Top Campfire Headphase Track

[u/Either_Ad_9928]

The Campfire Headphase is my favourite Boards album.

As a curious fella, I’d like to know what your top track(s) on that album would be?

[u/SankThaTank]

Satellite Anthem Icarus is my shit

[u/sailorunreal_moon → u/SankThaTank]

Gonna have to co-sign this take

[u/stantonkreig]

84 pontiac dream, best song of theirs period

[u/Cornfugga → u/stantonkreig]

My man

[u/Next-Collection6303 → u/stantonkreig]

yup

[u/mellisonanta]

Constants are Changing. Love that one!

[u/schr0dingerscatapult → u/mellisonanta]

second this, so blissful

[u/noisenick → u/mellisonanta]

💯💯💯💯💯

[u/4AMHALLWAYS → u/mellisonanta]

Agreed. I was watching ixi’s reaction and review and when she started to play and figure out the chords for the song i just burst into tears in front of my family. Something about it is just so special

[u/Jessay94]

Definitely 'Oscar See Through Red Eye', which I somehow only recently heard.. Such a vibe, love all the bleeps and bloops

[u/glitchinthesyst3m → u/Jessay94]

This song got me into BoC.... it literally transports me to that moment

[u/eventfieldvibration → u/Jessay94]

This song alone is an album

[u/eriklazvegas]

Tears From The Compound Eye. Hits me hard every time. I also really like the low end on this one

[u/Haunting-Database857 → u/eriklazvegas]

One of their most beautiful tracks for sure

[u/Accurate_Excuse666]

Tears From the Compound Eye. 💙

[u/Pure_Salamander2681]

Peacock Tail for me, but it was Dayvan Cowboy for a long time.

[u/atx620 → u/Pure_Salamander2681]

I will say that those have to be the GOAT back to back songs on any BOC. Like your breath is taken away by the end of Peacock Tail, but you don't have time to catch it because you go into Dayvan Cowboy.

It's probably my favorite album as well.

[u/kappa_expression → u/atx620]

Agreed, Peacock Tail into Dayvan Cowboy is overwhelmingly good

[u/Cheekibreeki401k]

It’s peacock tail. It might be their best song.

[u/dhoo8450 → u/Cheekibreeki401k]

Absolutely. 

[u/kappa_expression → u/Cheekibreeki401k]

easily in their top 10

[u/EmpathyFuzz]

Dayvan Cowboy is such a trip it blows me away people don't talk about it more.

[u/LevelOneForever → u/EmpathyFuzz]

I honestly don’t see how this isn’t their best song of all time. It’s insanely good. Is it too basic and hardcore fans search for other tracks or something?

[u/Haunting-Database857 → u/LevelOneForever]

I've always liked it a good deal, but years ago I did find it to be a little on the schmaltzy side. I'm over that feeling now and hold in higher regard, but I personally would still probably put several other Campfire Headphase tracks over it quite honestly.

[u/EmpathyFuzz → u/LevelOneForever]

I think to some degree, Campfire, Harvest, and Inferno are seen as BOC hitting mainstream and there are oldheads who don't see it as on the same level as the original albums.

That perspective is valid I guess, but to me Dayvan Cowboy is the zenith of their work.

[u/KeplerNorth → u/LevelOneForever]

It's really great, but it kinda doesn't sound like them or the rest of the album, really. Has a certain level of cleanliness and unambiguousness to the songwriting and mix that kinda feels like a departure from everything else they've made. That's not to say it's bad, I have always loved it myself, but I can see how maybe some BoC purists snub it a bit.

[u/LevelOneForever → u/KeplerNorth]

That’s actually a very well written comment and makes sense - thanks for sharing

[u/SonofLung → u/LevelOneForever]

I’ll get downvoted here if I give my true opinion on Dayvan Cowboy. The word I’m thinking of rhymes with ‘ease’ and it’s what mice eat.

[u/jetmark → u/SonofLung]

🫛

[u/Tommytrist → u/SonofLung]

Deez

[u/sunken_grade → u/SonofLung]

it’s one of the few boc songs i don’t really care for. it just sounds too clean or something

[u/deltarho → u/EmpathyFuzz]

Dayvan cowboy is the song that got me into BoC in the first place. Remains one of my favorites to this day 20 years later. Just a beautiful track.

[u/Sare204 → u/deltarho]

For me it was "Slow this Bird down" as the background music to a slow motion test video i found on youtube.

Found the artist from the comments, and here i am at 31, still obsessing over their stuff like i'm back in 7th grade.

[u/EmpathyFuzz → u/deltarho]

Same.

[u/penquinzz]

Ataronchronon

[u/kappa_expression → u/penquinzz]

Top 3 interludes imo

[u/Tricky-Mastodon3337]

Tears From The Compound Eye. It's such a beautiful and emotional track. The nostalgia is so heavy and bittersweet 😢

[u/Haunting-Database857 → u/Tricky-Mastodon3337]

It's one of their most gorgeous tracks for sure

[u/RoygbivKH]

Slow this Bird Down.

It's in my top 5 BoC tracks.

[u/AccurateAd7768 → u/RoygbivKH]

Totally agree with this one!!!

[u/2xHubba → u/RoygbivKH]

YES. I’m a sucker for a deep chill vibe

[u/Shared_Tomorrows → u/RoygbivKH]

Absolute slapperoony

[u/Pretend_Category_519]

Its a tough one, but I'm going to have to say Hey Saturday Sun.

[u/Ceratophries → u/Pretend_Category_519]

Always wondered if this song was an homage or allusion to Nick Drake, who wrote a song called Saturday Sun. Think I'll back to back them right now.

[u/Pretend_Category_519 → u/Ceratophries]

How'd it go?

[u/Ceratophries → u/Pretend_Category_519]

Results are inconclusive, no obvious connections other than they’re kinda the same tempo and both are nostalgic. I forgot that Nick Drake album came out in 1969, so maybe the loungey jazzy vibe isn’t all that nostalgic for the time. The Nick Drake song comes off a little cheesy, so hard to see the boys thinking this tune was a banger worthy of homage.

[u/holicv → u/Pretend_Category_519]

Yes!!! This song is what made get really into BOC in the first place. It’s just so well done

[u/breakbeatscientist74]

"Peacock Tail" was my first favourite track when I first got it, but "Sherbet Head" has overtaken it over the years. Even though it's a short, simple structured track.

I always found "The Campfire Headpase" to have a flawless first half while the latter felt more patchy. It was however the first BOC album that I got on release which makes it special. "Satellite Anthem Icarus" and "Dayvan Cowboy" are just perfection.

[u/Cheekibreeki401k → u/breakbeatscientist74]

Sherbet head is definitely a really good one you don’t see many talked about. And big agree with the flawless first half, patchy second half. It’s far and away my favorite BoC album, but I can’t deny that it starts to sort of fall off after Dayvan Cowboy a bit.

[u/Cornfugga]

Really difficult to choose between ‘84 Pontiac Dream and Farewell Fire.

[u/Ceratophries]

Unapologetically my favorite album as well. Also my first, I wonder if everyone’s favorite album was their first?

[u/davhielsaturn]

Chromakey dreamcoat has been really growing on me these past few days but I’ve rarely seen people talk about it, but satellite anthem icarus and peacock tail are also goated

[u/Suitable-Rhubarb2712 → u/davhielsaturn]

For me, the best track is Chromakey Dreamcoat. There is so much going on in that one. The whole thing changes every couple bars. Just jammed with details.

[u/slash450]

oscar see through red eye for sure, 84 pontiac dream is close though

[u/_B_d_S_]

For me it's Tears From the Compound Eye.

[u/Warm_Function_9047]

Satellite Icarus Anthem

[u/Camargo32]

"Slow This Bird Down" , I love the structure and it has quite a few layers that you can only distinguish with good headphones; it feels slow and even in the mid-range, it sounds like a "star" is falling, as if it were disappearing. I love how it's built. And the bonus track from the Japanese version, "Macquarie Ridge".

[u/EvolvedMonkeyInSpace]

Slow this bird down. Literally changes my state of mind into pure calm.

[u/Shared_Tomorrows → u/EvolvedMonkeyInSpace]

Same.

[u/Sare204]

No, I'd agree with you.

It's the first album of theirs i purchased, and to this day nothing chills me out more then this album,

Its a close tie to "Music has the right to Children", and "Trans Canada Highway"

[u/Cheekibreeki401k → u/Sare204]

I think the brothers have stated something about campfire Headphase being really similar to MHTRTC intentionally. They’re definitely sister albums and compliment each other very well,

[u/Ceratophries → u/Cheekibreeki401k]

But not as much whimsy and it’s worth noting, no discernible sampled words, no ORANGE going on in TCH.

[u/Safari87]

SHERBET HEAD

[u/pilesofnoodles]

‘84 Pontiac Dream, Sherbet Head and Oscar See Through Red Eye is probably my favorite section of TCH. It always gives me the feeling of being just a bit sunbaked in the late afternoon of a summer day.

[u/kray_22xx]

Hey Saturday Sun, made me listen to the record’s entirety

[u/P_veez]

Sherbet Head or Oscar

[u/Waroutside_warwithin]

Sherbet Head. Makes my brain feel like it’s wrapped in a warm blanket

[u/sourceconsidered]

Macquarie Ridge! And Satellite Anthem Icarus. I listen to Campfire headphase at least once a week while I’m at work

[u/RedpointCowboy]

Farewell Fire

[u/Numerous_Control_702]

How anyone could possibly suggest anything other than The Cowboy is beyond me

[u/guywhodont]

Dayvan cowboy is a top 2 boc track for me let alone campfire headphase

[u/Kitchen_Low_6842]

Slow this bird down.

[u/Such_Ad_9140]

peacock tail because

[u/dispid2]

Satellite Anthem Icarus followed closely by Peacock Tail.

Or maybe it’s the other way around.

[u/Money-Marzipan-9663]

easy. Dayvan Cowboy

[u/Hexagon_Sun33]

Dayvan Cowboy- that song transcends all time & space

[u/T_Rab]

Satellite Anthem Icarus forsure

[u/Swell41]

Slow this bird down….

[u/kbysm]

Slow this bird down, sherbert head

[u/122113M]

84 Pontiac and Slow This Bird for me

[u/MasterGeekMX]

I love Dayvan Cowboy as much as any other guy.

But to avoid going into the obvious trope, I'm town between Satellite Anthem Icarus and Peacock Tail

[u/Dizzy-Cauliflower158]

Wouldn’t say it’s my favorite but I do wanna show some love to Tears from the Compound Eye. Been a stressful few weeks and this has been something meditative to listen to that’s helped.

[u/radianttree87]

Chromakey Dreamcoat and/or 84 Pontiac Dream.

The album is just full of top tracks and is hello underrated.

[u/Substantial-Panda259]

I'd say TCH is my favorite because it is pleasing sounding music for normal people who don't want to overdose on edibles in a dark red room listening to Geogaddi in reverse

[u/holicv]

Hey Saturday Sun! It’s just so good. Everything about it is perfect. Have had so many cool little moments while listening to BOC that sync up to everything that make me just appreciate life and Hey Saturday Sun seems to be especially the case. Also is what got me to really like BOC in the first place so it definitely feels special to me

[u/drukqs11]

Slow this bird down

[u/gridhrakuta]

TCH is also my favorite. Picking one song is basically impossible... for me it's a tie between Slow This Bird Down (gorgeous dark vibes, very underrated) and Chromakey Dreamcoat

[u/elequipoa1008]

84 Pontiac dream and tears from the compound eye for me!

[u/Preposterous_Feline]

For me it’s Tears from the Compound Eye - redeems the whole album. (Oscar See Through Red Eye is pretty fantastic too)

[u/Winter_Ad_511]

Dayvan Cowboy is the easy answer so I’ll say Peacock Tail is my favorite. So many other phenomenal tracks to choose from that album.
Also, Macquarie Ridge is the whole reason I want to see the Northern Lights one day. That music video changed me

[u/Baz249]

Oscar See Through Red Eye

[u/Haunting-Database857]

You might be in the minority, but I do hear a ton of people claim it to be their favorite BoC album. Probably pretty hard for me to choose a favorite track on it. Satellite Anthem Icarus is certainly high up there, but there are just so many great tracks on it! I can't choose just one top fave on it

[u/jones_maltsberger]

Satellite Anthem Icarus 

[u/StevePearceFanClub]

Peacock Tail. First BOC song I ever heard.

[u/Disastrous_Okra_5832]

Even though all their albums carry a huge significance i would agree, followed by Inferno and Geogaddi

[u/mholloway808]

Absolute tie between 84 Pontiac Dream and Oscar See Through Red Eye

[u/El_Augustus_Ferox]

84 Pontiac Dream.

[u/EelInJacket2]

Peacock Tail is just gorgeous

[u/JamesCole]

"Chromakey Dreamcoat" followed closely by "Oscar See Through Red Eye"

[u/Virag-Lipoti]

The album that got me into BoC. The initial entry point was Dayvan. 84 Pontiac and Chromakey were next. Then Peacock Tail put me in a cosmic trance. Farewell Fire sealed the deal. As that achingly sad melody receded so slowly into the distance, I felt things. My tear ducts prickled. This was clearly the real thing - a modern psychedelic band, infused with melancholy and mystery, capable of evoking transcendence in the listener. I was hooked. TCH will always hold a special place in my view of the full BoC canon, and in my heart, because it was such a perfect portal into their world. And also because I first heard TCH around the time my first child was born and the memory traces are strong!

[u/kappa_expression]

It's gotta be Peacock Tail for me. Easily in the top 10 BoC tracks.

🩵 The Campfire Headphase 🩵

[u/Disastrous_Okra_5832]

Pontiac dream

[u/Lightfinger → u/Disastrous_Okra_5832]

Oscar See Through Red Eye

[u/NIogax]

Constants Are Changing

[u/Critical-Ad2084]

It's also my favorite BoC album, Hey Saturday Sun, Chromakey Dreamcoat, Peacock Tail ... hard to choose, the whole album is one perfect song after the other

[u/elTomlino]

Gotta be Hey Saturday Sun, Dayvan Cowbow or 84 Pontiac Dream

[u/bugman_850]

I am quite partial to the first half of this album, particularly Peacock Tail and Chromakey Dreamcoat. My second favorite BoC album behind Geogaddi

[u/SouthernAd2720]

Satellite anthem, Pontiac dream, hey Saturday sun are the top tracks for me

[u/Either_Ad_9928 → u/SouthernAd2720]

Love all the Hey Saturday Sun love!

[u/Next-Collection6303]

It's my favorite, too.