Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II - Pie Chart Decoder.

Decoding the pie-chart tracklist...
Album: Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Artist: Aphex Twin
Genre: Ambient, Electronic
Year: 1994

Below is a list of popular titles given by fans to the otherwise untitled track list (excluding Blue Calx), followed by the CD track postions and vinyl track postions:
01 "[cliffs]" 7:21 1-01 / A1
02 "[radiator]" 6:27 1-02 / A2
03 "[rhubarb]" 7:44 1-03 / A3
04 "[hankie]" 4:31 1-04 / A4 (Warp pressings only)
05 "[grass]" 8:51 1-05 / B1
06 "[mould]" aka "[mold]" 3:27 1-06 / B2
07 "[ropes]" aka "[curtains]" 8:42 1-07 / B3
08 "[blur]" aka "[circles]" 5:02 1-08 / B4
09 "[weathered stone]" 6:45 1-09 / C1
10 "[tree]" 9:48 1-10 / C2
11 "[domino]" 7:09 1-11 / C3
12 "[white blur 1]" aka "[steel plate]" 2:37 1-12 / C4
13 "Blue Calx" 7:16 2-01 / D1
14 "[parallel stripes]" 7:55 2-02 / D2
15 "[shiny metal rods]" aka "[metal grating]" 5:29 2-03 / D3
16 "[grey stripe]" aka "[windowsill]" 4:38 2-04 / D4
17 "[z twig]" aka "[b+w stripes]" 2:01 2-05 / D5
18 "[windowsill]" aka "[siding nails]" 7:13 2-06 / E1
19 "[stone in focus]" aka "[wall-to-wall carpet]" 10:05 - / E2 (vinyl/cassette only — see Notes)
20 "[hexagon]" aka "[corrugated tubing]" 5:50 2-07 / E3
21 "[lichen]" 4:07 2-08 / E4
22 "[spots]" aka "[leaves]" 7:03 2-09 / F1
23 "[tassels]" 7:24 2-10 / F2
24 "[white blur 2]" aka "[rusty metal]" 11:21 2-11 / F3
25 "[matchsticks]" aka "[b+w stripes II]" 5:36 2-12 / F4

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• hankie
• grass
• mold
• curtains
• blur
• weathered
• stone
• tree
• white
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• calx
• parallel
• strips
• shiny
• metal
• rods
• grey
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• twig
• window
• sill
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• focus
• hexagon
• lichen
• spots
• tassels
• match
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• its
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• foo

[Arceupins]

Richard James holds the view that everything is over-analysed and unnecessarily labeled, something I completely agree with.

[itsCRACKfoo]

Overanalyzing things is just something I do when I'm bored.

[KyleLiggett]

Richard James has said he hates lables. He took some random pictures and made some rediculous pie charts, which people will try to "decode" and finaly realize lables are rediculous, and it doesn't even matter. The only reason he ever gave any of his songs a name was because the record companies told him he had to have names for his songs, so he came up with rediculous names like, donkey rhubarb, windowlicker, and so on.

[astrollenium]

This album is awesome. Good taste sir.

[EINabiIo]

Where does the name ''Z Twig'' came from and what does it mean?

[warriorzin]

Strange... Energetic guy...

[YCDPKLD]

Hey is this camera moving?? *freaks out*

[TheOneartist]

This album should have been released as 3 CD's, just like the vinyl has 3 records.

I ended up grabbing "Stone In Focus" from a compilation, and burning it on 3 discs according to the vinyl tracklisting. Flows much better. And Stone In Focus is truly a masterpiece, so it's a shame it was left off.

[sleestack808]

your stereo gets messed up cause its junk

[MCshlthead]

take that silly hat off right now!!!

[zwerty007]

@KyleLiggett I like that he actually put something into the booklet for once though.

[fdubmusic]

3:30 = epicness

[octagon79]

it is a Radiator!

strangely enough, the one that looks like a spiral staircase on yours isn't on mine!