The Private Press

Vibe - 3 discs out of 5 - "...The vibe here is more overtly bumptious...Shadow is working angles his contemporaries haven't thought of yet..." NME - 6 out of 10 - "...This is the fetishasation of sound for its own sake...That's not to say there aren't great moments here..." CMJ - "...An astounding achievement that should easily catapult Shadow back into the spotlight...soul stirring beats, irrepressible DJ theatrics, personality and humor....Completely captivating and flawlessly imaginative..." Mojo - Ranked #36 in Mojo's "Best Albums of 2002" Q - 4 out of 5 stars - "...Much of [the album] evokes a dream-state between waking and sleeping....Davis is a man who takes himself incredibly seriously, with his intense demeanour and slavish devotion to hip hop..." Rolling Stone - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002" Rolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A moody, murky album...and fascinating in its own right....A 57-minute pastiche of beats, sound effects, machine hums, found voices and mock-symphonic patterns of robot noise, shifting from texture to texture almost casually..." Mojo - "...An intense experience, precisely focused yet disarmingly ambiguous....You will hear few finer records this year." Spin - Ranked #19 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year" - "...Indelibly shaped by hip-hop but lured astray by every other sound in the universe." Q - 3 stars out of 5 - "Josh 'DJ Shadow' Davis is undeniably a master of his craft..." Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.104) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002" Spin (1/03, p.71) - Ranked #19 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year" - "...Indelibly shaped by hip-hop but lured astray by every other sound in the universe." Mojo (1/03, p.76) - Ranked #36 in Mojo's "Best Albums of 2002" Rolling Stone (6/20/02, pp.81-2) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A moody, murky album...and fascinating in its own right....A 57-minute pastiche of beats, sound effects, machine hums, found voices and mock-symphonic patterns of robot noise, shifting from texture to texture almost casually..." Q (May 2002, p.107) - 4 out of 5 stars - "...Much of [the album] evokes a dream-state between waking and sleeping....Davis is a man who takes himself incredibly seriously, with his intense demeanour and slavish devotion to hip hop..." Vibe (7/02, p.135) - 3 discs out of 5 - "...The vibe here is more overtly bumptious...Shadow is working angles his contemporaries haven't thought of yet..." Mojo (5/02, p.96) - "...An intense experience, precisely focused yet disarmingly ambiguous....You will hear few finer records this year." NME (5/18/02, p.35) - 6 out of 10 - "...This is the fetishasation of sound for its own sake...That's not to say there aren't great moments here..." CMJ (6/02, p.5) - "...An astounding achievement that should easily catapult Shadow back into the spotlight...soul stirring beats, irrepressible DJ theatrics, personality and humor....Completely captivating and flawlessly imaginative..."

Second album from the American trip hop producer, DJ Shadow follows on from the highly acclaimed 1996 album 'Entroducing'. Using samples from various sources, including 1950's private press records, DJ Shadow creates laidback hip hop instrumentals incorporating cinematic sounds and psychedelic influences.|