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One of the indisputable classics of electronica, and a defining document for ambient music in particular, Selected Ambient Works 85-92 is Richard D. James' earliest and most fully realized achievement.
10y
100
Like the greatest electronic dance music, it hasn’t dated at all.
94
Listening to Selected Ambient Works 85-92, one can’t help but imagine the seeds being planted in the imaginations of the lucky few who were there when it all began.
10y
80
The music matters more than any of that, because with Selected 85-92, Aphex Twin expanded way beyond the ambient music of Brian Eno by fusing lush soundscapes with oceanic beats and bass lines.
80
Richard D. James created a collection of minimalist house more refined than anything that has come before or after.
First experience with Aphex Twin. Ran across this on accident. I’m halfway into it, and I am blown away with the sound palette of this album. This thing has the absolute best fucking sounds bro. The sine bass, the spaced out drums.... it is just unreal
Aight finished it. Immediately replaying it. Issa fucking masterpiece
In celebration of this legendary album finally hitting 1,000 ratings on AOTY, I decided to try and write a review for it. Now, as I'm sure many of you are aware, it can be a bit difficult to write reviews on albums that are incredibly critically acclaimed and renowned around the world. Often times it takes a lot more thought and energy than rating lesser-known records. Anyway, what I'm getting at is that I've always viewed reviews of critically acclaimed records (such as this) as being a bit ... read more
Much less a true “Ambient” album, but more of a “Intelligent Techno” or rather “IDM” pioneer (it is a pretty awful term but we’ll live with it for now) - the debut album from Aphex Twin a.k.a Richard D. James the boy genius from Cornwall, U.K. : “Selected Ambient Works 85-92” or simply “SAW 85-92” is not only a classic of Electronic music, but also in my opinion is one of the most influential collection of music ever.
When I ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Xtal 4:53 | 96 |
| 2 | Tha 9:07 | 90 |
| 3 | Pulsewidth 3:48 | 92 |
| 4 | Ageispolis 5:23 | 92 |
| 5 | I 1:17 | 86 |
| 6 | Green Calx 6:05 | 88 |
| 7 | Heliosphan 4:53 | 93 |
| 8 | We Are the Music Makers 7:43 | 88 |
| 9 | Schottkey 7th Path 5:08 | 87 |
| 10 | Ptolemy 7:14 | 90 |
| 11 | Hedphelym 6:03 | 85 |
| 12 | Delphium 5:29 | 86 |
| 13 | Actium 7:35 | 90 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 14 minutes
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Added on: October 13, 2012