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Odelay - Beck

Rating: 7/10
All Music Guide said:
  • Odelay fuses the disparate strands of Beck's music folk, country, hip-hop, rock & roll, blues, jazz, easy listening, rap, pop into one dense sonic collage.
  • With the aid of the Dust Brothers, Beck has created a dense, endlessly intriguing album overflowing with ideas. Furthermore, it's an album that completely ignores the static, nihilistic trends of the American alternative/independent underground, creating a fluid, creative, and startlingly original work.

    nosmiles agrees: Between techno, folk, acoustic and rock, there is plenty of well-blended diversity on this album. Beck is talented not only musically, but also with organization making this album flow beautifully.

    Best Aspect: Diversity
    Worst Aspect: Musical Changes
    Yay: The New Pollution, Readymade, Novacane, Derelict.
    Nay: Lord Only Knows, High 5.
    Hits: Devils Haircut, The New Pollution, Jack-Ass, Where It's At
    Similar: Cornershop, Eels, Hayden
    Style: Indie/Alt Rock

    • Track List
    1. Devils Haircut
    2. Hot Wax
    3. Lord Only Knows
    4. The New Pollution
    5. Derelict
    6. Novacane
    7. Jack-Ass
    8. Where It's At
    9. Minus
    10. Sissyneck
    11. Ready Made
    12. High Five (Rock the Catskills)
    13. Ramshackle