Selected Ambient Works Volume II | ||||
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Released | 7 March 1994 | |||
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Length | 156:42 (CD) 166:53 (LP/MC) | |||
Label | Warp | |||
Producer | Richard D. James | |||
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Selected Ambient Works Volume II (abbreviated as SAW II)[1] is a studio album by the British electronic music artist and producer Aphex Twin. It was released on 7 March 1994 through Warp Records. Billed as a follow-up to James' debut Selected Ambient Works 85–92, the album differs in sound by being largely beatless ambient music. James said that it was inspired by lucid dreaming, and likened the music to "standing in a power station on acid."[2]
The record entered the Dance Albums Chart at No. 1 and entered the Albums Chart at No. 11.[3][4] It was reviewed positively by most critics on release and later placed on various best of the decade lists by publications such as Rolling Stone, Spin, and Pitchfork.[5] In 2016 Pitchfork picked Selected Ambient Works Volume II as the second greatest ambient album of all time, after Brian Eno's Ambient 1: Music for Airports. In June 2024, James announced an upcoming expanded reissue of the album, set to be released in October.
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