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The Campfire Headphase by Boards of Canada

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Into the Rainbow Vein 0:43 155,034
2 Chromakey Dreamcoat 5:47 172,449
3 Satellite Anthem Icarus 6:05 156,008
3 Peacock Tail 5:23 157,700
4 Dayvan Cowboy 5:00 224,512
5 A Moment of Clarity 0:51 140,043
6 '84 Pontiac Dream 3:49 144,330
7 Sherbert Head 2:41 81,184
8 Ataronchronon 1:14 128,094
9 Hey Saturday Sun 4:57 132,922
9 Oscar See Through Red Eye 5:06 165,352
10 Constants Are Changing 1:41 128,401
11 Slow This Bird Down 6:09 122,508
12 Tears From the Compound Eye 4:04 123,305
13 Farewell Fire 8:27 108,928
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About this album

Released: 18 Oct 2005 15 tracks (61:57)
beautiful, mind absorbing downtempo…

The Campfire Headphase is the third studio album by Boards of Canada. It was released by Warp Records in October 2005. The album took the duo three years to make.

This album featured the addition of heavily treated acoustic guitars and the use of more conventional song structures.

“ We usually imagine our music to have a visual element while we’re writing it, so we were picturing this character losing his mind at the campfire and compressing weeks of events into a few hours, in that time-stretching way that acid fucks with your perception. – Michael Sandison ”

The track “Oscar See through Red Eye” was released digitally on 5 September 2005 by Bleep.com, an online shop maintained by Warp Records. On 4 October 2005, the track “Dayvan Cowboy” was released through iTunes.

In April 2006, a music video for the song “Dayvan Cowboy” was released on the Warp Records website. The video consists of footage from Joe Kittinger’s famous parachute jump from 19.5 miles (31.4 km) altitude, and later slow-motion footage of big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton. The video was directed by Melissa Olson.

Music from The Campfire Headphase has been used heavily in commercial bumpers for the U.S. late-night television network Adult Swim.

A poster of this album can be seen in the British comedy The IT Crowd hanging in the main characters’ office.

Recently,[when?] the track “Dayvan Cowboy” was featured in a GMC advertisement (on the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge in Charleston, SC) for the new GMC Yukon Hybrid, as well as the television programme Search For Second Earth on the Science Channel.
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  • cthomas2

    1.Elliott 2.Brokencyde 3.Dave Matthews Band 4.Phish 5.Boards

    17 days ago

  • Dosva

    Each song on this album is a glimpse through time at a sonic portrait, while collectively they form a sonic masterpiece.

    last month

  • last_nickname

    The album atmosphere doesn't matter, to me. Just still rich of melodies and psychedelism. Reasons for not leave this album, and the Boards, will not exist, for me.

    last month

  • lewi91

    v lmao

    last month

  • sleepyshawn

    I ordered the disk online when it came out in 2005, but couldn't wait for it to arrive so I downloaded it. 7 years later, it turns out the hard copy has just been sitting on my shelf while I've been listening to the downloaded version, which is the FAKE leak. No wonder i didnt like it as much. FAIL

    March 2012

  • tyuig64

    This album has been taking a very long time to grow on me, but I'm now finally getting it little by little after picking it up again

    January 2012

  • satsuma_hat

    i love this record. instantly relaxes me.

    January 2012

  • mk741

    Good album to fall asleep to, and I mean that in the nicest way possible.

    December 2011

  • JimmyFlux

    Pure magnetism.

    November 2011

  • mushroomsseason

    i dont know what to say about this album ... is perfect, lovely and reminiscent.

    October 2011

  • digitaldisc0

    This is an amazing album to listen first thing when you wake up.

    October 2011

  • jopextwin0629

    There less intense but most mature album. Hope they make a new album anytime soon.

    September 2011

  • AmbushTornado

    I started this album at the beginning of a train ride, finished as soon as it ended. Perfect travel album

    August 2011

  • BernardoVailati

    Sweet sweet album, and this cover art? I can almost taste it

    August 2011

  • warmaggeddon

    best album

    August 2011

  • Dr-Jerry

    sweet vibes

    July 2011

  • boehj

    listen at a low volume and be prepared to be surprised!

    July 2011

  • mada11

    sooooooooooo good

    June 2011

  • The_dglgmut13

    Mellow monster of an album here.

    June 2011

  • Timppa2000

    no, it's definitely their best. [5] lol@ empty

    June 2011
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