Classics (Aphex Twin album)

This article is about the Aphex Twin album. For other uses, see Classics (disambiguation).

All tracks are written by Richard David James unless noted.

Classics
Compilation album by the Aphex Twin
Released	30 January 1995
Genre	Acid techno, hardcore techno
Length	74:03
Label	R&S Records
Producer	Richard D. James
Richard D. James chronology
Analogue Bubblebath 4 (1994) Classics (1995) Ventolin E.P (1995)
Aphex Twin album chronology
Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994) Classics (1995) ...I Care Because You Do (1995)

No.	Title	Remix of	Length
1.	"Digeridoo"		7:12
2.	"Flaphead"		7:00
3.	"Phloam"		5:33
4.	"Isopropanol"		6:23
5.	"Polynomial-C"		4:46
6.	"Tamphex" (Hedphuq mix)		6:31
7.	"Phlange Phace"		5:22
8.	"Dodeccaheedron"		6:08
9.	"Analogue Bubblebath"		4:46
10.	"Metapharstic"		4:33
11.	"We Have Arrived" (Aphex Twin QQT mix)	"We Have Arrived" by Mescalinum United	4:23
12.	"We Have Arrived" (Aphex Twin TTQ mix)	"We Have Arrived" by Mescalinum United	5:06
13.	"Digeridoo" (live in Cornwall, 1990)		6:21
Total length:			74:09

Notes

• "Isopropanol" is an extended mix of "Isopropophlex" from James's Analogue Bubblebath . The track time, 6:23, matches that of "Isopropophlex" from the original Digeridoo EP.
• "Analogue Bubblebath 1" is extended by a few seconds from its original version, with a different ending. It was the track included on some versions of the Digeridoo EP instead of "Isopropanol".
• "Tamphex" contains looping samples from a television advertisement for Tampax.
• This album was chosen as one of Q magazine's 50 heaviest albums of all time in July 2001 ^[11] and noted for its crunching, metallic malevolence.
• "We Have Arrived (Aphex Twin QQT mix)" was later re-released on the remix compilation 26 Mixes for Cash .
• A 3rd remix of We Have Arrived appeared on his 2015/2016 SoundCloud dump (a collection of 275+ "leftover" tracks from all eras of his career) under the title "Pcp 2 (unreleased version)". ^[12]

Personnel

• Richard D. James (Aphex Twin) – synthesizer, producer
• The Mover – producer

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	24 [13]

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