Endtroducing [Import]

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
DJ Shadow, a.k.a. Josh Davis, could be credited with bringing newfound introspection to the gloating sounds of hip-hop. Condensed with urban oscillations and scatological beats, Endtroducing shutters with eclectic samples and aural montages that reach beyond the constraints of hip-hop style. Enhancing the mix with fundamentals of rock, soul, funk, ambient, and jazz, the modern fusions fail to go unnoticed, even by the casual listener. While most of the tracks are compiled by layering samples from vinyl treasures found in used-record bins, the production quality of the mosaic is unmatched. Darkened melodies carry throughout the album with its eye on the end of the tunnel. The narration samples come from numerous sources and keep the listener involved and waiting for resolution. With a message as fragmentary as an overheard conversation, Endtroducing conveys no apparent conclusion, but begs the mind, body, and soul for some rewind. --Lucas Hilbert

Product Description
DJ Shadow, a.k.a. Josh Davis, could be credited with bringing newfound introspection to the gloating sounds of hip-hop. Condensed with urban oscillations and scatological beats, Endtroducing shutters with eclectic samples and aural montages that reach beyond the constraints of hip-hop style. Enhancing the mix with fundamentals of rock, soul, funk, ambient, and jazz, the modern fusions fail to go unnoticed, even by the casual listener. While most of the tracks are compiled by layering samples from vinyl treasures found in used-record bins, the production quality of the mosaic is unmatched. Darkened melodies carry throughout the album with its eye on the end of the tunnel. The narration samples come from numerous sources and keep the listener involved and waiting for resolution. With a message as fragmentary as an overheard conversation, Endtroducing conveys no apparent conclusion, but begs the mind, body, and soul for some rewind. Universal. 2004.

Endtroducing,DJ Shadow,Soul/R & B
Endtroducing...
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • "The Music Comes Through Me..."
  • In Car Freestyle Session Instrumentals (Rating: 9 out of 10- -4.5 stars)
  • Endtroducing
  • An Outstanding Album!
  • Sonic Alchemy
Endtroducing...
DJ Shadow
Manufacturer: Fontana Island
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005DQR
Release Date: 1996-11-19

Tracks:

  1. Best Foot Forward
  2. Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt
  3. The Number Song
  4. Changeling
  5. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)
  6. Untitled
  7. Stem/Long Stem
  8. Mutual Slump
  9. Organ Donor
  10. Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96
  11. Midnight In A Perfect World
  12. Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain
  13. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1-Blue Sky Revisit)

Amazon.com

DJ Shadow, a.k.a. Josh Davis, could be credited with bringing newfound introspection to the gloating sounds of hip-hop. Condensed with urban oscillations and scatological beats, Endtroducing shutters with eclectic samples and aural montages that reach beyond the constraints of hip-hop style. Enhancing the mix with fundamentals of rock, soul, funk, ambient, and jazz, the modern fusions fail to go unnoticed, even by the casual listener. While most of the tracks are compiled by layering samples from vinyl treasures found in used-record bins, the production quality of the mosaic is unmatched. Darkened melodies carry throughout the album with its eye on the end of the tunnel. The narration samples come from numerous sources and keep the listener involved and waiting for resolution. With a message as fragmentary as an overheard conversation, Endtroducing conveys no apparent conclusion, but begs the mind, body, and soul for some rewind. --Lucas Hilbert

Album Description

DJ Shadow, a.k.a. Josh Davis, could be credited with bringing newfound introspection to the gloating sounds of hip-hop. Condensed with urban oscillations and scatological beats, Endtroducing shutters with eclectic samples and aural montages that reach beyond the constraints of hip-hop style. Enhancing the mix with fundamentals of rock, soul, funk, ambient, and jazz, the modern fusions fail to go unnoticed, even by the casual listener. While most of the tracks are compiled by layering samples from vinyl treasures found in used-record bins, the production quality of the mosaic is unmatched. Darkened melodies carry throughout the album with its eye on the end of the tunnel. The narration samples come from numerous sources and keep the listener involved and waiting for resolution. With a message as fragmentary as an overheard conversation, Endtroducing conveys no apparent conclusion, but begs the mind, body, and soul for some rewind. Universal. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "The Music Comes Through Me...".......2007-07-06

Listening to this now sounds pretty much like it did listening to it when it was first released. And that will be over ten years ago.

I try to avoid cliches but sometimes they are exactly that for a particular reason. In other words they're right. Okay, this still sounds like music beamed down from above. It sounds other-worldly, it sounds elsewhere...very, very different.

One of my friends is almost exclusively into dance music, has seen DJ Shadow live, and yet still can't quite get into this. My own take on it is that it's a DJ album you can't actually dance to. I mean you could if you wanted to but that's not quite the point. It's far more important than that.

It's just the sound of it all. And this is bass-heavy sampled heaven. 'Building Steam With A Grain Of Sand' builds to a scenario where it sounds like the tinkling ivories are battling the angels of heaven or your imagination whereas 'The Number Song' sounds simultaneously like it's old school excitement, something approaching the here and now, and the very future. Scratching and the skattering, clattering drums. Just excitement. And things like trying to remember that this is all sampled music. It is not live. Just very much alive. 'Changeling' has swampy drums drowned in some muddy production before it takes off and that scratching arrives followed by that bass and then...

Listening to this now I'm struck by how fearless it is, how it taps into a neglected part of you. How it just is. How I struggle sometimes to believe there could actually be a mass market for this. For something this challenging.

You may want stand out tracks but if that's the case, i think I'm struggling. Music this spontaneous (and yes, I know it isn't and there's the trick, the very height of the artistry here...)washes over you as a whole. You feel it or you don't but you hardly worry about which track you're listening to.

Having said that though, if you did want moments, that tension in music when things just work, then you might, just might go for 'Stem/Long Stem'. It soothes and then it builds and then...

'Midnight In A Perfect World' is possibly the most perfect song title ever but i'm still stunned that the song itself doesn't disappoint. A most mellow start until the drums arrive but then keyboards soothe and soulful vocals double that effect. An undercurrent of scratching and repeated mantra-like vocals. Midnight. Midnight. Midnight.

I'm probably more stunned though by 'Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain'. That bass. That bass...And then those drums. And the spectral keyboards at the end. Where does he get all this stuff from? And what happens next? And it goes without saying that we will never have an inkling as to how he then does what he does and makes it all fit together.

'What Does Your Soul Look Like' is definitely the most perfect song title ever and as a song surfaces twice here. You decide which version you prefer.

When people talk about an album being groundbreaking they usually mean 'worthy' and not necessarily something you'll want to listen to over and over again. This though is groundbreaking in the real, the true sense of the word...things beyond. Just listen and expect to be swept away.

The beginning and the end of something not yet heard.


4 out of 5 stars In Car Freestyle Session Instrumentals (Rating: 9 out of 10- -4.5 stars).......2007-05-20

What I like about DJ Shadow's album "Entroducing..." is that his music blends in the music of jazz & hip hop. It seems like everytime I'm listening to this album, I'm always driving, stuck in traffic on I-75/85. So to help pass the time, I always drop a rhyme to some of the beats on here. And I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I'm pretty good at it. For all you rappers/lyricists out there, don't tell me "Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96" doesn't make you start flowing. "What Does Your Soul Look Like" is another song to get at.

DJ Shadow really shows the art of turntablism and blending vinyl records and sampling (and I mean at it's best). You really have to understand the type of sound that he is trying to create on every track, and it flows real nice. Most of the track vibe real well, something that a lot of instrumental tracks don't have that much, if at all. "Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt" is one of the tracks that flow so easily

There were some tracks that I weren't feeling too much. "The Number Song" really didn't stand out to me because of it's high energy and high live sounding effect. Also, I personally thought some of the songs were a minute too long (mostly those two song in one track songs). At a point, I was like, "Damn, how long is this song???". Also I'm mad that "Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96" is only 35 seconds long. In my opinion, that is one of the best beats on the album. But thats all the bad things I can think of.

"Entroducing..." is one of the best instrumental tracks you'll hear. At a time in '96 when hip hop was changing, this would have been a breath of fresh air to hear (espically when people were starting to loose their origonality). This album blows The Outsider as well as Funky Skunk away. There are no vocals on here, except for the samples. This is just pure music to vibe to real easily. Whether if you're driving in traffic, or chillin' in your bed, or if your preference is jazz, or hip hop, this is one album that you will enjoy. Peace.

Lyrics: N/A
Production: A+
Guest Appearances: N/A
Musical Vibes: A

Top 5 Favorite Tracks:
1. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)
2. Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt
3. Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96
4. Organ Donor
5. Midnight In A Perfect World

2 out of 5 stars Endtroducing.......2007-03-26

I wish that I could have sampled this selection prior to it's purchase. There may be some entries that might be good for sampling, but I got no goosebumps listening to it. DJ Shadow has some wonderfully creative grooves out there.....just not on this disc.

5 out of 5 stars An Outstanding Album!.......2006-10-05

I got this album about 2 years ago at a mall. What made me get this great album was after hering a song of a music channel playing a song titled:"Building Steam With A Grain of Salt". After hearing that awesome song, I instantly knew I had to get the cd. I listen to every song on the cd and all are very goog indeed. Right now, "Building Steam With a Grain of Salt", "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (Part 4), and "Midnight In A Perfect World". Im sure I left out a couple, but still, all of them are great. Recommendeed to anyone. Enjoy this great artifact.

5 out of 5 stars Sonic Alchemy .......2006-09-01

This record is a perfect example of how a sampler can be used as a instrument to make a album. Midnight In A Perfect world is my favorite track on this album and is probably one of the 25 best songs written or composed in the 20th century. If you see this record missing from someone's collection or know someone who hasn't listened to it , you need to step up and turn them on to it.
Endtroducing...
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A personal Favorite
  • For the record
  • No reason to buy this version
  • review from Synthesis
  • One of the essential albums of the 1990s, if not all time.
Endtroducing...
DJ Shadow
Manufacturer: Island
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009F2C34
Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

  1. Best Foot Forward
  2. Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt
  3. The Number Song
  4. Changeling
  5. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)
  6. Untitled Track
  7. Stem/Long Stem
  8. Mutual Slump
  9. Organ Donor
  10. Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96
  11. Midnight In A Perfect World
  12. Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain
  13. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1 - Blue Sky Revisit)

Tracks:

  1. Best Foot Forward (Alternate Version)
  2. Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt (Alternate Take Without Overdubs)
  3. The Number Song (Cut Chemist Party Mix)
  4. Changeling (Original Demo Excerpt)
  5. Stem (Cops 'N' Robbers Mix)
  6. Soup
  7. Red Bus Needs To Leave!
  8. Mutual Slump (Alternate Take Without Overdubs)
  9. Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)
  10. Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96 (Alternate Take)
  11. Midnight In A Perfect World (Gab Mix)
  12. Napalm Brain (Original Demo Beat)
  13. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Peshay Remix)
  14. D.J. Shadow Live In Oxford, England, Oct. 30, 1997

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A personal Favorite.......2006-09-01

I recommend this for Turntablists and up and coming DJ's. It never gets old and has an unforgetable, unique sound. I have the original copy with just the one disc, but I am sure that the second disc doesn't dissapoint. He is one of the illest! Peace

5 out of 5 stars For the record.......2005-10-15

The old one disc version is no longer in production. The two disc version is the only version you can buy of Endtroducing. Also for the record, the 2nd disc may not be as cohesive and incredible as the first disc, but that is because it's leftover cuts that didn't make the album. Those tracks are there for history and background into what went into make Endtroducing. In short, it is unfair to give this new release anything less than you would have given the old release, because the old one is no longer available, and it contains all of Endtroducing and some extraordinary extras.

2 out of 5 stars No reason to buy this version.......2005-09-26

I love the original release of Endtroducing and was super excited to hear about this two disc set. Man what a waste of money! There is nothing special at all about this version, unless you consider the exact same mix minus a couple talking samples here and there "special." Seriously, that's about it.

In the liner notes, Shadow even says that due to the way he recorded the original there aren't any versions that exist with the tracks separated. You desperately need these separated tracks in order to do anything new and interesting with the remix. By his own admission, these are just some old backups of the almost finished songs. There are also a few half assed remixes, including one of the worst drum and bass remixes I've ever heard. What a wasted opportunity.

The guy's had 10 years to come up with something special and instead he decides to rip off his loyal fans. Trust me, stick to the original one disc version of Endtroducing.

5 out of 5 stars review from Synthesis.......2005-09-22

It probably wasn't something he considered over 10 years ago when he started to piece together his debut album, but after DJ Shadow released Endtroducing the game was changed for good. At the time a sample-based instrumental album was almost nonexistent, especially on a mainstream level, now it seems to be its own genre. There are many who try to capture the feel and emotion of Endtroducing, but most fall short, simply lacking
the soul.
The first disc is a remastered version of the seminal album, and contains the track list from the original UK release, which includes an ambient three-part transmission theme that launches one song to the next. Unless you spent many irie hours studying each layered instrument (which might be the majority of DJ Shadow fans), the revamped version may not seem different; however, the trained ear should appreciate the opened up sound. It was an incredible album out the gate, and this time around it's even better, if that's possible.
Disc number two is where things really get interesting with a collection of remixes, unreleased tracks and alternate takes. For each track off Endtroducing, the second disc offers an alternative such as Cut Chemist's remix of "The Number Song," or the extended overhaul version of "Organ Donor." Some of the more memorable alternates include the Gab mix of "Midnight in a Perfect World" and the unreleased "Red Bus Needs to Leave." As a bonus there is also a 12-minute DJ set recorded live in Oxford. The little quirks in each song will have you listening even closer, while refreshing your interest in the originals.
Not that there was any question, but after withstanding the test of time, Endtroducing can officially be labeled a classic. Eventually someone would have come along and made an instrumental hip-hop album, but Shadow did it first, and raised the bar so high that we'll forever have our hands up.

- Corey Bloom
Synthesis.net

5 out of 5 stars One of the essential albums of the 1990s, if not all time........2005-07-25

Honestly, there's nothing I can add after those first two excellent reviews posted above. All I'll say is that the deluxe edition packaging finally gives this masterpiece the treatment it deserves. A must have for any fine rock library.
Endtroducing...
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • "The Music Comes Through Me..."
  • In Car Freestyle Session Instrumentals (Rating: 9 out of 10- -4.5 stars)
  • Endtroducing
  • An Outstanding Album!
  • Sonic Alchemy
Endtroducing...
DJ Shadow
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000247JJ
Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

  1. Best Foot Forward
  2. Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt
  3. The Number Song
  4. Changeling
  5. Transmission 1
  6. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)
  7. Untitled
  8. Stem/Long Stem
  9. Transmission 2
  10. Mutual Slump
  11. Organ Donor
  12. Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96
  13. Midnight In A Perfect World
  14. Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain
  15. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1 - Blue Sky Revisit)
  16. Transmission 3

Amazon.com

DJ Shadow, a.k.a. Josh Davis, could be credited with bringing newfound introspection to the gloating sounds of hip-hop. Condensed with urban oscillations and scatological beats, Endtroducing shutters with eclectic samples and aural montages that reach beyond the constraints of hip-hop style. Enhancing the mix with fundamentals of rock, soul, funk, ambient, and jazz, the modern fusions fail to go unnoticed, even by the casual listener. While most of the tracks are compiled by layering samples from vinyl treasures found in used-record bins, the production quality of the mosaic is unmatched. Darkened melodies carry throughout the album with its eye on the end of the tunnel. The narration samples come from numerous sources and keep the listener involved and waiting for resolution. With a message as fragmentary as an overheard conversation, Endtroducing conveys no apparent conclusion, but begs the mind, body, and soul for some rewind. --Lucas Hilbert

Album Description

DJ Shadow, a.k.a. Josh Davis, could be credited with bringing newfound introspection to the gloating sounds of hip-hop. Condensed with urban oscillations and scatological beats, Endtroducing shutters with eclectic samples and aural montages that reach beyond the constraints of hip-hop style. Enhancing the mix with fundamentals of rock, soul, funk, ambient, and jazz, the modern fusions fail to go unnoticed, even by the casual listener. While most of the tracks are compiled by layering samples from vinyl treasures found in used-record bins, the production quality of the mosaic is unmatched. Darkened melodies carry throughout the album with its eye on the end of the tunnel. The narration samples come from numerous sources and keep the listener involved and waiting for resolution. With a message as fragmentary as an overheard conversation, Endtroducing conveys no apparent conclusion, but begs the mind, body, and soul for some rewind. Universal. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "The Music Comes Through Me...".......2007-07-06

Listening to this now sounds pretty much like it did listening to it when it was first released. And that will be over ten years ago.

I try to avoid cliches but sometimes they are exactly that for a particular reason. In other words they're right. Okay, this still sounds like music beamed down from above. It sounds other-worldly, it sounds elsewhere...very, very different.

One of my friends is almost exclusively into dance music, has seen DJ Shadow live, and yet still can't quite get into this. My own take on it is that it's a DJ album you can't actually dance to. I mean you could if you wanted to but that's not quite the point. It's far more important than that.

It's just the sound of it all. And this is bass-heavy sampled heaven. 'Building Steam With A Grain Of Sand' builds to a scenario where it sounds like the tinkling ivories are battling the angels of heaven or your imagination whereas 'The Number Song' sounds simultaneously like it's old school excitement, something approaching the here and now, and the very future. Scratching and the skattering, clattering drums. Just excitement. And things like trying to remember that this is all sampled music. It is not live. Just very much alive. 'Changeling' has swampy drums drowned in some muddy production before it takes off and that scratching arrives followed by that bass and then...

Listening to this now I'm struck by how fearless it is, how it taps into a neglected part of you. How it just is. How I struggle sometimes to believe there could actually be a mass market for this. For something this challenging.

You may want stand out tracks but if that's the case, i think I'm struggling. Music this spontaneous (and yes, I know it isn't and there's the trick, the very height of the artistry here...)washes over you as a whole. You feel it or you don't but you hardly worry about which track you're listening to.

Having said that though, if you did want moments, that tension in music when things just work, then you might, just might go for 'Stem/Long Stem'. It soothes and then it builds and then...

'Midnight In A Perfect World' is possibly the most perfect song title ever but i'm still stunned that the song itself doesn't disappoint. A most mellow start until the drums arrive but then keyboards soothe and soulful vocals double that effect. An undercurrent of scratching and repeated mantra-like vocals. Midnight. Midnight. Midnight.

I'm probably more stunned though by 'Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain'. That bass. That bass...And then those drums. And the spectral keyboards at the end. Where does he get all this stuff from? And what happens next? And it goes without saying that we will never have an inkling as to how he then does what he does and makes it all fit together.

'What Does Your Soul Look Like' is definitely the most perfect song title ever and as a song surfaces twice here. You decide which version you prefer.

When people talk about an album being groundbreaking they usually mean 'worthy' and not necessarily something you'll want to listen to over and over again. This though is groundbreaking in the real, the true sense of the word...things beyond. Just listen and expect to be swept away.

The beginning and the end of something not yet heard.


4 out of 5 stars In Car Freestyle Session Instrumentals (Rating: 9 out of 10- -4.5 stars).......2007-05-20

What I like about DJ Shadow's album "Entroducing..." is that his music blends in the music of jazz & hip hop. It seems like everytime I'm listening to this album, I'm always driving, stuck in traffic on I-75/85. So to help pass the time, I always drop a rhyme to some of the beats on here. And I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I'm pretty good at it. For all you rappers/lyricists out there, don't tell me "Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96" doesn't make you start flowing. "What Does Your Soul Look Like" is another song to get at.

DJ Shadow really shows the art of turntablism and blending vinyl records and sampling (and I mean at it's best). You really have to understand the type of sound that he is trying to create on every track, and it flows real nice. Most of the track vibe real well, something that a lot of instrumental tracks don't have that much, if at all. "Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt" is one of the tracks that flow so easily

There were some tracks that I weren't feeling too much. "The Number Song" really didn't stand out to me because of it's high energy and high live sounding effect. Also, I personally thought some of the songs were a minute too long (mostly those two song in one track songs). At a point, I was like, "Damn, how long is this song???". Also I'm mad that "Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96" is only 35 seconds long. In my opinion, that is one of the best beats on the album. But thats all the bad things I can think of.

"Entroducing..." is one of the best instrumental tracks you'll hear. At a time in '96 when hip hop was changing, this would have been a breath of fresh air to hear (espically when people were starting to loose their origonality). This album blows The Outsider as well as Funky Skunk away. There are no vocals on here, except for the samples. This is just pure music to vibe to real easily. Whether if you're driving in traffic, or chillin' in your bed, or if your preference is jazz, or hip hop, this is one album that you will enjoy. Peace.

Lyrics: N/A
Production: A+
Guest Appearances: N/A
Musical Vibes: A

Top 5 Favorite Tracks:
1. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)
2. Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt
3. Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96
4. Organ Donor
5. Midnight In A Perfect World

2 out of 5 stars Endtroducing.......2007-03-26

I wish that I could have sampled this selection prior to it's purchase. There may be some entries that might be good for sampling, but I got no goosebumps listening to it. DJ Shadow has some wonderfully creative grooves out there.....just not on this disc.

5 out of 5 stars An Outstanding Album!.......2006-10-05

I got this album about 2 years ago at a mall. What made me get this great album was after hering a song of a music channel playing a song titled:"Building Steam With A Grain of Salt". After hearing that awesome song, I instantly knew I had to get the cd. I listen to every song on the cd and all are very goog indeed. Right now, "Building Steam With a Grain of Salt", "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (Part 4), and "Midnight In A Perfect World". Im sure I left out a couple, but still, all of them are great. Recommendeed to anyone. Enjoy this great artifact.

5 out of 5 stars Sonic Alchemy .......2006-09-01

This record is a perfect example of how a sampler can be used as a instrument to make a album. Midnight In A Perfect world is my favorite track on this album and is probably one of the 25 best songs written or composed in the 20th century. If you see this record missing from someone's collection or know someone who hasn't listened to it , you need to step up and turn them on to it.
Endtroducing...
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Amazing!
  • Essential for anyone with a pulse.....
  • PERFECT
Endtroducing...
DJ Shadow
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005RNY
Release Date: 1998-06-30

Album Details

Japanese Pressing to Contain Two Bonus Tracks: 'red Bus Needs to Leave'& 'in Flux'.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Amazing!.......1999-12-22

This album is perfect for anyone even remotely interested in hip hop, trip hop, electra, or even techno or garage. Tracks in perticular like Organ Donor and Building Steam with a grain of salt, make it worth buying alone, but the whole album is consistently beautiful music - I recommend this album to everyone.

5 out of 5 stars Essential for anyone with a pulse............1999-08-12

This cd i got as a joke because my friends always made fun of how many dj's had weird names, like dj "krush", or dj "spooky", ....or dj "shadow". so, just to see what the fuss was about, i bought the cd on a whim, and i haven't regreted it since. the man is unbelievable.... this cd is pure energy....the fact that shadow takes so many beautiful sounds and crafts them into intricate works of art, like "midnight in a perfect world" or "what does your soul look like?", makes me appreciate him even more. from electrifying pieces like "the number song", which gets me moving all the time, to the melancholic "stem/long stem", he is the reason i got into listening to dj's and artists like him in the first place, and i will swear by this album until the day i die.

5 out of 5 stars PERFECT.......1998-10-24

Absolutely THE best album in my collection. I can listen to it thousands of times and still get something different out of it. I love this album. DJ Shadow is the best musician working today.

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  1. Fabric 19
  2. Galvanise [CD-single] [EP] [Import]
  3. Ghetto Discotheque [Import]
  4. Godskitchen Divine [Import]
  5. Greece 2000 [CD-single] [Import]
  6. Hit N Run Lover [Import]
  7. It's a Circus World [Import]
  8. Jumbo [CD-single] [Import]
  9. La La Land [CD-single] [Import]
  10. Lion Grion Zion [Import]

Album Review

album review

Album Review

Duty Free Remixed [Import]

Piano Concertos 3

Masters of the German Baroque

Music: Mosaic

Munich Pt.2 [CD-single] [Limited Edition] [Import]

Leatherwolf

Jubilation, Vol. 3 (Country Gospel)

Once Upon a Time

Mantra Mix [Import]

Mozart: Concertos Nos. 17 & 18

Jazz In Black & White [Live]

Serie Retratos [Limited Edition] [Import]

New York Afterhours...Vol. 1

The Essential Recordings, Vol. 2

A Groove So Deep: The Live Sessions