Rifts (Oneohtrix Point Never album)

Rifts
Compilation album by Oneohtrix Point Never
Released	October 20, 2009
Recorded	2003–2009
Genre	Electronic
Length	2:25:08 (2009 release) 3:08:05 (2012 reissue)
Label	No Fun, Software
Oneohtrix Point Never chronology
Russian Mind (2009) Rifts (2009) Returnal (2010) Reissue cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Line of Best Fit	8/10[2]
Pitchfork Media	8.7/10 (reissue)[3]
PopMatters	9/10[4]
Prefix Mag	9.0/10[5]
The Quietus	Very favourable[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[8]

Rifts is a compilation album by Oneohtrix Point Never, the project of electronic musician Daniel Lopatin. It was originally released on No Fun Productions in 2009 as a 2-CD set. The album collects previously-released recordings dating back to 2003, including the LPs Betrayed in the Octagon (2007), Zones Without People (2009), and Russian Mind (2009).

In 2012, it was reissued in an expanded 3-CD/5-LP edition on Mexican Summer and Lopatin's own Software label.

Accolades

The Wire named Rifts the No. 2 album of 2009.^[9]

Track listing

2009 edition

All songs written and composed by Daniel Lopatin. 

Disc One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Behind the Bank" (Originally on Betrayed in the Octagon)	2:22
2.	"Eyeballs" (Originally on Betrayed in the Octagon)	3:00
3.	"Betrayed in the Octagon" (Originally on Betrayed in the Octagon)	3:33
4.	"Woe Is the Transgression I" (Originally on Betrayed in the Octagon)	8:45
5.	"Parallel Minds" (Originally on Betrayed in the Octagon)	3:22
6.	"Laser to Laser" (Originally on Betrayed in the Octagon)	3:20
7.	"Woe Is the Transgression II" (Originally on Betrayed in the Octagon)	10:56
8.	"Computer Vision" (Originally on Zones Without People)	2:24
9.	"Format & Journey North" (Originally on Zones Without People)	9:46
10.	"Zones Without People" (Originally on Zones Without People)	4:02
11.	"Learning to Control Myself" (Originally on Zones Without People)	5:36
12.	"Disconnecting Entirely" (Originally on Zones Without People)	1:33
13.	"Emil Cioran" (Originally on Zones Without People)	3:35
14.	"Hyperdawn" (Originally on Zones Without People)	4:33

Disc Two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Months" (Originally on Russian Mind)	3:08
2.	"Physical Memory" (Originally on Russian Mind)	10:53
3.	"Grief and Repetition" (Originally on Russian Mind)	2:40
4.	"Russian Mind" (Originally on Russian Mind)	5:03
5.	"Actual Air" (Originally on Ruined Lives)	3:11
6.	"Immanence" (Originally on Russian Mind)	7:18
7.	"Lovegirls Precinct" (Originally on Oneohtrix Point Never/Outer Space Split)	1:37
8.	"Ships Without Meaning" (Originally on Ruined Lives)	9:39
9.	"Terminator Lake" (Originally on Transmat Memories)	5:42
10.	"Transmat Memories" (Originally on Transmat Memories)	5:35
11.	"A Pact Between Strangers" (Originally on A Pact Between Strangers)	4:18
12.	"When I Get Back from New York" (Originally on A Pact Between Strangers)	16:47
13.	"I Know It's Taking Pictures from Another Plane (Inside Your Sun)" (Originally on Young Beidnahga)	2:30
Total length:		2:25:08

2012 reissue

Tracks with an * are tracks not included in the original edition

All songs written and composed by Daniel Lopatin. 

Disc One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Woe Is the Transgression I" (Originally on Betrayed in the Octagon)	8:45
2.	"Behind The Bank" (Originally on Betrayed in the Octagon)	2:22
3.	"Eyeballs" (Originally on Betrayed in the Octagon)	2:59
4.	"Betrayed in the Octagon" (Originally on Betrayed in the Octagon)	3:32
5.	"Woe Is the Transgression II" (Originally on "Betrayed in the Octagon")	10:54
6.	"Parallel Minds" (Originally on Betrayed in the Octagon)	3:21
7.	"Laser to Laser" (Originally on Betrayed in the Octagon)	3:20
8.	"Ships Without Meaning" (Originally on Ruined Lives)	9:37
9.	"Terminator Lake" (Originally on Transmat Memories)	5:41
10.	"Transmat Memories" (Originally on Transmat Memories)	5:33
11.	"A Pact Between Strangers" (Originally on A Pact Between Strangers)	4:18
12.	"When I Get Back From New York" (Originally on A Pact Between Strangers)	16:46

Disc Two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Computer Vision" (Originally on Zones Without People)	2:23
2.	"Format & Journey North" (Originally on Zones Without People)	9:46
3.	"Zones Without People" (Originally on Zones Without People)	4:00
4.	"Learning to Control Myself" (Originally on Zones Without People)	5:36
5.	"Disconnecting Entirely" (Originally on Zones Without People)	1:33
6.	"Emil Cioran" (Originally on Zones Without People)	3:34
7.	"Hyperdawn" (Originally on Zones Without People)	4:33
8.	"Lovergirls Precint" (Originally on Oneohtrix Point Never/Outer Space Split)	1:36
9.	"I Know It's Taking Pictures From Another Plane (Inside Your Sun)" (Originally on Young Beidnahga)	2:31
10.	"Blue Drive*" (Originally on KGB Nights/Blue Drive)	9:56
11.	"The Trouble With Being Born*" (Originally on Scenes With Curved Objects)	4:31
12.	"Sand Partina*" (Originally on Caboladies/Oneohtrix Point Never Split)	7:02

Disc Three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Months" (Originally on Russian Mind)	3:05
2.	"Physical Memory" (Originally on Russian Mind)	10:53
3.	"Grief and Repetition" (Originally on Russian Mind)	2:39
4.	"Russian Mind" (Originally on Russian Mind)	5:03
5.	"Time Decanted" (Originally on Russian Mind)	3:10
6.	"Immanence" (Originally on Russian Mind)	7:18
7.	"Melancholy Descriptions Of Simple 3D Environments*" (Originally on Scenes With Curved Objects)	10:53
8.	"Memory Vague*" (Originally on Caboladies/Oneohtrix Point Never Split)	4:47
9.	"KGB Nights*" (Originally on KGB Nights/Blue Drive)	6:08
Total length:		3:08:05

References

1. AllMusic
2. The Line of Best Fit
3. Pitchork
4. PopMatters
5. Prefix
6. The Quietus
7. Rolling Stone
8. Tiny Mix Tapes
9. The Village Voice