


Selected Ambient Works Volume II was not especially well received by critics upon release, but peaked at No. James claimed that it was inspired by lucid dreaming, and likened the music to "standing in a power station on acid." Billed as a follow-up to James' debut Selected Ambient Works 85–92, the album differs in sound by being largely beatless ambient music. Selected Ambient Works Volume II is the second studio album by Aphex Twin, the pseudonym of British electronic musician Richard D.
