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Released
  
January 13, 1998

Length
  
61:11

Release date
  
13 January 1998

Producer
  
DJ Shadow

Recorded
  
1991–1997

Artist
  
DJ Shadow

Label
  
FFRR Records

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Trip hop

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Preemptive Strike (1998)
  
The Private Press (2002)

Similar
  
DJ Shadow albums, Trip hop albums

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Preemptive Strike is the first compilation album by the American hip hop producer DJ Shadow, released on January 13, 1998 by Mo'Wax Recordings. The album contains singles by Shadow released by the Mo'Wax label between 1991 and 1997.

Contents

Personnel

  • Josh Davis - production, mixing, engineering

    • Track listing

    1. "Strike 1" – 0:26
    2. "In/Flux" – 12:12
    3. "Hindsight" – 6:52
    4. "Strike 2" – 0:15
    5. "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 2)" – 13:51
    6. "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 3)" – 5:12
    7. "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)" – 7:12
    8. "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1)" – 6:21
    9. "Strike 3 (And I'm Out)" – 0:26
    10. "High Noon" – 3:57
    11. "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)" – 4:26

    Additional releases

    When Preemptive Strike was first released, it included a bonus track on a second disc, which featured DJ Q-Bert in a megamix titled "Camel Bobsled Race (DJ Shadow Megamix)".

    Preemptive Strike was also released in Japan under the Toy's Factory label (catalog number: TFCK-87954), and limited to only 2,000 copies worldwide. It included two bonus tracks not released on the U.S. version, "The Number Song (Cut Chemist Remix)" and a remix of Depeche Mode's "Painkiller (Kill The Pain Mix)." It also had a completely different packaging and was dedicated to the memory of Paul Ballenger [1].

    On the vinyl release, "Strike 1," "Strike 2," and "Strike 3," were removed, leaving the album with

    1. "In/Flux"
    2. "Hindsight"
    3. "High Noon"
    4. "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)"
    5. "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (Part 2)"
    6. "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (Part 3)"
    7. "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (Part 4)"
    8. "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (Part 1)"

    Samples

    In/Flux

  • "Listen" and "Part-e,s" by The Watts Prophets
  • "Energy" and "Bad Tune" by Earth, Wind & Fire
  • "Footprints" by A Tribe Called Quest
  • "Number One" by Jimmy Smith
  • "Carry On Brother" and "Turbulence" by Eddie Harris
  • "Never Can Say Goodbye" by David T. Walker
  • "Howling For Judy" by Jeremy Steig
  • "Twinkles" by Chase
  • "Good Old Music" by Funkadelic
  • "Discovery" by Alan Ross
  • "Swing Low Sweet Cadillac" by Dizzy Gillespie
  • "Music Man" by Abel
  • "New York City: The Bitter End" by Franklin Ajaye
  • "Chippin" by Melvin Van Peebles
  • "The Loud Minority" by Frank Foster
  • "De System" by Mutabaruka
  • "Social Narcotics" by Bama The Village Poet
  • "Souled Out" by James Wesley Jackson
  • "Learning To Live" by Dick Gregory

    • Hindsight

  • "The Landlord" by Al Kooper
  • "We Live in Brooklyn Baby" and "He's a Superstar" by Roy Ayers
  • "Mahdi (The Expected One)" by Tower of Power
  • "Barnes Shoots Elias" from the soundtrack to "Platoon" by Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
  • "Hot Rock Soundtrack" by Quincy Jones
  • Spoken words from the movie Star Wars

    • What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 2)

  • "Edge of Time" by The Growing Concern
  • "War of the Gods" by Billy Paul
  • "Girl on the Moon" by Foreigner
  • "Take Three and C" by Drum Session
  • "Webb of Jim Collage (MacArthur Park/Yard Went On Forever)" by Mystic Moods
  • "The Yard Went on Forever" by Richard Harris
  • Spoken words from the movie Brainstorm
  • Spoken words from the movie Johnny Got His Gun
  • Spoken words and sound effects from George Lucas' movie THX 1138

    • What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 3)

  • "Twin City Prayer" by Hollins and Starr
  • "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps
  • Spoken words by William Hurt from the movie Altered States

    • What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)

  • "The Vision and the Voice Part 1 - The Vision" by Flying Island
  • Spoken words by Billy Zane from the movie Dead Calm
  • "Monica" by The People's People
  • "Numbers" by Kraftwerk

    • What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1)

  • "The Voice Of The Saxophone" by Heath Brothers
  • "Joe Splivingates" by David Young
  • "All Our Love" by Shawn Phillips
  • "Edge Of Time" by The Growing Concern
  • Spoken words by William Hurt from the movie Altered States
  • Spoken words from the movie Westworld

    • High Noon

  • "The Answer Is No" by Giant Crab
  • "Flashing" and "Day Tripper" by Jimi Hendrix
  • "Airborne" by Michael Garrison

    • Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)

  • "Tears" by Giorgio
  • "Judy Goes on Holiday" by Supersister
  • "Change le Beat" by B-Side and Fab Five Freddy

    • Songs

    1Strike 10:28
    2In-Flux12:14
    3Hindsight6:53

    References

    Preemptive Strike (album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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