Drum 'n' Bass for Papa is an album

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 by the experimental

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 electronic music

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 artist Luke Vibert

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 under his alias of Plug. The album was originally released on vinyl in 1996 (see 1996 in music

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) by Blue Planet Recordings. The alias Plug was used by Vibert to release Drum 'n' Bass oriented music.

The album has gone through several different releases. The first was a compact disc release with additional bonus tracks titled Drum 'N' Bass for Papa + Special Edition CD; it had different cover art and the discs were colored dark blue instead of the original sepia tone. The photograph on the cover is of Frank Vibert, Luke's grandfather, who was a keen amateur magician.

The album was released again on Trent Reznor

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's label Nothing Records

Nothing Records

Nothing Records was an American record label, specializing in industrial rock and electronic music, founded by John Malm Jr. and Trent Reznor in 1992...

 on September 9, 1997, it was a double album

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 on compact disc

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 that included the three EP

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s Plug released. This version of the album had the same cover as the Special Edition version but changed "Special Edition" to "+plug ep's 1,2, & 3" for the title. It was released under the title Drum 'N' Bass for Papa +plug EPs 1, 2 & 3. The other difference in this version was that the import included the track "The Life of the Mind" that wasn't included on the album due to problems with a sample clearance. The sample in question was John Goodman

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's screaming freakout from the film Barton Fink

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In 2007, Plug's material was remastered by Vibert from the original DAT

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s and released on bleep.com

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 in mp3 and FLAC

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Original release

1. "Me & Mr Jones" – 7:07
2. "Drum 'n' Bass for Papa" – 7:20
3. "Cut" – 7:18
4. "Feelings" – 9:15
5. "I Freak Techniques" – 7:29
6. "The Life of the Mind" – 8:10
7. "Subtle (In Your Face)" – 8:15
8. "Delicious" – 7:43
9. "DBC" – 8:56
10. "Maker of All" – 8:10

Special Edition

The 1997 Special Edition came with a bonus compact disc with extra tracks. It also came with the original track listing from the vinyl listed above.

1. "Cut ['97 Remix]"
2. "Brave Lick"
3. "Versatile"
4. "Tuff Rinse"
5. "Crib Funk"

+plug ep's 1,2, & 3

The 1997 Nothing Records

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version of the album had a different track listing and an additional disc featuring the tracks from the three plug ep's released on the Rising High label (with the exception of "Cheesy (Pic 'n' Mix)" from Plug 2 (Rebuilt Kev EP) and "Crib Funk" from Plug 3 (Versatile Crib Funk EP)).

Disc 1

1. "Me & Mr. Jones" – 7:07
2. "Drum 'n' Bass for Papa" – 7:20
3. "Cut ('97 remix)" – 8:02
4. "Feelings" – 9:15
5. "I Freak Techniques" – 7:30
6. "Delicious" – 7:43
7. "DBC" – 8:56
8. "Maker of All" – 8:09
9. "A Subtle Blend" – 8:35

Disc 2

1. "6.07" – 6:02
2. "7.44" – 7:42
3. "7.10" – 7:11
4. "3.41" – 3:42
5. "Military Jazz" – 7:37
6. "Pitch Bender" – 5:12
7. "Cheesy (gigolo mix)" – 4:57
8. "Cheesy (amen mix)" – 4:58
9. "Brave Lick" – 8:20
10. "Tuf Rinse" – 7:58
11. "Versatile" – 10:29