Aphex Twin Tier List

Ranking Aphex Twin's 6(.5) studio albums tier list style!
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[@SMB291]

The most depressing part of this video was finding out that Syro came out 10 years ago.

[@andrewvaaler8633]

dear god.. yeah that's crazy.

[@theviniso]

My back hurts

[@Analoguebubblebath89]

I’m now crippled

[@j.sherwoodowl4826]

I came here to say the exact same thing. _looney toons jaw drop_

[@Foulbrood]

All my teeth just fell out.

[@TheWonkyAngle]

man I'm starting to think 85-92 is getting a Dark Side of The Moon-style critical turnaround, it used to be the easiest #1 pick for everyone (at least in the electronic music community I follow) and now seemingly every ranking like this I see is like "eh ok it's not THAT good". I've seen so many people in more recent years disparage it for feeling too dated or simplistic or playing to a now played-out formula or whatever else, but here I am feeling like all these decades of people making this liminal-spacey melodic ambient techno in the exact same style still haven't seen a single person top how perfectly crafted pretty much all those pieces are. still my fav, idc more than happy to see the drukqs love here tho

[@4tado]

The only thing I dislike about the album is the Ageispolis melody, always thought it sounded like random improv that was looped. Everything else is S tier for me. I don't hate Melon for not being crazy about it though, it's electronic music every person will interpret it differently

[@mutantfreak48]

i think part of it is that the narrative for a long time was that this album invented ambient techno (if not idm as a whole) and while it certainly helped popularize it, there were already people making this sort of music like everyone else on the "artificial intelligence" compilation which came out before it

[@Pocket_Jake]

it was just cool to say you liked it and now the people who say they liked it are actually listening to it and getting disappointed

[@dimwitted-fool]

⁠​⁠@@4tadolol very personal anecdote but I have an electronic playlist and the first track is Aegispolis so I’ve heard the opening notes of that song probably a million times (when I forget to turn on shuffle) and yeah it definitely becomes pretty grating and unappealing after a while

[@amertaunlebowski8683]

I think the general love for this record and it's classic status stem from the fact that it is an overall blueprint that the following records would not exist without. In the same way that Rage Against the Machine's debut is the blueprint and is so beloved, even though a lot of people recently (including Melon himself) prefer Evil Empire.

[@jared_seymour]

they’re all S tier btw

[@xenos_n.]

That's a correct answer

[@innerbloomset]

Hmmm no

[@LexLugor]

Agreed.

[@Dasker2k6]

@@innerbloomsethmmm yes

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodco8956]

Dissagree

[@TwittytheTailor]

Can't believe Aphex Twin ripped off Radiohead's Kid A BEFORE that album came out, smh

[@breaDaa-goDaa]

what resemblance does drukqs have with kid a? (i know that this is a joke. just playing with it.)

[@machusully]

⁠come on man whyd you ruin the comment with an explanation if ur gonna rage bait commit to it

[@DaHatBat]

IKR. Now that I think of it. He has ripped them off throughout the entire 80s and 90s

[@t.c.bramblett617]

@@DaHatBat even the 70s!

[@VideoEssayWatcher5484]

@@breaDaa-goDaahe’s referring to his work before drukqs lol

[@maleklefleur1667]

COME ON YOU MELON LET'S HAVE SOME APHEX ACID

[@EcowaterTexas-d1b]

SAW 85-92 IS KING Xtal - Tha - Pulsewidth greatest opening trio ever

[@TheAndrewj96]

I put “Tha” in a sleep-oriented playlist for my little niece a couple years ago. Still pretty proud of that one.

[@Hawk-yx7qh]

Xtal is a religious experience

[@teedeeproductions]

Absolutely clean, blew my mind when I first discovered them.

[@Blufferb00r]

Duh, of course it is. Heliosphan is mabye a bit overplayed but still in my head its one of his best tracks. Melon is getting too edgy here

[@droideca88]

That album helps me study so much

[@jadnf]

Autechre tier list when

[@braxtonwise9897]

Id rather an Autechre tier list than a Pink Floyd one from melon atp

[@kike6359]

never bruh go start a family

[@llamapie24]

Anthony hasnt even heard elseq or NTS which are undeniably top-tier releases

[@yung_crafter5500]

He said he’s not interested in listening to nts sessions, huge L and also means this is never happening

[@popuchinha]

@@llamapie24 beyond facts there is no argument

[@moresnqp]

Mount Saint Michael + St Michael's Mount is one of the best electronic songs ever made

[@CoNiCuZn]

Great song, one of my favorite Aphex Twin songs, but you’re overrating it.

[@SantanaThePM]

@@CoNiCuZn no no no, it deserves it

[@NRobbi42]

​@@CoNiCuZnNah

[@ThatShittyGamer]

Yes

[@CoNiCuZn]

@@SantanaThePM no it is way too long. The exciting engaging part of the song is the beginning and middle then it tappers off in a way that is just kind of boring and slow imo. Not saying every song needs to be a banger but this one starts that way and then drags on.

[@a-love-supreme]

i believe in vordhosbn supremacy

[@Hankyuh8]

I love virdhosbn

[@randocalrissian9217]

Literally just listened to this song like an hour ago.

[@yandhi5016]

John Coltrame

[@SlowUnsteadyTV]

vordhosbn is peak food

[@photophob]

One of his very best 🤩

[@nicklarsenjazz]

Disappointed you didn’t attempt to pronounce any track name off of Drukqs

[@robbiegh]

I heard they come from a dead language, and some are totally made-up, so it's hardly worth a try.

[@Swiatlocien]

Also I've always thought it's "drug use" not "drugs"

[@liluminati9791]

Cock/Ver10

[@RAIDOVERMOSCOW1]

​@@SwiatlocienCorrect!

[@LudovicoPetroleumScallywagVII]

@@robbieghthat’s the exact reason it is worth a try

[@smoov22_sonic]

The Anthony D. Fantano Video

[@NativeSkeleton]

Basically lol

[@Vanier742]

Richard has such an insane ear for melodies. He will use the most fucked sounds and make something beautiful with them.

[@BillyCobbOfficial]

W take on Druqks, proto-Minecraft music

[@Bluezbreakr2]

I remember reading an interview with Aphex Twin in which he mentioned one of his children was playing Minecraft. He heard the music from the game and asked himself, "Wait, when did I make that?"

[@elegy8187]

I think Richard has called C418 a rip off of him in the past, but he likes to do a lot of trolling in interviews so he probably doesn’t harbour any ill-will towards him. C418 himself has admitted that he takes a lot of influence from Aphex Twin, and if you listen to the music he made before Minecraft it’s even more noticeable

[@captainmoondog1947]

proto-Minecraft music? NO, minecraft music IS Druqks, stop saying nonsense

[@bogdangoatley297]

Yeah C418 has said he’s taken lots of inspiration from Aphex and Clark, pretty cool

[@SamHoyekGuitar]

Richard was born in 1971, are we really just glossing over the fact that "Ambient Works 85-92" implies there is work on that album from when he was fourteen years old?

[@jed303]

There's even older stuff in the SoundCloud dump...

[@SamHoyekGuitar]

@@jed303 I simply cannot believe he was just making this stuff on his own at that age

[@Sebrewer32]

'I' is supposedly the earliest track and there's a lot of evidence to suggest it was made in 86. Tbh i'm sure the vast majority of that album was made from 89 onwards. Still super impressive though

[@denimuratovic102]

​@@Sebrewer32 what's the evidence for i being made in 86?

[@mutantfreak48]

i think mike paradinas (aka u-ziq, a fellow idm producer who has made a collab album with aphex twin) once tweeted that he suspects that there isn't any track on the album made before 1990

[@nyarancia]

The problem is that all of his music is just S Tier

[@torrent02]

SAW II is the best album ever made for staring out an airplane window at sunset

[@alexmacdonald9182]

it's a top 5 album of all time for me. #1 and #17 are incredible

[@d0ubl3d]

I went through the worst plane ride of my life listening to SAW II, was an overnight and had a middle seat and both random people kept falling asleep on my shoulders

[@thewalrus8396]

#20 is one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard

[@joedubs4052]

Listen to Promises by Floating Points, hits hard on a plane

[@Nowaybud3]

And simultaneously being the soundtrack to your nightmares

[@Infisrael]

I see Aphex Twin I click

[@Hellotherefellowbrowser]

I'm starting to think the guy on the thumbnail isn't James Hetfield

[@kasiastefanicka8576]

I clicked so fast, yeah!

[@NiyatiTV]

neuron activation at its finest

[@AntechamberAE]

“Tha” off 85-92 is the closest thing humans have ever recorded to true perfection, and nothing I’ve ever listened to reaches such an ethereal high as it does. Pretty much the same story with Xtal, too.

[@mutantfreak48]

it sounds like you might enjoy getting into some dub techno or something tbh

[@AntechamberAE]

@@mutantfreak48 mayhaps

[@zinax3819]

​@@mutantfreak48Any recommendations?

[@frouvoxes]

I think Tha is just a tad bit too long, but other than that, it's an AMAZING song. Def still one of my favorites

[@mutantfreak48]

@@zinax3819 one track ive been listening to a bunch lately is "model 500 - starlight (intrusion dub)" (tho it's maybe more in the realms of ambient music). other than that there's a lot of mixes and stuff on youtube you can check out

[@TheBetterGamerz]

DRUKQS IN S TIER LFG

[@HotStrange]

It deserves it. Maybe his best honestly.

[@alexmacdonald9182]

not for pitchfork

[@blarghblargh]

ambient works is for baby men. us hard, strong men kqs our druk, and hold it well

[@Met-one]

@@blarghblarghi like bof

[@brandonburroughs7128]

ICBYD is underrated. Often misunderstood imo. I feel that record is still very ambient

[@FronkZappa]

It's my favourite Aphex Twin album, I think one of the reasons it tends to be underrated is because it kinda sits between two extremes of what most people look for with his music - ambient music or crazy IDM/acid techno. ICBYD is kinda patience testing the way SAAII is, but is too abrasive and all over the place to be background or mood music. I think that's why I like it though, it's chaotic in a way that feels honest to the artist and is the moodiest thing he's done to date. I love IDM but it scratches a different itch to this, where it feels like the culmination of everything I love about early techno and acid house. The way the waxen pith feels like bliss with these hints of something sinister in the second half, how icct hedral just builds and builds tension with no release, then songs like Alberto balsalm that just sit in this beautiful melancholy. It's hard to pick a least favorite Aphex Twin album at any rate, so I get why it generally gets the short end of the stick. But I think it's brilliant in a similar, messy way to Drukqs that I find very appealing.

[@pinkmidi6553]

its my favorite aphex album, its ambient but still carrying a driving abrasivene

[@xenos_n.]

That was my first Aphex Twin album and my personal favorite, probably because of that.

[@bottlemanic]

I used to sleep on it a bit but Acrid acid jam shred, mookid the unreleased sekonda! Some of my utmost favourite Aphex tracks ever

[@Curtis3604]

It's his worst full length. Some classic tracks, some garbage

[@ultravisitors]

Albertony Baltano

[@skewrlynesis]

already pissed about this video 7 seconds in

[@M00SE414]

Pie? Are you fucking kidding me?

[@jyjjy7]

Was pissed immediately upon seeing the thumbnail

[@bisexualbillgates460]

I pissed myself seeing the thumbnail

[@tysonbrinacombe]

I pissed for seven seconds seven seconds into this video

[@dx619hey]

I was already pissed about this video eventually being made when Anthony Fantano started doing artist tier lists

[@zak7427]

The Cure tierlist perhaps, my melon??

[@bmbmbm05]

thank you so much pookie this is all i’ve ever wanted

[@antony-tv2yi]

no way...

[@bmbmbm05]

@@antony-tv2yi nice pfp dawg

[@bankrolDiggy]

yall both got great taste 🙌🏼

[@hegg5839]

TBE

[@blarghblargh]

@@bmbmbm05 it's a fish, not a dog. get your eyes checked

[@couttsy]

Aphex got me through university. His most ambient stuff was the soundtrack to my studying.

[@avril14thlove]

SAME

[@spoonmeanie5644]

Right when I'm going through an Aphex Twin obsession

[@caseystu123]

You gotta check out the Analord series.

[@bandaidtoxin]

U cant miss the soundcloud dump, listen to 14 Cornish Spreek, one of his best

[@joaquimnorberg3580]

@@bandaidtoxin yo never heard this one before, so goooood

[@khoole]

Yea, I’ve been in that same obsession over the past few weeks. I think that Flashbulb video got me going. It’s very interesting, if you haven’t seen it.

[@LudovicoPetroleumScallywagVII]

@@joaquimnorberg3580there’s like 200+ songs in the dump, there’s bound to be hidden gems

[@Neymarinet]

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS RANKING BRO SAW92 IN B?????

[@jd1800]

Yeah, it should have been in D.

[@caitlynsult2685]

i think drugks should be there instead. RDJA, SAW92 and SAW2 should all be S tier

[@thewalrus8396]

@@jd1800fuck this guy on about

[@TheIonizator]

druqks is immaculate

[@xylin3683]

​@@caitlynsult2685Drukqs is one of the greatest albums ever made. Period.

[@rthompson116]

Godspeed Tier List when????????

[@cadenmic]

this

[@petermcguine8639]

Boards of Canada next?

[@fuckamericanidiot]

He must include the non-official releases (cassettes etc) or imo there's no point.

[@MayaTheCatgirl1]

YESSS

[@andyblanton6570]

Not enough releases

[@andrei11dr]

S. Goegaddi A. B. MHTRTC, The Campfire Headphase C. Tomorrow's Harvest

[@enneff]

@@andrei11drdidn’t event mention Hi Scores???

[@kingcronecker]

Windowlicker's video is the hardest troll move in the history of the universe.

[@cj9366]

Put "I Care Because You Do" on C is such a crime. That album is so underrated

[@enneff]

The opener is one of the best things Richard ever released.

[@cj9366]

@@enneff I totally agree with you, one of the most original opener of the IDM.

[@cokeyblokes6541]

Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount is the best DnB song of all time

[@Sebrewer32]

it's definitely the best something but it isnt DnB

[@TheIonizator]

the best song of all time*

[@Hawk-yx7qh]

I remember listening to this track when the album first dropped and I knew I'd be coming back for years to come

[@matthewlawlor1742]

I'm always blown away by the track. It's incredible rhythmic and melodic complexity and progression. One of my favs of all time

[@NRobbi42]

Many people are saying this.

[@TheCinnyBun]

makes me happy to see people coming around on drukqs its such a great record

[@shartercam]

Pink Floyd tierlist gonna break the internet

[@blarghblargh]

why? everyone knows wywh > gaytri > wall > doesanyonelistentoanyofthatothershit

[@Billiamwoods]

​@@blarghblargh Not the Piper disrespect and calling DSOTM gay triangle 😭

[@LumiNyte]

​@@blarghblarghyou forgo animals

[@ultravisitors]

Only Richard can have a classic/10 record on B tier lol, suffering from success.

[@homogenicmp3]

It's criminal putting SAW 85-92 in the B tier.

[@zackzallie8735]

Aphex Twin is probably one of my favorite musical duos since Cocteau Twins!

[@ihaveagoddamnplanarthur]

"It's these people called the aphex twins"

[@zackzallie8735]

@@ihaveagoddamnplanarthur I remember when he won a Grammy for Syro and the announcer said "congrats to them." lol

[@esouka_the_snowman]

Yesss drukqs in S tier‼️

[@elsueno16]

Justice for syro

[@samwi5e]

Agree. Some of the best, most well-rounded shit he's ever made.

[@OneMinuteDescriptions-ts4vm]

Where is Pink Floyd tier list melon?!?!

[@BenDover-lz6is]

Waiting on that and that mf beatles tier

[@bryantorresart]

He said he was working on it like a year ago smh

[@SlickA10Homepage]

Never 👎

[@barrettgoeman8622]

It was a Worst To Best, which I guess takes longer? Wouldn't think it would take a year though...

[@blarghblargh]

meh. he can shelve it for all I care. they're up there with the beatles with how much they've been gushed over. fine enough music, but I don't think melon's take on it is going to be particularly interesting compared to the dozens of existing tier lists covering them.

[@GonzoCiosain]

Who else found Aphex Twin from a 240p upload of "Come To Daddy" on very early KZbin?

[@GGbr0]

Try mtv when your like 7

[@VIMaggotVIBrainzVI]

Believe it or not, CKY2k was my first exposure to Come to Daddy

[@cornishalps9870]

My first was Windowlicker director's cut. Although had heard of him since well known cornish artist.

[@_marlene]

OG napster

[@Curtis3604]

I think Syro is his funkiest record and I like it for that

[@sebastianquilt]

Story of how I came to accept Ventolin: ICBYD was my favourite Aphex Twin album, but I thought Ventolin, stuck right in the middle, was its weakness. 'If only Ventolin weren't there, it's my start to finish favourite'. I was saved when I got many mice in my apartment, whom I learned despise sounds at extreme frequencies. Turns out 'Ventolin' kept them away! It may keep humans away too! ICBYD is now official 10/10

[@bingus8897]

drukqs goated, never knew people weren’t crazy about it

[@andrewvaaler8633]

Oh yeah, everyone I knew back then were very disappointed. Funny to think about now.

[@Muukid]

Hell yeah, finally got to hear words on drukQs! In my opinion, Aphex Twin is at his peak when he's doing something "crazy", rather that be overwhelmingly ambient or mind-crushingly chaotic. But I feel like most people, including Fantano, miss out on how good Syro is for its "elevator music" elements. It's so mind-bending hearing a track that, on the surface, feels really simple and not taking very many insane opportunities, but if you sit down and pay attention to each instrument, you quickly lose yourself as how fast every instrument is shuffling under your feet. Just because the complexity isn't immediately obvious doesn't mean that it isn't there, or inherently has less value than when it's all up in your face with its complexity. I think that's why I've always imagined Syro to be a more mature and calmed-down version of drukQs.

[@d0ubl3d]

I have a similar opinion on syro, it feels like the best combination of all his sounds. Like if you were to perfectly blend the prepared piano/experimental electronic druqks cuts into one seamless album. Aisatana is so beautiful

[@palchristianandersen9086]

Syro is good, but to me it felt like a downgrade from The Tuss project where he did a lot of similar things but better.

[@Muukid]

@@palchristianandersen9086 Oh my god, you're right, I forgot about that! The Tuss is truly amazing

[@Demention94]

I agree with Drukqs being S tier. Work of genius. Selected Ambients are both S tiers as well, but I'll just have cake on my birthday.

[@nombre743]

Swans Live Albums tierlist when?

[@victorfernandes5191]

Aphex's stuff is legendary. Forever mind-blowing

[@firstnamelastname7244]

I feel like if you're doing an Aphex Twin tier list, you should include his EPs and maybe even some of the soundcloud stuff as well. He's released a lot of stuff over the years, but he doesn't have a ton of albums.

[@paustecri]

Cheetah's one of his best records i think

[@enneff]

Also the AFX and Caustic Window stuff deserves mention. It’s all part of the body of work.

[@paustecri]

@@enneff You could make a tier list just of Analord EPs!

[@kontorabasukurarinetto2556]

didn't photoshop The Face onto your own for the thumbnail 0/10 video do better melon

[@44rxnini75]

We need an Autechre tier list Antny!

[@grantmitchel]

I think he's only reviewed one Autechre album. They're better than Aphex Twin IMO

[@44rxnini75]

@@grantmitchelNot gonna lie after hearing NTS and Exai I agree

[@grantmitchel]

@@44rxnini75 Check out their new live stuff

[@rat_world]

You’ve got so many machines, Richard

[@FunnyMuffler-is6mo]

Richard's creative ability is only matched by his ability to refine that ability

[@MultiHogleg]

I would consider all of the AFX & The Tuss stuff just as canon as the rest - Analog Bubblebath, Analord (you could add just Chosen Lords if you didn't wanna review every single 2 track vinyl), Orphaned DJ Selek, Rushup etc. - Also what about Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt. 2? Also all the EPs, Cheetah, Collapse, Donkey Rhubarb - they aren't albums but just as important releases and not really singles for the most part. Also Classics is an album, though technically it's a compilation. Would be nice to do a more complete tier list. I Pretty much agree with the rankings - though for me SAW2 is S tier (so unique, trippy and disturbing, so enveloping) and RDJ is C, just because the emotions are more plastic to me on that one - but that's just my personal preference.

[@AvidCat5000]

Grandma's Boy introduced me to Aphex Twin. Windowlicker still hits hard.

[@Wiggibow]

Taking triple C's and watching the windowlicker music video on repeat was a formative experience in my teenage years lmao

[@ianhoke1472]

DRUKQS SUPREMACY BABYYY

[@yandhi5016]

What happened to the Pink Floyd worst to best that was teased like 6 months ago?

[@unhelpfulrevelations7989]

I think most RDJ fans would find this ranking pretty reasonable, honestly. My list would be pretty similar.

[@robbocat7643]

Robert Downey Jr

[@blarghblargh]

I think a lot of them are ambient heads tho. But I am in camp melon on this one.

[@photophob]

As a big long term AFX head i quite agree. It's reasonable, though Syro grew on me a bit more over time.

[@haydenqrc]

Run Da Jewels

[@andrei11dr]

I think the average RDJ fan would put 85-92 in S tier tho

[@yetimon.]

Thank you for this Aphex Twin tier list! I have been waiting for this Aphex Twin tier list!

[@Aphexrain38]

Its nice to see Anthony claim Druqks as his favorite album of all time. Here's a list in no particular order of releases and colabs of ole Aphex Bae :D Analord Series Selected Ambient Works Vol 1 85-92 Surfing On Sine Waves Selected Ambient Works Vol 2 Analogue Bubblebath Vol 1-5 Pac-man Q Chastic Xylem Tube Quoth Portreath Harbour/ Redruth School Ventolin Ventolin EP The Remixes Classics Digeridoo Universal Indicator 1-4 Gak Joyrex J1 - J5 Joyrex J9i Joyrex J9ii Donkey Rhubarb The Kosmic Komodo On On Remixes Quex-RD LFO/AFX Hangable Auto Bulb 2 Hangable Auto Bulb Extras Bradley's Beat Bradley's Robot I Care Because You Do Polygon Window Mike & Rich Expert Knob Twiddlers Windowlicker Caustic Window LP Caustic Window Compilation Melodies On Mars Girl/Boy Richard D James Album Come To Daddy 2 Remixes By AFX Druqks Druqks 2 Track Promo Rushup Edge Smojphace 26 Mixes For Cash Confederation Trough Syro Cheetah Syrobonkers Modular Trax London 3/16/17 Soundcloud Releases Orpans 3 Gerald Remix/ 24 Tism 2 Collapse Orphaned Deejay Selek Umil 25-01 Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Peel Session Peel Session 2 Korg-Trax+Tunings For Falling Asleep Mt Fuji Houston 12-17-16 Manchester 20-09-19 Field Day Raindrops On Roses Therenody Mix Blackbox life recorder 21f / in a room7 F760

[@agnarsvideodump3816]

Drukqs is the best one. absolutely brilliant album that was filled with variety and was ahead of its time not only in sound but also in concept and presentation.

[@baronvonbeandip]

I'm glad you specifically called out Ventolin. Shit is legit funny to me.

[@MathcoreIndex]

Always thought Drukqs was his best myself and easily my favorite, love to see the ranking

[@jackreilly8656]

Classic Review for Saw 2 Plz

[@Liquid--Bacon]

Aphex Twin Ambient Works Vol. 1 & 2 are both S tier 🎶🏆

[@Blaza303]

Should've added albums Richard had under different names like Caustic Window or AFX

[@sumacmusac]

He was making his album covers like that 30 years before every KZbin thumbnail started looking like that lmao

[@Therealskipbayless]

Drukqs so underrated

[@ChanchoSleepy]

Richard D James is his best imo for every reason you described. It has the complexity you would expect from Aphex Twin, but the catchy melodies and the childlike attitude the album exudes makes that rythmic complexity incredilby digestible and addictive.

[@bottlemanic]

All jam packed in a nice breezy 35 mins or so

[@Juju..]

What the fuck that SAW placement was such a troll move after all that praise.

[@jasoncallen1459]

You mucked this one up huge.

[@VIMaggotVIBrainzVI]

I think you've massively underrated ICBYD honestly. To me, it sits right up there with both SAW albums. Melodically speaking, it's one of Richard's strongest works, front-to-back. Yes, this includes Ventolin, which actually has a nice bassline underneath all the high frequency tones. Also some of his darkest sounding tracks feature here, like Icct Hedral, Come On You Slags, and Next Heap With. I will admit the mixing can get muddy at times, and there's a lot of presumably unintended bass distortion. Then again, SAW 85-92 was mastered from slightly worn cassette tapes, and that hasn't taken away from the experience for me... 🤷‍♂

[@jacklfitz]

I would say the difference between the mixing for SAW and ICBYD is that the distortion on the former works well with the more ambient atmosphere, while the latter is more beat-focused which clashes with how flat everything sounds in the mix.

[@QuantumCANDRI]

Love it dude. Really surprised at how similar I would have tiered albums. Almost identical. Respect the syro updated appreciation in the years since that review. Awesome video!!! Tracker Richard was so ahead of his time in particular with those drukgz/come to daddy/hangable auto bulb/Rdj album that I bet listening 30 years from now it will still feel fresh. Good stuff!!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@adisonmiller8552]

I care because you do is such a banger

[@fart2]

based as fuck

[@xylin3683]

Drukqs is a fucking masterpiece and so incredibly ahead of it's time. I'm still finding new things to love about it 20+ years later.

[@Munimun]

pretty correct ranking, glad to see drukQs getting the love it deserves, and though I agree that Syro isn't as exciting as much of his other stuff I appreciate its existence as "a modern Aphex Twin record" if that makes any sense

[@LexLugor]

I disagree with ...ICBYD and AW's placement here but I'm glad to see your love and appreciation for Volume II and Drukqs. Also bumping Syro up was based. Overall, I think Ambient Works Volume II and Come To Daddy are my favorite Richard records by far.

[@frouvoxes]

BOARDS OF CANADA TIER LIST WHEN?!?!?!?

[@sofraYT]

I’m actually excited to watch this

[@Quiverr]

"I ain't neva gonna stop listening to Aphex Twin!"

[@Arinisonfire]

Drukqs in S tier? Unspeakably based, Melon

[@EvanF]

Right when i’m getting back into aphex twin lets gooo

[@queen-patches233]

7 minutes of a marble dropping on a plate... best track ever. 10/10. yellow flannel.

[@singingtree7619]

Yes!!!! Been waiting for you to cover Aphex Twin. Couldn't figure out why you didn't mention him in your Rick Beato rebuke. Thank you🎉

[@jacobreveles7222]

This was an enjoyable list to watch over and get a second opinion on. Tho I gotta ask, can we get a Swans tier list?

[@maleklefleur1667]

Saw Aphex Twin from the fantano channel, INSTANTLY clicked

[@undersilentwigs]

"26 mixes for Cash" not being in the list makes me cry. It's in my TOP 1 AT list.

[@gabriel.imagine]

I'm glad you changed your opinion about Syro. i've always loved this album, and i feel like it was a fantastic comeback from Richard.

[@michaelmusic2133]

Brian Eno tier list when

[@matthewryan2215]

still waiting on the pink floyd ranking

[@reepieces]

same

[@dnszhkv]

I said yes to every point you made about Richard D. James Album. I just love, love, love this record! But I'm a little disappointed that you didn't mention IZ-US in any way. It's probably one of my top three all time favorite Aphex Twin songs. It's so soft and yet so energetic - a perfect mix of both sides of Richard's work.

[@jimmymeridian5174]

You already know what we wanna hear you talk about

[@phantommagnolia]

Flim is Skrillex 's favorite track of all time

[@chilledtorsion]

dont let that come in the way of a really good tune

[@phantommagnolia]

@@chilledtorsion both are based

[@chilledtorsion]

@@phantommagnolia i dont know what based means, but skrillex is shit

[@blarboi]

if he was named Aphan Twano they would all be S tier or whatever

[@HeavyProfessor]

The Tuss and Analord Series are the best he's done, the best anyone's done in electronic music.

[@vico805]

epic AFX era/both leading up to syro

[@HeavyProfessor]

​@@vico805Been listening to analord series on a regular basis for almost 20 years now. It's the top for me.

[@AaronXVR]

You timed this pretty well in my life personally, just became the biggest aphex twin fan over the last month

[@jed303]

Where's his best work.... Analord....

[@judef]

Real

[@futurfry]

you mean the tuss

[@jed303]

@@futurfry maybe rushup edge... But I'd still take Analord as my desert island music over the Tregaskins...

[@xYz7z]

Em!

[@andrejangelov4934]

I have been waiting for this for so long

[@Jukeyhammy]

The Druqks placement restores my faith in you melon 🔥🔥