Track Listing

1. Acrid Avid Jam Shred
2. The Waxen Pith
3. Wax The Nip
4. Icct Hedral (Edit)
5. Ventolin (Video Version)
6. Come On You Slags
7. Start As You Mean To Go On
8. Wet Tip Hen Ax
9. Moo Kid
10. Alberto Balsalm
11. Cow Cud Is A Twin
12. Next Heap With

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18424 in Music
• Released on: 1995-04-25
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com essential recording
None of the chirpy, intricate, eclectic tracks on I Care Because You Do sound dated, certainly not in any heinous way. Richard James's work stands outside any genre cages and continues to satisfy dedicated listeners. This is at least partially due to James's twisted, British-bad-boy sense of humor: the title of the disc alone is something of an ironic display. I Care Because You Do is a sound introduction to James's peculiar, personal work, which ranges from symphonic to spartan to relaxing to unnerving, though it generally manages to be all those at once. The disc is cleverly constructed and juicily modern, and it's easy to see why critics, struggling to understand James's emergent "ambient techno," early on compared him to minimalist composers such as Philip Glass and Steve Reich. James was clearly influenced by these pioneers, but his music is more about stretching the limits of what one perceives to be music, of sound itself. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews

My first exposure to Richard D. James,
After hearing a lot about Aphex Twin and doing a bit of research, i went out and bought this album fairly cheap. I got home, and the first track "Acrid Avid Jam Shred" comes on with subtle distortion and a drum beat. After a minute or so, the synths kick in and i immediately see what i'm in for; much to my approval.

The album consists of repeatative hardcore breakbeats, accompanied by some calming chords and melodies occasionaly, and like out of nowhere these breakbeats start getting fiddled around with. To be honest, i wasn't sure what i was meant to make of it at first. I kept expecting more sounds to kick in over the beats, but they didn't...and after a while i realized i like it this way.

The album doesn't at all sound the same though...if you're not convinced yet, then do realize there are some very mellow composed songs on here (which fit in well) and nearly sums up Aphex Twin's capability to create a huge range of very different sounding songs.

For a newcomer to Aphex Twin (or perhaps this type of genre even), get this first and see what you think.

Electronic Chutzpah
Iron forged industrial music assemblings stagger ones senses. Fried in acid, resisting catalogue, peerless it stands alone. An uncurbed theme dominates throughout. Yet these off centered abstractions bask in loyal fan obsequiousness. However this profound music cannot evolve. Time has proven its offspring projects destined to be repetative princes.

A Masterpiece
I have been in love with this album for so many years, I weary at the thought of writing a review of it. I will say that it is my favorite album of Richard's. Listen to it and decide for yourself, why don't you? :)