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Biography
Infobox album | | Name = Richard D. James Album| Type = Album | Artist = Aphex Twin | Cover = Richard d james album cover.jpg| Released = 4 November 1996| Genre = Drum and bass|Drill n bass , acid techno , Intelligent dance music|IDM | Length = 32:03 43:30 (non-European version)| Label = Warp Records WARP43 (UK) Sire Records|Sire / Elektra Records 62010 (rest of world)| Producer = Richard D. James | Last album = Girl/Boy EP (1996)| This album = Richard D. James Album (1996)| Next album = Come to Daddy (1997)Richard D. James Album is an Electronic music|electronic album by Aphex Twin , whose real name is Richard David James. It was released on Warp Records in 1996.cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/release/3534 |title=Richard D. James at Discogs |accessdate=2008-10-28 The work features use of Softsynth|software synthesizers and unusual Beat (music)|beats . It is his fourth official full-length album . The album garnered high acclaim from music critics, and was named 40th in Pitchfork Media 's "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s" list.cite web |url= http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/7/ |title=Top 100 Albums of the 1990's |accessdate=2009-01-16 It was also placed #55 on NME s Top 100 Albums of All Time in 2003.
Media attention and reception
Album reviews| rev1 = Allmusic |rev1Score = Rating|4.5|5Allmusic|class=album|id=r246673|pure_url=yes Allmusic Review | rev2 = Entertainment Weekly |rev2Score = A- http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,286627,00.html Entertainment Weekly Review | rev3 = Pitchfork Media | rev3Score = (8.4/10) http://web.archive.org/web/20010307120925/ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/aphex-twin/richard-d-james-album.shtml | rev4 = Robert Christgau |rev4Score = (B+) http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php? name=aphex+twin Robert Christgau Review | rev5 = Rolling Stone |rev5Score = Rating|3.5|5 http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/244895/review/5942562 Rolling Stone Review | rev6 = Rolling Stone |rev6Score = Rating|4|5 http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/ RS Album Guide Review | rev7 = Spin (magazine)|Spin | rev7Score = Rating|7|102/97, p.88
Songs from the album were used on several different television Advertising|ads . "To Cure a Weakling Child" was used in a high-profile UK TV advertising campaign for the mobile phone company, Orange SA|Orange . The song "4" was used in a US government anti-drug advertisement spot, as well as an advertisement in the United States for the Special Olympics. "Girl/Boy Song" was used in a Bank of America commercial,cite web |url= http://www.space-age-bachelor.com/features/99/aphex.htm |title=Space Age Bachelor article |accessdate=2008-10-28 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080521045506/ http://www.space-age-bachelor.com/features/99/aphex.htm |archivedate = 2008-05-21 and in 2010 an acoustic guitar version was used in a UK TV advert for SMA Gold System. In addition, a remix of Logan Rock Witch was among the many bootleg remixes of Aphex Twin that V/Vm did as part of his Helpaphextwin series. The song "Beetles" is used in the film Shot List .cite web |url= http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1479362/soundtrack |title=Soundtrack listing |accessdate=2008-10-28
Many critics reviewed the album, Pitchfork Media quotes "The Richard D. James Album is 43.5 minutes of pure electronic genius"cite web |url= http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/14987/Aphex_Twin_The_Richard_D_James_Album |title=Richard D. James pitchfork review |accessdate=2008-10-28 A review by the Chicago Sun-Times ' Jim DeRogatis said of the album: "James has turned inward for inspiration, painting aural pictures of real and imagined scenes from his West Country childhood." Jason Fine of Rolling Stone commented on the album as "combining jolting beats, pristine melodic fragments and random noises into elegant – if at times unnerving – futuristic pop". He also commented "Not all of Richard D. James goes down easy", explaining that there is "menace lurking beneath the jerking beat of "Peek 824542,01"."cite web |url= http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/244895/review/5942562 |title=Richard D. James rolling stone review |accessdate=2008-10-28
In 2009 covers of "Milkman" and "To Cure a Weakling Child" were performed by Born Ruffians for the Warp20 (Recreated) compilation.
The American, Canadian, and Australian versions of this album contain the following five extra tracks that had previously been released in the UK as the b-sides of the Girl/Boy EP .
" Carn Marth " is frequently, albeit incorrectly, referred to as "Corn Mouth", mainly due to James' poor handwriting. The track is named after a hill in Cornwall , in the United Kingdom . Logan Rock is also a famous rock located in Cornwall, and is sometimes misspelt (due to the writing on the back) as "Logl/Rock Witch" or "Logon Rock Witch". Goon Gumpas is a village located near Redruth . The tracks "INKEY$" and "Peek 824545201" are named after keywords in the Spectrum's Sinclair BASIC programming language .
Charts
Year
Chart
Peak position
1996
UK Albums Chart
62cite web
1997
U.S. Top Heatseekers
20
References
Reflist
External links
http://xltronic.com/discography/release/224/aphex-twin-richard-d-james-album-warpcd43 More info, artwork and samples
