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I am going to do this track-by-track countdown to the release, on February 13, 2014, the day prior to Valentine   Day, of my book in the estimable 33 1/3 series. It is a love letter to Aphex Twin   album Selected Ambient Works Volume II, which will mark its 20th anniversary this year, less than a month after my book   publication. More on my Aphex Twin book at [amazon] http://amazon/Aphex-Twins-Se鈥?tag=gizmodo08c-20  and [Bloomsbury] http://bloomsbury/us/aphex-twins鈥?. The plan is to do this countdown in the reverse order, from last track to first. For reference, [an early draft of the introduction is online] http://disquiet/2012/08/31/saw鈥?, as is [the book   seven-chapter table of contents] http://disquiet/2013/11/14/aph鈥?. stanley cup  The book   publisher posted [an interview with me] http://333sound/2012/12/04/the鈥? when I was midway through the writing process.     *There is some irony to doing this countdown since the book is already shipping to folks who pre-ordered it via an online retailer such a water bottle stanley s [Amazon] http://amazon/Aphex-Twins-Se鈥?tag=gizmodo08c-20 , but the official date stands, and that   the target 鈥?the end date 鈥?of this countdown, February 13. And for what it   worth, while the physical copies are mailing now from retailers, the Kindle version won ;t turn on until February 13. Still, the digital version stanley cup  costs less.* *As I ;ve noted on [Twitter] https://twitter/disquiet/statu鈥?, this track-a-day approach is exactly th