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2011 album by DJ Shadow

2011 studio album by DJ Shadow

The Less Y'all Know, the Better
The Less You Know, the Better - DJ Shadow.jpg
Studio album by

DJ Shadow
Released September 30, 2011 (2011-09-30)
Recorded 2009–xi
Genre
  • Hip hop
  • instrumental hip hop
  • trip hop
  • electronica
Length 59:22
Label Island
Producer DJ Shadow
DJ Shadow chronology
The Outsider
(2006) 		The Less You lot Know, the Better
(2011) 		The Mountain Will Fall
(2016)
Singles from The Less You lot Know, the Better
  1. "I've Been Trying"
    Released: September 2010
  2. "I Gotta Rokk"
    Released: May 17, 2011
  3. "Warning Call"
    Released: September 7, 2011
  4. "Scale Information technology Back"
    Released: November 4, 2011

The Less You Know, the Ameliorate is the fourth studio album past American hip hop producer DJ Shadow, released on September 30, 2011 by Island Records. As with his previous efforts, it relies extensively on samples, which bridge different genres and time periods. The anthology sees Shadow exploring many genres and production styles, from fast-paced tracks prominently featuring guitars and scratching to slow tracks featuring pianos. Contributions came from a wide range of artists, including Talib Kweli, Afrikan Boy, Posdnuos, and Tom Vek.

The album received mixed to positive reviews, with critics being divided over its mix of styles. General consensus among critics was that despite its shortcomings, information technology was an overall solid attempt and an improvement over Shadow'southward previous album The Outsider (2006). The anthology's release was preceded past the singles "Def Surrounds The states" / "I've Been Trying" and "I Gotta Rokk", equally well every bit the EPs Scale It Back and I'm Excited.

Groundwork and development [edit]

Later the release of his 2006 album The Outsider, Shadow brought his focus less on the production of new cloth. Even so, on March 7, 2009, he appear that he was working on music for a new anthology. Though no release date was given, he assured that "it [would] sound different from the final one". Speaking nearly recording sessions for the album, Shadow stated that "the hardcore work started just afterward Thanksgiving of 2009." He stated that he worked "at least eight-plus hours a day at least five or six days a week" and that the making of the album took about a year.[i]

In the fourth dimension leading up to the release of the album, Shadow would gradually release preview material from the album. The first of the new music to be revealed was a preview of the track "Def Surrounds U.s.", announced to be from his then-untitled quaternary anthology. More material was revealed in an August 2010 gig in Antwerp, Belgium, where Shadow played some tracks he claimed to exist from his upcoming album, though stating that the album was not still gear up and that he would proceed working toward having it set for his 2011 tour. The full version of "Def Surrounds Us", forth with another track, "I've Been Trying", were also revealed by Shadow on Zane Lowe'southward BBC Radio 1 testify, followed by a express unmarried release featuring the two tracks.

Finally, on May ten, 2011, DJ Shadow confirmed via his Facebook page and official website that his new album, revealed to be entitled The Less You Know, the Better, was finished and that information technology would be released the post-obit September.[2]

Problems faced during the album's evolution included copyright and sample clearance problems, which led to the withdrawal of an EP released in back up of the album, I'm Excited, and delays on the album's release.[3] Afterwards these problems were resolved, a final release date in September was announced.

Asked to review the album, Shadow described the album as "cute", and stated that he hoped the album would be "timeless" and not restricted to any time period. He besides explained that he wanted the album to be able to "appeal to the minds of people, and have them accept what I've done."[4]

"I don't put out a tape every twelvemonth then I can see what others are doing and learn from that and encounter things that are happening. Then I feel that a good record from me never defines 2011 -- it should exist totally timeless and be able to live in any era. I think I've done that with this 1. It'due south different at times [...] only I don't call up information technology's a huge divergence from anything I've ever done. And I retrieve my fans who have been there since Endtroducing will actually like this i."[4]

Themes [edit]

Shadow has connected many themes to various aspects of the anthology. Speaking about the album'south championship, The Less You Know, the Amend, Shadow explained:

"Any adept album title has multiple meanings, and I like choosing titles where I find myself repeating it, almost like a mantra. But this one'due south partly about being stuck overnight at some aerodrome final in Dallas and having CNN and Fox blasting my encephalon out for no apparent reason. I always just sit at that place and say, 'Who asked for this?'"[1]

In the concluding ten years technology has been so aggressively marketed to us, but there's no censor on the internet saying, "Hey, what if nosotros're moving too quickly here?"

DJ Shadow, 2011.

A theme that Shadow oftentimes connects to the anthology's title and artwork is the influence of applied science in modern times. When asked what the album'south title referred to, Shadow explained about what he felt was the aggressive marketing of technology in modern times.[v] The Internet has too been frequently mentioned by Shadow when describing the album's title; he stated that he believes that the Cyberspace "has been sold to u.s. as our savior" and that as a person working in an industry "decimated by the Internet", he has experienced "a weird duality: the net was supposed to democratize communication, just the opposite seems to have happened."[six] The album's cover, designed by American creative person Tony Papesh, depicts a smartphone painting over the album's title; the album'due south cover has been continued with Shadow's stand up on technology, also equally single covers and other promotional art for the album.[six]

Shadow explained that the album's title besides referred to the experiences of recording artists in the yr 2011: he described some of these experiences as "a bit silly." He as well described the difficulty for an artist to gain attending, explaining: "It'south actually hard to get people to pay attending if all you're doing is putting out an album. It only matters to people if you're wearing a meat dress or slagging off your peers or generally behaving like an ass. So it's satire and I'm the barrel of the joke."[five]

Release [edit]

On May x, 2011, DJ Shadow confirmed via his Facebook page that the anthology would be released in September.[2] The aforementioned day, he too released an EP chosen I Gotta Rokk, which contained remixes of material from the album. This was followed by the release of another EP, I'k Excited, on July 29, 2011. Nonetheless, copyright bug caused the withdrawal of the EP and delays on the release of The Less You Know, the Better. [three]

Shadow so stated that the anthology would be released on September 5.[7] Nonetheless, delays pushed the album'due south release to its final release engagement of October three, 2011.[8]

Singles [edit]

The album's first single, the double A-side release "Def Surrounds U.s." / "I've Been Trying", was shipped to selected tape stores in the United States and the United Kingdom and placed in other random European stores in September 2010 to coincide with Shadow's tour in the continent.[ix] Terming the practise as "shop-placing", Shadow released the single in vinyl format beforehand considering of his belief that "downloads are so impersonal and soulless."[ix] Each 12-inch vinyl copy of the single features its own distinct sleeve blueprint, well-nigh of which originated from drawings past Shadow's children; some copies bear stickers reading "Please add together to the artwork before y'all pass it along."[ten] The tracks were later made available to download on his official website on September 13, while a release to the iTunes Store followed a week later on.[9] [11]

The 2nd unmarried from The Less You lot Know, the Better, "I Gotta Rokk", was released on May 17, 2011 as a digital EP featuring the title runway and remixes of tracks from the album.[12] Nate Patrin of Pitchfork wrote that the EP'south tracks "suggest a new management more along the lines of what people expected from [Shadow] 10 years agone" and graded the release 7.0/10.[13] It was later on featured on the Super Bowl XLIX TV spot for the 2015 film Terminator Genisys. "I'1000 Excited", featuring Afrikan Male child, was premiered on DJ Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 program on July 7, 2011 and was intended to exist the follow-upwardly single in promotion of the album.[14] However, the release of an accompanying EP was shelved due to issues involving an uncleared sample on its title rails,[15] [xvi] which was ultimately excluded from the last track listing of The Less You Know, the Better.[17] The music video for "I'g Excited", directed past Ian Pons Jewell, was released on August 24, 2011.[eighteen]

"Warning Call", featuring Tom Vek, was made available for free download on DJ Shadow's official website on September 7, 2011 to those who liked the artist's Facebook page.[19] Upon official release equally a single, information technology peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Mexico Ingles Airplay chart.[twenty] On December four, 2011, "Scale It Back", featuring Little Dragon, was released every bit the album's fourth overall single.[21] It peaked at number 28 on the United mexican states Ingles Airplay chart[20] and at number 43 on the Belgian Ultratip singles chart for the region of Flemish region.[22] The music video for "Scale It Back", released on November ten, 2010, was directed by Ewan Jones Morris and Casey Raymond and consists of a single long take highlighting various subjects, including a pterodactyl, a Viking, and a puppet monkey.[23] "Come on Riding (Through the Creation)" was issued as a limited edition 7-inch single for Tape Shop 24-hour interval on April 18, 2012, with all gain going to the Teenage Cancer Trust.[24] To coincide with the release, the organizers of the Secret vii" projection held a competition inviting artists to transport in their designs for the unmarried's record sleeve.[25]

Critical reception [edit]

Professional person ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.0/10[26]
Metacritic 62/100[27]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [28]
The A.V. Club B−[29]
The Daily Telegraph [30]
The Guardian [31]
The Independent [32]
NME 5/10[33]
Pitchfork 4.5/10[34]
Q [35]
Rolling Stone [36]
Spin six/x[37]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Less You lot Know, the Amend received an average score of 62, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 25 reviews.[27] Andrew Perry of The Daily Telegraph wrote positively of the anthology, stating that it upholds the "pioneering spirit" of Shadow'due south debut release Endtroducing..... by "regularly straying from the constrictions of classic hip hop."[xxx] John Bush of AllMusic cited The Less You Know, the Better as "ane of the most entertaining albums of the year, with countless moments of brilliance" and wrote that it "sounds closer to his archetype Endtroducing..... than whatsoever of his others, as though Shadow's finally willing to embrace his career landmark instead of constantly play against type."[28] Writing for Rolling Stone, Will Hermes wrote that while the album "may lack his debut'south soul-jazz seamlessness, information technology compensates with bipolar freakiness."[36]

The Guardian 'due south Dave Simpson described the anthology every bit "a hit-and-miss affair",[31] while Spin 's Rob Harvilla similarly characterized information technology as "equal parts frustrating and beauteous", though as well "nowhere near every bit antagonistic equally 2006'due south hyphy-saturated The Outsider".[37] David Amidon of PopMatters wrote that "anyone who picks up The Less You Know has a right to be disappointed, especially considering the name of the creative person on the spine."[38] However, he nonetheless described the album every bit a "perfectly enjoyable listen" in spite of its shortcomings and a "return to form for Shadow, his best work since Individual Press, and, most importantly, fun to listen to."[38] Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune gave most praise to the album'due south "dark, shape-shifting mood pieces".[39]

While criticizing The Less Y'all Know, the Better for what he felt was a lack of a coherent mood, describing it every bit "a highly schizophrenic drove", J.R. Moores of Drowned in Sound ultimately praised it as an improvement over The Outsider and "a step in the correct management."[xl] BBC Music author Ian Wade best-selling that while the album "will only ever stand in the vast shadow that its creator has cast since releasing the unprecedented Endtroducing, The Less You Know, the Better isn't a bad album at all, and will likely grow into something far more impressive, something that isn't quite evident on first play. Like The Private Press, it could be one the listener returns to downward the line and wonders how information technology didn't initially click."[41] Sam Richards of NME, nevertheless, felt that the album sounded "like the piece of work of a human being struggling to recall his motivations for making music in the outset place."[33]

Track listing [edit]

No. Title Writer(due south) Length
1. "Back to Front (Circular Logic)" Josh Davis 2:04
2. "Border Crossing" Davis three:36
3. "Stay the Course" (featuring Talib Kweli and Posdnuos) Davis, Talib Greene, Kelvin Mercer three:36
iv. "I've Been Trying" Davis 3:12
5. "Sad and Solitary" Davis, Gérald Boulet, Pierre Harel iii:09
half-dozen. "Warning Phone call" (featuring Tom Vek) Davis, Thomas Vernon 3:35
7. "Tedium" Davis two:26
viii. "Enemy Lines" Davis, Peter Agnew, Manny Charlton, Dennis McCafferty, Darrell Sweet 5:23
9. "Going Nowhere" Davis 0:28
x. "Redeemed" Davis, Stefan Fredin, Christer Åkerberg, Myrna Summers iv:26
xi. "Run for Your Life" Davis 3:24
12. "Give Me Back the Nights" Davis 3:54
xiii. "I Gotta Rokk" Davis 6:29
14. "Scale It Back" (featuring Little Dragon) Davis, Erik Bodin, Yukimi Nagano, Fredrik Wallin, Arild Werling, Håkan Wirenstrand 4:16
15. "Circular Logic (Forepart to Dorsum)" Davis, Klaus Krüger, Mike Rudd iv:55
xvi. "(Not So) Sad and Lonely" Davis, Boulet, Harel iv:29
Total length: 59:22
Deluxe edition bonus tracks[42]
No. Championship Author(s) Length
17. "Come up on Riding (Through the Cosmos)" Davis, Paul Cotton 4:47
18. "Def Surrounds Us" Davis vii:37
19. "Permit's Get It (Bass, Bass, Bass)" Davis 3:41
Total length: 75:27
Samples
  • "Sad and Lonely" and "(Non So) Deplorable and Lonely" contain samples of "I'm Deplorable and I'm Lonely", performed past Susan Reed, and "Faut que j'me pousse", written past Gérald Boulet and Pierre Harel, and performed by Offenbach.
  • "Warning Call" contains samples of "City Rises", performed by Saigon.
  • "Enemy Lines" contains samples of "Loved and Lost", written past Peter Agnew, Manny Charlton, Dennis McCafferty and Darrell Sweet, and performed by Nazareth.
  • "Redeemed" contains samples of "Andra Sidan", written by Stefan Fredin and Christer Åkerberg, and performed by Trettioåriga Kriget.
  • "I Gotta Rokk" contains samples of "Woman" and "Milk shake Yourself Alive", performed by The Harlemans, and "Backseat Driver" and "Hot on Your Heels", performed past Steeler.
  • "Circular Logic (Front to Back)" contains samples of "Disciplin", written and performed by Klaus Krüger, and "The Question", written past Mike Rudd, and performed past Spectrum.
  • "Come on Riding (Through the Creation)" contains samples of "One Equus caballus Blue", written by Paul Cotton fiber, and performed by One Horse Blue.

Personnel [edit]

Credits for The Less You Know, the Better adapted from album liner notes.[43]

Charts [edit]

Release history [edit]

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