Selected Ambient Works 85-92
by Aphex Twin
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The best album by Richard David James is Selected Ambient Works 85-92 which is ranked number 241 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,530.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Selected Ambient Works 85-92 rankings summary
Overall rank: 241st | 1990s rank: 49th | 1992 rank: 5th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  joyofdivision | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 11/50 | 80 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 93/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | VanillaBean | Top 18 Music Albums of 1992 | 1/18 | 5 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 32 Music Albums of 1992 | 6/32 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zwiebel | Top 70 Music Albums of 1992 | 23/70 | 3 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 11 Music Albums of 1992 | 9/11 | 1 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 57 Music Albums of 1992 | 2/57 | 5 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 66/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | kino | Top 10 Greatest Music Albums | 8/10 | 29 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 706 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 6,530 | |||
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| ! | 10/05/2026 22:01 | billyboy66 | 49 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 83.0/100, a mean average of 81.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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lostcontrol 08/26/2013 09:32 | #84528 | TOP COMMENT
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Aphex Twin breaks the boundaries of existence on this album. He creates a sphere that exists independently of this earth. Just by reading the songtitles this is indicated with titles such as Heliosphan and Hedphelym which is non-existing words, suggesting some kind of otherworldly spirit, but these titles are juxtapositioned by actual substance, such as Actium and Delphium. In comparison to his later IDM and Techno efforts this album is way softer, but it this is still his most enchanting album. the pulsy rythm of Pulsewidth, the distorted synths of Green Calx and the soundscape of Xtal and all this only created by a synthesizer and a drum machine. This album was kind of prophetic in its sound; that in the future nothing less than a simple machine is needed to make an album.
This is one of the greatest albums of all time.
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For any electronic enthusiast, this album is like the template of how to captivate the listener without the explicit requirement that said listener also dance to the underlying beat. But this album doesn't lose the capacity to make you dance or move to it either. And it isn't just tuneless, experimental bleeps and bloops. It is, instead, an incredibly pleasant sonic listening experience made through basic uncluttered layerings of synth/sampling. And it hasn't lost any of its lustre in 24 years. Incredible!
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It's very possible that I'm too naive to enjoy this. Having said that, this doesn't function as anything more than background music for me. I don't feel really any emotions when listening. I've given it a fair share of spins but it's just not doing it for me. I wish I knew why I didn't like it but I don't. It's possible that I find this type of computer generated too perfect, I guess, but I think that's unlikely. I can assure you that it is not a disdain for instrumental pieces. Maybe I'll get it someday. (Edited)
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hugobennetts 02/05/2018 16:30 | #207252 | TOP COMMENT
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First electronic album I properly got into. It took me out of my one-dimensional music habits and I would highly recommend to any music fans, not just of this genre.
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Classic Album. It's like an Ancient Artifact, Something Timeless and Unique. Aphex Twin's Best Work.
Best Songs: Xtal, Pulsewidth, Ageispolis, Ptolemy, We Are the Music Makers, Actium.
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