Track Listing

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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4456 in Music
• Released on: 2004-03-23
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Overpraised but noteworthy
This Scottish electronic duo rightfully stuck out amidst their more generic trance or mild idm cohorts with unique synths and unpredictable beat patterns, but in retrospect certainly did not live up to all the praise has suggested. Their signature style includes warm yet gently menacing keyboards, juxtaposing the innocence of youth with something far more sinister to a satisfying effect. But after admiring the aesthetic, it becomes all too apparent that some of these vacant, methodical exercises are too sterile for their own good. Compositionally, MHTRTC is mired in a redundancy that articulates sluggishness, though there a many exceptions where finely tuned subtle production saves listeners from ear-apathy.

Good, not great
Boards of Canada are not without talent but they really should cut down on the repetition. Some of these songs (e.g., Aquarius) just go on and on for no apparent reason, with the musicians in Aquarius reciting random numbers for quite a spell just to relieve the listener's boredom. Another thing-- giggling children saying "that's right" or other short phrases over and over again are not interesting additions to soundscapes. Whether you like kids or not, they're generally not very musical here and they just add to the repetitious quality of the tracks when they are invoked. Yeah, I get the fact that the album is called "Music Has the Right to Children" but I'd reply that listeners have the right to MUSIC -- and there ain't enough of that in this well over one hour long record.

Nice to Sleep To
I like to put this on when I am getting ready to take a nap - saves on Lunesta.