Diminishing Returns [Import]

DJ Shadow | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 2, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
• ASIN: B00284G36Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,929 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. War Is Hell [#][*]

Editorial Reviews

Legendary 2CD set, originally released in 2003, repackaged in a gatefold digipak. Disc 1 a Hip Hop adventure, veering from Crunk to Old School to Electro to UK First-Wave to Breaks & Beats. Disc 2 is psych rock, & includes an exclusive & previously unreleased original "War is Hell"

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent, November 22, 2009

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Bill Your 'Free Form FM Handi Cyber Print DJ ... (Mahwah, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diminishing Returns (Audio CD)

From what I gather, this is DJ Shadow's John Peel session. For those of you coming out of hip hop and not classic rock, John Peel was a BBC DJ from the late 1950s into the 2000s. He did live sessions with all the new bands, ranging from Led Zepplin to 80s rock. To get on his show was a badge. It meant you were really good, and about to crack from being a cult band to being in the majors.

Shadow had long made it when he got onto Peels show, but Peel always knew the edge when he heard it--he understood new music into our era, dispite being a big brand in progressive rock.

Diminishing Returns is an extremely dynamic mix by Shadow. It starts with hip hop, but Shadow's revision of the music; layers and layers of samples that make the genre as thick as the most complex jazz or or art rock.

He sure delivers here--listening is like a nuclear sound blast. I have this on LP, and frankly, I have never heard frequences this low or this rich on vynal. I am not even a big rap fan, but in Shadow's godly hands, I find myself reevaluating.........No: I am down with that
s-----t up in this b----ch

And then, proving the point that makes Shadow so class A, he goes into obscure revisions of classic rock songs. This guy has one of the biggest collections in the world. He realizes, and shows us, it is all encompessing and all connected.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Holy [cow], July 1, 2003

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T. Hirashima "geek" (SF, CA) - See all my reviews
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I have a recording of the original BBC broadcast of this mix, straight off the radio, and it's pretty amazing. First part of the mix is old school hip hop jams expertly mixed, second half is 60's-70's pop-rock tunes. An odd juxtaposition that moves from upbeat to melancholy, but it works well. I personally am DYING to find a tracklisting, but it seems to be even more elusive than the album itself. I'd highly recommend picking this one up if you can find it.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars power, January 17, 2010

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Jacek Antoniuk - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diminishing Returns (Audio CD)

cd1 its review 80's Hip-hop compilation, cd2 its different - sunrise pop - best compilation I've ever heard!!!