Talk:Selected Ambient Works Volume II

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[edit] Non-capitalized Track Titles

MMBKG added to the article:

all of the unofficial track names are traditionally not capitalized

Indeed, after searching a dozen Web pages, it seems like this is the typical naming standard. Do you, or anyone else, happen to know why the track names are not usually capitalized? --Rookkey 23:27, 6 May 2004 (UTC)


It is likely because the tracks on the album are not "titled" in the normal sense, but rather a picture represents each track on the album. Essentially the "titles" are descriptions of the representative pictures rather than the actual names of the tracks. Methylene 03:08, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

If I could own one album for the rest of my life, this would be it. --Insomniak 09:24, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I'm in complete agreement, best album ever. I just wish he had included ON (28 Mix). Dionyseus 07:40, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lucid Dreaming

Lucid Dreaming my arse. This article repeats the press claims made by James (who admitted lying to sell more records to the guardian newspaper). It's quite obvious: SAW85-92: Invented acid house aged 14/master tapes survived a car crash. SAW II: Lucid Dreaming, RDJ album: dead twin brother, drukqs: Lost 300 songs on an mp3 player on an aeroplane. It looks good on press releases, and it sells more copies, but it probably shouldn't stay in the form it is now on the main page of an online encyclopedia.Joyrex 08:34, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Cover colour.jpg

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[edit] mould or mold?

Is track 6 of the first CD called "mould", as stated, or "mold", as I see it referred to everywhere else? YellowFever 20:36, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I checked the edits a long time ago, and the spelling is British English, not American English, as Richard D. James is from the UK. Either way, Warp calls it "SAW2 CD1 TRK 6" 'cause there's no official title. see also "matchsticks" instead of "match sticks", etc. --209.146.241.90 12:22, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Are these the correct track times? Mine seem to be off around 10 seconds for each track. Sloclops 13:35, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] [stone in focus]

The second most complete versions are the regular vinyl release and the Warp Records (UK) CD release, which has every track except for "[stone in focus]", omitted due to the capacity limit of the CD format.

So...does anyone actually own a vinyl copy? I have the chance to purchase either the limited edition brown pressing or the regular colour pressing, and since "[stone in focus]" means a lot to me, I'd like to know which pressing it can be found on before I purchase it. It should be the second track of four on the fifth side (the red one), and is the longest. I ask because discogs.com and Wikipedia say differently about its appearance on the regular edition. Thanks. --209.146.241.90 15:01, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

yes. you're not having it though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.22.148.33 (talk) 23:48, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Ambient Comedy?

Numerous tracks from Selected Ambient Works Volume II are used in the ambient comedy series Blue Jam and Jam.

This sounds like a pretentious journalist-invented genre description of a series that is admittedly difficult to categorise but I doubt if this label is used widely enough to justify its inclusion in an encyclopaedia article. It also implies that the humour in the show is derived from the atmosphere which is highly questionable seeing as the sketches are so thoroughly scripted. Basically calling anything an ambient comedy is nonsense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinkmanlovemouth (talk • contribs) 15:20, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm the one who added that line. Music from this album was used, I just added "Ambient Comedy" because a lot of sources use this description. If you don't like it, just change it to "comedy". I'm not really arsed either way. Keshidragon (talk) 23:09, 30 May 2008 (UTC)