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Richard D. James Album | align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Richard D. James Album | | lign="center" colspan="3"| | | lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Album by Aphex Twin | | lign="left" valign="top"|Released | colspan="2" valign="top"|November 4th, 1996 | | lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | colspan="2" valign="top"|1995/1996 | | lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | colspan="2" valign="top"|Drill n bass/Techno | | lign="left" valign="top"|Length | colspan="2" valign="top"|32 min 03 sec | | lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | colspan="2" valign="top"|Warp Records | | lign="left" valign="top"|Producer | colspan="2" valign="top"|Richard D. James | | gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews | | lign="left" valign="top"|AMG | valign="top"|4 1/2 stars out of 5 | valign="top"|link | | gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Aphex Twin Chronology | align="top"|...I Care Because You Do
(1995) | valign="top"|Richard D. James Album
(1996) | valign="top"|Come To Daddy EP
(1997) | The Richard D. James Album is an IDM album by Aphex Twin Released in 1996, it is one of his most experimental and recognised works and is often considered a breakthrough in the up-and-coming drill n' Bass genre. For those unfamiliar with his works, Richard D. James is the real name of Aphex Twin, also known by many other pseudonyms, such as Polygon Window, Caustic Window, AFX, to name a few. The album was named after himself for two main reasons: The first being that he had released so much material under his 12 various guises, that he thought he should have a self titled album. The second reason is that he had an older brother named Richard James, who died at a very young age. Richard D. James may have released the album as a form of tribute (Richard James' memorial is displayed in the booklet, which led to some confusion among his fans). The album consists of songs performed in a style that mirrors popular Electronica styles of the time, including IDM, Breakbeat, and Drum and Bass. However, like his previous albums, Richard innovated and pioneered new methods and styles, creating a work which defies any other style. indicate a dispute over a part of a song title - 4 (3:34)
- Cornish Acid (2:15)
- Peek 824545201 .824545201 (3:01)
- Fingerbib Street (3:46)
- Carn Marth Mouth (2:29)
- To Cure a Weakling Child (3:58)
- Goon Gumpas (1:57)
- Yellow Calx (3:00)
- Girl/Boy Song (4:47)
- Logon Rock Witch Rock Witch (3:31)
The American version of this album contains five extra tracks, which make up the previously released Girl/Boy EP, a remix/outtakes EP for this album. The extra tracks are as follows, in order: - Milkman (4:08)
- Inkey$ (1:21)
- Girl/Boy Song (18 Snare Rush Mix) (1:54)
- Beetles (1:26)
- Girl/Boy Song (Redruth Mix) (1:37)
As can be seen above, many of the songs are kept short, and the original album was just over a half hour long. This is supposedly because Richard D. James claimed that anything over a half hour in length bores him, and he cannot concentrate. This album contains at least two sounds from the Spectrum home computer: a program being loaded from a tape, and sound effects from the game Jetpac. This theme is continued in the later album Drukqs, which features the Spectrum keyboard font in its artwork. The album was followed by the Come to Daddy EP, which had a remix of "To Cure a Weakling Child", dubbed the "Contour Regard" mix. The original album mix had been used in a high-profile UK TV advertising campaign for the mobile phone company, Orange.
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