Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II


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Label: Warp Records
Catalog#: WARP LP 21 LTD
Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Brown
Country:UK
Released:1994
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract, Experimental, Ambient
Credits: Producer, Written-By - Richard D. James
Notes:This is the "limited" (10.000 copies) brown vinyl edition. The black vinyl edition is considered pressed in a much smaller quantity.
Front photograph is black & white and the gatefold sleeve has a numbered sticker.
Comes with a paper insert and a small sheet of four stickers.

Track D1 was previously released under the name Blue Calx.
Track E2 is not to be found on the CD versions of this album, but is also included on the black vinyl edition and on the cassette edition of Selected Ambient Works II.

At least some pressings have an off-centred centrehole on disc 3, E/F, that sways the tonearm during playback. This is especially exacerbated on the inner tracks of both sides, E4 & F4, where the music gets heavily distorted.


Catalog number appears as WARPLP21LTD on both back and spine of cover.

Barcode: 5 021603 021105
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Tracklisting:

A1   Untitled
A2   Untitled
A3   Untitled
A4   Untitled
B1   Untitled
B2   Untitled
B3   Untitled
B4   Untitled
C1   Untitled
C2   Untitled
C3   Untitled
C4   Untitled
D1   Untitled
D2   Untitled
D3   Untitled
D4   Untitled
D5   Untitled
E1   Untitled
E2   Untitled
E3   Untitled
E4   Untitled
F1   Untitled
F2   Untitled
F3   Untitled
F4   Untitled
User Reviews:
pauly_p, Apr 04, 2008

Aphex Twin – Rhubarb
(Or whatever it is called).
It’s on Selected works volume II
This piece of music deserves the labelling of genius. There’s no Bass, Kick drum, hi-hats, vocals. ..
Just bare strings programmed in an order to create such over-whelming emotion. That’s where the genius comes in... The Lay person will not appreciate this or even have the patience to realise its impact, just like the masses who thought Mozart was a lunatic all those years ago.
How can I compare Richard D James to Mozart? Easy...
Just listen to this with an open mind, let it take control, don’t over-concentrate.
It’s about balance and patience.
The weighted strings, rising emotion, then the killer punch...
5 mins 55 seconds
Gets me every time

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