# DJ Shadow — Midnight in a Perfect World

DJ Shadow’s Midnight in a Perfect World (1996) appears on 2 of our lists — Trip-Hop and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred, highest at No. 4 in Trip-Hop. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1996
- **Label:** Mo' Wax
- **On:** Trip-Hop and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- **ISRC:** GBAQH9600061
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [DJ Shadow](https://waxonia.com/artist/dj-shadow/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/dj-shadow--midnight-in-a-perfect-world/

## What 2 lists say

### No. 4 in [Trip-Hop](https://waxonia.com/genre/trip-hop/)

Assembled entirely from other people's records and somehow completely personal. Shadow proved sampling could be authorship rather than borrowing.

### Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/)

Built entirely from other people's records and yet unmistakably one person's. The high point of sampling as a compositional discipline rather than a shortcut.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/DJ%20Shadow%20Midnight%20in%20a%20Perfect%20World) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=InFbBlpDTfQ)

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