Preemptive Strike

Preemptive Strike
Compilation album by DJ Shadow
Released	January 13, 1998
Recorded	1991–1997
Genre	Instrumental hip hop Trip hop
Length	61:11
Label	Mo'Wax
Producer	DJ Shadow
DJ Shadow chronology
Endtroducing..... (1996) Preemptive Strike (1998) The Private Press (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B [3]
Pitchfork Media	8.4/10 [4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
Sputnikmusic	[6]
Almost Cool	[7]

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

1. "Strike 1" – 0:26
2. "In/Flux" – 12:12
3. "Hindsight" – 6:52
4. "Strike 2" – 0:15
5. "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 2)" – 13:51
6. "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 3)" – 5:12
7. "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)" – 7:12
8. "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1)" – 6:21
9. "Strike 3 (And I'm Out)" – 0:26
10. "High Noon" – 3:57
11. "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)" – 4:26

Additional releases

When Preemptive Strike was first released, it included a bonus track on a second disc, which featured DJ Q-Bert in a megamix titled "Camel Bobsled Race (DJ Shadow Megamix)".

Preemptive Strike was also released in Japan under the Toy's Factory label (catalog number: TFCK-87954), and limited to only 2,000 copies worldwide. 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 completely different packaging and was dedicated to the memory of Paul Ballenger [1].

On the vinyl release, "Strike 1," "Strike 2," and "Strike 3," were removed, leaving the album with

1. "In/Flux"
2. "Hindsight"
3. "High Noon"
4. "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)"
5. "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (Part 2)"
6. "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (Part 3)"
7. "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (Part 4)"
8. "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (Part 1)"

Samples

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
• "Learning To Live" by Dick Gregory

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 Star Wars

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
• "Take Three and C" 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
• "Monica" by The People's People
• "Numbers" by Kraftwerk

What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1)

• "The Voice Of The Saxophone" by Heath Brothers
• "Joe Splivingates" by David Young^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• "All Our Love" by Shawn Phillips
• "Edge Of Time" by The Growing Concern
• Spoken words by William Hurt from the movie Altered States
• Spoken words from the movie Westworld

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

References