Selected Ambient Works Volume II is the second studio album by Aphex
Twin, the pseudonym of British electronic musician Richard D. James. It was
released by Warp in March 1994. Billed as a follow-up to James' debut
Selected Ambient Works 85–92 , the album differs in sound by being largely
beatless ambient music. James claimed that it was inspired by lucid dreaming,
and likened the music to "standing in a power station on acid."
Selected Ambient Works Volume II was not especially well received by
critics upon release. It reached No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart.