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Drukqs

by Aphex Twin

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All Time

of 455,735

8,953
2000's

of 265,982

1,472
2001

of 35,059

171

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 2.6820 Drukqs is ranked overall as 2.6820 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.6426 Drukqs has an avg. critic score of 2.6426 out of 4 stars

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Yahoo! Music

Roll up roll up: behold the freak show. Yes for this month only the Aphex Twin bandwagon is in town. Come and marvel at the Richard D James boy-wonder. ...more

All Music Guide

Aside from all the criticism, the previously unreleased musings of Aphex Twin are still far more intriguing and solid than most producers' best releases. ...more

All Music Guide

Despite threatening retirement several times, in 2001Richard D. Jamesfinally released another Aphex Twin record. But for all this record tells listeners, he maystillbe in retirement. ...more

Stylus Magazine

The double album is a milestone that has frustrated even the most talented musical artists. The Beatles' White Album contained stunning songs, but lacked cohesion. The Who's Quadrophenia had too many ideas in its concept. ...more

Rolling Stone

His most irrelevant album to date: a double CD, thirty-track compendium of indecipherable song titles, gratuitously weird sounds and occasional wisps of ersatz classical piano that are aimlessly pretty. ...more

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Dot Music

In-between the chaos and peace, 'Drukqs' induces a whole host of emotions using acid squiggles, plucked piano strings and 80s electro-breaks....read the complete review at Dot Music

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E! Online

The long-standing ambient-techno pioneer uses everything from heart-attack-paced jungle to classically minded electronic minimalism to remind us why bands like Radiohead cite him as an...read the complete review at E! Online

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Billboard

Much of "Drukqs" sounds like two different albums competing and thus canceling each other out.... An ambitious but ultimately failed experiment....read the complete review at Billboard

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The A.V. Club

With his overwhelming back catalog and enduring status as electronica's foremost auteur, Aphex Twin's Richard D. James is the one dance-music figure everybody can agree on. Though it's been displayed in varying degrees over the years, his talent is...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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