Artificial Intelligence (compilation album)
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| Compilation album by various artists | ||||
| Released | 9 July 1992 | |||
| Genre | Ambient techno, electronic, IDM | |||
| Length | 52:22 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
| Pitchfork | 8.8/10 |
Artificial Intelligence is a compilation album released via Warp on 9 July 1992. It is the first release in Warp's Artificial Intelligence series. It was released subsequently for the United States in 1993 via Wax Trax! Records.
According to Warp co-founder Steve Beckett, the album was primarily intended for sedentary listening rather than dancing, and this was reflected in the album art, which depicts an android asleep in an armchair with Kraftwerk and Pink Floyd albums at its side:
You could sit down and listen to it like you would a Kraftwerk or Pink Floyd album. That's why we put those sleeves on the cover of Artificial Intelligence - to get it into people's minds that you weren't supposed to dance to it!
John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 5 stars out of 5, calling it "a superb collection of electronic listening music."
In 2014, Rolling Stone named it one of the "40 Most Groundbreaking Albums of All Time". In 2017, Pitchfork placed it at number 10 on the "50 Best IDM Albums of All Time" list.
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