The Stylishly Alternative Covers

Boards of Canada: Music Has the Right to Children (1998) When Boards of Canada, now one of the big names in trip hop, came out with their small-run, personally produced 1998 debut album, no one knew their name. Many people undoubtedly picked up the album because of its beguiling photo, aged and wrinkled, of an eerily faceless family on vacation. The image matches the duo's slightly nostalgic sonic landscapes, layered with spoken-word tracks and ambient noise. -- MJ