Music Has The Right To Children
by Boards Of Canada

Music Has The Right To Children by Boards Of Canada
Year: 1998
Release date: 1998-04-20
Overall rank: 349th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 755 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1998 (6th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1990s (66th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (349th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 349th | 1990s rank: 66th | 1998 rank: 6th
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2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 19985/1005
2026TroutMaskGregTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s88/1003
2026jdizzle123456Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s11/10018
2026Foxforce5Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s76/1005
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 80 Music Albums of 19985/805
2026jdizzle123456Top 100 Greatest Music Albums78/10023
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Greatest Music Albums96/1005
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s75/1005
2026SiromynianTop 20 Music Albums of 19989/203
2026 arthurbittencourtTop 100 Greatest Music Albums39/10062
2026UnliveableWiltsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums2/10097
2026 covecoveTop 100 Greatest Music Albums62/10039
2026pinkfreud1981Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s54/1009
2026Foxforce5201 - 30019/100 -
2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 199821/503
2026sweetnessTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s42/10012
2026 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 19984/1005
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 601-70032/100 -
2026SkernsTop 89 Music Albums of 199816/894
2026LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 601-70017/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 633
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 4,871
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82/100 (from 755 votes)
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3 days ago Liks_on_music  Ratings distribution  38881/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.5/100, a mean average of 80.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.

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From 07/12/2024 21:21 | #304293
So good
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From 02/06/2023 12:11 | #293632
Perfect album. Such an unique masterpiece from beginning to end.
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85/100
From 08/24/2021 22:10 | #272802
A great album with so much to explore. Every track perfectly fits the tone and style of the record and adds to the environment that the artist is creating. It truly is an experience from start to finish. It can feel a little slow at times and some song do seem to drag a little. Overall, an intriguing and brilliant album to listen too.
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75/100
From 05/27/2021 16:13 | #270094
Imersão pura!
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95/100
From 08/06/2020 01:07 | #256736
Fav. Tracks:

- Wildlife Analysis
- An Eagle In Your Mind
- The Color Of The Fire
- Turquoise Hexagon Sun
- Bocuma
- Roygbiv
- Rue The Whirl
- Aquarius
- Smokes Quantity
- One Very Important Thought
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90/100
From 06/17/2020 07:32 | #253741
Another transcendental and timeless masterwork from BOC
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80/100
From 10/28/2018 07:09 | #223417
Like Aphex Twin, unsettling and even scary at times. They are truly the equivalent of the punk movement in electronic music (musically, not culturally).
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From 10/21/2018 00:03 | #222831
I've recently become a huge IDM fan, in the past year or so I took it on myself to consume every LP by IDM legends aphex twin, autechre & boards of canada, unearthing so many great records from these sonic geniuses, and I have to say this is the finest record out of them all. This is because BoC use dreamy, sometimes trippy, textures to create a sense of otherworldliness **and yet** "Music has the Right to Children" is very much rooted in the real world. With short snatches of child-like wonder and laughter seamlessly blending in with the excellent production, one feels an overwhelming sense of nostalgia. Boards of Canada have captured not our childhood, but the scattershot memories of our childhood, all the bits and pieces we can remember stitched together in a glorious fashion. A wondrous, evocative piece of art.
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75/100
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From 11/13/2017 16:54 | #201280
evocative, elaborate, eternal.
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