Come to Daddy is an EP/mini-album by the British electronic music artist Aphex Twin. The EP's lead single, and the first track on the EP, "Come to Daddy (Pappy Mix)"—often simply called "Come to Daddy"—is one of Aphex Twin's best-known songs; it peaked at number 36 on the UK Singles Chart.[8]
| Come to Daddy | ||||
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| EP / mini-album by | ||||
| Released | 6 October 1997 | |||
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| Length | 33:22 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Producer | Aphex Twin a.k.a. Richard D. James | |||
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| Singles from Come to Daddy | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Almost Cool | 8/10[5] |
| Pitchfork | 7.2/10[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
| Spin | 7/10[7] |
Composition
editCome to Daddy has been described as featuring drum and bass beats throughout.[2] Each mix of "Come to Daddy" is seemingly unrelated, with the "Little Lord Faulteroy" and "Mummy" mixes bearing no noticeable resemblance to the original "Pappy" mix. "To Cure a Weakling Child (Contour Regard)" is a remix of the song "To Cure a Weakling Child" from Richard D. James Album. Six of Come to Daddy's eight tracks feature vocals.
According to Sean Booth of Autechre, James' track "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball" is a reaction to their track "Drane", to which they then replied with the track "Drane2".[9]
Packaging
editCome to Daddy's packaging features stark black letters against a white background. All the information, track listings and lyrics are printed the same way, and only two images are present, both photographed by Stefan DeBatselier and digitally altered by Chris Cunningham, using James' face on children. James has used his likeness as the artwork on five of his releases: The ...I Care Because You Do and Richard D. James Album albums, Donkey Rhubarb, Come to Daddy and the "Windowlicker" single.
The cover of the out-of-print second CD, with its white lettering against an orange background, makes reference to the fact that "To Cure a Weakling Child" had been used in a television advertisement for Orange. However, the advertisement used an edit of the album version, whilst the version that appears on the EP is the radically different "Contour Regard" mix.[10]
Track listing
editAll tracks written, produced and engineered by Richard D. James.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Come to Daddy" (Pappy mix) | 4:22 |
| 2. | "Flim" | 2:57 |
| 3. | "Come to Daddy" (Little Lord Faulteroy mix) | 3:50 |
| 4. | "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball" | 5:44 |
| 5. | "To Cure a Weakling Child" (Contour Regard) | 5:10 |
| 6. | "Funny Little Man" | 3:58 |
| 7. | "Come to Daddy" (Mummy mix) | 4:24 |
| 8. | "IZ-US" | 2:57 |
| Total length: | 33:22 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "forgotten life path" | 2:28 |
| 10. | "bank lullaby" | 1:49 |
| 11. | "28 organ 1.1 [ru,ec,+9]" | 6:40 |
| Total length: | 44:17 | |
All vinyl editions of Come to Daddy (excluding a promotional double LP limited to 500 copies) exclude tracks 5–8.
The tracks were originally released on two separate CDs, WAP94CD and WAP94CDR, with the first four tracks on the former and the rest on the latter. These have since been deleted and replaced by one EP containing all eight tracks (WAP94CDX).[citation needed]
Personnel
edit- Aphex Twin – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, drum machine, percussion
- Chris Cunningham – images
- Stefan de Batselier – photography
Charts
edit| Chart (1997) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[11] | 37 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI)[12] | Silver | 60,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ Bemis, Alec. "The Madman of Electronica". Slate. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ a b c Schreiber, Ryan (1999). "Aphex Twin: Come to Daddy: Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 24 January 2001. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ MCGillevray, Becky. "The Soft Side of Aphex Twin". KEYMAG. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ Come to Daddy at AllMusic
- ^ "Almost Cool review". Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Aphex Twin". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 21. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ 1/98, p. 116
- ^ George-Warren, Holly and Patricia Romanowski, ed. (2005). "Aphex Twin". The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. New York, New York: Fireside. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7432-9201-6.
- ^ Booth, Sean (2 November 2013). "AAA – Ask Autechre Anything – Sean and Rob on WATMM! – Page 109". WATMM. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ "Aphex Twin (Music)".
- ^ "Aphex Twin Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "British album certifications – Aphex Twin – Come to Daddy". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
External links
edit- Come To Daddy Archived 9 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine at the Warp Records website
- "Come To Daddy" at the unofficial Chris Cunningham website
- The "Come To Daddy" video