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Released
  
June 4, 2002

Artist
  
DJ Shadow

Producer
  
DJ Shadow

Length
  
56:57

Release date
  
4 June 2002

Label
  
Island Records

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The Private Press(2002)
  
The Private Repress(2003)

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Trip hop, Electronica, Electronic dance music

Similar
  
DJ Shadow albums, Trip hop albums

Letter from home


The Private Press is the second studio album by American record producer DJ Shadow. It was released on June 4, 2002, by MCA Records to widespread acclaim from critics.

Contents

Dj shadow giving up the ghost


Release

The single "Six Days" featured a promotional video directed by Wong Kar-wai. "Blood on the Motorway" was featured in a TV commercial for the British mobile phone network O2 and for the BBC advert for Darwin: The Genius of Evolution.

The limited edition version of The Private Press has different packaging, and includes "Giving Up the Ghost (original version)" and a bonus disc featuring "Pushin' Buttons Live," a 12-minute live track featuring Cut Chemist and DJ Nu-Mark.

The album was given a Parental Advisory warning, because the tracks "Walkie Talkie" and "Mashin' on the Motorway" contain several uses of profanity. An edited version also exists with the profane moments re-edited.

The Private Repress was released in 2003, consisting of remixed tracks and b-sides from the recording era.

The song "Blood on the Motorway" was featured in the ending scene of the film dot the i and in the film Better Luck Tomorrow.

Track listing

  1. (Letter from Home) – 1:09
  2. "Fixed Income" – 4:49
  3. "Un Autre Introduction" – 0:44
  4. "Walkie Talkie" – 2:27
  5. "Giving Up the Ghost" – 6:30
  6. "Six Days" – 5:02
  7. "Mongrel..." – 2:20
  8. "...Meets His Maker" – 3:02
  9. "Right Thing/GDMFSOB" – 4:20
  10. "Monosylabik" – 6:46
  11. "Mashin' on the Motorway" – 2:58
  12. "Blood on the Motorway" – 9:12
  13. "You Can't Go Home Again" – 7:03
  14. (Letter from Home) – 0:57
  15. Giving Up the Ghost (original version) – 6:14 – in the limited edition
A limited edition version of the album came with an additional single track CD. The track was "Pushin' Buttons Live" and featured guest appearances from Jurassic 5 DJs Cut Chemist and DJ Nu-Mark.

Samples

"(Letter from Home)"

  • A recorded letter (a "Recordio-Gram") by Nubella Johnson.

    • "Fixed Income"

  • "She's Gonna Grow on You" by Sensations' Fix
  • "Million Grains of Sand" by Marcus
  • "Bright Shadows" by Beaver and Krause
  • "Voyage to Cleveland" by Saint Steven
  • "Love Eyes" by Phluph
  • "Beacon from Mars" by Kaleidoscope
  • "With Cat-Like Thread" by Spindrift Liberate

    • "Un Autre Introduction"

  • "Jingle Overture (Discoteque)" by François Bernard and Roby

    • "Walkie Talkie"

  • "Life Story" by The Hellers
  • "Gangster Rap" by Hollywood
  • "Feel the Heartbeat" by The Treacherous Three
  • "My Philosophy" by Boogie Down Productions
  • "So I'm Down" by Brown Dust
  • "The Medium is the Massage" by Marshall Mcluhan

    • "Giving Up the Ghost"

  • "Bound to Be" by The Dream Academy
  • "Asparagus" by Anthony Gnazzo

    • "Six Days"

  • "I Cry in the Morning" by Dennis Olivieri
  • "Six Day War" by Colonel Bagshot
  • "Drummer's Salute" by The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
  • "The Revival" by The Salvation Co.
  • "Savoy Truffle" by Terry Manning

    • "Mongrel...Meets His Maker"

  • "Strange About Your Hands" by Sensations' Fix
  • "Little Waterfalls" by The Facedancers
  • "Thoughts" by Iliad
  • "Fantasy World" by James Knight and the Butlers

    • "Right Thing/GDMFSOB"

  • "Ask Me Why the Tape Wobbles" by Barry O'Brian
  • "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" by Information Society
  • "Mooses Saloon" by Smile
  • "Work the Box" by The Children
  • "Disco Duck (Part 1)" by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots
  • "Here (In the Garden)" by Gypsy
  • "Techno Scratch" by Knights of the Turntables

    • "Monosylabik"

  • "Plenty Action" by Soft Touch
  • "I Need Your Loving" by The Whitney Family

    • "Mashin' on the Motorway"

  • "Sunshine" by David Wertman
  • "All Along the Watchtower" by Savage Grace
  • "You Best Give It Up" by Jessie and the Mel-O-Tones
  • Dialogue from the film Roger and Me ("He just wanted us to call him Captain Da. He said you could call me Da-Da. Whatever that meant.")

    • "Blood on the Motorway"

  • "It's Coming" by Thomas F. Browne
  • "It's Easy" by Marc Z
  • "Gli Uccelli" by Franco Battiato
  • "Louisiana Fog" by Charlie Musselwhite

    • "You Can't Go Home Again"

  • "Life is a Gamble" by Preacher
  • "El Condor Pasa" by Los Incas

    • Songs

    1(Letter From Home)1:09
    2Fixed Income4:49
    3Un autre introduction0:45

    References

    The Private Press Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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