Richard D. James Album
by Aphex Twin
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Richard D. James Album is ranked 4th best out of 35 albums by Richard David James on BestEverAlbums.com.
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 6,527.
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Richard D. James Album track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Richard D. James Album rankings
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 | Rm12398 | Top 36 Music Albums of 1996 | 23/36 | 2 |
| 2026 |  LedZep | cool stuff | 23/100 | - |
| 2026 |  lleon79 | Top 11 Music Albums of 1996 | 9/11 | 1 |
| 2026 |  BozoTyrannus | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s | 22/99 | 16 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 11 Music Albums of 1996 | 10/11 | 1 |
| 2026 | leniad | Top 101-200 Greatest 1990s Albums | 27/41 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 96 Music Albums of 1996 | 57/96 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | LedZep | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 6/100 | 19 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 349 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,930 | |||
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Richard D. James Album ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/07/2026 22:04 | pharoahstune | 251 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 22:08 | Skerns | 5,215 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 15:33 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.1/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
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Richard D. James Album forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026 BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2026 BestEverAlbums 06/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5354): By arthurbittencourtRichard D. James Album comments
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SquishypuffDave TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/27/2011 11:54 | #19634 | TOP COMMENT
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If you have a heart condition and listen to this, you will die. But on the positive side, you will probably have fun doing it. It's like an episode of Teletubbies written by a sex offender, and edited on crack.
short but intense album! incredibly fast drum-programming compared with touching strings. for every fan of electronic music, jungle or IDM a must listen!!! (Edited)
Fingerbib is adorable and sounds nothing like the album cover would suggest.
I love this album.
Uhh...didn't like this. Sounds like a bunch of robot noises I would make when I was a child. Have you seen the episode where Ross thinks he's a hip musician cranking out a bunch of noise on a synthesizer? This album reminded me of that. Sorry. And yes, I do like some electronica.
colonelchibbers 05/20/2015 04:51 | #141959 | TOP COMMENT
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I'll confess that this one sounds quite dated, but more than any of his other albums it showcases what I think is one of his best qualities: his under-appreciated talent for melody. If you haven't heard this album you don't like electronic music. Actually one of the first albums to use entirely software-based synthesizers, I believe.
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