I've been listening to this for seventeen years and i still don't know how he did it. (Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Aphex Twin)

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Product:	Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Aphex Twin
Date:	20/05/09 (7 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Sublime sound programming and production.

Disadvantages: Some of the tracks aren't as good as the others.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 is another addition to the greatest albums of all time list, certainly for me.

I was lucky enough to get the album before all the hype surrounding Mr Richard D. James aka Aphex Twin kicked off and was/am able to judge it for what it is.

What really makes this album stand out is two things, the space between the sounds and the actual sounds themselves. On this album you will hear sounds that you won't hear anywhere else combined with sounds that they shouldn't be combined with in an eerily effective manner.

Take the haunting We Are The Music Makers as an example, beautifully musical on one level with the fattest scariest bass line I've ever heard, it puts modern drum and bass to shame.

Not every track is classic and the album doesn't work as a whole, Delphium and Actium for example sound like standard techno tracks and almost crack the veneer of absolute genius.

A friend of mine who knew Mr Aphex before he hit the big time told me he never released his "really good" stuff, given what came after this album that doesn't surprise me.

Summary: A hugely influential album.