Length 65:54 Release date 13 February 2002 Label Beat Records | Artist Boards of Canada Producer Boards of Canada | |
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Released 13 February 2002 (2002-02-13) Recorded Hexagon Sun studio
Pentland Hills, Scotland Geogaddi
(2002) The Campfire Headphase
(2005) Genres Ambient music, Electronica, Intelligent dance music Similar Boards of Canada albums, Ambient music albums | ||
Boards of canada geogaddi
Geogaddi is the second album by Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada, released in February 2002. It has a darker sound than its predecessor, Music Has the Right to Children. The band claimed that the title has a definite meaning, but that they wanted listeners to decide on their own interpretations.
Contents
- Boards of canada geogaddi
- Ready lets go boards of canada
- Overview
- Release
- Reception
- Track listing
- Boards of Canada
- Technical
- Songs
- References
Ready lets go boards of canada
Overview
The album is available in three formats: Standard jewel case CD packaging, limited edition hardbound book packaged with a CD and extra artwork enclosed, and a triple record package. Side F of the vinyl package, with the track "Magic Window" (which consists of nearly two minutes of silence), is uncut and contains a visible etching of a nude nuclear family.
The artwork of the album carries a distinct kaleidoscopic motif. The limited edition version comes with a 12-page booklet exhibiting artwork.
The band received the idea to make the track time total 66 minutes and 6 seconds from Warp Records president Steve Beckett, his reasoning being to joke around with the listeners and imply the Devil had created the album.
Release
Geogaddi was first released in Japan on 13 February 2002. Geogaddi was released by Warp on 18 February 2002 in Europe. It has been released on compact disc, vinyl, digital download and as a limited edition compact disc.
Reception
Geogaddi holds a score of 84 out of 100 from review aggregate site Metacritic based on 21 critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Kitty Empire of NME praised it as "easily the electronic album of the year" and called it "deliciously saturated with the recurring motifs which have marked them out as an individual voice in electronic music" and "a meeting of the natural with the digital, and here it's eerier than ever before." Mark Richardson of Pitchfork Media also gave a positive review while noting the album's lack of change from their earlier debut album, writing: "While some will complain about Boards of Canada's failure to cover new territory, which puts them apart from the praised eclectic "searchers" of the music scene [...] the rest of us will delight in what we see as a very accomplished album packed with great music." The album appeared on several end of year "best of" lists.
Track listing
All tracks written by Marcus Eoin and Mike Sandison.
Boards of Canada
Technical
Songs
1Ready Lets Go0:59
2Music Is Math5:21
3Beware the Friendly Stranger0:38