Aphex Twin: Richard D. James Album (CD) LAUGH TO KEEP FROM CRYING Hard Knocks

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The Super Deluxe collections also feature 27 previously unreleased session recordings

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While Hayes's songwriting is as personal as ever

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Aphex Twin: Richard D. James Album (CD) LAUGH TO KEEP FROM CRYING Hard KnocksNone of his recordings have captured the competing impulses to lull you to sleep and blast out your eardrums quite as well as Richard D. James, his third album. As the title indicates, James has turned inward for inspiration, painting aural pictures of real and imagined scenes from his west country childhood. 'Goongumpas' is a fanciful, playful tune that wouldn't sound out of place on the soundtrack to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. As his