The Campfire Headphase - Boards Of Canada
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Universal acclaim- based on 47 Ratings

  • Summary: Well, they certainly aren't the most prolific of artists, but the acclaimed Scottish electronica duo of Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin finally return with a third album.
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  1. Positive: 25 out of 30
  2. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. 100
    The Campfire Headphase is enough of a genre bender to finally introduce this music to a well-deserved new audience. [Dec 2005, p.94]
  2. No, the album will not change your life as of yet, but it might prolong it before we’re all wiped off the planet by environmental destruction. [#11]
  3. The pair have opted for unfiltered analogue over cleaned-up digital, too, achieving a lush density with loops and textures and a warm wooziness overall that's a million miles removed from their last effort, 2002's dark and almost mathematically complex "Geogaddi".
  4. Despite its lengthy gestation period, there is more than a hint of deja vu about The Campfire Headphase.

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  1. Positive: 32 out of 33
  2. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. An absolutely stunning masterpiece, The Campfire Headphase proves that Boards of Canada are deserving of their position at the pinnacle of the ambient genre. The woozy and calming vibes emanated throughout are nothing short of unparallelled. Collapse
  2. SeanT
    8
    brings more of a human touch to their music. this one feels like it has more of a soul than the last few. and i like the wide use of guitar on this one. Expand
  3. aelxnexus
    7
    Boards of Canada is unique. This album contains a lot of sounds allready explored in their first two great LPs (the guitars are new), and still sounds wonderfull! Expand
  4. EirikS
    4
    Had expected so much more.

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