Trans Canada Highway (EP)

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Trans Canada Highway
Boards of Canada - Trans Canada Highway.png
EP by
Boards of Canada
Released29 May 2006 (2006-05-29)
Studio Hexagon Sun, Scotland
Genre
Length28:00
Label
Producer
Boards of Canada chronology
The Campfire Headphase
(2005)		Trans Canada Highway
(2006)		 Tomorrow's Harvest
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Pitchfork 6.0/10 [2]
Resident Advisor 3.5/5 [3]

Trans Canada Highway is an EP by Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada. [4] Originally scheduled for release on 6 June 2006, [5] it was published by Warp on 29 May 2006. [6] The album peaked at number 4 on the UK Independent Albums Chart, [7] number 8 on the UK Dance Albums Chart, [8] and number 12 on Billboard 's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. [9]

Contents

Music videos

The opening track, "Dayvan Cowboy", also appeared on the duo's album The Campfire Headphase . [4] Melissa Olson directed the music video for the track. [10] The video pieces together stock footage of Joseph Kittinger's high-altitude parachute jumps for Project Excelsior and stock footage of surfer Laird Hamilton riding waves. [11] In 2009, Pitchfork placed it at number 39 on their list of the "Top 50 Music Videos of the 2000s". [10]

Covers

In 2011, Solange Knowles released a version of the track "Left Side Drive" with additional vocals. [12] Knowles stated, "It's completely unofficial, and was just inspired by the song which I had a deep love affair with for years". [13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin.

No.TitleLength
1."Dayvan Cowboy"5:01
2."Left Side Drive"5:20
3."Heard from Telegraph Lines"1:09
4."Skyliner"5:40
5."Under the Coke Sign"1:31
6."Dayvan Cowboy (Odd Nosdam Remix)"9:19

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [7] 4
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [8] 8
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums ( Billboard ) [9] 12

References

  1. ↑ Bush, John. "Trans Canada Highway - Boards of Canada". AllMusic . Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Pytlik, Mark (26 May 2006). "Boards of Canada: Trans Canada Highway EP". Pitchfork . Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Pitchforth, Simon (30 August 2006). "Boards of Canada – Trans Canada Highway EP". Resident Advisor . Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Boards of Canada Leave the Campfire and Hit the Highway". Chart Attack . 22 March 2006. Archived from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Lapatine, Scott (7 April 2006). "New Boards Of Canada – The Trans Canada Highway EP". Stereogum . Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Trans Canada Highway EP". Warp . Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 04 June 2006 - 10 June 2006". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40: 04 June 2006 - 10 June 2006". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Boards Of Canada - Top Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard . Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  10. 1 2 Plagenhoef, Scott (31 August 2009). "The Top 50 Music Videos of the 2000s (page 2 of 5)". Pitchfork . Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  11. ↑ Dibben, Chance (19 January 2011). "Five of our favorite found-footage music videos". The Pitch . Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "New Music: Solange – 'Left Side Drive'". Rap-Up . 1 May 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  13. ↑ Ramirez, Erika (3 May 2011). "Press Play: Freddie Gibbs, Young Jeezy, Diggy Simmons, Bruno Mars, Solange & More". Billboard . Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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