Aphex Twin Richard D. James Album

3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...combining jolting beats, pristine melodic fragments and random noises into elegant--if at times unnerving--futuristic pop....manipulates his infinite palette of tweaked synth tones like a classical composer arranges a string section..."
7 (out of 10) - "...in bringing dreaded Meaning to a genre born to deny it, James again removes all bets on what DJ music might become....This is the touching sound of another shut-in boy genius disappearing down his own ear canals in an effort to connect with the world..."
"...his quirkiest, most personal work....If machines could joke or cry, this is how they would sound."
- Rating: A-
Ranked #20 in NME's 1996 critic's poll.