Donkey Rhubarb (EP)

{{Infobox album

| name = Donkey Rhubarb

| type = EP

| artist = Aphex Twin

| cover = Aphex Twin - Donkey Rhubarb album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1995|08|14|df=yes}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Electronica

| length = {{Duration|m=24|s=10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/donkey-rhubarb-mw0000532855|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=20 July 2015|last=Raggett|first=Ned|title=Donkey Rhubarb - Aphex Twin}}

| label = Warp

| producer = {{flatlist|

Richard D. James
Kurt Munkasci
Michael Reisman}}

| chronology = Richard D. James

| prev_title = ...I Care Because You Do

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Bradley's Beat

| next_year = 1995

}}

Donkey Rhubarb is a 1995 extended play record by the electronic music artist Aphex Twin. It was released on 14 August 1995 by Warp. The EP contains a version of the song "Icct Hedral" from James' album ...I Care Because You Do by Philip Glass.

Release

Donkey Rhubarb was released on 14 August 1995 by Warp on 12" vinyl and compact disc.{{cite web|url=http://warp.net/records/releases/aphex-twin/donkey-rhubarb|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019023456/http://warp.net/records/releases/aphex-twin/donkey-rhubarb|archivedate=19 October 2011|accessdate=20 July 2015|publisher=Warp|title=Aphex Twin:Donkey Rhubarb}} Donkey Rhubarb charted for one week in the United Kingdom at number 78 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/donkey%20rhubarb/| title=Donkey Rhubarb| publisher=UK Singles Chart|accessdate=20 July 2015}} A music video for "Donkey Rhubarb" directed by David Slade was made in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://warp.net/news/warpvision-dvd-released-27th-sept/|publisher=Warp|accessdate=20 July 2015|title=Warp Records • WarpVision DVD Released 27th Sept|date=14 January 2009}} The video was released on DVD by Warp in September 2009.

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

}}

Spin referred to the track "Donkey Rhubarb" as a "silly steeldrum reverie".{{cite journal |last=Aaron |first=Charles |date=December 1995 |title=Singles |journal=Spin|issue=9|volume=11|page=126|issn=0886-3032|publisher=SPIN Media LLC}} Ned Raggett of AllMusic gave the EP a four star rating, praising "Donkey Rhubarb" for its "lovely main melody dressed up with quick beats, bleeps, and the like" and stating about Philip Glass' version of "Icct Hedral" that "the original's chilly melody made even more serenely beautiful and disturbing all at once thanks to Glass' fine orchestration".

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline =

| all_writing = Richard D. James{{cite AV media notes |title=Donkey Rhubarb |others=Aphex Twin |year=1995 |chapter=disc cover|publisher=Warp |id=WAP 63CD }} except where otherwise noted

| title1 = Donkey Rhubarb

| writer1 =

| length1 = 6:08

| title2 = Vaz Deferenz

| writer2 =

| length2 = 5:49

| title3 = Icct Hedral (Philip Glass Orchestration)

| writer3 = Richard D. James, Philip Glass

| length3 = 8:05

| title4 = Pancake Lizard

| writer4 =

| length4 = 4:31

| total_length = 24:10

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 2017 re-release bonus trackhttps://aphextwin.warp.net/release/68142-aphex-twin-donkey-rhubarb?lang=en_US&srsltid=AfmBOorEE3xrxJFOvhZNDWdFxskdWjWtg1_MLyE7cjnD4-5Q5K9N0TnF

| title5 = icct hedral [phillip glass dry version+bonus DAT glitches]

| writer5 = Richard D James, Glass

| length5 = 7:55

| total_length = 32:05

}}