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Endtroducing.....

Endtroducing.....
Endtroducing..... cover
Studio album by DJ Shadow
Released November 19 1996
Recorded 1996
Genre Electronica, Hip hop
Length 63:27
Label Mo' Wax
Producer DJ Shadow
Professional reviews
DJ Shadow chronology
Endtroducing.....
(1996)		 Preemptive Strike
(1998)

Endtroducing..... is the first studio album by turntablist DJ Shadow, released in 1996. It is noted for being built entirely from samples of other audio. The album received near-unanimous worldwide critical acclaim upon release.

Structure and release

Entroducing is structured completely out of sampled elements, including hip hop, jazz, funk, psychedelia, old television shows, interviews and percussion tracks. The entirety of the album was composed on an MPC60, a machine which Shadow would later pass on to Chief Xcel. The album has been cited in Guinness World Records as being the first album created entirely from sampled sources.

In 2005 DJ Shadow released a "Deluxe Edition" of the album with a second disc containing demos and alternate versions of original tracks, tracks exclusive to CD singles and a vintage live set recorded on October 30, 1997.

The album's cover depicts Solesides members Lyrics Born and Chief Xcel in Records, a record store in Sacramento, California.[1]

Reception

NPR included Endtroducing..... in its list of the top 300 songs and albums of the 20th century.[2] In 2006, the album was chosen by TIME as one of the 100 best albums of all time.[3]

Personnel

Track listing

  1. "Best Foot Forward" – 0:48
  2. "Building Steam With a Grain of Salt" – 6:41
  3. "The Number Song" – 4:38
  4. "Changeling/Transmission 1" – 7:51
  5. "What Does Your Soul Look Like, Part 4" – 5:08
    • This track was not included in the vinyl LP release for space reasons.
  6. " " – 0:24
  7. "Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2" – 9:22
  8. "Mutual Slump" – 4:03
  9. "Organ Donor" – 1:57
  10. "Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96" – 0:41
  11. "Midnight in a Perfect World" – 5:02
  12. "Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain" – 9:23
  13. "What Does Your Soul Look Like, Part 1: Blue Sky Revisit/Transmission 3" – 7:28

Deluxe edition bonus disc

  1. "Best Foot Forward (Alternate Version)" - 1:16
  2. "Building Steam With a Grain of Salt (Alternate Take Without Overdubs)" - 6:43
  3. "Number Song (Cut Chemist Party Mix)" - 5:14
  4. "Changeling (Original Demo Excerpt)" - 1:00
  5. "Stem (Cops 'N' Robbers Mix)" - 3:48
  6. "Soup (Single Version)" - 0:44
  7. "Red Bus Needs to Leave" - 2:45
  8. "Mutual Slump (Alternate Take Without Overdubs" - 4:21
  9. "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)" - 4:29
  10. "Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96 (Alternate Take)" - 0:54
  11. "Midnight in a Perfect World (Gab Mix)" - 4:55
  12. "Napalm Brain (Original Demo Beat)" - 0:35
  13. "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Peshay Remix)" - 9:24
  14. "Live In Oxford, England Oct. 30 1997" - 12:35

Samples

The following lists some of the songs and sounds sampled for Endtroducing.[4]

Best Foot Forward

Building Steam with a Grain of Salt

  • "I Worship You" by Lexia
  • "I Need You" by H.P. Riot
  • "I Feel a New Shadow" by Jeremy Storch
  • "Music Makers: Percussion" by the Chevron/Standard Oil Company of California (1974) From an interview with George Marsh, jazz drummer, percussionist

The Number Song

Changeling/Transmission 1

What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 4

  • "The Vision and the Voice, Part 1 - The Vision" by Flying Island

Untitled (Track 06)

  • "Grey Boy" by Human Race

Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2

  • "Tears" by Giorgio Moroder
  • "Love Suite" by Nirvana
  • "Linde Manor" by Dennis Linde
  • "Dolmen Music" by Meredith Monk
  • "The Human Abstract" by David Axelrod
  • "The Madness Subsides" by Pekka Pohjola
  • "Freedom" (spoken word) by Murray Roman
  • "Variazione III. (Tredicesimo Cortile)" by Osanna
  • The Dream Message from Prince of Darkness
  • "Blues So Bad" by The Mystic Number National Bank
  • "Oleo Strut" by Steve Drews (as part of Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co.)

Mutual Slump

Organ Donor

  • "Tears" by Giorgio Moroder
  • "Someone" by Bill & Tim
  • "PM or Later (Instrumental)" by The New Breed
  • "There's a DJ in Your Town" by Samson & Delilah

Midnight in a Perfect World

Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain

  • "'Pon a Hill" by T. Rex
  • "Walk on By" by Joann Garrett
  • Dialogue from The Aurora Encounter
  • "Moment of Truth" by Charles Bernstein
  • "My Goodness" by Daly-Wilson Bigband
  • "A Funky Kind of Thing" by Billy Cobham
  • "Let the Homicides Begin" by Top Priority
  • "Soul Brothers Testify" by The Original Soul Senders

What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 1: Blue Sky Revisit

References

  1. ^ http://www.the-breaks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17911
  2. ^ NPR 100: Master List of top 300 Songs. National Public Radio. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
  3. ^ Tyrangiel, Josh; Light, Alan (2006-11-13). The All-TIME 100 Albums. TIME. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
  4. ^ TheBreaks.com album samples. Retrieved on January 27, 2007.
  • Wilder, Eliot (October 2005). 33⅓ Endtroducing.... London: Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-1682-9. 

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