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Music Has the Right to Children
Studio album by Boards of Canada
Released April 20, 1998 (Europe)
August 20, 1998 (U.S.)
Recorded Hexagon Sun studio, Scotland
Genre IDM
Length 62:58
(original UK edition)
70:42
(1998 US & 2004 US/UK edition)
Label Warp Records WARP55
Skam Records SKALD01
Matador Records OLE-299
Producer(s) Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin Sandison
Professional reviews
Boards of Canada chronology
Aquarius
(1998)
Music Has the Right to Children
(1998)
Roygbiv/Telephasic Workshop 10"
(1998)


Music Has the Right to Children was the first generally available album by Scottish electronica artists Boards of Canada. It was released on April 20, 1998 in Europe and on August 20, 1998 in the United States. Some of the tracks from this album are shared with their 1996 release, Boc Maxima.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Wildlife Analysis" – 1:17
  2. "An Eagle in Your Mind" – 6:23
  3. "The Color of the Fire" – 1:45
  4. "Telephasic Workshop" – 6:35
  5. "Triangles and Rhombuses" – 1:50
  6. "Sixtyten" – 5:48
  7. "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" – 5:07
  8. "Kaini Industries" – 0:59
  9. "Bocuma" – 1:35
  10. "Roygbiv" – 2:31
  11. "Rue the Whirl" – 6:39
  12. "Aquarius" – 5:58
  13. "Olson" – 1:31
  14. "Pete Standing Alone" – 6:07
  15. "Smokes Quantity" – 3:07
  16. "Open the Light" – 4:25
  17. "One Very Important Thought" – 1:14
  18. "Happy Cycling" – 7:51 (included only on 1998 U.S. Matador release and 2004 Warp re-release)

[edit] Miscellanea

  • "Smokes Quantity" first appeared on Twoism in 1995.
  • The short song at the end of "Triangles & Rhombuses" was first used, as with the one at the end of "Sixtyten," on Old Tunes, Vol. 1, where it is a separate track altogether.
  • The track "Roygbiv" takes its name from the mnemonic Roy G. Biv (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet), used to remember the optical spectrum or colours of the rainbow.
  • Several of the tracks on this album also appear on Boc Maxima, albeit in a different form.
  • "Pete Standing Alone" is the name of a Blood Indian who is the subject of a documentary produced by the National Film Board of Canada.