# Aphex Twin: Overrated?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphex-twin-overrated/318430>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 24, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphex-twin-overrated/318430 "2005-08-24T15:24:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphex-twin-overrated/318430/21 "2005-08-27T02:27:10Z")

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> [@Hampshire](#):
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> So If one was to buy an Aphex Twin cd, what would be the recommend album of choice. Does Windowlicker only come on a single?

I second _The Richard D. James Album_ - I think it’s simply his best full-length record.

Also, the 8-track _Come to Daddy_ EP plays like a perfect “sampler” of Richard’s many styles - from the drill-n-bass electro punk of the title track to pretty piano ambient (“flim”) to the single most jaw-droppingly insane piece of rhythm programming I’ve _ever_ heard (“bucephalus bouncing ball”) and so on. It makes a great introduction to him.

Definitely pick up that Windowlicker single - the title track (and video included on the CD) is life-changing, but the other two tracks are great, too, especially the third one, a really gorgeous little music box piece.

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphex-twin-overrated/318430/22 "2005-08-27T02:30:40Z")

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> [@Excalibre](#):
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> Yeah, but get the Windowlicker single (yes, it’s only on a single as far as I know) as well. It’s an amazing track.

It’s also got [really scary cover art](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000I8U7/qid=1125110287/sr=8-7/ref=pd_bbs_7/002-5124682-3879245?v=glance&s=music&n=507846).

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**Author:** ![nameless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nameless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nameless)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphex-twin-overrated/318430/23 "2005-08-27T03:27:25Z")

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_Windowlicker_ is phenomenal. Thanks **jayrot**. The last time I listened to Aphex Twin was _Selected Ambient Works_ and I thought it was rubbish at the time. But _Windowlicker_ is impossible not to like.

Someone should start an electronic music thread sometime soon maybe?

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**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphex-twin-overrated/318430/24 "2005-08-28T01:29:19Z")

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> [@nameless](#):
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> _Windowlicker_ is phenomenal. Thanks **jayrot**.

I’d be into it!

Amon Tobin anyone?

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