Artificial Intelligence II
{{Infobox album
| name = Artificial Intelligence II
| type = compilation
| artist = various artists
| cover = artificial_intelligence_2_front_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1994|05|30}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Electronic|IDM}}
| length = {{Duration|m=95|s=25}}
| label = Warp
| producer =
| chronology = Artificial Intelligence series
| prev_title = Incunabula
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
Artificial Intelligence II is a compilation album released via Warp on 30 May 1994.{{cite web|url=http://warp.net/records/releases/various-artists/artificial-intelligence-ii|title=Various Artists: Artificial Intelligence II|website=Warp|accessdate=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001043053/http://warp.net/records/releases/various-artists/artificial-intelligence-ii|archive-date=1 October 2012}} It is the eighth and final release in Warp's Artificial Intelligence series. It peaked at number 16 on the UK Compilation Chart.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/artificial-intelligence-vol-2-mw0000627497|title=Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 2 – Various Artists|publisher=AllMusic|first=John|last=Bush|accessdate=28 February 2019}}
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 6.8/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11714-artificial-intelligence-artificial-intelligence-ii/|title=Various Artists: Artificial Intelligence / Artificial Intelligence II|work=Pitchfork|first=Mark|last=Richardson|date=25 August 2005|accessdate=28 February 2019}}
| rev3 = Rolling Stone
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Various Artists: Artificial Intelligence II|journal=Rolling Stone|first=David J.|last=Prince|date=23 February 1995|page=73}}
| rev4 = Spin Alternative Record Guide
| rev4score = 9/10{{cite book|chapter=Best of Techno|last=Prince|first=David|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide|editor1-last=Weisbard|editor1-first=Eric|editor2-last=Marks|editor2-first=Craig|publisher=Vintage Books|year=1995|isbn=0-679-75574-8|pages=396–98}}
}}
John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, stating that it is "a bit more sonically experimental" than Artificial Intelligence. Mark Richardson of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.8 out of 10, saying: "By 1994 there were a lot of people making 'electronic listening music' and this doesn't feel like a particularly special assemblage of what was out there."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Double-disc CD edition
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| title1 = Release to the System
| note1 = Beaumont Hannant remix
| extra1 = Mark Franklin
| length1 = 8:37
| title2 = Selinite
| extra2 = The Higher Intelligence Agency
| length2 = 7:01
| title3 = Arcadian
| extra3 = Link
| length3 = 9:32
| title4 = Scriptures
| extra4 = B12
| length4 = 6:58
| title5 = Chatter
| extra5 = Autechre
| length5 = 7:36
| title6 = Symmetry
| extra6 = Speedy J
| length6 = 6:08
| title7 = Utuba
| extra7 = Beaumont Hannant
| length7 = 8:12
| title8 = Reality Net
| extra8 = Richard H. Kirk
| length8 = 6:47
| title9 = Parasight
| extra9 = Balil
| length9 = 7:34
| title10 = Spangle
| extra10 = Seefeel
| length10 = 7:20
| title11 = Blipsalt
| extra11 = Darrell Fitton
| length11 = 9:42
| title12 = My Teapot
| extra12 = Polygon Window
| length12 = 3:58
| title13 = Maritime
| extra13 = Kenny Larkin
| length13 = 6:35
| title14 =
| note14 = separated from track 13 by 5:15 of silence
| extra14 = Scanner
| length14 = 6:39
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Bonus 12" (packaged with initial copies of double-disc vinyl edition)
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| title1 = Metalurg
| extra1 = Darrell Fitton
| length1 = 7:19
| note1 = label lists track length as 'there is no time'
| title2 = Maritime
| extra2 = Kenny Larkin
| length2 = 6:35
}}
Note
- Tracks 11–14 are excluded from the single-disc CD edition; tracks 13–14 are excluded from the cassette and standard double-disc vinyl editions.
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1994)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|UKComp|16|date=19940605|rowheader=true|accessdate=28 February 2019|refname=officialcharts}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|21134|Artificial Intelligence II}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=2535ea1a-3135-3229-932e-07247aa9209f|name=Artificial Intelligence II}}
- [https://warp.net/releases/115922-various-artists-artificial-intelligence-ii Artificial Intelligence II] at Warp
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Category:1994 compilation albums
Category:Warp (record label) compilation albums
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