DJ Shadow ‎– Endtroducing.....

I've just finished listening to this from start to finish for the first time in probably 10 years. Not sure why I haven't dusted it off in that time maybe because i overplayed it like hell for the first 10 years. Even though I know these tracks inside out it still made me think "this is amazing, something special is coming out of the speakers" Everything about it is pretty much perfection. The sound of a man with a sampler, an amazing record collection and a whole head full of ideas. One of the greatest Hip-Hop Albums of all time (Yeah you can keep your "trip hop" or other bullshit labels to yourself this is Hip Hop to the core ;)

This is the version I have in relation to the runout codes but it's not a gatefold. Anyone know why?

I'm not much for writing reviews, and this took me a week to write and over 20 years to be able to articulate. This album is quite possibly the best album ever assembled by a DJ. All modesty aside, Josh Davis, aka DJ Shadow put together samples and beats that are unparalleled by today's standards. When I think of each track, I cannot think of a better sample or sound, or piece of music, to put in place of what is there... I can't. It is almost as if by some sort of unnatural force, that he was able to find the perfect sounds and lay them down in all the right places. Over the years, without question, it has become his Citizen Kane: He has not been able to live the album down. However, I personally don't feel he should. I feel he should embrace the fact he made a masterpiece. For as to embrace it, doesn't mean you must be locked into it, but for what it is, to acknowledge what it meant for music can only help him grow as an artist. And for me, what this has meant in my life. I, for one, am eternally grateful he made this album. I have listened to at least one track from this album every day since I was 18 in 1996. Great music is timeless. And Entroducing... is just that... timeless. Thank you, Josh. And please continue to make great music.

Where's Transmission 2 at??? Beautiful little track, a shame it isn't on this pressing.

Pretty terrible pressing for one of my personal favorite records of all time. Kind of a shame, but I'm glad I've got it.

Sounds like tinned shit, though.

"...DJ Shadow is the Jimi Hendrix or Jimmy Page of the Sampler"
-NME I think the Phil Collins era Genesis of the sampler would have been more accurate.

Sound quality is fine, pressing quality could be better. Sounds cheaply pressed, looks like it too. Noisy and dull. Too bad for such a killer album.

No stickers, no gatefold, so what, sounds great. The US original wasn't a gatefold either..