The Future Crayon

The Future Crayon
Compilation album by Broadcast
Released	21 August 2006 (2006-08-21)
Genre	Indie electronic, dream pop
Length	74:37
Label	Warp
Broadcast chronology
Tender Buttons (2005) The Future Crayon (2006) Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age (2009)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Mojo	[3]
The Observer	[4]
Pitchfork	7.5/10 [5]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[6]

The Future Crayon is a rarities and B-sides compilation by British indie electronic band Broadcast, released on 21 August 2006 by Warp. ^[7] It collects all the tracks released on singles, EPs and compilations from 1999 to 2003, ^[8] with the exception of "Drums on Fire" (from Extended Play Two ). The iTunes version added a 1997 instrumental from an NME compilation tape, and "Stupido" (the bonus track on the Japanese release of Haha Sound ).

Track listing

No.	Title	Original Release	Length
1.	"Illumination"	Extended Play Two, 2000	3:14
2.	"Still Feels Like Tears"	Pendulum EP, 2003	3:41
3.	"Small Song IV"	Pendulum EP, 2003	3:39
4.	"Where Youth and Laughter Go"	Extended Play, 2000	2:43
5.	"One Hour Empire"	Pendulum EP, 2003	1:42
6.	"Distant Call"	B-side of "Come On Let's Go", 2000	3:33
7.	"Poem of Dead Song"	Extended Play Two, 2000	2:30
8.	"Hammer Without a Master"	Wap100 Promo, 1998 [9]	4:59
9.	"Locusts"	B-side of "Come On Let's Go", 2000	5:00
10.	"Chord Simple"	B-side of "Come On Let's Go", 2000	4:38
11.	"Daves Dream"	Extended Play, 2000	4:01
12.	"DDL"	All Tomorrow's Parties 1.0, 2001 [10]	2:28
13.	"Test Area"	B-side of "Echo's Answer", 1999	5:53
14.	"Unchanging Window / Chord Simple"	Extended Play Two, 2000	6:59
15.	"A Man for Atlantis"	Extended Play Two, 2000	3:15
16.	"Minus Two"	Pendulum EP, 2003	4:16
17.	"Violent Playground"	Pendulum EP, 2003	2:11
18.	"Belly Dance"	Extended Play, 2000	4:46
19.	"Misc" (iTunes download version only)	NME Presents Radio 1 Sound City Oxford '97, 1997 [11]	1:34
20.	"Stupido" (iTunes download version only)	Japanese release of Haha Sound, 2003 [12]	3:35

References

1. "'The Future Crayon' reviews, Metacritic". Metacritic.
2. Phares, Heather. "Future Crayon - Broadcast". AllMusic . Retrieved 3 May 2024.
3. "Broadcast - The Future Crayon". Mojo (154–157). EMAP Performance Limited. 2006. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
4. "Broadcast, The Future Crayon". The Observer . 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
5. Abebe, Nitsuh. "Broadcast: The Future Crayon". Pitchfork . Retrieved 4 May 2024.
6. Gurney, Dave. "Broadcast - Future Crayon". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved 4 May 2024.
7. Official Bandcamp page for the album. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
8. "The Future Crayon". Pitchfork.
9. "Various - Wap100 Promo". Discogs . 29 June 1998.
10. "Various - All Tomorrow's Parties 1.0". Discogs . 2 October 2023.
11. "Various - NME Presents Radio 1 Sound City Oxford '97". Discogs . 2 October 1997.
12. "Broadcast - Haha Sound". Discogs . 2 October 2023.