Zen (DJ Krush album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Zen
| type = studio
| artist = DJ Krush
| cover = Zenalbumcover1.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2001|01|24}} (Japan){{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/DJKRUSH/discography/SRCL-4995|title=ディスコグラフィ | Sony Music|work=Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)|access-date=May 14, 2017}}
{{Start date|2001|08|07}} (Overseas)
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop, trip hop, downtempo, electronic
| length = {{Duration|m=63|s=40}}
| label = Sony Music Entertainment Japan, RED Ink Records
| producer = DJ Krush
| prev_title = Kakusei
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = The Message at the Depth
| next_year = 2002
}}
{{nihongo|Zen|漸|Zen}} is the sixth solo studio album by Japanese hip hop producer DJ Krush. It was released in 2001. It peaked at number 66 on the Oricon Albums Chart.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/zen-mw0000011722|title=Zen - DJ Krush|work=AllMusic|first=John|last=Bush|access-date=May 14, 2017}}
| rev2 = Billboard
| rev2score = favorable{{cite magazine|first=Rashaun|last=Hall|title=Reviews & Previews|magazine=Billboard|date=September 29, 2001|page=18}}
| rev3 = Creative Loafing
| rev3score = mixed{{cite web|url=http://www.clatl.com/music/article/13006761/record-review|title=Record Review|work=Creative Loafing|first=Tony|last=Ware|date=December 12, 2001|access-date=May 14, 2017}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
}}
John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "DJ Krush works his way into a vision of sublime, downbeat hip-hop that's a snug fit with the title." Rashaun Hall of Billboard said, "Zen finds DJ Krush a true master of emotion".
At the 2002 AFIM Indie Awards, it won the award for Dance Album.{{cite magazine|first=Chris|last=Morris|title=Wainwright, Parton Take Indie Awards|magazine=Billboard|date=March 23, 2002|page=10}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Song 1
| length1 = 5:18
| title2 = Zen Approach
| note2 = featuring Black Thought
| length2 = 4:15
| title3 = Danger of Love
| note3 = featuring Zap Mama
| length3 = 5:38
| title4 = Sonic Traveler
| note4 = featuring Tunde Ayanyemi
| length4 = 5:59
| title5 = Duck Chase
| note5 = featuring Phonosycographdisk
| length5 = 4:26
| title6 = Vision of Art
| note6 = featuring Company Flow
| length6 = 4:10
| title7 = Day's End
| note7 = featuring Kazufumi Kodama
| length7 = 4:45
| title8 = With Grace
| note8 = featuring N'Dea Davenport
| length8 = 6:12
| title9 = Candle Chant (A Tribute)
| note9 = featuring Boss the MC
| length9 = 6:26
| title10 = Endless Railway
| note10 = featuring Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson
| length10 = 6:32
| title11 = Whut'z da Solution
| note11 = featuring Kukoo Da Baga Bonez
| length11 = 4:23
| title12 = Paradise Bird Theory
| note12 = featuring Sunja Lee
| length12 = 5:36
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
!scope="col"| Chart !scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|France|136|artist=DJ Krush|album=Zen|rowheader=true|access-date=October 8, 2018}} |
| scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/5054/|title=DJ Krush|work=Oricon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725080003/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/5054/|archive-date=July 25, 2013|access-date=May 20, 2017}}
| 66 |
|---|
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- {{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/jun/07/artsfeatures|title=Zen and the art of noise|work=The Guardian|first=Don|last=Phillips|date=June 7, 2001}}
- {{cite magazine|first=Rashaun|last=Hall|title=Words & Deeds|magazine=Billboard|date=September 15, 2001|page=43}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|45151|Zen}}
{{DJ Krush}}
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