Chosen Lords
Encyclopedia
Chosen Lords is an album by Richard D. James
, released under the aliases AFX and Aphex Twin. It is a CD
compilation of selected tracks previously released on the vinyl
-only Analord
series. Limited edition copies distributed with a poster were offered on Warpmart to encourage pre-ordering.
8 of the 10 tracks are under the "AFX" moniker, while "Fenix Funk 5" & "XMD 5a" are under the Aphex Twin alias.
Chosen Lords reached #82 on the UK Albums Chart
.
, which assigns a normalized
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average
score of 81, based on 19 reviews.
Aphex Twin
Richard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...
, released under the aliases AFX and Aphex Twin. It is a CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
compilation of selected tracks previously released on the vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
-only Analord
Analord
Analord is a 3½ hour, 42-track series of recordings on 12" vinyl by UK-based electronic music artist Richard D. James. The first instalment, Analord 10, went on sale through the Rephlex Records website on 15 December 2004, and was packaged in a faux-leather binder with sleeves for housing the rest...
series. Limited edition copies distributed with a poster were offered on Warpmart to encourage pre-ordering.
8 of the 10 tracks are under the "AFX" moniker, while "Fenix Funk 5" & "XMD 5a" are under the Aphex Twin alias.
Chosen Lords reached #82 on the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
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Reception
Initial critical response to Chosen Lords was positive. At MetacriticMetacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
, which assigns a normalized
Standard score
In statistics, a standard score indicates how many standard deviations an observation or datum is above or below the mean. It is a dimensionless quantity derived by subtracting the population mean from an individual raw score and then dividing the difference by the population standard deviation...
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average
Weighted mean
The weighted mean is similar to an arithmetic mean , where instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others...
score of 81, based on 19 reviews.
Track listing
All tracks by Richard D. James.- Aphex Twin - "Fenix Funk 5" – 5:06
- AFX - "Reunion 2" – 5:15
- AFX - "Pitcard" – 6:25
- AFX - "Crying in Your Face" – 4:29
- AFX - "Klopjob" – 5:32
- AFX - "Boxing Day" – 6:50
- AFX - "Batine Acid" – 5:34
- AFX - "Cilonen" – 5:42
- AFX - "PWSteal.Ldpinch.D" – 3:48
- Aphex Twin - "XMD 5a" – 7:58