Selected Ambient Works Volume II

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. Its stature has grown considerably in subsequent years and it later placed on various best of the decade lists by publications such as Rolling Stone, Spin, and Pitchfork.

In 2016, Pitchfork picked Selected Ambient Works Volume II as the second greatest ambient album of all time, placing it only behind Brian Eno's Ambient 1: Music for Airports.