The Private Press is the second studio album by American hip hop producer DJ Shadow, released by MCA Records on June 4, 2002. It peaked at number 44 on the Billboard 200 chart.
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| rev6Score = 7.0/10
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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 24 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
Track listing
- All tracks written by Josh Davis, while any other track was co-written with other writers.
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- DJ Shadow – production, arrangement, art direction
- Tim Young – mastering
- Keith Tamashiro – art direction
- B+ – photography
Charts
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