'', released February 2002, was the second widely distributed album by the enigmatic electronic music duo
Boards Of Canada .
The theme of the album continues the exploration of innocent, child-like bliss found throughout the band's 1998 major label cultism ("1969") abound. Although it retains the duo's trademark soundscapes and melodic vignettes, the album can be unsettling and fraught with paranoia at times:
The album received mixed reviews the year of its release from critics who were unimpressed by the lack of "development" since 1998's ''
Music Has The Right To Children ''. Since then, ''Geogaddi'' has grown to be a strong fan favorite due to the hidden depth of the record .
The duo and its record label, ,
New York ,
Tokyo ,
Edinburgh ,
Paris , and
Berlin . They provided only one press interview for the ''
NME '' via email.
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
Vinyl package. Side F of the vinyl package, with the track "Magic Window", is uncut and the vinyl contains an etching of a
Nuclear Family that one can see by looking at the record. Note that "Magic Window" is a track of pure silence in all three formats.
The band received the idea to make the original record track time total 66 minutes and 6 seconds from
Warp Records president
Steve Beckett , his reasoning being to joke around with the listeners and make them believe that the
Devil had created the album. Similarly, the regular album having 23 tracks may be a playful reference to the
Occult Signifiance Of 23 , or the numerologic idea that "2/3 is 0.666".
The
Japan ese edition of ''Geogaddi'' features an additional track entitled "From One Source All Things Depend". This short track contains many samples of children talking about who they believe God to be.
# "Ready Let's Go" – 0:59
# "Music Is Math" – 5:21
# "Beware the Friendly Stranger" – 0:37
# "
Gyroscope " – 3:34
# "Dandelion" – 1:15
# "Sunshine Recorder" – 6:12
# "In the Annexe" – 1:22
# "Julie and Candy" – 5:30
# "The Smallest
Weird Number " – 1:17
# "
1969 " – 4:20
# "Energy Warning" – 0:35
# "The Beach at Redpoint" – 4:18
# "Opening the Mouth" – 1:11
# "
Alpha And Omega " – 7:02
# "I Saw Drones" – 0:27
# "The Devil Is In the Details" – 3:53
# "
A Is To B As B Is To C " – 1:40
# "
Over The Horizon Radar " – 1:08
# "
Dawn Chorus " – 3:55
# "Diving Station" – 1:26
# "You Could Feel the Sky" – 5:14
# "Corsair" – 2:52
# "Magic Window" – 1:46
# "From One Source All Things Depend" – 2:10 (Japanese edition only)
