Music Has the Right to Children

would go hard on the weather channel

Standouts: Wildlife Analysis • An Eagle In Your Mind • Telephastic Workshop • Roygbiv • Rue The Whirl • Aquarius • Pete Standing Alone • Happy Cycling

Classic

This was solid background electronic music. Not bad.

I can kind of see why someone would this, but it got pretty repetitive right at the beginning and there wasn’t enough variation to help

Really interesting contrast to yesterday's album, Ágætis byrjun by Sigur Rós (And yeah, weird that this sometimes happens. I got the Adam and the Ants album right after Fear of Music by Talking Heads. Two very similar albums that I had wildly different experiences with).

Now, the difference between these two isn't as large as that with Adam and the Ants and Talking Heads (Liked Adam, hated Fear of Music). Where Ágætis byrjun left me wanting a bit, I'm enjoying Music Has the Right to Children more. There's a little more to latch onto with this one for me, and it's definitely more of a vibe. Especially the slight creepiness to a track like Sixtyten.

One thing I noticed perusing the RYM genres on this album, is that it's listed as Hauntology as a secondary genre, which I think is helping a lot with my enjoyment of it too. It's quite a bit different from the only other artist I've heard that delved into that genre (The Caretaker), but I'm enjoying it nonetheless. It's definitely got that kinda melancholic, creepy nostalgia to it.

I will say, some of the filler tracks like The Color of Fire I'm not big on, with the vocal samples just being weird to me.

Also, this album is definitely giving me Mirror's Edge vibes a little bit, especially on a few of the earlier tracks. Just that pristine, white, slightly happy but dystopian feel.

Also, another comparison that I think I'm hearing in this is Ulver's Perdition City. That one's on the darker side, but still getting similar vibes.

(And not to keep on piling the comparisons, but all these comparisons are stuff I really like, and a track like Aquarius is reminding me a bit of the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack, although the vocal lines I'm really disliking on this track. Overall MHtRtC would be better IMO had they cut all the vocal lines out)

But yeah, overall this is a hell of a record. Not one I'd go back to that often, but definitely when I want this specific vibe. Reading that their follow-up, Geogaddi, has more of a darker sound, I'm definitely going to have to listen to that soon. Feel like as much as I like this one, the darker sound on the follow up will be more my feel.

too long

I gotta admit, it took me 3 whole days to go through the album. But it was a good experience! I don’t love electronics, but the vibes and beats were fun and chill for some morning writing, which I appreciate :)

Mmmmmm. More soothing bleepy bloop please

Just not my type of music, I tried but there’s just nothing here that particularly interested me. I thought Roygbqpgv was going to be alright when it started but it just sort of fizzled into nothing

1.5

Great for not paying attention to

This is one of the most disturbing albums I’ve ever listened to. It sounds what I imagine a bad acid trip would feel like.

Yeah.. it's not bad, but it's a very hard one to review. It's chill and ambient-y, and sits nicely enough in the background. There's just not really much to grab hold of is there? Nothing about this album is going to excite you, but you might enjoy having it on in a non-committal kind of way.

Music Has The Right To Children despite being a really goofy name is a really good electronic album. This album mostly goes with a very trip-hop-esque sound but definitely adds a lot of ideas to make it really unorthodox with one of the comments for one of the songs saying it best (i forgot which one it was) that this sounds like music for computers. This album isn't gonna be for everyone but i can tell that these guys took a risk and it ended up paying off as i really do vibe with the very hypnotic nature of this album and each song had some kind of cool element which made them very enjoyable to listen to. Its an acquired taste for sure but it's also clearly a labor of love and i can absolutely appreciate that.
Best Song: Sixtyten
Worst Song: The Color Of The Fire

Esta banda es de mis favoritas, de las pocas que me he comprado discos en digital por no encontrarlos de otra forma. Sin embargo, este es su disco que menos me gusta. Se queda con un 2, y recomiendo escuchar otros discos suyos antes que este.

Electronica crossed with ambient. Eno could learn something from these guys. Kinda mellow and kinda foot tapping too. And plenty of earworms if you let them burrow into you. Not bad. Telephastic Workshop is superb.

An album that feels less like a collection of tracks and more like a half-remembered dream. 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 wraps analog warmth, hazy melodies, and subtly off-kilter rhythms into something deeply nostalgic without ever becoming sentimental. There’s a strange emotional weight to it — comforting, but also faintly uncanny, like childhood memories viewed through a warped lens. It’s immersive in a way that sneaks up on you, revealing new textures with every listen. Quietly mesmerizing and endlessly replayable.

synth-driven, psychedelic, nostalgic tunes, has the feeling of remembering a childhood experience that never happened

"What if we made an album that was all doctor's office hold music?"

Interesting in places but not fantastic overall

This is regarded as one of the most important electro records of all time. I can understand to be honest. It's very cool and really good ambiental music. I knew about it and I liked it pretty much. I can't say I would put it on at all times, but it's a very good listen and the best thing to have as a background while working.