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| Released | June 4, 2002 | |||
| Studio | The Parlor of Mystery | |||
| Genre | Instrumental hip hop [1] | |||
| Length | 56:57 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | DJ Shadow | |||
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The Private Press is the second studio album by American hip hop producer DJ Shadow, released by MCA Records on June 4, 2002. It peaked at number 44 on the Billboard 200 chart. [2]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− [5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [7] |
| NME | 6/10 [8] |
| Pitchfork | 7.0/10 [9] |
| Q | [10] |
| Rolling Stone | [11] |
| Uncut | [12] |
| The Village Voice | A [13] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 24 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [3]
David Browne of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "When Shadow incorporates a bit of '80s synth-pop here or industrial grind there, he's like a conductor waving in new instrumentalists with the flick of his wrist." [5] Pascal Wyse of The Guardian commented that "It is strange for someone who 'creates' so few of his own sounds to have such a distinctive voice, but Shadow finds little ghosts in other people's music and sets them free." [6] Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone called it "an album full of playful experiments." [11]
Spin included the album on the "40 Best Albums of 2002" list. [14]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Flashback" | 3:51 |
| 16. | "Dark Days (Main Theme)" | 4:30 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Giving Up the Ghost" (original version) | 6:14 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pushin' Buttons Live" (featuring Cut Chemist and DJ Nu-Mark) | 12:41 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] | 21 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] | 20 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [17] | 54 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [18] | 37 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [19] | 21 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [20] | 75 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [21] | 16 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [22] | 8 |
| US Billboard 200 [2] | 44 |
| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [23] | 3 |
| Chart (2002) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [24] | 161 |
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