Selected Ambient Works Volume ll by Aphex Twin.
This, or his debut? His debut or this? Tough call and they both tower above most music made during that time. Certainly electronic music would be a much duller place without them - after this album people even started calling him the Mozart of electronic music.
SAWll was not what I expected, but it turned out to be everything that I wanted. An intimidating 2¾ hour long triple album of beatless music, Richard D James came good on the "ambient" promise of his debut in style. This isn't ambient music to be played as part of the background, this is music that demands your attention and creates its own ambience. Listened to in one go can leave you quite disorientated when you try to reconnect with the real world, but it also has some of the most beautiful melodies known to mankind that will have you close to tears. Or is that just me?
I don't think i listened to music in the same way after this.
PS Some people will think this album is quite dull.
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