...I Care Because You Do

Each track on ...I Care Because You Do is annotated with a date; the tracks were created between 1990 and 1994. It was James' final album to be recorded with mostly analogue technology before he began using digital production methods. According to AllMusic, the album finds James "pairing his hardcore experimentalism with more symphonic ambient material, aligned with the work of many post-classical composers" such as Philip Glass. Writer Dave Thompson described the album as "pulling together calm, serene moments then launching into battering and bruising beat-heavy tracks", and said the rhythms shift "from trancey to hip-hoppish". Thompson also noted the influence of modern composers such as Glass. while Dummy Mag said James was taking trip hop and "refashioning [the] voguish genre in his own image". In 2004 Rolling Stone stated the increasingly active drum backing on the album was inspired by the presence of drum and bass music in the United Kingdom. ==Release==

...I Care Because You Do was released on 24 April 1995 on vinyl record, compact disc, and cassette. The label 1972 re-released the album on vinyl on 18 September 2012. The album's cover artwork is a self-portrait painted by James using Adobe Photoshop, a software his friend Johnny Clayton taught him how to use when he received his first Apple Mac. Following the album's release, composer Philip Glass contributed an orchestral arrangement to "Icct Hedral" that was included on the 1995 EP Donkey Rhubarb. ==Reception==

Select ranked ...I Care Because You Do at 42 on its 1995 "Top 50 Albums of the Year" list, saying the album is "Leftfield, sound-pop brilliance" and James' "most coherent work to date". In 2017, Pitchfork ranked it the 13th-best intelligent dance music (IDM) album of all time. ==Track listing==

Each track on ...I Care Because You Do is annotated with the year of its recording. On 20 February 2017, James uploaded the album to his website with 8 additional tracks. == Personnel ==

The album credits only state: "Everything by Richard D. James. Self portrait painted by me. Design help from John." ==Charts==