The Private Press

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The Private Press
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 4, 2002 (2002-06-04)
StudioThe Parlor of Mystery
Genre Instrumental hip hop [1]
Length56:57
Label MCA
Producer DJ Shadow
DJ Shadow chronology
Preemptive Strike
(1998)
The Private Press
(2002)
The Private Repress
(2003)
Singles from The Private Press
  1. "You Can't Go Home Again"
    Released: 2002
  2. "Six Days"
    Released: 2002
  3. "Mashin' on the Motorway"
    Released: 2003

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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly A− [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
NME 6/10 [8]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(Letter from Home)"
  • Josh Davis
1:09
2."Fixed Income"
  • Davis
  • Steve Cataldo
4:49
3."Un Autre Introduction"
  • Davis
  • François Bernard
  • Michaël Larcanche
0:44
4."Walkie Talkie"
  • Davis
2:27
5."Giving Up the Ghost"
  • Davis
6:30
6."Six Days"
  • Davis
  • Brian Farrell
  • Dennis Oliveri
5:02
7."Mongrel..."
  • Davis
  • Franco Falsini
2:20
8."...Meets His Maker"
  • Davis
  • Falsini
3:02
9."Right Thing/GDMFSOB"
  • Davis
4:20
10."Monosylabik"
  • Davis
6:46
11."Mashin' on the Motorway"
  • Davis
  • Lateef Daumont
2:58
12."Blood on the Motorway"
  • Davis
9:12
13."You Can't Go Home Again"
  • Davis
7:03
14."(Letter from Home)"
  • Davis
0:57
Japanese edition CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
15."Flashback"3:51
16."Dark Days (Main Theme)"4:30
Limited edition CD bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Giving Up the Ghost" (original version)6:14
Limited edition CD bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Pushin' Buttons Live" (featuring Cut Chemist and DJ Nu-Mark)12:41
Tour edition CD bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Right Thing" (Z-Trip 'get the party off mix' in three parts)6:18
2."Six Days" (Soulwax mix)5:18
3."GDMFSOB" (Unkle uncensored)6:26
4."Six Days" (remix)3:52
5."Walkie Talkie" (radio edit)3:16
6."Mashin' on the Motorway" (radio edit)2:39

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
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

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)Position
Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [24] 161

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