In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country [Single]

Boards Of Canada | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 28, 2000)
• Original Release Date: November 28, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Warp Records
• ASIN: B00005175G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,055 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #27 in Music > Indie Music > Dance & DJ > IDM

Track Listings

1. Kid for Today

2. Amo Bishop Roden

3. In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country

4. Zoetrope

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good lord this is beautiful stuff, December 3, 2000

By 

Edward H. Milligan (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (Audio CD)

Despite being only four tracks, this new ep from Boards of Canada clocks in around 24 minutes, which should hold me over until the next album. "Kid For Today" is an amazingly mellow groove, showcasing the earthy unique keyboards that are the BoC trademark. So few electronic music acts can convey real emotion in their music, but Boards of Canada do it very easily. If I had to compare it to their album Music Has the Right To Children, I would say this is a little more ambient- similar to tracks like "Open the Light" or "Pete Standing Alone", where the focus isn't so much the beat as it is the atmosphere and the general sound they create. Definitely the standout tracks are 1 and 3, with the vocoder on track 3 adding (along with the sampling of children laughing) an even greater human edge to the music. The second and fourth songs are striking as well, always emphasizing the group's sense of melody. Essential to any BoC fan (as is the Hi Scores EP, look for it online or in specialty shops) and a real bargain at this price.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Natural, July 9, 2004

By 

Zolt (Waglisla, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (Audio CD)

Well,I've become BOC fan back in Europe,and wandered
why some Scottish guys are so enchanted about Canada...
The destiny made its step and I ended up living in Canada.
I love to take bus and put my headphones on.
Certainly,the greatest enlightment was listening this album,
being amazed how can this digital-electronical-synthetic stuff
get harmonized with Canadian landscape...but it does.

Maybe its my imagination.
But listening this EP brings back the greatest feeling;
being at home,with the Nature,in the Nature.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Boards of Canada has done it again, November 29, 2000

By 

Sean Ross (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (Audio CD)

As a huge fan of thier first record, I was in the store buying this the day it came out, obviously without having read anything on it good or bad. These 2 guys are true genius on many levels. I have to say that this EP is more 'minimalistic' in it's approach then Music has the Right to Children was, and the songs build slower and are generally more subtle. The standout tracks are Kid for Today and In a Beautiful Place... My only criticism is the last song, Zoetrope, actually annoys me too much to even listen to unfortunately, and is comprised of one lonely keyboard track of a bells/string type with no percussion whatsoever - but it's obvious that this track was a tack on at the end to warrant the 8 bucks you will pay for this. Gone also from this entire release are the warped-in-the-sun fat analog synth leads that made the first record such an original and MOLDY sounding and cohesive listen. I hope the forthcoming album will have some of that same feel to it, and that this EP is just a taste of what is to come, with only one throwaway track... Well, OK, that just leaves 3 songs left. But Boards of Canada are allowed to do that kind thing because, frankly, they are Boards of Canada, and the rest of us are not. I knocked a star off for it though.