Preemptive Strike (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Preemptive Strike
Type = Compilation album
Artist = DJ Shadow

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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 of DJ Shadow's singles released on the UK record label Mo'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)" – 4:26

Additional 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" 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

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 ""

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
*"Shelly's Blues" 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"

What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1)
*"The Voice Of The Saxophone" by Heath Brothers
*"All Our Love" by Shawn Phillips
*"Edge Of Time" by The Growing Concern
*Spoken words by William Hurt from the movie "Altered States"

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