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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 Pentland Hills, 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
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Almost Cool link Pitchfork Media (10/10) 27 April 2004 Slant Magazine link
Boards of Canada chronology
Aquarius (1998)	Music Has the Right to Children (1998)	Roygbiv/Telephasic Workshop 10" (1998)

Music Has the Right to Children is an IDM album by Boards of Canada. It was released on April 20, 1998 in Europe and on August 20, 1998 in the United States. Generally well-received among critics,^[1][2] the album served as the group's entrance into the mainstream limelight.

Boc Maxima, an earlier release, lends some of its tracks to this recording.

The album doesn't feature lyrics in the traditional sense; rather it uses speech from old television programs and fractured syllables. Their songs also utilize a fair number of field recordings and intense sound manipulation.^[3] Their signature style of mixing brief songs, such as "Wildlife Analysis", with full length tracks first became publicly evident after the release of the album, as well as their inclusion of laughter from children in their work.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Miscellanea 3 Samples 4 Notes 5 External links

1. "Wildlife Analysis" – 1:17
2. "An Eagle in Your Mind" – 6:23
3. "The Colour 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)

• "Smokes Quantity" first appeared on Twoism in 1995.
• The short song at the end of "Triangles and 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.^[4]

• Music Has the Right to Children at the official Warp Records discography (features audio clips).
• Music Has the Right to Children at MusicBrainz

Boards of Canada
Michael Sandison | Marcus Eoin Christopher Horne
Management
Warp Records | Skam Records | Music70 | Matador Records
Studio albums
Catalog 3 (1987) | Acid Memories (1989) | Closes Vol. 1 (1992) | Play by Numbers (1994) | Hooper Bay (1994) | Twoism (1995) | Boc Maxima (1996) | Music Has the Right to Children (1998) | Geogaddi (2002) | The Campfire Headphase (2005)
Singles & EPs
Hi Scores (1996) | Aquarius (1998) | Orange Romeda (1998) | Peel Session TX 21/07/1998 (1999) | In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (2000) | Roygbiv/Telephasic Workshop 10" | Trans Canada Highway (2006)
Live Recordings
Live @ Warp10 (1999) | Live @ Lighthouse (2000) | Live @ ATP (2001)
Related articles
Discography | Hexagon Sun Collective | Music70 Old Tunes: Old Tunes Vol. 1 (1995) | A Few Old Tunes (1996) | Old Tunes Vol. 2 (1996)
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