Come to Daddy
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| Come to Daddy | ||
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| EP by Aphex Twin | ||
| Released | October 6, 1997 | |
| Recorded | 1996-1997 | |
| Genre | Drill n bass | |
| Length | 32:54 | |
| Label | Warp Records WAP094 Sire Records 31001-2 |
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| Producer(s) | Richard D. James | |
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| Aphex Twin chronology | ||
| Richard D. James Album (1996) |
Come to Daddy (1997) |
Windowlicker (1999) |
Come to Daddy is a 1997 EP by electronic music artist Richard D. James, commonly known as Aphex Twin. "Come to Daddy, Pappy mix" — often simply called "Come to Daddy" — is one of James' best-known songs.
James describes his work:
- "'Come to Daddy' came about while I was just hanging around my house, getting pissed and doing this crappy death metal jingle. Then it got marketed, and a video was made, and this little idea that I had, which was a joke, turned into something huge. It wasn't right at all." [1]
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[edit] Video
The accompanying video was directed by acclaimed director Chris Cunningham. It opens with an old lady walking her dog. She comes across an old television, which her dog urinates on. This awakens a demon in the television, who commands children (all who bear the face of Richard D. James) to do his bidding, which involves trashing objects. At one point, the demon (played by Al Stokes) comes out of the television and screams in the old lady's face. After this, he gathers the children around him. [2])
[edit] Track listing
All tracks written, produced and engineered by Richard D. James, Chrysalis Music.
- "Come To Daddy, Pappy Mix" – 4:22
- "Flim" – 2:57
- "Come To Daddy, Little Lord Faulteroy Mix" – 3:50
- "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball" – 5:44
- "To Cure A Weakling Child, Contour Regard" – 5:10
- "Funny Little Man" – 3:58
- "Come to Daddy, Mummy Mix" – 4:24
- "IZ-US" – 2:57
The tracks were originally released on two separate CDs, WAP94CD and WAP94CDR, with the first four tracks on the former and the rest on the latter. These have since been deleted and replaced by one EP containing all eight tracks (WAP94CDX).
Not all the tracks featured on this album are the industrial style of the first track. "IZ-US" features mellow synth tones with jazz style drums. Each mix of "Come to Daddy" is completely different, the "Little Lord Faulteroy mix" is a calm track with bizarre vocal samples and the "Mummy mix" is a Noise music song featuring clips of James' mother talking. The other tracks also have their own style, most notably "Flim", an upbeat song with a cheerful melody and Aphex Twin's signature complex polyrhythms. The song "Funny Little Man" features, at the end, a PlainTalk voice offering anal sex, among other things.
Though Aphex Twin rarely uses vocals in his work, four of Come to Daddy's eight tracks feature prominent vocals. Because of this and the hit single title track, this EP is generally considered his most pop music work.
Come to Daddy's packaging features stark black letters against a white background. All the information, tracklistings 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.
The cover of the out-of-print second CD, with its white lettering against an orange background, makes reference to the fact that "To Cure A Weakling Child" had been used in a television advertisement for Orange.
[edit] Cover versions
- Come to Daddy has been covered by The Dillinger Escape Plan on their EP Irony is a Dead Scene featuring Mike Patton.
- The song "Flim" was covered by jazz trio The Bad Plus on their debut album These Are The Vistas.
[edit] Charts
| Year | Chart | Peak Position |
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| 1997 | Heatseekers | #37 |
[edit] External links
- More info, artwork and samples
- Complete Aphex twin discography
- Come To Daddy at the Warp Records discography (features audio clips).
- "Come To Daddy" video analysis
- The Come To Daddy video
| Richard D. James |
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| Discography |
| As Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992) - Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994) - ...I Care Because You Do (1995) - Richard D. James (1996) - Come to Daddy (1997) - Windowlicker (1999) - drukqs (2001) - Analord 10 (2005) - Chosen Lords (2006) As AFX: Analogue Bubblebath (1991) - Analogue Bubblebath 2 (1991) - Analogue Bubblebath 3 (1993) - Analogue Bubblebath 4 (1994) - Hangable Auto Bulb (1995) - Analord (2005) - Chosen Lords (2006) As Polygon Window: Surfing on Sine Waves (1993) |
| Related Artcles |
| Warp Records | Rephlex Records | Mike & Rich | Universal Indicator |
