Preemptive Strike (album)

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Preemptive Strike
Compilation album by DJ Shadow
Released	January 13, 1998
Recorded	1991–1997
Genre	Hip hop Trip-Hop Acid rap
Length	61:11
Label	Mo'Wax
Producer(s)	DJ Shadow
Professional reviews
Rolling Stone link All Music Guide link Sputnikmusic link
DJ Shadow chronology
Endtroducing..... (1996)	Preemptive Strike (1998)	The Private Press (2002)
Alternate cover
Japanese album cover

Preemptive Strike is a retrospective compilation album of DJ Shadow's singles released on the UK record label Mo'Wax between 1991-1998.

[edit] Personnel

• Josh Davis - production, mixing, engineering

[edit] 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

[edit] 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:

1. Influx
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)