Classics (Aphex Twin album)

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All tracks are written by Richard David James unless noted

Classics
Aphex Twin - Classics.jpg
Compilation album by
Released30 January 1995
Genre Acid techno, hardcore techno
Length74:03
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.TitleRemix ofLength
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 United5:06
13."Digeridoo" (live in Cornwall, 1990) 6:21
Total length:74:09

Notes

Personnel

Charts

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

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