I bought this back in 1993 when it first came out along with a bit of future sound of london and for many years it was my only real music of this sought and i listened to it most months. I still listen to it most months now or tracks from it as i have them all organised in playlists of this type of music. Still not board of it after all those years and many hundreds more albums bought. Heliospan and Tha are my favorites for the record but there is nothing here that i dont enjoy listening to...Unlike some of his other stuff which is to much noise and not enough melody. I have waffled on for long enough....Go buy it or download if thats youre thing.

Big thumbs up for the music - still classic. Massive thumbs down for this "remastered" cheap-shot reissue. This could have been the chance to present this ambient classic in a dignified packaging, maybe with some liner notes from the man, trivia, comments from other people (like with GC's 76:14) and other fancy stuff. Instead they just went for the super jewelbox, a single booklet insert and badly reproduced artwork. And most important of all: I can't hear anything remotely remastered stuff on here. So maybe someone just lost a mastercopy in the archives... I don't know. Who wants SAW being remastered after all? It's perfect as it is, period.

This music stands the test of time. Richard, whatever you were doing at the time, the melodies on this LP still resonate deep within. I feel like I could write 1000's of words on this LP, all I can say is if you think you know the music of Aphex, if you got into him post '95, please please listen to this LP. This is some of the best music, not just electronic, but the best music of any genre ever produced. Exquisite melodies, under- but not over-produced, just incredible electronica that was the foundation of growing up for me, in England in the 90s. Thank you, Aphex Twin.

Ambient produced by Richard D. James. It is very hard to believe that these brilliant tracks were written/produced between 1985 and the year 1992. These tracks sound at least ten years ahead of their time imo.

The A-Side contains two absolute gems: Xtal has an incredible bassline, perhaps a bit too loud, but it creates a very special atmosphere. Tha is a very downtempo pure ambient track.
Highlights of the B-side are for me are Ageispolis, nice melodic ambient, and Heliospan, brilliantly composed, tending a bit more towards IDM.
We Are The Music Makers is a very nice downtempo ambient track, Scottkey 7th Path is my favorite track of the bunch, great production, full of subtle sounds.

Ambient enthusiast or not, a must for your ears, wether you like the Aphex Twin sound or electronic music as a whole, you won't be disappointed.

Ok, Just another R & S / Apollo repress like all the others...
That's what I was thinking at the time that this repress was released. I already got an original copy of this masterpiece on vinyl on Apollo. So, I didn't bother to get me a copy of this repress.

Recently a friend of my bought this repress and when it finally had arrived, we were quite supprised about the soundquality of the repress.
We compared it to the original press and trust me.....
Those people at R & S weren't kidding about the remastered part!
It's just amazing!
The volume of the tracks is a bit louder due to the wider cutting of the masterplates.
The repress sounds so much better and brighter compared to the original released on Apollo!
After we had listened to the whole album, I had convinced myself to buy a copy of this repress.

So, If you don't care about owning an original, and you don't want to spend a lot of money on it, and you want an excellent sounding copy of Selected Ambient Works 85-92 on vinyl.....
Don't look any further, You've just hit the jackpot!!!

Although Aphex twins First ambient work is very well designed I never quite understood why it was so praised. When I started listening to other ambient works from the same time I realized... Other ambient works during the 85-92 streak seemed more like his second release, which isn't ground breaking at all, Just more Biran Eno wanna be stuff. Or were just electronic drums with no heart to it. Aphex Combined Synths and drums beats like no one else had quite done yet, but were very soon to once it was released, he he.

But the big difference is, these are just so well produced! and even if they're are other tracks just as good, which they're are... don't let the Aphex hype fool you. these are good enough to keep you entertained in his music without even having to listen to the other stuff. It kept me entertained enough until his Analogue bubblebath series kicked off and the Brilliant ON EP. So to sum it up, it's not amazing, but its damn fine work, and good enough so that you'll have all the ambient goods you need for a long time.

I like Heliosphan out of all the tracks here. Xtal is my second favorite. Delphium and Actium are also cool tracks. However, I do not like Green Calx. If I also must say so, much of these tunes are very, very basic. By this I mean that the beats come from Roland Drum Machines just like every hip hop tune. The TR-606 and TR-808 are so obvious and overused that it is just like opening the door to go outside in the morning when you go to work. The drenched reverb and echo give a dreamy effect, but the only beauty in this thing is in the melodic, lullaby-like sequences. The audio recording also seems to be not a priority here as all the pops, clicks, and ticks in the sample loops can be heard. To sum it up, it is a bit too simple to be considered a masterful piece of work. Why do so many people comment about it as being the greatest ever, and yet not a single one of my current friends has ever heard of this guy? It's still a heck of a lot more precious than some of the crap electronica that I collect.

Richard D. James was well beyond the curve when he released this. Furthermore, works from 1985 were on the album - 20 years on, holding their own amongst current IDM producers.

Without a doubt, his best work. Green Calx is still a favourite today with it's acid bassline burbling and bubbling just beneath the surface.

Who can seriously criticise this album? This is the album above all else that got me hooked on electronic music from uk indy boy roots. In fact it set me off on a whole life path. A real work of beauty, with Pulsewidth being perhaps the most accessible and resonant track, and Schottkey 7th Path being the most disturbingly eery. Almost every tune gives me the shivers. A must.

Quite possibly one of the greatest electronic music albums ever to be released. Even though the technology that Richard use back then is far outdated, I don't beleive anything we have today can completly replicate the dreamy synth and basslines, along with the many uses of the hi-hat. Very chilled out, melodic and puts you in another world. Definatly buy it.