| ...I Care Because You Do | ||||
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| Studio album by Aphex Twin | ||||
| Released | 24 April 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1990, 1993-1994 | |||
| Genre | Acid techno Ambient techno IDM |
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| Length | 63:44 | |||
| Label | Warp Records WARP30 (EU) Sire/Elektra Records 61790 (rest of world) |
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| Producer | Richard D. James | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (A-)[2] |
| Q | (May 1995) |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
| Spin | (July 1995) |
| Stylus | (Favourable)[4] |
...I Care Because You Do is an electronic music album by Richard D. James, under the pseudonym of Aphex Twin. James' third studio album recorded under this moniker, the album was released on 24 April 1995.
The album is quite different from his past acid house, ambient, and general techno pursuits. It features lengthy drum machine loops layered with analogue synthesizers, with occasional string pieces. This album marks the end of James' first analogue era; his next decade of albums being composed on computers until Analord.
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The album was preceded by two remix EPs of "Ventolin", one of the harshest tracks on the album, which features a high-pitched frequency that supposedly mimics the sound that asthmatics hear when they overdose on salbutamol. The track "Ventolin (Video Version)" on this album is an edit of "Ventolin (Salbutamol Mix)" on the EP.
The four song EP Donkey Rhubarb features an orchestral version of "Icct Hedral" arranged by Philip Glass.
Only one promotional music video was made for any of the tracks. The "Ventolin" video features footage of spinning vents, a woman trapped in an elevator, and a salbutamol dispenser.
It is speculated that the tracks "At the Heart of It All" and "The Beauty of Being Numb", created by James for the Nine Inch Nails remix EP Further Down the Spiral, were created during the recording sessions for this album, as both songs sound similar to James' style at the time as was released around the same time.
"cow cud is a twin" features Apple Computer's PlainTalk speaking and repeating the words "Aphex Twin" and "...I care because you do" in the background of the left channel. The song uses three of the program's distinctive voices: Bells, Hysterical and Bubbles, the last of which is barely audible without isolating the left channel.
The front cover artwork of the album is, according to the liner notes, James' self-portrait.
The album was included in Q Magazine's top 20 list of the loudest albums of all time.
In the song "Come On You Slags!" the various voice clips are dialogue in a pornographic film called Fantasia. Samples from the same actress and perhaps the same film are featured on the Caustic Window (another Aphex Twin alias) EPs Joyrex J9i and Joyrex J9ii. The other clip is a heavily distorted "Come on you slags!"
All tracks by Richard D. James.
On the back cover of the album each track is listed in James' own handwriting, accompanied by the year it was originally recorded, with capitalization as follows:
| No. | Title | Original Recording Date | Length |
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| 1. | "Acrid Avid Jam Shred" | 1994 | 7:38 |
| 2. | "The Waxen pith" | 1993 | 4:50 |
| 3. | "Wax the nip." | 1990 | 4:19 |
| 4. | "Icct Hedral (edit)" | 1994 | 6:07 |
| 5. | "VENTOLIN (Video Version.)" | 1994 | 4:29 |
| 6. | "COME ON, YOU SLAGS!" | 1990 | 5:45 |
| 7. | "Start as you Mean to go on" | 1993 | 6:05 |
| 8. | "Wet tip hen ax" | 1994 | 5:17 |
| 9. | "mookid." | 1994 | 3:51 |
| 10. | "Alberto Balsalm" | 1994 | 5:11 |
| 11. | "cow cud is a twin." | 1994 | 5:34 |
| 12. | "next heap with." | 1993 | 4:43 |
Several of the song titles are anagrams:
James used the same anagram technique a few months later on his Hangable Auto Bulb EPs.
Ventolin and Alberto Balsam (without the 'l' in the track title) are registered trademarks of an asthma medicine and a British line of hair care products, respectively.
Aphex Twin - synthesizers, organ, sampler, drum machine, electronics, drums, percussion, production, cover art
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums Chart | 24[5] |
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