Richard D. James discography

Richard D. James discography
Richard D. James performing in Houston, Texas, in December 2016.
Studio albums6
EPs16
Compilation albums4
Singles7
Music videos12

The discography of Richard D. James, a British musician, consists of six studio albums, four compilation albums, 14 extended plays, seven singles, and 12 music videos, all released under his best known alias Aphex Twin. James has also released one studio album under the alias Polygon Window, one studio album under the alias Caustic Window, and one collaborative album with Mike Paradinas. Three compilation albums and 35 extended plays were released under other aliases.

As Aphex Twin

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		BEL
[3] 		FRA
[4] 		GER
[5] 		IRE
[6] 		JPN
[7] 		NOR
[8] 		US
[9] 		US
Dance
[10]
Selected Ambient Works 85–92 — — — — — — — — — —
Selected Ambient Works Volume II
  • Released: 7 March 1994
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD, CS, digital download, vinyl
 11 46
[12]		 5 — 13 97
[13]		 37 — 135 3
...I Care Because You Do
  • Released: 24 April 1995
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD, CS, digital download, vinyl
 24 — — — — — — — — —
Richard D. James Album
  • Released: 4 November 1996
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD, CS, digital download, vinyl
 62 — — — — — — — —[A] —
Drukqs
  • Released: 22 October 2001
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD, digital download, vinyl
 22 87 — 43 — 14 — 36 154 6
Syro
  • Released: 19 September 2014
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD, digital download, vinyl
 8 21 7 53 26 7 8 37 11 1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1] 		FRA
[4] 		IRE
[6] 		US
Heat
[14] 		US
Dance
[10] 		US
Indie
[15]
Classics
  • Released: 30 January 1995
  • Label: R&S
  • Format: CD, CS, digital download, vinyl
 24 — — — — —
51/13 Aphex Singles Collection
  • Released: 30 November 1996
  • Label: Sire
  • Format: CD
 — — — — — —
26 Mixes for Cash
  • Released: 24 March 2003
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD, vinyl
 63 86 47 29 3 18
Music from the Merch Desk (2016–2023)
  • Released: 17 December 2024
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: Digital download
 - - - - - -
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title EP details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		BEL
[16] 		JPN
[17] 		US
[9] 		US
Dance
[10] 		US
Heat
[14]
Analogue Bubblebath
  • Released: September 1991
  • Label: Mighty Force
  • Format: 12-inch
 — — — — — — —
Analog Bubblebath Vol 2
  • Released: December 1991
  • Label: Rabbit City
  • Format: 12-inch
 — — — — — — —
Digeridoo
  • Released: January 1992
  • Label: R&S
  • Format: Vinyl
 55 — — — — — —
Xylem Tube
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: R&S
  • Format: Vinyl
 — — — — — — —
On
  • Released: 15 Nov 1993
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: Vinyl
 32 — — — — — —
Ventolin
  • Released: 27 March 1995
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD, vinyl
 49 — — — — — —
Donkey Rhubarb
  • Released: 14 August 1995
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD, digital download, vinyl
 78 — — — — — —
Girl/Boy
  • Released: 19 August 1996
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD, digital download, vinyl
 64 — — — — — —
Come to Daddy
  • Released: 6 October 1997
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD, vinyl
 36 — — — — — 37
Analord 10
  • Released: 15 December 2004
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: Digital download, vinyl
 — — — — — — —
Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2
  • Released: 23 January 2015
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD, digital download, vinyl
 36 — 80 24 — 1 —
Cheetah
  • Released: 8 July 2016
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD, CS, digital download, vinyl
 14 63 — 43 140 1 —
Collapse
  • Released: 14 September 2018
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD, CS, digital download, vinyl
 11 — — 28 113 2 —
London 14.09.2019
  • Released: 14 September 2019[18]
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: Digital download, vinyl
 — — — — — — —
Manchester 20.09.2019
  • Released: 20 September 2019[19]
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: Digital download, vinyl
 — — — — — — —
Peel Session 2
  • Released: 15 November 2019[20]
  • Recorded: 1995
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, vinyl
 —[B] — — — — — —
Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / In a Room7 F760
  • Released: 28 July 2023
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, vinyl, CD
 — — — 38 — — —
London 19.08.2023
  • Released: 19 August 2023[22]
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: Vinyl
 — — — — — — —

Promotional albums

  • Words & Music (1994, Sire/Warner Bros. Records PRO-CD-6878). Promotional recording for Selected Ambient Works Volume II; contains edited versions of tracks from that release and portions of an interview with Richard D. James.
  • Drukqs 2 Track Promo (2001, Warp Records, DRUKQS1CD). Promotional recording for drukQs, contains edited versions of tracks from that release.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1] 		AUS
[23] 		DEN
[24] 		FRA
[4] 		SWE
[25] 		NZ
[26] 		US
Heat
 US
Dance
[27]
"Ventolin" 1995 49 — — — — — — — ...I Care Because You Do
"Girl/Boy" 64 — 19 — — — — — Richard D. James Album
"Come to Daddy" 1997 36 — 10 — — — 37 — Come to Daddy
"Windowlicker" 1999 16 70 15 60 53 33 — –[C] Non-album single
"minipops 67 [120.2]" 2014 167 — — — — — — 38 Syro
"MARCHROMT30A edit 2b 96" 2015 — — — — — — — —
"3 Gerald Remix / 24 TSIM 2" 2017 — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Barcelona 16.06.23" 2023 — — — — — — — —
"Blackbox Life Recorder 21f" 79 — — — — — — 25 Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760
"#19" 2024 — — — — — — — — Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition)
"th1 [evnslower]" — — — — — — — — Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition)
"#3 / Rhubarb Orc. 19.53 Rev" — — — — — — — — Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition)

Music videos

Title Year Director
"Schottkey 7th Path" 1993 !K7
"Ageispolis" Prism Leisure
"On" Jarvis Cocker
"Ventolin" 1995 Steve Doughton
"Donkey Rhubarb" David Slade
"Come to Daddy" 1997 Chris Cunningham
"Windowlicker" 1999
"Monkey Drummer" 2001
"Rubber Johnny" 2005
"Nannou" Laurent Briet
"CIRKLON3 [ Колхозная mix ]" 2016 Ryan Wyer
"T69 Collapse" 2018 Weirdcore
"Blackbox Life Recorder 21f" 2023

Note: "Rubber Johnny" is a short film that features the song "Afx237 v.7", and "Monkey Drummer" is a short music video for the track "Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount", both by director Chris Cunningham and both from the album Drukqs.

As AFX

Extended plays

Year Album details
1992 Analogue Bubblebath Vol 3
  • Released: 1992[29]
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 12-inch, CD
1994 Analogue Bubblebath 4
  • Released: 1 July 1994
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 12-inch, CD
1995 Analogue Bubblebath 5
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 12-inch
Hangable Auto Bulb EP
  • Released: 16 October 1995
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: 12-inch
Hangable Auto Bulb EP.2
  • Released: 11 December 1995
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: 12-inch
1997 Analogue Bubblebath Vol 3.1
  • Released: 1 January 1997
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 12-inch
2001 2 Remixes by AFX
  • Released: 30 July 2001
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 12-inch, CD
2003 Smojphace EP
  • Released: 16 June 2003
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 12-inch, CD
2005 Analord 01–09, 11
  • Released:
    • Analord 01: 24 January 2005
    • Analord 02: 24 January 2005
    • Analord 03: 21 February 2005
    • Analord 04: 21 February 2005
    • Analord 05: 14 March 2005
    • Analord 06: 11 April 2005
    • Analord 07: 25 April 2005
    • Analord 08: 9 May 2005
    • Analord 09: 13 June 2005
    • Analord 11: 13 June 2005
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 12-inch
AFX/LFO
  • Released: 22 August 2005
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: 12-inch
2015 Orphaned Deejay Selek 2006–08[30]
  • Released: 21 August 2015
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: 12", CD, DL
2016 Houston, TX 12.17.16[31]
  • Released: 17 December 2016
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: 12", DL
2017 London 03.06.17[32]
  • Released: 3 June 2017
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: 12", DL
Korg Trax+Tunings for Falling Asleep[33]
  • Released: 14 July 2017
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: DL
Orphans[34]
  • Released: 19 July 2017
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: DL

Compilation albums

Year Album details
2006 Chosen Lords
  • Released: 10 April 2006
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: CD

Releases under other aliases

Studio albums

Year Album details Alias released under
1993 Surfing on Sine Waves
  • Released: 11 January 1993
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD, CS, 2×LP
 Polygon Window
1996 Expert Knob Twiddlers
  • Released: 24 June 1996
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: CD, CS, 2×LP
 Mike & Rich
(with Mike Paradinas)
2014 Caustic Window
  • Released: 16 June 2014
  • Recorded: 1992–1994
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 2×LP, CD-R,[35] DL
 Caustic Window

Compilation albums

Year Album details Alias released under
1998 Compilation
  • Released: 1 June 1998
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: CD, 3×LP
 Caustic Window

Extended plays

Year Album details Alias released under
1992 Pac-Man
  • Released: 1 January 1992
  • Label: FFRR
  • Format: 7-inch, 12-inch, CD, CS
 Power-Pill
Joyrex J4 EP
  • Released: 1 July 1992
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 12-inch
 Caustic Window
Joyrex J5 EP
  • Released: 1 July 1992
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 12-inch
1993 Bradley's Robot
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 12-inch
 Bradley Strider
Quoth
  • Released: 22 March 1993
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: 12-inch, CD
 Polygon Window
Joyrex J9i
  • Released: 1 September 1993
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 10-inch
 Caustic Window
Joyrex J9ii
  • Released: 1 December 1993
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 12-inch
1994 GAK
  • Released: 6 June 1994
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: 12-inch, CD
 GAK
1995 Bradley's Beat
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 12-inch
 Bradley Strider
2007 Confederation Trough
  • Released: 7 May 2007
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 12-inch, CD
 The Tuss
Rushup Edge
  • Released: 25 June 2007
  • Label: Rephlex
  • Format: 3xLP, CD

Notes

  1. ^ Richard D. James Album did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at number 20 on the Top Heatseekers chart.[14]
  2. ^ Peel Session 2 did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number three on the Physical Singles Chart chart (credited as "Slo Bird Whistle").[21]
  3. ^ "Windowlicker" peaked at number 15 on the Dance Singles Sales chart.[28]

References

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