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The Future Crayon

The Future Crayon is a compilation album by English band Broadcast, released on 21 August 2006 by Warp. It collects all the tracks released on singles, EPs and compilations from 1999 to 2003, including rarities and B-sides, with the exception of "Drums on Fire". The iTunes version added a 1997 instrumental from an NME compilation tape, and "Stupido".

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The Future Crayon
Compilation album by
Broadcast
Released21 August 2006 (2006-08-21)
Genre{{Indie electronic|dream pop}}
Length74:37
LabelWarp
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
SourceRating
Metacritic76/1001
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar2
MojoStarStarStarStar3
The ObserverStarStarStarStar4
Pitchfork7.5/105
Tiny Mix TapesStarStarStarStar6

The Future Crayon is a compilation album by English 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, including rarities and B-sides,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.TitleOriginal ReleaseLength
1."Illumination"Extended Play Two, 20003:14
2."Still Feels Like Tears"Pendulum EP, 20033:41
3."Small Song IV"Pendulum EP, 20033:39
4."Where Youth and Laughter Go"Extended Play, 20002:43
5."One Hour Empire"Pendulum EP, 20031:42
6."Distant Call"B-side of "Come On Let's Go", 20003:33
7."Poem of Dead Song"Extended Play Two, 20002:30
8."Hammer Without a Master"Wap100 Promo, 199894:59
9."Locusts"B-side of "Come On Let's Go", 20005:00
10."Chord Simple"B-side of "Come On Let's Go", 20004:38
11."Daves Dream"Extended Play, 20004:01
12."DDL"All Tomorrow's Parties 1.0, 2001102:28
13."Test Area"B-side of "Echo's Answer", 19995:53
14."Unchanging Window / Chord Simple"Extended Play Two, 20006:59
15."A Man for Atlantis"Extended Play Two, 20003:15
16."Minus Two"Pendulum EP, 20034:16
17."Violent Playground"Pendulum EP, 20032:11
18."Belly Dance"Extended Play, 20004:46
19."Misc" (iTunes download version only)NME Presents Radio 1 Sound City Oxford '97, 1997111:34
20."Stupido" (iTunes download version only)Japanese release of Haha Sound, 2003123:35
References

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.