{{UBE|date=March 2024}} {{DMY|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Analogue Bubblebath 5 | type = ep | artist = [[Aphex Twin|AFX]] | cover = Analogue Bubblebath 5.webp | alt = | released = 2005 | recorded = 1995<ref name="pitchforkab5">{{cite web |last1=Camp |first1=Zoe |title=Ultra-Rare Aphex Twin Test Pressings Surface on eBay |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/55614-ultra-rare-aphex-twin-test-pressings-surface-on-ebay/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref> | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Intelligent dance music|IDM]] | length = 44:58 | label = [[Rephlex Records|Rephlex]] <small>CAT 034</small> | producer = [[Aphex Twin|Richard D. James]] | prev_title = [[Analogue Bubblebath 4]] | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = [[Hangable Auto Bulb]] | next_year = 1995 }}
'''''Analogue Bubblebath 5''''' is an unreleased [[Extended play|EP]] by the British [[electronic music]] artist and producer [[Aphex Twin|Richard D. James]], under the alias of AFX. Recorded in 1995<ref name="pitchforkab5"></ref> and consisting of nine tracks, the EP had been intended for release on James' own label, [[Rephlex Records]], as the fifth installment in his ''Analogue Bubblebath'' series. However, James decided that it was not up to par with other entries in the series, so it never made it past the [[test pressing]] stage.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Van Nguyen |first1=Dean |title=Rare test pressing of Aphex Twin record for sale on eBay |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/aphex-twin-2-22-1212188 |website=NME |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref> Only 20 copies of the record were produced.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Titmus |first1=Stephen |title=The most expensive dance floor records ever sold on Discogs |url=https://ra.co/features/2752 |website=Resident Advisor |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref>
== Release == In January 2005, Rephlex started to mail out the binder and black [[Phonograph record|vinyl]] editions of ''[[Analord|Analord 10]]''. Due to issues at the manufacturing and mail out stage, approximately 20 buyers did not receive their package.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ediriwira |first=Amar |date=2014-12-10 |title=Super rare test pressing of Aphex Twin's unreleased Analogue Bubblebath 5 is up for auction |url=https://thevinylfactory.com/news/super-rare-test-pressing-of-unreleased-aphex-twins-analogue-bubblebath-5-is-up-for-auction/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=The Vinyl Factory |language=en-US}}</ref> Rephlex mailed out a second batch in June 2005 to those who had not received their order. This second batch included a free copy of ''Analogue Bubblebath 5''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Two more rare Aphex Twin test pressings up for auction |url=https://www.factmag.com/2014/06/17/two-more-rare-aphex-twin-test-pressings-up-for-auction/ |website=Fact Magazine |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref>
No information is printed on the record's blank white labels, however some copies do have "AB5" written and circled onto them. The [[matrix number]] 'CAT 034' was etched into the record's run-out grooves. As of October 2024, the EP was never released, however some of the tracks from the album were released elsewhere. Track 9, "Cuckoo", was released on the previous volume, [[Analogue Bubblebath 4]].
==Track listing== All tracks are written by [[Aphex Twin|Richard D. James]]. {{tracklist | length1 = 9:08 | length2 = 5:57 | length3 = 0:31 | length4 = 4:21 | length5 = 6:36 | length6 = 6:15 | length7 = 4:50 | length8 = 6:51 | title9 = Cuckoo{{efn|while technically untitled, the title "Cuckoo" was given to the track by both the Rephlex Records website and its release on [[Analogue Bubblebath 4]].}} | length9 = 6:04 | total_length = 44:58 }}
== Personnel == *[[Aphex Twin|Richard D. James]] – [[Record producer|producer]]
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==External links== * [http://www.discogs.com/release/160224 AB5 on discogs.com, with pictures] * [http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/SonyTechno/feature/9801/disc.htm http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/SonyTechno/feature/9801/disc.htm] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708071445/http://unheard78.blogspot.com/2009/08/afx-analogue-bubblebath-5.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110708071445/http://unheard78.blogspot.com/2009/08/afx-analogue-bubblebath-5.html]
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