Trip to Scotland

1. Flowes of Edinburgh/St. Kilda's Wedding

2. Loch Lomond/Loch Ruan/Lock Maree

3. Pennan Den

4. Stones of Stenness/Killiecrankie

5. Arniston Castle/Inver Lassies

6. Dark Lochnagar

7. Roslin Castle/Stirling Castle/Roxburgh Castle

8. Kelso Races/Miss Ann Cameron of Balvenie/Hoddom Castle

9. Banks of Loch Ness/Ben Nevis

10. Ye Banks and Braes O'Bonnie Doon/Farwell to Fuinary/The Road and The

11. Glasgow Hornpipe/Inverness Gathering/Perth Assembly

12. Skye Boat Song

13. Spootiskerry/The Scallowa' Lassies/Bonnie Isle of Wallasay

Tracks:

Wildlife Analysis
Eagle in Your Mind
Color of the Fire
Telephasic Workshop
Triangles & Rhombuses
Sixtyten
Turquoise Hexagon Sun
Kaini Industries
Bocuma
Roygbiv
Rue the Whirl
Aquarius
Olson
Pete Standing Alone
Smokes Quantity
Open the Light
One Very Important Thought
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:

Profound
Some was Great, others are OK...
Wonderful Variety
Obnoxious and Overly Dense
About 7-8 GREAT TRACKS..That's hard to beat!

As If to Nothing
Craig Armstrong
Manufacturer: Melankolic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005V90X
Release Date: 2002-04-16

Tracks:

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Finding Beauty
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The impressive skills and epic ambition that arranger-composer Craig Armstrong brought to the Moulin Rouge soundtrack come to his aid again on As If to Nothing, making for a cohesive work that is at once beautiful and bleak. Given the dark orchestral flavor Armstrong has provided for artists like Massive Attack, U2, and Madonna, it's no surprise to find a sterling guest list (including Bono, David McAlmont, and Evan Dando) to help Armstrong articulate his world-weary musings. Photek adds vibrating beats to the rumbling "Hymn 2," the only dance-oriented track on the album. Moving back in time, Armstrong revamps King Crimson's classic ode to melancholy, "Starless," on "Starless II," adding elegant accompaniment of woozy strings and subtle piano. Dando's remorseful performance on "Wake Up in New York" is a ringer for pain merchant Mark Eitzel; Bono's lackluster performance is less revealing. But by then Armstrong has already worked his solemn, majestic procession to full effect. --Ken Micallef

Album Description

Long awaited studio album from 2002 Golden Globe winner (best score for Moulin Rouge). Features collaborations with Bono, Evan dando, Photek, Mogwai, David McAlmont and more.

Customer Reviews:

Profound.......2006-03-02

The album is somewhat of a survey in styles/sounds, but it is mixed perfectly. I love it, perfect somber beautiful emotional music that blends electronica with interesting heartfelt lyrics performed by excellent singers and poets. This album is worth a listen for anyone wanting to branch out a bit from top 40 music into something more complex and introspective.

Some was Great, others are OK..........2005-05-29

This is the first i had from Craig Armstrong.
As if to Nothing was an OK album.. but i must say that these track ;

- Wake Up In New York
- Waltz
- Let It Be Love
- Finding
- CHoral Ending

... was Awesome! I like these 5 songs the most. "Wake Up In New York" and "Let It Be Love" have the pretty much the type since it's a men's voice singing. But i love the guitar solo for Wake up in NY, and i think that the piano work for Let it be Love is great! "Finding" is an inspiring strings song.. i love it.. "Waltz" is actually ,supposed to be, an Amazing...because of the orchestra work behind the
counting-and-dont-make-any-sense-words lyrics in German sung by the woman.. (yes i do know German..a beginner)like some part which they praise/repraise/climax the song, craig should ask the girl to just continue pull-then-stay vocal with ONE word ... and not in a hurry to "SLASH.." and continue "minus-minus-funf und zwanzig..blabla"... Craig should just continue like the part when the woman sang "Help me.." . I was pretty disappointed with this "Waltz" song because the idea was good! at first this crazy-german-lyrics (no offense to any german)was ok... but after a few minutes you feel like you want to slap the women and "shut up". It starts to get irritating.. if the lyrics go somewhere,then it's ok.. but she kept on saying numbers and words which like..dont make sense at all.. "table"?? what's up with a table? i hope i can forgive this musical mistake... but i really love the strings..

So, WALTZ kindda effected my ratings...but oh well,some songs arent good at all... so..fair rite?!
Worth buying for collectors..

Wonderful Variety.......2004-06-14

This cd is wonderful because it offers a variety of orchestration, instruments, vocal talent, genre, etc. It definitely isn't the type of cd that you get tired of listening to becaue all of the songs sound the same!

Obnoxious and Overly Dense.......2004-03-30

Like the Reviewer before me, I too found this album to be inconsistent and annoying. The tracks had too many layers of things going on that didn't match. My wife made me turn it off during "Miracle" because the chanty vocal was totally out of tune with the rest of the track, and the incessant blipping in the first track was very uninspiring. "Wake Up in New York" was a fine piece of work, as well as "Let it Be Love". But Craig shoulda saved the experimental tracks for the end. Craig also isn't good at findig new sounds for his tracks, utilizing the same string preset for the past two solo albums. Oh well, I always have his classic "Space Between Us". Nice.

About 7-8 GREAT TRACKS..That's hard to beat!.......2003-12-22

Lavishly orchestrated throughout, this CD will stand the test of time with some terrific, though a tad dreary, tunes. WAKE UP NEW YORK, SEA SONG, and LET IT BE LOVE are simply among the finest ballads out there, and all are totally different, with 3 different singers. In fact, I've played LET IT BE LOVE probably 100 times in the last 2 months, matching similar overplayed tunes by such greats as the Beatles and Sinatra! So Mr. Armstrong and his friends are in some good company. Plus there's 2 nice choral hymns, including the closer. The only drawbacks are some unnecessary weird noisy tunes here and there, and a rock oriented instrumental that may be there to keep the listener from falling asleep too early. Definitely some of the best songs out there today!

Average customer rating:

Overated completely but Ok.
Auditory Perfection
Yes JR...
Opposing J.R.'s review, agreeing with Matt's...
This is the album that started the hype!

Music Has the Right to Children
Boards of Canada
Manufacturer: Matador Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000009VOM
Release Date: 1998-09-22

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Wildlife Analysis
An Eagle In Your Mind
The Color Of The Fire
Telephasic Workshop
Triangles & Rhombuses
Sixtyten
Turquise Hexagon Sun
Kaini Industries
Bacuma
Roygbiv
Rue The Whirl
Aquarius
Olson
Pete Standing Alone
Smokes Quantity
Open The Light
One Very Important Thought
Happy Cycling

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Like dust motes dancing in hazy afternoon sunlight, the compositions of Scottish duo Boards of Canada seduce listeners by illuminating almost imperceptible elements flitting through the cluttered cosmos. Though their saturated hip-hop beats and deployment of timbres as tactile textures recalls Autechre, Boards of Canada are distinguished by sweet melodies and a fondness for using vaguely familiar sounds outside of Western harmonic tradition--snippets of party conversations, bouncing Ping-Pong balls--to function as emotional triggers. Despite its sonic watercolor washes and childlike exclamations of "I love you" ("The Color of the Fire"), Music Has the Right to Children is not some yellowing document scribbled by glassy-eyed, loved-up rave casualties. This exemplary, evocative recording almost hovers above any fixed point on the time line of pop-music history. --Kurt B. Reighley

Album Description

Music Has The Right To Children is their most successful Warp/Matador release. An electronic album that appeals to rock kids. 18 tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Overated completely but Ok........2007-04-03

Boards of Canada's MHTRTC is perhaps one of electronic musics most overated albums- nonetheless it is still worthwhile. What really lets this album down is the percussion and beat which is soulless. The background odd chordal changes and blurry soundscapes are ruined by what at times seems like a rigid drum machine patch or sampled drum loop youve heard before. Its a shame as i do like the haunting quality of some of the melody's notes and childhood memories the music conjures up. I actually think Geogaddi is a much better album than this. And i still prefer Future Sound of London or Broadcast in the end. Id pick up Geogaddi instead but this is still a nice addition just not the holy grail so many have made it out to be.

Auditory Perfection.......2007-03-30

This album features electronic music at its finest: it is simplistic yet interesting enough to keep the listener interested. It is not repetitive like some dance music is, yet it is not insanely intricate and filled with drum n' bass breakbeats, either. It is instead somehow beautifully intricate in its simplicity: with almost every listen you discover a new sound once unheard. It took me a few listens of the song "An Eagle in Your Mind" to notice the muffled muttering of "I love you" embedded within its swirling percussion and ambience.

Music Has the Right to Children is unlike any other electronic album out there. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it almost sounds as though it was created not by human hands, but simply just exists as something to be admired and enjoyed by all.

Yes JR..........2006-07-28

... and writing a great novel is easy, you only need a pen and paper and you just have to put one word after another.

Opposing J.R.'s review, agreeing with Matt's..........2006-06-23

"Music Has The Right To Children" is nothing short of a masterpeice. It hooks you with strange vibes that you don't like at first, but for some reason you can't stop listening. Every time you listen to this album, something will stay in your head for hours later--a particular hacked up sample, rhythm, melody, or just the overall feel of a track. For me, it's the strange feel of "Aquarius" and the "yeah, that's right" and child laughing samples, or the rhythm of "Happy Cycling" and the occassional vocal-sounding sample that accents it.

The only criticism I have is this: At times, some tracks can sound "thin" in that there are few if only one thing going on at once, but they eventually fill in. Also, some tracks seem to have intentional harmonic distortion. At first it sounded like the speakers were distorting from being too loud, but when I played it at a lower volume on a number of systems, I found that the distortion is part of the recording. It could be that this was done intentionally to oppose the generally smooth, clean sound of ambient music, but I think it could have been done more artistically.

Whether or not the album required much technical skill or equipment, it is evident by this album that Boards of Canada has the ability to create unique soundscapes and create chord progressions and place notes and samples in such a way that it creates a feel that is totally unrecognizable and can only be described as "Boards of Canada". The album has an emotional depth that takes you in, surrounds you, and makes you forget about reality. It is one of those kinds of albums, though, that takes a few listens before you truly appreciate it. I recommend this album to anyone who appreciates unique electronic music or music in general that has depth.

This is the album that started the hype!.......2006-06-13

An Amazing Classic! I am a kid again.

Average customer rating:

Overated completely but Ok.
Auditory Perfection
Yes JR...
Opposing J.R.'s review, agreeing with Matt's...
This is the album that started the hype!

Music Has the Right to Children
Boards of Canada
Manufacturer: Warp
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000024CAH
Release Date: 1998-04-20

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Wildlife Analysis
Eagle in Your Mind
Color of the Fire
Telephasic Workshop
Triangles & Rhombuses
Sixtyten
Turquoise Hexagon Sun
Kaini Industries
Bocuma
Roygbiv
Rue the Whirl
Aquarius
Olson
Pete Standing Alone
Smokes Quantity
Open the Light
One Very Important Thought

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Album Description

Full Title - Music Has The Right To Children. One of the best electronic releases of 1998, features 17 tracks. Warp.

Customer Reviews:

Overated completely but Ok........2007-04-03

Auditory Perfection.......2007-03-30

Yes JR..........2006-07-28

... and writing a great novel is easy, you only need a pen and paper and you just have to put one word after another.

Opposing J.R.'s review, agreeing with Matt's..........2006-06-23

This is the album that started the hype!.......2006-06-13

An Amazing Classic! I am a kid again.

Trip to Scotland: 30 Great Scottish Tunes

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Trip to Scotland: 30 Great Scottish Tunes
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Celtic America Llc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Flowers of Edinburgh/St. Kilda Wedding
Loch Lomond/Loch Ruan/Lock Maree
Pennan Den
Stones of Stenness/Killiecrankie
Arniston Castle/Inver Lassies
Dark Lochnagar
Roslin Castle/Stirling Castle/Roxburgh Castle
Kelso Races/Miss Ann Cameron of Balvenie/Hoddom Castle
Banks of Loch Ness/Ben Nevis
Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon/Farewell to Fuinary/The Road and the
Glasgow Hornpipe/Inverness Gathering/Perth Assembly
Skye Boat Song
Spootsikerry/The Scallowa' Lassies/Bonnie Isle of Wallasay

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Trip to Scotland
Hamish MacGregor
Manufacturer: Arc Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000007RZK
Release Date: 1998-07-14

Tracks:

Flowes of Edinburgh/St. Kilda's Wedding
Loch Lomond/Loch Ruan/Lock Maree
Pennan Den
Stones of Stenness/Killiecrankie
Arniston Castle/Inver Lassies
Dark Lochnagar
Roslin Castle/Stirling Castle/Roxburgh Castle
Kelso Races/Miss Ann Cameron of Balvenie/Hoddom Castle
Banks of Loch Ness/Ben Nevis
Ye Banks and Braes O'Bonnie Doon/Farwell to Fuinary/The Road and The
Glasgow Hornpipe/Inverness Gathering/Perth Assembly
Skye Boat Song
Spootiskerry/The Scallowa' Lassies/Bonnie Isle of Wallasay

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Music Has the Right to Children
Boards of Canada
Manufacturer: Warp Records
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Rue the Whirl
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