- Preemptive Strike (album)
Infobox Album
Name = Preemptive Strike
Type = Compilation album
Artist =DJ Shadow
Released =January 13 ,1998
Recorded = 1991–1997
Genre = Hip hop
instrumental hip hop
Length = 61:11
Label =Mo'Wax
Producer =DJ Shadow
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0qozef5kogf1 link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.4/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17067-preemptive-strike link]
* "Rolling Stone " Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/228189 link]
Last album = "Endtroducing..... "
(1996)
This album = "Preemptive Strike"
(1998)
Next album = "The Private Press "
(2002)
Misc ="Preemptive Strike" is a retrospective
compilation album ofDJ Shadow 's singles released on the UK record labelMo'Wax between 1991-1998.Personnel
*Josh Davis - production, mixing, engineering
Track listing
# "Strike 1" – 0:26
# "In/Flux" – 12:12
# "Hindsight" – 6:52
# "Strike 2" – 0:15
# "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 2)" – 13:51
# "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 3)" – 5:12
# "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)" – 7:12
# "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1)" – 6:21
# "Strike 3 (And I'm Out)" – 0:26
# "High Noon" – 3:57
# "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)" – 4:26Additional releases
When "Preemptive Strike" was first released, it included a bonus track on a second disk. It featured DJ Q-Bert in a megamix entitled, "Camel Bobsled Race (DJ Shadow Megamix)".
"Preemptive Strike" was also released in Japan under the
Toy's Factory label (catalog number: TFCK-87954). 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 different album cover.On the vinyl release, "Strike 1", "Strike 2" and "Strike 3" were removed, leaving the album with:
# "In/Flux"
# "Hindsight"
# "High Noon"
# "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)"
# "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (Part 2)"
# "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (Part 3)"
# "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (Part 4)"
# "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (Part 1)"amples
In/Flux
*"Listen" and "Part-e,s" byThe Watts Prophets
*"Energy" and "Bad Tune" byEarth, Wind & Fire
*"Footprints" byA Tribe Called Quest
*"Number One" by Jimmy Smith
*"Carry On Brother" and "Turbulence" byEddie Harris
*"Never Can Say Goodbye" byDavid T. Walker
*"Howling For Judy" byJeremy Steig
*"Twinkles" by Chase
*"Good Old Music" byFunkadelic
*"Discovery" byAlan Ross
*"Swing Low Sweet Cadillac" byDizzy Gillespie
*"Music Man" byAbel
*"New York City: The Bitter End" byFranklin Ajaye
*"Chippin" byMelvin Van Peebles
*"The Loud Minority" by Frank Foster
*"De System" byMutabaruka
*"Social Narcotics" byBama The Village Poet
*"Souled Out" byJames Wesley Jackson Hindsight
*"The Landlord" byAl Kooper
*"We Live in Brooklyn Baby" and "He's a Superstar" byRoy Ayers
*"Mahdi (The Expected One)" byTower of Power
*"Barnes Shoots Elias" from the soundtrack to "Platoon" byVancouver Symphony Orchestra
*"Hot Rock Soundtrack" byQuincy Jones
*Spoken words from the movie ""What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 2)
*"Edge of Time" by The Growing Concern
*"War of the Gods" byBilly Paul
*"Girl on the Moon" by Foreigner
*"Shelly's Blues" byDrum 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" byHollins and Starr
*"It's a New Day" bySkull Snaps
*Spoken words byWilliam 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 byBilly Zane from the movie "Dead Calm"What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1)
*"The Voice Of The Saxophone" byHeath Brothers
*"All Our Love" byShawn Phillips
*"Edge Of Time" by The Growing Concern
*Spoken words byWilliam Hurt from the movie "Altered States "High Noon
*"The Answer Is No" byGiant Crab
*"Flashing" and "Day Tripper" byJimi Hendrix
*"Airborne" by Michael GarrisonOrgan Donor (Extended Overhaul)
*"Tears" by Giorgio
*"Judy Goes on Holiday" bySupersister
*"Change le Beat" by B-Side andFab Five Freddy
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