History Music / MusicHasTheRightToChildren

* TheSeventies: Invokes '70s nostalgia via sampling and more analogue recording/performing techniques.

* CallForward: The 'I love you' sample in "The Color of the Fire" makes an earlier appearance in "An Eagle In Your Mind," though it's been modified to sound much deeper.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Bocuma" into "Roygbiv."

* GratuitousPanning: Used in several songs, most notably during the counting sequence in "Aquarius," where the numbers bounce back and forth between the left and eight speakers.
* MinisculeRocking: "Wildlife Analysis," "Kaini Industries," "Bocuma," "Olson" and "One Very Important Thought."

* {{Sampling}}: Heavy use of this, especially from field recordings, movies, ''Series/SesameStreet'' (yes, really) Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada documentaries, as well as more "normal" sampling of other songs ("Aquarius," for instance, is driven by a sample from the ''Theatre/{{Hair}}'' soundtrack).
** "One Very Important Thought" samples the ending of the 1982 adult film ''A Brief Affair'', which appeared in ''Boc Maxima'' two years earlier. For this album, the sample was slightly re-recorded, replacing "would stop you from viewing an adult film" with "would stop you from listening to Boards of Canada."

** "Telephasic Workshop," among other things, is suggested by [[http://bocpages.org/wiki/Telephasic_Workshop_(song) the BoCpages fansite]] to be a reference to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, best known for its contributions to ''Series/DoctorWho''.

** "Olson" and "Smokes Quantity" are references to the band's friends Melissa Olson (who directed the "Dayvan Cowboy" video) and an unnamed friend who was nicknamed "Smokes Quantity."

* SingerNamedrop: "Telephasic Workshop" has a sneaky reference to the band's name, through a vocal sample at 4:39 and 5:17 which says "bordering Canada." "One Very Important Thought" name drops the band as well.

* RegionalBonus: "Happy Cycling" in the US release, before being issued on all re-releases.

* ThrowItIn: When recording "Rue the Whirl," the duo left the studio window open, accidentally recording bird chirps from the outside. They decided to leave it on the tapes as they thought it improved the song.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Series/SesameStreet IIIIII... loooooove... yoooooou...]]]]

* ArcNumber: "Sixtyten" began the habit of including the number 70 which makes appearances in Boards Of Canada's later albums.

** "Telephasic Workshop," among other things, is suggested by [[http://bocpages.org/wiki/Telephasic_Workshop_(song) the BoCpages fansite]] to be a reference to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, best known for its contributions to ''Series/DoctorWho''

* ThrowItIn: When recording "Rue the Whirl", the duo left the studio window open, accidentally recording bird chirps from the outside. They decided to leave it on the tapes as they thought it improved the song.
* {{Zeerust}}: ''Music Has the Right to Children'' was directly influenced by the National Film Board of Canada's old 1970s music, so this is no surprise.

* {{Sampling}}: Heavy use of this, especially from field recordings, movies, ''Series/SesameStreet'' (yes, really) Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada documentaries, as well as more "normal" sampling of other songs ("Aquarius", for instance, is driven by a sample from the ''Theatre/{{Hair}}'' soundtrack).
** "One Very Important Thought" samples the ending of the 1982 adult film ''A Brief Affair'', which appeared in ''Boc Maxima'' two years earlier. For this album, the sample was slightly re-recorded, replacing "would stop you from viewing an adult film" with "would stop you from listening to Boards of Canada".

** "Turquoise Hexagon Son" references the Hexagon Sun artistic collective, as well as the name of their recording studio .
** "Telephasic Workshop", among other things, is suggested by [[http://bocpages.org/wiki/Telephasic_Workshop_(song) the BoCpages fansite]] to be a reference to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, best known for its contributions to ''Series/DoctorWho''

** "Olson" and "Smokes Quantity" are references to the band's friends Melissa Olson (who directed the "Dayvan Cowboy" video) and an unnamed friend who was nicknamed "Smokes Quantity".

* SingerNamedrop: "Telephasic Workshop" has a sneaky reference to the band's name, through a vocal sample at 4:39 and 5:17 which says "bordering Canada". "One Very Important Thought" name drops the band as well.

* AnAesop: "One Very Important Thought", about free speech. Based on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHWjf88n2Mw this message]] from the end of the 1982 adult film ''A Brief Affair''.
* ArcNumber: "Sixtyten" began the habit of including the number 70 which makes appearances in Boards Of Canada's later albums

* CallForward: The 'I love you' sample in "The Color of the Fire" makes an earlier appearance in "An Eagle In Your Mind", though it's been modified to sound much deeper.
* ElectronicMusic
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Bocuma" into "Roygbiv"
* GhibliHills: Arguably the musical equivalent of it
* MinisculeRocking: "Wildlife Analysis", "Kaini Industries", "Bocuma", "Olson", "One Very Important Thought".
* OneWordTitle: "Sixtyten", "Bocuma", "Aquarius", and "Roygbiv".

* SelfReferentialTrackPlacement: Subverted. Aquarius (the 11th) Zodiac sign, is the ''12th'' song on the album.

->''"The aural equivalent of old Super 8 movies"''
-->--'''Q Magazine'''

->''"'When I Was Young I Would Sometimes Stare At Hotwheels Cars For A Really Long Time With A Meaningful Look On My Face Instead Of Just Playing With Them' and other hits"''
-->--'''Rateyourmusic''' user review

!!Music has a right to tropes:

* MinisculeRocking: "Wildlife Analysis", "Kaini Industries", "Bocuma", "Olson", "One Very Important Thought"

* AnAesop: "One Very Important Thought", about free speech. Based on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHWjf88n2Mw this message] from the end of the 1982 adult film ''A Brief Affair''.

* AnAesop: "One Very Important Thought", about free speech.

-->-'''Q Magazine'''

-->-'''Rateyourmusic''' user review

''Music Has the Right to Children'' saw critical acclaim upon release, was hailed as a modern classic and is today considered one of the greatest electronic albums of all time.

** "Pete Standing Alone" is a reference to Pete Standing Alone, a First Nation Canadian who appeared in seven NationalFilmBoardOfCanada documentaries about the Kainai nation, including ''Circle of the Sun''.

* {{Sampling}}: Heavy use of this, especially from field recordings, movies, ''Series/SesameStreet'' (yes, really) NationalFilmBoardOfCanada documentaries, as well as more "normal" sampling of other songs ("Aquarius", for instance, is driven by a sample from the ''Theatre/{{Hair}}'' soundtrack).

''Music Has the Right to Children'' is the debut album by Scottish electronic duo Music/BoardsOfCanada, released 20 April 1998. The album saw the use of samples, field recordings and sound manipulation, and continues the 1970s nostalgia invoked in both their earlier (all 10 of them) and later works.

''Music Has the Right to Children'' saw critical acclaim upon release, hailed as a modern classic and considered one of the greatest electronic albums of all time.

** "Kaini Industries" is a misspelling of Kainai Industries, a Canadian company set up in July 1971 (the month Mike was born) to provide emplyoment for a Kainai (Blood Nation) reserve.

* {{Zeerust}}: ''Music Has the Right to Children'' was directly influenced by the National Board of Canada's old 1970s music, so this is no surprise.

'''''Music Has the Right to Children''''' is the debut album by Scottish electronic duo Music/BoardsOfCanada, released 20 April 1998. The album saw the use of samples, field recordings and sound manipulation, and continues the 1970s nostalgia invoked in both their earlier (all 10 of them) and later works.

'''''Music Has the Right to Children''''' is the debut album by Scottish electronic duo Music/BoardsOfCanada, released 20 April 1998. Considered to be Boards Of Canada's MagnumOpus, the album saw the use of samples, field recordings and sound manipulation, and continues the 1970s nostalgia invoked in both their earlier (all 10 of them) and later works.

# "Happy Cycling"[[labelnote:Note]]Hidden track[[/labelnote]] (7:55)

* HiddenTrack: "Happy Cycling"

* ArcNumber: "Sixtyten" began the habit of including the number 70.

* SingerNamedrop: "Telephasic Workshop" has a sneaky reference to the band's name, through a vocal sample at 4:39 and 5:17 which says "bordering Canada".

** "One Very Important Thought" samples the ending of the 1982 adult film ''A Brief Affair'' ''Boc Maxima'', released two years earlier. For this album, the sample was slightly re-recorded, replacing "would stop you from viewing an adult film" with "would stop you from listening to Boards of Canada".

** {{Zeerust}}: ''Music Has the Right to Children'' was directly influenced by the National Board of Canada's old 1970s music, so this is no surprise.

* {{Sampling}}: Heavy use of this, especially from field recordings, movies ''Series/SesameStreet'' (yes, really) NationalFilmBoardOfCanada documentaries, as well as more "normal" sampling of other songs ("Aquarius", for instance, is driven by a sample from the ''Theatre/{{Hair}}'' soundtrack).