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The Private Press | 
| Artist: Dj Shadow
Label: Universal / Island
Category: Music
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 4641
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 63
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 731458698227
EAN: 0731458698227
ASIN: B000066BY1
Release Date: August 25, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Letter From Home | | • | Fixed Income | | • | Un Autre Introduction | | • | Walkie Talkie | | • | Giving Up The Ghost | | • | Six Days | | • | Mongrel... | | • | ...Meets His Maker | | • | Right Thing / GDMFSOB | | • | Monosylabik Parts 1 & 2 | | • | Mashin' On The Motorway | | • | Blood On The Motorway | | • | You Can't Go Home Again | | • | Letter From Home | | • | Giving Up The Ghost |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
California's Josh Davis--aka DJ Shadow would have no easy ride in making The Private Press after his debut Endtroducing wreaked havoc in the dance and hip-hop communities. Constructed entirely around samples, yet defiantly and thrillingly original, it took searching for dusty breaks in old thrift stores to new levels. With its serious b-boy underpinnings and potently stark soundtrack feel, it heralded in a whole new era of instrumental hip-hop. A zillion copycats have landed on the bandwagon since, but Shadow has kept on top of his game, keeping his hand in with various collaborations (Blackalicious, Unkle, Cut Chemist and superlative 12s like "High Noon" and "Pre-emptive Strike". Now, a full six years later, he's back with a follow up that is every bit as impressive as his debut but in a different way. Once again, the producer has pushed his sampler to the limits, but this time he's brought with it a deeper, hungrier, more bad-ass spirit that's rarely found in modern dance music. There's a fabulous 80s vibe throughout (seen principally on tracks like "Monosylabik" and "You Can't Go Home Again") and the expected forays into b-boy culture (check the funky-ass collaboration with Lateef "Mashin On The Motorway"). While it's identifiably Shadow, it ain't "Endtroducing…Part 2". It is a worthy and imaginative follow up with humour, wisdom and musical understanding aplenty. It'll definitely enhance any record collection. --Paul Sullivan
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
Can we start giving half stars? Its really worth 4 and a half...... December 12, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I probably should have done this review earlier, but it just seems the right time to get people to listen to properly GOOD music (dance music seems to have gone down the drain a bit).
Josh Davis has come up with another winner here, in a sense that this album is quite removed from Endtroducing. As reviewers have said already (and i agree), this is a more "song"-orientated album, allowing you to skip to a favourite song, whereas endtroducing was more an album to listen through in one go.
The reason i give it 4 (but 4 1/2 in my heart), is because of the two dud tracks slap bang in the middle of the album (namely 'Right thing' and' Monosylabik'). Definitely not DJ Shadow quality.
This shouldn't detract anyone from the rest of the album though, as it is brilliant. I can't pick out any stand-out track really, but i am drawn to 'you can't go home again' and 'six days'.
Definitely an album to get especially if, like me, you're stuck at university and surrounded by cheesy music 24/7. Otherwise, get it anyway. No disappointments included.
Worthy celebration of the joys of music March 14, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Read the liner notes: This is abstract post modern music. It's not supposed to convey any messages. It's apolitical and completely without ego. Rather it's a celebration of modern popular music and the position it holds in modern society. Mr. Davis writes that there should be something here to make everyone smile. I think he succeeded there, there is something for everyone. Unfortanately, this is the albums major downfall. The versitility makes for a fractured listen, and there's no guarantee that you'll like every track.Me, I like pretty much all of it. However, I usually skip past the tedious old skool hip hop of Un Autre Introduction and Walkie Talkie, and Mashing on the Motorway grinds a bit, (the obscenities are funny but anachronistic) but the remainding tracks are pure quality. Letter From Home and Fixed Income make for a suitably ominous opening, setting a mood that is perfectly complimented by my personal favourite, Six Days. It's the song that made me by the album in the first place, and it's easily as good as anything on Endtroducing, if not better. Ah, Endtroducing, the album to which this will ALWAYS be compared. So how does it compare? Well, it's more song based. Endtroducing flowed beautifully to create an overall satisfying listening experience. With the Private Press, on the other hand, it's easier to dip in, listen to one or two songs, without missing the bigger picture. As an analogy, I'd liken Endtroducing to a stream you kayak down. The Private Press is more like a series of picturesque ponds in a landscaped garden. They should all be judged on their individual merits. As such, there are some brilliant pieces of music on here. Everyone WILL find something they like about it, but very few people will like all of it. A fractured masterpiece then, like Electric Ladyland or The White Album for the B-Boy generation.
 still waiting...... January 28, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
After such a highly acclaimed fist solo album in Endtroducing... which showed Josh Davis to be amongst the greatest and experimental of producers a follow up LP was eagerly anticipated and to an extent demanded by an over-awed audience . 'The Private Press' is as an album as experimental as its predecessor but feels like a selection of individual tracks (ranging from staggering to just plain daft) put together to fill an album just to stifle a demand . Since its release many of the tracks have been tinkered with (see The Private Repress) by a whole host of producers and made more appealing to differing tastes which would suggest that the bones are there but the flesh is missing . The album suffers for a lack of flow between tracks which was Endtroducing's greatest strength , something I'd expected would have come naturally from someone from a 'DJ' background . If you've newly discovered Shadow from Endtroducing... my advice would be to source the 'In tune and on time' CD/DVD and buy that instead .
 Awesome July 23, 2004
3 out of 28 found this review helpful
Buy it now
Six Years... Six... June 25, 2004
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
It's really not a bad album and I would give it 3 and 1/2 stars if I could...
I don't know but I like to see that artist has progressed in some way when his new album comes out, but I find substance of 'Private Press' too similar to stuff on'Endtroducing'('Giving Up The Ghost' can easily be mistaken for a track from that album), but I guess you can't expect an artist to change his style every time he makes a new album and to make a great album too, can't you?.
More on, in comparison to 'Endtroducing' there are some tracks that seem more user friendly and I'm sure MTV audience will be very pleased, but they lack on uniqueness and depth. Like 'Six Day War' which sounds good, but is an ordinary trip-hop treat and one with a message on morality of war too, how highly original...
I must say that I actually liked 'Monosylabik' and 'Mashin On Motorway', that have some creativity and good groove in them but probably won't make you dazzled and hungry for more.
In my opinion there are some pretty cool tracks on this album too, like 'Mongrel' and 'You Can't Go Home Again' and 'Blood On The Motorway' is o.k.
All in all 'Private Press' is a good album, and still better than majority of hip hop albums that record companies serve to the massess and DJ Shadow is a very interesting figure on the today's stagnant scene, and he did push the boundaries of the genre once before, so go ahead and try it, and please don't expect it to be 'your ordinary hip hop DJ' he is something more.
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