Aphex Twin Tier List

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Aphex Twin Tier List

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Ranking Aphex Twin's 6(.5) studio albums tier list style!
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@SMB291 Ай бұрын

The most depressing part of this video was finding out that Syro came out 10 years ago.

@andrewvaaler8633 Ай бұрын

dear god.. yeah that's crazy.

@theviniso Ай бұрын

My back hurts

@Analoguebubblebath89 Ай бұрын

I’m now crippled

@j.sherwoodowl4826 Ай бұрын

I came here to say the exact same thing. _looney toons jaw drop_

@Foulbrood Ай бұрын

All my teeth just fell out.

@TheWonkyAngle Ай бұрын

man I'm starting to think 85-92 is getting a Dark Side of The Moon-style critical turnaround, it used to be the easiest #1 pick for everyone (at least in the electronic music community I follow) and now seemingly every ranking like this I see is like "eh ok it's not THAT good". I've seen so many people in more recent years disparage it for feeling too dated or simplistic or playing to a now played-out formula or whatever else, but here I am feeling like all these decades of people making this liminal-spacey melodic ambient techno in the exact same style still haven't seen a single person top how perfectly crafted pretty much all those pieces are. still my fav, idc more than happy to see the drukqs love here tho

@4tado Ай бұрын

The only thing I dislike about the album is the Ageispolis melody, always thought it sounded like random improv that was looped. Everything else is S tier for me. I don't hate Melon for not being crazy about it though, it's electronic music every person will interpret it differently

@mutantfreak48 Ай бұрын

i think part of it is that the narrative for a long time was that this album invented ambient techno (if not idm as a whole) and while it certainly helped popularize it, there were already people making this sort of music like everyone else on the "artificial intelligence" compilation which came out before it

@Pocket_Jake Ай бұрын

it was just cool to say you liked it and now the people who say they liked it are actually listening to it and getting disappointed

@dimwitted-fool Ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@4tadolol very personal anecdote but I have an electronic playlist and the first track is Aegispolis so I’ve heard the opening notes of that song probably a million times (when I forget to turn on shuffle) and yeah it definitely becomes pretty grating and unappealing after a while

@amertaunlebowski8683 Ай бұрын

I think the general love for this record and it's classic status stem from the fact that it is an overall blueprint that the following records would not exist without. In the same way that Rage Against the Machine's debut is the blueprint and is so beloved, even though a lot of people recently (including Melon himself) prefer Evil Empire.

@jared_seymour Ай бұрын

they’re all S tier btw

@xenos_n. Ай бұрын

That's a correct answer

@innerbloomset Ай бұрын

Hmmm no

@LSDamorino Ай бұрын

Agreed.

@Dasker2k6 Ай бұрын

@@innerbloomsethmmm yes

@yourfriendlyneighborhoodco8956 Ай бұрын

Dissagree

@EcowaterTexas-d1b Ай бұрын

SAW 85-92 IS KING Xtal - Tha - Pulsewidth greatest opening trio ever

@TheAndrewj96 Ай бұрын

I put “Tha” in a sleep-oriented playlist for my little niece a couple years ago. Still pretty proud of that one.

@Hawk-yx7qh Ай бұрын

Xtal is a religious experience

@teedeeproductions Ай бұрын

Absolutely clean, blew my mind when I first discovered them.

@Blufferb00r Ай бұрын

Duh, of course it is. Heliosphan is mabye a bit overplayed but still in my head its one of his best tracks. Melon is getting too edgy here

@droideca88 Ай бұрын

That album helps me study so much

@TwittytheTailor Ай бұрын

Can't believe Aphex Twin ripped off Radiohead's Kid A BEFORE that album came out, smh

@breaDaa-goDaa Ай бұрын

what resemblance does drukqs have with kid a? (i know that this is a joke. just playing with it.)

@machusully Ай бұрын

⁠come on man whyd you ruin the comment with an explanation if ur gonna rage bait commit to it

@DaHatBat Ай бұрын

IKR. Now that I think of it. He has ripped them off throughout the entire 80s and 90s

@t.c.bramblett617 Ай бұрын

@@DaHatBat even the 70s!

@VideoEssayWatcher5484 Ай бұрын

@@breaDaa-goDaahe’s referring to his work before drukqs lol

@nicklarsenjazz Ай бұрын

Disappointed you didn’t attempt to pronounce any track name off of Drukqs

@sleeping12345 Ай бұрын

I heard they come from a dead language, and some are totally made-up, so it's hardly worth a try.

@Swiatlocien Ай бұрын

Also I've always thought it's "drug use" not "drugs"

@liluminati9791 Ай бұрын

Cock/Ver10

@RAIDOVERMOSCOW1 Ай бұрын

@@SwiatlocienCorrect!

@LudovicoPetroleumScallywagVII Ай бұрын

@@sleeping12345that’s the exact reason it is worth a try

@maleklefleur1667 Ай бұрын

COME ON YOU MELON LET'S HAVE SOME APHEX ACID

@moresnqp Ай бұрын

Mount Saint Michael + St Michael's Mount is one of the best electronic songs ever made

@CoNiCuZn Ай бұрын

Great song, one of my favorite Aphex Twin songs, but you’re overrating it.

@SantanaThePM Ай бұрын

@@CoNiCuZn no no no, it deserves it

@NRobbi42 Ай бұрын

@@CoNiCuZnNah

@ThatShittyGamer Ай бұрын

Yes

@CoNiCuZn Ай бұрын

@@SantanaThePM no it is way too long. The exciting engaging part of the song is the beginning and middle then it tappers off in a way that is just kind of boring and slow imo. Not saying every song needs to be a banger but this one starts that way and then drags on.

@jadnf Ай бұрын

Autechre tier list when

@braxtonwise9897 Ай бұрын

Id rather an Autechre tier list than a Pink Floyd one from melon atp

@kike6359 Ай бұрын

never bruh go start a family

@llamapie24 Ай бұрын

Anthony hasnt even heard elseq or NTS which are undeniably top-tier releases

@yung_crafter5500 Ай бұрын

He said he’s not interested in listening to nts sessions, huge L and also means this is never happening

@popuchinha Ай бұрын

@@llamapie24 beyond facts there is no argument

@Vanier742 Ай бұрын

Richard has such an insane ear for melodies. He will use the most fucked sounds and make something beautiful with them.

@smoov22_sonic Ай бұрын

The Anthony D. Fantano Video

@NativeSkeleton Ай бұрын

Basically lol

@a-love-supreme Ай бұрын

i believe in vordhosbn supremacy

@Hankyuh8 Ай бұрын

I love virdhosbn

@randocalrissian9217 Ай бұрын

Literally just listened to this song like an hour ago.

@yandhi5016 Ай бұрын

John Coltrame

@SlowUnsteadyTV Ай бұрын

vordhosbn is peak food

@photophob Ай бұрын

One of his very best 🤩

@Infisrael Ай бұрын

I see Aphex Twin I click

@Hellotherefellowbrowser Ай бұрын

I'm starting to think the guy on the thumbnail isn't James Hetfield

@kasiastefanicka8576 Ай бұрын

I clicked so fast, yeah!

@NiyatiTV Ай бұрын

neuron activation at its finest

@AntechamberAE Ай бұрын

“Tha” off 85-92 is the closest thing humans have ever recorded to true perfection, and nothing I’ve ever listened to reaches such an ethereal high as it does. Pretty much the same story with Xtal, too.

@mutantfreak48 Ай бұрын

it sounds like you might enjoy getting into some dub techno or something tbh

@AntechamberAE Ай бұрын

@@mutantfreak48 mayhaps

@zinax3819 Ай бұрын

@@mutantfreak48Any recommendations?

@frouvoxes Ай бұрын

I think Tha is just a tad bit too long, but other than that, it's an AMAZING song. Def still one of my favorites

@mutantfreak48 Ай бұрын

@@zinax3819 one track ive been listening to a bunch lately is "model 500 - starlight (intrusion dub)" (tho it's maybe more in the realms of ambient music). other than that there's a lot of mixes and stuff on youtube you can check out

@nyarancia Ай бұрын

The problem is that all of his music is just S Tier

@SamHoyekGuitar Ай бұрын

Richard was born in 1971, are we really just glossing over the fact that "Ambient Works 85-92" implies there is work on that album from when he was fourteen years old?

@jed303 Ай бұрын

There's even older stuff in the SoundCloud dump...

@SamHoyekGuitar Ай бұрын

@@jed303 I simply cannot believe he was just making this stuff on his own at that age

@Sebrewer32 Ай бұрын

'I' is supposedly the earliest track and there's a lot of evidence to suggest it was made in 86. Tbh i'm sure the vast majority of that album was made from 89 onwards. Still super impressive though

@denimuratovic102 Ай бұрын

@@Sebrewer32 what's the evidence for i being made in 86?

@mutantfreak48 Ай бұрын

i think mike paradinas (aka u-ziq, a fellow idm producer who has made a collab album with aphex twin) once tweeted that he suspects that there isn't any track on the album made before 1990

@brandonburroughs7128 Ай бұрын

ICBYD is underrated. Often misunderstood imo. I feel that record is still very ambient

@FronkZappa Ай бұрын

It's my favourite Aphex Twin album, I think one of the reasons it tends to be underrated is because it kinda sits between two extremes of what most people look for with his music - ambient music or crazy IDM/acid techno. ICBYD is kinda patience testing the way SAAII is, but is too abrasive and all over the place to be background or mood music. I think that's why I like it though, it's chaotic in a way that feels honest to the artist and is the moodiest thing he's done to date. I love IDM but it scratches a different itch to this, where it feels like the culmination of everything I love about early techno and acid house. The way the waxen pith feels like bliss with these hints of something sinister in the second half, how icct hedral just builds and builds tension with no release, then songs like Alberto balsalm that just sit in this beautiful melancholy. It's hard to pick a least favorite Aphex Twin album at any rate, so I get why it generally gets the short end of the stick. But I think it's brilliant in a similar, messy way to Drukqs that I find very appealing.

@pinkmidi6553 Ай бұрын

its my favorite aphex album, its ambient but still carrying a driving abrasivene

@xenos_n. Ай бұрын

That was my first Aphex Twin album and my personal favorite, probably because of that.

@bottlemanic Ай бұрын

I used to sleep on it a bit but Acrid acid jam shred, mookid the unreleased sekonda! Some of my utmost favourite Aphex tracks ever

@Curtis3604 Ай бұрын

It's his worst full length. Some classic tracks, some garbage

@BillyCobbOfficial Ай бұрын

W take on Druqks, proto-Minecraft music

@Bluezbreakr2 Ай бұрын

I remember reading an interview with Aphex Twin in which he mentioned one of his children was playing Minecraft. He heard the music from the game and asked himself, "Wait, when did I make that?"

@elegy8187 Ай бұрын

I think Richard has called C418 a rip off of him in the past, but he likes to do a lot of trolling in interviews so he probably doesn’t harbour any ill-will towards him. C418 himself has admitted that he takes a lot of influence from Aphex Twin, and if you listen to the music he made before Minecraft it’s even more noticeable

@captainmoondog1947 Ай бұрын

proto-Minecraft music? NO, minecraft music IS Druqks, stop saying nonsense

@bogdangoatley297 Ай бұрын

Yeah C418 has said he’s taken lots of inspiration from Aphex and Clark, pretty cool

@torrent02 Ай бұрын

SAW II is the best album ever made for staring out an airplane window at sunset

@alexmacdonald9182 Ай бұрын

it's a top 5 album of all time for me. #1 and #17 are incredible

@d0ubl3d Ай бұрын

I went through the worst plane ride of my life listening to SAW II, was an overnight and had a middle seat and both random people kept falling asleep on my shoulders

@thewalrus8396 Ай бұрын

#20 is one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard

@joedubs4052 Ай бұрын

Listen to Promises by Floating Points, hits hard on a plane

@headhalfliving Ай бұрын

And simultaneously being the soundtrack to your nightmares

@bmbmbm05 Ай бұрын

thank you so much pookie this is all i’ve ever wanted

@antony-tv2yi Ай бұрын

no way...

@bmbmbm05 Ай бұрын

@@antony-tv2yi nice pfp dawg

@bankrolDiggy Ай бұрын

yall both got great taste 🙌🏼

@hegg5839 Ай бұрын

TBE

@blarghblargh Ай бұрын

@@bmbmbm05 it's a fish, not a dog. get your eyes checked

@TheBetterGamerz Ай бұрын

DRUKQS IN S TIER LFG

@HotStrange Ай бұрын

It deserves it. Maybe his best honestly.

@alexmacdonald9182 Ай бұрын

not for pitchfork

@blarghblargh Ай бұрын

ambient works is for baby men. us hard, strong men kqs our druk, and hold it well

@Met-one Ай бұрын

@@blarghblarghi like bof

@valdir7426 17 күн бұрын

it's peak Aphex Twin. It's iconic. I don't understand how it's even a debate.

@Neymarinet Ай бұрын

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS RANKING BRO SAW92 IN B?????

@jd1800 Ай бұрын

Yeah, it should have been in D.

@caitlynsult2685 Ай бұрын

i think drugks should be there instead. RDJA, SAW92 and SAW2 should all be S tier

@thewalrus8396 Ай бұрын

@@jd1800fuck this guy on about

@TheIonizator Ай бұрын

druqks is immaculate

@xylin3683 Ай бұрын

@@caitlynsult2685Drukqs is one of the greatest albums ever made. Period.

@skewrlynesis Ай бұрын

already pissed about this video 7 seconds in

@M00SE414 Ай бұрын

Pie? Are you fucking kidding me?

@jyjjy7 Ай бұрын

Was pissed immediately upon seeing the thumbnail

@bisexualbillgates460 Ай бұрын

I pissed myself seeing the thumbnail

@tysonbrinacombe Ай бұрын

I pissed for seven seconds seven seconds into this video

@dx619hey Ай бұрын

I was already pissed about this video eventually being made when Anthony Fantano started doing artist tier lists

@zak7427 Ай бұрын

The Cure tierlist perhaps, my melon??

@spoonmeanie5644 Ай бұрын

Right when I'm going through an Aphex Twin obsession

@caseystu123 Ай бұрын

You gotta check out the Analord series.

@bandaidtoxin Ай бұрын

U cant miss the soundcloud dump, listen to 14 Cornish Spreek, one of his best

@joaquimnorberg3580 Ай бұрын

@@bandaidtoxin yo never heard this one before, so goooood

@khoole Ай бұрын

Yea, I’ve been in that same obsession over the past few weeks. I think that Flashbulb video got me going. It’s very interesting, if you haven’t seen it.

@LudovicoPetroleumScallywagVII Ай бұрын

@@joaquimnorberg3580there’s like 200+ songs in the dump, there’s bound to be hidden gems

@couttsy Ай бұрын

Aphex got me through university. His most ambient stuff was the soundtrack to my studying.

@avril14thlove Ай бұрын

SAME

@ultravisitors Ай бұрын

Albertony Baltano

@petermcguine8639 Ай бұрын

Boards of Canada next?

@fuckamericanidiot Ай бұрын

He must include the non-official releases (cassettes etc) or imo there's no point.

@mayaFLAC Ай бұрын

YESSS

@andyblanton6570 Ай бұрын

Not enough releases

@andrei11dr Ай бұрын

S. Goegaddi A. B. MHTRTC, The Campfire Headphase C. Tomorrow's Harvest

@enneff Ай бұрын

@@andrei11drdidn’t event mention Hi Scores???

@homogenicmp3 Ай бұрын

It's criminal putting SAW 85-92 in the B tier.

@jamiescott6342 16 күн бұрын

why?

@cokeyblokes6541 Ай бұрын

Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount is the best DnB song of all time

@Sebrewer32 Ай бұрын

it's definitely the best something but it isnt DnB

@TheIonizator Ай бұрын

the best song of all time*

@Hawk-yx7qh Ай бұрын

I remember listening to this track when the album first dropped and I knew I'd be coming back for years to come

@matthewlawlor1742 Ай бұрын

I'm always blown away by the track. It's incredible rhythmic and melodic complexity and progression. One of my favs of all time

@NRobbi42 Ай бұрын

Many people are saying this.

@rthompson116 Ай бұрын

Godspeed Tier List when????????

@cadenmic Ай бұрын

this

@cj9366 Ай бұрын

Put "I Care Because You Do" on C is such a crime. That album is so underrated

@enneff Ай бұрын

The opener is one of the best things Richard ever released.

@cj9366 Ай бұрын

@@enneff I totally agree with you, one of the most original opener of the IDM.

@TheCinnyBun Ай бұрын

makes me happy to see people coming around on drukqs its such a great record

@ultravisitors Ай бұрын

Only Richard can have a classic/10 record on B tier lol, suffering from success.

@shartercam Ай бұрын

Pink Floyd tierlist gonna break the internet

@blarghblargh Ай бұрын

why? everyone knows wywh > gaytri > wall > doesanyonelistentoanyofthatothershit

@Billiamwoods Ай бұрын

@@blarghblargh Not the Piper disrespect and calling DSOTM gay triangle 😭

@LumiNyte Ай бұрын

@@blarghblarghyou forgo animals

@elsueno16 Ай бұрын

Justice for syro

@samwi5e Ай бұрын

Agree. Some of the best, most well-rounded shit he's ever made.

@jamiescott6342 16 күн бұрын

yes

@kingcronecker Ай бұрын

Windowlicker's video is the hardest troll move in the history of the universe.

@OneMinuteDescriptions-ts4vm Ай бұрын

Where is Pink Floyd tier list melon?!?!

@BenDover-lz6is Ай бұрын

Waiting on that and that mf beatles tier

@bryantorresart Ай бұрын

He said he was working on it like a year ago smh

@SlickA10Homepage Ай бұрын

Never 👎

@barrettgoeman8622 Ай бұрын

It was a Worst To Best, which I guess takes longer? Wouldn't think it would take a year though...

@blarghblargh Ай бұрын

meh. he can shelve it for all I care. they're up there with the beatles with how much they've been gushed over. fine enough music, but I don't think melon's take on it is going to be particularly interesting compared to the dozens of existing tier lists covering them.

@esouka_the_snowman Ай бұрын

Yesss drukqs in S tier‼️

@zackzallie8735 Ай бұрын

Aphex Twin is probably one of my favorite musical duos since Cocteau Twins!

@ihaveagoddamnplanarthur Ай бұрын

"It's these people called the aphex twins"

@zackzallie8735 Ай бұрын

@@ihaveagoddamnplanarthur I remember when he won a Grammy for Syro and the announcer said "congrats to them." lol

@ajplays-gamesandmusic4568 14 күн бұрын

@@zackzallie8735 SeeeeeRow... Aphecs Twins

@sebastianquilt Ай бұрын

Story of how I came to accept Ventolin: ICBYD was my favourite Aphex Twin album, but I thought Ventolin, stuck right in the middle, was its weakness. 'If only Ventolin weren't there, it's my start to finish favourite'. I was saved when I got many mice in my apartment, whom I learned despise sounds at extreme frequencies. Turns out 'Ventolin' kept them away! It may keep humans away too! ICBYD is now official 10/10

@firstnamelastname7244 Ай бұрын

I feel like if you're doing an Aphex Twin tier list, you should include his EPs and maybe even some of the soundcloud stuff as well. He's released a lot of stuff over the years, but he doesn't have a ton of albums.

@paustecri Ай бұрын

Cheetah's one of his best records i think

@enneff Ай бұрын

Also the AFX and Caustic Window stuff deserves mention. It’s all part of the body of work.

@paustecri Ай бұрын

@@enneff You could make a tier list just of Analord EPs!

@GonzoCiosain Ай бұрын

Who else found Aphex Twin from a 240p upload of "Come To Daddy" on very early KZfaq?

@GGbr0 Ай бұрын

Try mtv when your like 7

@VIMaggotVIBrainzVI Ай бұрын

Believe it or not, CKY2k was my first exposure to Come to Daddy

@cornishalps9870 Ай бұрын

My first was Windowlicker director's cut. Although had heard of him since well known cornish artist.

@_marlene Ай бұрын

OG napster

@yandhi5016 Ай бұрын

What happened to the Pink Floyd worst to best that was teased like 6 months ago?

@Curtis3604 Ай бұрын

I think Syro is his funkiest record and I like it for that

@Muukid Ай бұрын

Hell yeah, finally got to hear words on drukQs! In my opinion, Aphex Twin is at his peak when he's doing something "crazy", rather that be overwhelmingly ambient or mind-crushingly chaotic. But I feel like most people, including Fantano, miss out on how good Syro is for its "elevator music" elements. It's so mind-bending hearing a track that, on the surface, feels really simple and not taking very many insane opportunities, but if you sit down and pay attention to each instrument, you quickly lose yourself as how fast every instrument is shuffling under your feet. Just because the complexity isn't immediately obvious doesn't mean that it isn't there, or inherently has less value than when it's all up in your face with its complexity. I think that's why I've always imagined Syro to be a more mature and calmed-down version of drukQs.

@d0ubl3d Ай бұрын

I have a similar opinion on syro, it feels like the best combination of all his sounds. Like if you were to perfectly blend the prepared piano/experimental electronic druqks cuts into one seamless album. Aisatana is so beautiful

@palchristianandersen9086 Ай бұрын

Syro is good, but to me it felt like a downgrade from The Tuss project where he did a lot of similar things but better.

@Muukid Ай бұрын

@@palchristianandersen9086 Oh my god, you're right, I forgot about that! The Tuss is truly amazing

@bingus8897 Ай бұрын

drukqs goated, never knew people weren’t crazy about it

@andrewvaaler8633 Ай бұрын

Oh yeah, everyone I knew back then were very disappointed. Funny to think about now.

@nombre743 Ай бұрын

Swans Live Albums tierlist when?

@MultiHogleg Ай бұрын

I would consider all of the AFX & The Tuss stuff just as canon as the rest - Analog Bubblebath, Analord (you could add just Chosen Lords if you didn't wanna review every single 2 track vinyl), Orphaned DJ Selek, Rushup etc. - Also what about Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt. 2? Also all the EPs, Cheetah, Collapse, Donkey Rhubarb - they aren't albums but just as important releases and not really singles for the most part. Also Classics is an album, though technically it's a compilation. Would be nice to do a more complete tier list. I Pretty much agree with the rankings - though for me SAW2 is S tier (so unique, trippy and disturbing, so enveloping) and RDJ is C, just because the emotions are more plastic to me on that one - but that's just my personal preference.

@Widderic 9 күн бұрын

Also 26 mixes for cash and Expert Knob Twiddlers. Also, I've met thousands of Aphex Fans (I mod the fb groud - yes I know it's been dead for a while) and I've found that there are 3 types of fans. Those that like the crazy IDM but don't like SAWII, those who like the ambient stuff but don't like Druqks, and those that like both.

@44rxnini75 Ай бұрын

We need an Autechre tier list Antny!

@grantmitchel Ай бұрын

I think he's only reviewed one Autechre album. They're better than Aphex Twin IMO

@44rxnini75 Ай бұрын

@@grantmitchelNot gonna lie after hearing NTS and Exai I agree

@grantmitchel Ай бұрын

@@44rxnini75 Check out their new live stuff

@rat_world Ай бұрын

You’ve got so many machines, Richard

@Demention94 Ай бұрын

I agree with Drukqs being S tier. Work of genius. Selected Ambients are both S tiers as well, but I'll just have cake on my birthday.

@agnarsvideodump3816 Ай бұрын

Drukqs is the best one. absolutely brilliant album that was filled with variety and was ahead of its time not only in sound but also in concept and presentation.

@AvidCat5000 Ай бұрын

Grandma's Boy introduced me to Aphex Twin. Windowlicker still hits hard.

@Wiggibow Ай бұрын

Taking triple C's and watching the windowlicker music video on repeat was a formative experience in my teenage years lmao

@victorfernandes5191 Ай бұрын

Aphex's stuff is legendary. Forever mind-blowing

@kontorabasukurarinetto2556 Ай бұрын

didn't photoshop The Face onto your own for the thumbnail 0/10 video do better melon

@unhelpfulrevelations7989 Ай бұрын

I think most RDJ fans would find this ranking pretty reasonable, honestly. My list would be pretty similar.

@robbocat7643 Ай бұрын

Robert Downey Jr

@blarghblargh Ай бұрын

I think a lot of them are ambient heads tho. But I am in camp melon on this one.

@photophob Ай бұрын

As a big long term AFX head i quite agree. It's reasonable, though Syro grew on me a bit more over time.

@haydenqrc Ай бұрын

Run Da Jewels

@andrei11dr Ай бұрын

I think the average RDJ fan would put 85-92 in S tier tho

@FunnyMuffler-is6mo Ай бұрын

Richard's creative ability is only matched by his ability to refine that ability

@jackreilly8656 Ай бұрын

Classic Review for Saw 2 Plz

@yetimon. Ай бұрын

Thank you for this Aphex Twin tier list! I have been waiting for this Aphex Twin tier list!

@Blaza303 Ай бұрын

Should've added albums Richard had under different names like Caustic Window or AFX

@QuantumCANDRI Ай бұрын

Love it dude. Really surprised at how similar I would have tiered albums. Almost identical. Respect the syro updated appreciation in the years since that review. Awesome video!!! Tracker Richard was so ahead of his time in particular with those drukgz/come to daddy/hangable auto bulb/Rdj album that I bet listening 30 years from now it will still feel fresh. Good stuff!!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@tykjpelk Ай бұрын

Nepo baby. Know how he got all those selected ambient works? His uncle was on the selection committee.

@VIMaggotVIBrainzVI Ай бұрын

I think you've massively underrated ICBYD honestly. To me, it sits right up there with both SAW albums. Melodically speaking, it's one of Richard's strongest works, front-to-back. Yes, this includes Ventolin, which actually has a nice bassline underneath all the high frequency tones. Also some of his darkest sounding tracks feature here, like Icct Hedral, Come On You Slags, and Next Heap With. I will admit the mixing can get muddy at times, and there's a lot of presumably unintended bass distortion. Then again, SAW 85-92 was mastered from slightly worn cassette tapes, and that hasn't taken away from the experience for me... 🤷‍♂

@jacklfitz Ай бұрын

I would say the difference between the mixing for SAW and ICBYD is that the distortion on the former works well with the more ambient atmosphere, while the latter is more beat-focused which clashes with how flat everything sounds in the mix.

@MathcoreIndex Ай бұрын

Always thought Drukqs was his best myself and easily my favorite, love to see the ranking

@Aphexrain38 Ай бұрын

Its nice to see Anthony claim Druqks as his favorite album of all time. Here's a list in no particular order of releases and colabs of ole Aphex Bae :D Analord Series Selected Ambient Works Vol 1 85-92 Surfing On Sine Waves Selected Ambient Works Vol 2 Analogue Bubblebath Vol 1-5 Pac-man Q Chastic Xylem Tube Quoth Portreath Harbour/ Redruth School Ventolin Ventolin EP The Remixes Classics Digeridoo Universal Indicator 1-4 Gak Joyrex J1 - J5 Joyrex J9i Joyrex J9ii Donkey Rhubarb The Kosmic Komodo On On Remixes Quex-RD LFO/AFX Hangable Auto Bulb 2 Hangable Auto Bulb Extras Bradley's Beat Bradley's Robot I Care Because You Do Polygon Window Mike & Rich Expert Knob Twiddlers Windowlicker Caustic Window LP Caustic Window Compilation Melodies On Mars Girl/Boy Richard D James Album Come To Daddy 2 Remixes By AFX Druqks Druqks 2 Track Promo Rushup Edge Smojphace 26 Mixes For Cash Confederation Trough Syro Cheetah Syrobonkers Modular Trax London 3/16/17 Soundcloud Releases Orpans 3 Gerald Remix/ 24 Tism 2 Collapse Orphaned Deejay Selek Umil 25-01 Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Peel Session Peel Session 2 Korg-Trax+Tunings For Falling Asleep Mt Fuji Houston 12-17-16 Manchester 20-09-19 Field Day Raindrops On Roses Therenody Mix Blackbox life recorder 21f / in a room7 F760

@Widderic 9 күн бұрын

Kosmik Kommando. But this is amazing.

@ChanchoSleepy Ай бұрын

Richard D James is his best imo for every reason you described. It has the complexity you would expect from Aphex Twin, but the catchy melodies and the childlike attitude the album exudes makes that rythmic complexity incredilby digestible and addictive.

@bottlemanic Ай бұрын

All jam packed in a nice breezy 35 mins or so

@LSDamorino Ай бұрын

I disagree with ...ICBYD and AW's placement here but I'm glad to see your love and appreciation for Volume II and Drukqs. Also bumping Syro up was based. Overall, I think Ambient Works Volume II and Come To Daddy are my favorite Richard records by far.

@Liquid--Bacon Ай бұрын

Aphex Twin Ambient Works Vol. 1 & 2 are both S tier 🎶🏆

@baronvonbeandip Ай бұрын

I'm glad you specifically called out Ventolin. Shit is legit funny to me.

@jeffkiess Ай бұрын

Selected Works Volume II is one of my favorite, most important, and most played albums of all time and that is saying something. It was a landmark discovery for me. Life changing. Timeless and astonishing. It is so unique, it challenges me that he is also the author of all his other albums.

@jasoncallen1459 Ай бұрын

You mucked this one up huge.

@Therealskipbayless Ай бұрын

Drukqs so underrated

@frouvoxes Ай бұрын

BOARDS OF CANADA TIER LIST WHEN?!?!?!?

@sumacmusac Ай бұрын

He was making his album covers like that 30 years before every KZfaq thumbnail started looking like that lmao

@Spectoral_on_SPOTIFY 13 күн бұрын

I'm so proud u put Drukqs in S tier. It's mounted on my studio wall I love it so much. Personally though, I consider CHOSEN LORDS a legit Aphex Twin studio album even though I know it was a mastered AFX Analord series best-of compilation technically... But that thing is a straight up masterpiece of S tier quality and it is SORELY FORGOTTEN! It belongs on this list so hard

@adisonmiller8552 Ай бұрын

I care because you do is such a banger

@fart2 Ай бұрын

based as fuck

@Juju.. Ай бұрын

What the fuck that SAW placement was such a troll move after all that praise.

@xylin3683 Ай бұрын

Drukqs is a fucking masterpiece and so incredibly ahead of it's time. I'm still finding new things to love about it 20+ years later.

@jacobreveles7222 Ай бұрын

This was an enjoyable list to watch over and get a second opinion on. Tho I gotta ask, can we get a Swans tier list?

@ianhoke1472 Ай бұрын

DRUKQS SUPREMACY BABYYY

@sofraYT Ай бұрын

I’m actually excited to watch this

@dnszhkv Ай бұрын

I said yes to every point you made about Richard D. James Album. I just love, love, love this record! But I'm a little disappointed that you didn't mention IZ-US in any way. It's probably one of my top three all time favorite Aphex Twin songs. It's so soft and yet so energetic - a perfect mix of both sides of Richard's work.

@Munimun Ай бұрын

pretty correct ranking, glad to see drukQs getting the love it deserves, and though I agree that Syro isn't as exciting as much of his other stuff I appreciate its existence as "a modern Aphex Twin record" if that makes any sense

@EvanF Ай бұрын

Right when i’m getting back into aphex twin lets gooo

@Arinisonfire Ай бұрын

Drukqs in S tier? Unspeakably based, Melon

@undersilentwigs Ай бұрын

"26 mixes for Cash" not being in the list makes me cry. It's in my TOP 1 AT list.

@HeavyProfessor 27 күн бұрын

The Tuss and Analord Series are the best he's done, the best anyone's done in electronic music.

@vico805 26 күн бұрын

epic AFX era/both leading up to syro

@HeavyProfessor 26 күн бұрын

@@vico805Been listening to analord series on a regular basis for almost 20 years now. It's the top for me.

@michaelmusic2133 Ай бұрын

Brian Eno tier list when

@maleklefleur1667 Ай бұрын

Saw Aphex Twin from the fantano channel, INSTANTLY clicked

@queen-patches233 Ай бұрын

7 minutes of a marble dropping on a plate... best track ever. 10/10. yellow flannel.

@KableNStuff Ай бұрын

drukqs is my favorite Aphex Twin album as of right now, and while it certainly has been viewed in a better light by fans in recent years, I feel like critics deserve to give this one a proper second chance like they did with Selected Ambient Works Volume II. Basically, what I'm saying is that you're based for putting drukqs in S tier.