:Come to Daddy (EP)
{{Short description|1997 EP/mini-album by Aphex Twin}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Come to Daddy
| type = EP
| longtype = / mini-album
| artist = Aphex Twin
| cover = Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1997|10|06|df=y}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = *IDM{{cite web |last1=Bemis |first1=Alec |title=The Madman of Electronica |url=https://slate.com/culture/2003/05/aphex-twin-the-madman-of-electronica.amp |website=Slate |accessdate=8 September 2019}}
- drum and bass
- drill 'n' bass{{cite web |last1=MCGillevray |first1=Becky |title=The Soft Side of Aphex Twin |url=https://www.keymag.co.uk/features/the-soft-side-of-aphex-twin |website=KEYMAG |access-date=6 October 2021}}
| length = {{Duration|m=33|s=22}}
| label = Warp
| producer = Aphex Twin {{a.k.a.}} Richard D. James
| chronology = Richard D. James
| prev_title = Analogue Bubblebath 3.1
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Caustic Window Compilation
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Come to Daddy
| type = EP
| single1 = Come to Daddy
| single1date = 6 October 1997
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r317420}}
| rev2 = Almost Cool
| rev3 = Pitchfork
| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|chapter=Aphex Twin|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/21 21]}}
| rev5 = Spin
| rev5score = 7/101/98, p. 116
}}
Come to Daddy is an EP/mini-album by the British electronic music artist 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.{{cite encyclopedia |editor=George-Warren, Holly and Patricia Romanowski |encyclopedia=The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll |title=Aphex Twin|year=2005 |publisher=Fireside|location=New York, New York |isbn= 978-0-7432-9201-6 |page=24}}
Composition
Come to Daddy has been described as featuring drum and bass beats throughout.{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/aphex-twin/come-to-daddy.shtml |title=Aphex Twin: Come to Daddy: Pitchfork Review |website=Pitchfork |date=1999 |author=Schreiber, Ryan |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010124115900/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/aphex-twin/come-to-daddy.shtml |archivedate=24 January 2001 |accessdate=12 September 2016}} Each mix of "Come to Daddy" is seemingly unrelated, with the "Little Lord Faulteroy" and "Mummy" mixes bearing no noticeable resemblance 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. Six of Come to Daddy{{'s}} eight tracks feature vocals.
According to Sean Booth of Autechre, James' track "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball" is a reaction to their track "Drane", to which they then replied with the track "Drane2".{{cite web|last=Booth|first=Sean|title=AAA – Ask Autechre Anything – Sean and Rob on WATMM! – Page 109|date=2 November 2013 |url=http://forum.watmm.com/topic/81109-aaa-ask-autechre-anything-sean-and-rob-on-watmm/?p=2087751|publisher=WATMM|accessdate=10 November 2013}}
Packaging
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, Donkey Rhubarb, Come to Daddy 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. However, the advertisement used an edit of the album version, whilst the version that appears on the EP is the radically different "Contour Regard" mix.{{Cite web |title=Aphex Twin (Music) |url=https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/AphexTwin}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=May 2025}}
Track listing
All tracks written, produced and engineered by Richard D. James.
{{Track listing
| title1 = Come to Daddy
| note1 = Pappy mix
| length1 = 4:22
| title2 = Flim
| length2 = 2:57
| title3 = Come to Daddy
| note3 = Little Lord Faulteroy mix
| length3 = 3:50
| title4 = Bucephalus Bouncing Ball
| length4 = 5:44
| title5 = To Cure a Weakling Child
| note5 = Contour Regard
| length5 = 5:10
| title6 = Funny Little Man
| length6 = 3:58
| title7 = Come to Daddy
| note7 = Mummy mix
| length7 = 4:24
| title8 = IZ-US
| length8 = 2:57
| total_length = 33:22
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2017 re-release bonus tracks
| title9 = forgotten life path
| length9 = 2:28
| title10 = bank lullaby
| length10 = 1:49
| title11 = 28 organ 1.1 [ru,ec,+9]
| length11 = 6:40
| total_length = 44:17
}}
All vinyl editions of Come to Daddy (excluding a promotional double LP limited to 500 copies) exclude tracks 5–8.
The tracks were originally released on two separate CDs, WAP94CD{{Cite web |title=Come To Daddy |url=https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/project/come-to-daddy-remix-cd |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=The Designers Republic™ |language=en-GB}} and WAP94CDR, with the first four tracks on the former and the rest on the latter. These have since been replaced by one EP containing all eight tracks (WAP94CDX).{{fact|date=August 2022}}
Personnel
- Aphex Twin – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, drum machine, percussion
- Chris Cunningham – images
- Stefan de Batselier – photography
Charts
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Chart (1997)
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{{Album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|37|artist=Aphex Twin|rowheader=true|accessdate=26 September 2018}} |
Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Aphex Twin|title=Come to Daddy|award=Silver|certyear=2013|relyear=1997|id=9310-2691-2|access-date=13 February 2021}}
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References
External links
- [http://warp.net/records/releases/aphex-twin/come-to-daddy Come To Daddy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909031748/http://warp.net/records/releases/aphex-twin/come-to-daddy |date=9 September 2009 }} at the Warp Records website
- [http://www.director-file.com/cunningham/promo/aphex-twincome-to-daddy/ "Come To Daddy"] at the unofficial Chris Cunningham website
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090525061107/http://warp.net/records/aphex-twin/player/video/come-to-daddy The "Come To Daddy" video]
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