy" is a wonderful gem, one of my favorite songs from The Campfire Headphase.
So overall, Trans Canada Highway is good EP, with plenty of atmospheric tunes to keep Boards of Canada fans- including myself- satisfied. The only problem is that Trans Canada Highway would've been a far more effective release if it was released before The Campfire Headphase. It's the perfect pre-cursor to The Campfire Headphase, rather than an appropriate follow-up.
Overall- 7/10

Average customer rating: Best of Boards Great Album good, i think Mystical. Mythical. Whatever u call it. This album is just 2 Phenominal!! The most moving eletronic album I have ever heard

Geogaddi Boards of Canada Manufacturer: Warp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Music Has The Right To Children The Campfire Headphase In a Beautiful Place Out In the Country Twoism Trans Canada Highway ASIN: B00005Y0Q3 Release Date: 2002-02-19

Tracks:

1. Ready Lets Go
2. Music Is Math
3. Beware the Friendly Stranger
4. Gyroscope
5. Dandelion
6. Sunshine Recorder
7. In the Annexe
8. Julie and Candy
9. The Smallest Weird Number
10. 1969
11. Energy Warning
12. The Beach at Redpoint
13. Opening the Mouth
14. Alpha and Omega
15. I Saw Drones
16. The Devil Is in the Details
17. A Is to B as B Is to C
18. Over the Horizon Radar
19. Dawn Chorus
20. Diving Station
21. You Could Feel the Sky
22. Corsair
23. Magic Window

Amazon.com

Geogaddi, like Boards of Canada's 1998 debut album, Music Has the Right to Children, drifts its way into consciousness, rolling a fog of dark-hued psychedelia over slow-burning, lullaby melodies. Having led a reclusive existence in their Hexagon Sun studio, shunning interviews and live shows in an effort to escape the shrill, loud praise that accompanied Children's release, the enigmatic Scottish duo has stayed focused, creating another tour de force in the process. Geogaddi opens with no fanfare, with the bare hum of "Ready Lets Go" blossoming into the soporific, hypnotic chimes of "Music Is Math". But for the next 65 minutes, it's clear that while BOC move slow, they do so with the power of shifting glaciers. All their old influences--the noise-as-melody drone of My Bloody Valentine, the brave futuristic synths of Neu!--remain, but more than anything, Geogaddi is about the vivid sense of warm melancholy that lingers when the music fades out. It's another slow-burner, but Geogaddi is as utterly essential as its predecessor. --Louis Pattison

Album Description

Special edition CD with hardbound cover and 12 page booklet.

Album Description

Highly anticipated new album features 23 tracks. Warp Records.

Customer Reviews:

Best of Boards.......2007-04-25

I found Boards of Canada on pandora.com, when creating a song list based on the music of Brian Eno.

I was immediately astonished by 'Satellite Anthem Icarus', one of many superb tracks off of the Boards' latest LP, 'The Campfire Headphase.' Campfire is a milestone for modern music, featuring layered samples, synths, reverb, acoustic and electric guitars. 'Dayvan Cowboy' from Campfire is one of the greatest single pieces of electronic music ever recorded (and the video found for this track found on the band's website).

After some months of plumbing the pleasures of Campfire, I delved into Board's first LP, 'Music has the Right to Children.' No complaints here - this is another tasty set of electronic delights. At times, though, Children drifts a little too far in the direction of house, a tad too meaty on the beat and bass, with the sublime complexity one craves from Boards to be somewhat lacking, especially with the latter tracks.

As luck would have it, my Volvo CD Changer ate Children, and I had to ship the whole unit (w/ the CD in there) to the manufacturer. The dealer promised I would eventually get the CD back but, in the meantime, my brain was bugging me to get on with more Boards.

Really having no choice, Geogaddi found its way into my neural net and - sans doute - this is the Board's consistent best LP to date. The shear creativity that went into creating Geogaddi inspires awe. And, no, this is not machine music. It has warmth, and weirdness - including bizarre samples (including Leslie Nielsen's (?) voice on the track 'Dandelions'), and infant voices.

'Sunshine Recorder' features a shuffling beat, recorded loops, and multiplying synthesizers which culminate in a child's voice, insisting that the listener "give us the place." The context of this sample makes one's skin crawl. It is utterly weird, yet tuneful and, somehow (after a few listens), accessible.

Other reviewers have noted other standout tracks, such as 'Julie and Candy', '1969', 'Beach at Redpoint', 'Alpha & Omega.'

'The Devil is in the Details' features a distorted sample of some sort of self-help guru, whose voice seems to bubble up through mud, juxtaposed against an infant's plaintive wailing. Another oddly compelling, totally original, composition.

There are 23 tracks here but the odd numbered tracks, for the most part, are little bridge songs. Most of these are decent. There are a few throwaways ('Dandelion' being among them). But the shear number of great tracks makes this CD a 'must have' for anyone who digs electronic music.

After just a few years, Boards of Canada has established a catalogue of some of the best produced electronic music ever made.

Geogaddi stands as their current masterpiece.

5 Stars all the way.

Great Album.......2007-02-03

Geogaddi is a great album but pales in comparison to the glorious "Music has the Right to Children." Maybe it's the indie kids who gave bad reviews with statements about how they didn't evolve enough, or possibly the fact that it's predecessor meant so much to me, but I think I just expected more from this album. It has some great moments like "Julie and Candy," "1969," and "Alpha and Omega," packaged with some dark imagery with backmasking, subliminal sounds, and references to David Koresh (weird). Overall this album, though darker, is a warm album. The colors aren't as vivid as "Music has the Right to Children," but they're still utterly beautiful.

good, i think.......2007-01-27

I actually like this album better than the other ones, some say it's dark but i like it , it's ok.

Mystical. Mythical. Whatever u call it. This album is just 2 Phenominal!!.......2007-01-11

I got this cd bout 4 0r 5 months ago and its my first album from the 'Boards of Canada'. After reading a few reviews by other customers, I was surprised of what I read. Some say the the album was good and others said it was bad. But what surprise me was that half of them (if not most of them)said that this album is creepy, scary, very dark, and stangely enough, Satanism! I was like 'whoa and what the hell'. One customer had pointed it out that it has 666 megabytes, the album is 66mins and 6secs, and that it fefers to a god with hooves and hornes! Jeeez! Well,overall I like this album. I like all the songs. But I do have 4 favorite ones so far. '1969' was the reason why I had to get this cd. But after hearing 'Julie & Candy', 'The Beach at Redpoint', and 'Alpha & Omega, I becamed even more hooked on this glorious cd. But The Beach at Redpoint is my winner so far. U can picture a lot of things when u listen to it. Right now, its like just relaxing, cruising, thinking, and for some reason, seems like it fits well for fights!! Anyways, I really like this album and plan on checking out their other albums. But I will try to see if I can find out more info about the creepiness and santanism others are saying. But it just hasent sinked in me right now. Oh well.

The most moving eletronic album I have ever heard.......2006-12-23

I hated this album the first time I heard it, as it was my first Boards of Canada album, and I was just getting into electronic music. However, I eventually grew to love certain tracks like "The Beach At Redpoint" and "Alpha and Omega". Now, after countless more listens, I have learned to appreciate all of this fantastic album. It flows so naturally, and moves me like no other electronic recording I have ever (and probably ever will) heard.

It is repetitive and deceptively simple, like many other electronic albums, but it's also layered, lush and complex. I won't say that Music Has the Right to Children is a lesser album. In fact, I think MHTRTC is more consistent, but it does not strike as as beautiful as Geogaddi. You simply cannot go wrong with this album. A must-buy.

Average customer rating: Sweet... sweet-sweet... sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet... ("Sweet Life")

Myth Takes !!! Manufacturer: Warp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sound of Silver The Reminder Icky Thump Mirrored Favourite Worst Nightmare ASIN: B000MR9DWC Release Date: 2007-03-20

Tracks:

1. Myth Takes
2. All My Heroes Are Weirdos
3. Must Be The Moon
4. A New Name
5. Heart Of Hearts
6. Sweet Life
7. Yadnus
8. Bend Over Beethoven
9. Break In Case Of Anything
10. Infinifold

Customer Reviews:

Sweet... sweet-sweet... sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet... ("Sweet Life").......2007-07-20

I've never really heard !!! before hearing this album, and since hearing this of course, I felt obliged to check out their previous material. It just doesn't stand up to this, however. It seems until "Myth Takes", Chk Chk Chk (or whatever) never really reached their mark potential. Fortunately, for us as well as them, they released this album laced completely with crafty electronics, sonic guitars and dance-stimulating rhythms.... oh yeah, and maniacal choruses that make you want to shatter things.

The album starts out less than stellar, though, with the title track but quickly picks up around track three with "Must Be The Moon", which must be one of the best songs released this year (and guess what: it's not even the best song on this album!). "Must Be The Moon" is some of the most fun I've heard in a song this year. It's fast paced. The bass is all over the place, going in and out at the right times. There's a ton of sonic and electronic sounds going in and out as well, often trading places as the primary melody. The best thing overall about the song (as with most of the songs on this album) is the chorus. It's rapid and undeniably catchy. If you're listening to the chorus and not singing along with it then you must have the greatest sense of self-control imaginable.

The next song, "A New Name", is overshadowed by "Must Be The Moon" but it is a really good song. The pace is a lot slower but it's equally melodic. I love the effects they use on their instruments in this song. And again, the chorus is amazing. It's undeniably catchy and I find myself always trying to sing along with it but failing to reach the high notes Nic "The Penguin" Offer (vocalist) does so successfully.

There's a few other good songs as well, "Bend Over Beethoven" is an eight minute rocker. "Yadnus" has a sound of empowerment. The melodies of "Heart Of Hearts" keeps on ascending until it reach sonic mayhem. "Infinifold" is the slow closer.

I will finish this review by talking about what I believe to be the best electronic song this year: "Sweet Life". This song starts out with a completely hypnotic bass melody. Enter a repetitious guitar melody as essentially hypnotic as the bass melody and !!! got themselves a groove. Singer, Nic Offer, is too comfortable with this melody and the lyrics work. "Been sitting so long, thought I forgot how to walk. In the mist of all the stillness, there's a new kind of knock." The song quickly builds and builds until BAM! The chorus is nuts! Utter mayhem of cascading bass lines, raging guitars, Nic singing "sweet" repeatedly and what can only be described as a very disturbed percussionist. This is one of those rare songs where once you've first heard it, you repeat the play of it constantly. It just kicks your arse each and every time.

I will ultimately rate this a 4.5, which is a superb rating. I feel this album and LCD Soundsystems' latest make for a very good year for electronic music. I hope these guys can keep up the stylish work. I plan to keep my ears and eyes wide open for more from this band and hope to catch them live some day soon.

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Victimisanothernameforlover [CD-single] [Import]

The Very Best of the Eagles [Import]

Version 2.0

This Is Our Music [Original recording remastered] [Import]

We Ballin' [Explicit Lyrics]

Music Makers

Live at the Blue Note