Selected Ambient Works 85–92

Selected Ambient Works 85–92
Studio album by
Released9 November 1992 (1992-11-09)
Recorded1985–1992
Genre
Length74:40
LabelApollo
ProducerRichard D. James
Richard D. James chronology
Joyrex J5 EP
(1992)
Selected Ambient Works 85–92
(1992)
Analogue Bubblebath Vol 3
(1992)
Aphex Twin album chronology
Selected Ambient Works 8592
(1992)
Selected Ambient Works Volume II
(1994)

Selected Ambient Works 85–92 is the debut studio album by the British electronic music artist and producer Richard D. James under the alias of Aphex Twin. It was released on 9 November 1992 through Apollo Records, a subsidiary of the Belgian label R&S Records. The album consists of ambient techno James recorded on cassette as early as 1985, when he was 13–14 years old. It received widespread acclaim and entered the Dance Albums Chart at No. 6 in December 1992.

Selected Ambient Works 85–92 is considered a classic, defining work of electronica. Music journalists have credited it with expanding the scope of ambient music and introducing techno to fans of indie music. The website AllMusic described it as "a masterpiece of ambient techno". Selected Ambient Works 85–92 has appeared on best-of lists; in 2012 the UK magazine Fact named it the greatest album of the 1990s.