Come to Daddy (EP)
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| EP by Aphex Twin | ||||||||||
| Released | 6 October 1997 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1996–97 | |||||||||
| Genre | Drum and bass | |||||||||
| Length | 32:54 | |||||||||
| Label | Warp | |||||||||
| Producer | Richard D. James | |||||||||
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| Almost Cool | (8/10) |
| Pitchfork | (7.2/10) |
| Spin | (7/10) |
Come to Daddy is the seventh extended play by British electronic music artist Richard D. James, released under his main pseudonym 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.
Come to Daddy is a drum and bass extended play. Not all the tracks featured on this EP are the industrial style of the first track. "IZ-US" features mellow synth tones with drum and bass style drums. Each mix of "Come to Daddy" is completely different, with the "Little Lord Faulteroy" and "Mummy" mixes bearing no noticeable resemblance whatsoever 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. The other tracks also have their own style, most notably "Flim", an upbeat song similar in mood to the track "Xtal" from Selected Ambient Works 85–92, possessing a cheerful melody and Aphex Twin's signature complex polyrhythms. The song "Funny Little Man" features, at the end, a PlainTalk voice stating "I would like to fuck you up the bunghole, and then I will sneak into your room and cut your cock off, and stuff it in my mouth, and chew them up with my little pearlies." The end of "Come to Daddy (Pappy Mix)" features samples from one of his earliest works, "Isoprophlex". Though Aphex Twin rarely uses vocals in his work, six of Come to Daddy's eight tracks feature vocals.
Come 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, the Donkey Rhubarb and Come to Daddy EPs and the "Windowlicker" single.
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