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Beck - Odelay Audio CD

A fair review of the Beck "Odelay" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Beck reviews here, or go back to the Beck tabs.

Beck Band: Beck
Title: Odelay
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Release Date: 1996-06-18
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Devils Haircut 2: Hotwax 3: Lord Only Knows 4: New Pollution 5: Derelict 6: Novacane 7: Jack-Ass 8: Where It's At 9: Minus 10: Sissyneck 11: Readymade 12: High 5 (Rock the Catskills) 13: Ramshackle

One of Becks Best...
Good Job Amazon keep up the good work. I was looking online for this Cd for a while, amazon had it for the best price. Not a fake review. I can prove it, I love the Miami Dolphins. See I told you. Buyakasha Respect.


My fortunate introduction to Beck
I had not heard of Beck prior to having it recommended to me. After years of absorbing classical and jazz, I have recently begun to gain an education in other styles of music. I am so glad I picked up this album! The sounds, the revolutionary ideas, the crazy songwriting. . . all come together to make this an amazing album.

I am not an expert in this music, so I will leave the detailed, long-winded reviews to those that know what they are talking about. I like it!.


Rightfully praised modern masterwork of distorted grooves
Some selections might have grown a tad tiresome over the decade, lacking the truly scuzzy heart of another masterpiece of his, the previous lo-fi odyssey Mellow Gold, or the production wit of Midnight Vultures. Long considered pioneering white-boy, fusion-funkster-extraordinaire Beck's masterpiece, Odelay may in fact be the greatest summation of this man's dirty pop, distinctly reeling in his dance, rock, funk and experimental sides in the most cohesive and accessible disc of his career to that date by far. . . but in the end captures this influential modern artist at his commercial and creative crossroad best.


Wait for Deluxe reissue
This will have the original album plus 2 tracks on the first cd. If you plan on buying this, be aware that there is a deluxe edition coming out January 29, 2008. the second cd will have b-sides and remixes. It will probably cost around 25-30 bucks. .


(4.5 stars) "That was a good drum break..."
Like last time out, he often succeeds in bridging the gap between rap and everything else, most notably rap, surf-rock and techno on the amazing yet stupid "Devils Haircut" (with lyrics that mock death-metal), and rap, jazz, and soul on the brilliant, sample-laced hit single "Where It's At", which to many is Beck's shot at artistic credibility. Beck's second album is often called his masterpiece, and I'm not arguing much. But it's every bit "goofy novelty" as "Loser". Let us not forget that a lot of samples on the song are from an obscure sex-ed record. Yeah, that's mature. Thankfully, I can't praise the song enough: the samples are amazingly integrated into the song, the organ is beautiful, and every time I hear the song, I pick up on something I previously missed. Plus who can forget that chorus? "I got two turntables and a microphone!" He also pumps out a couple very solid alt-rockers, like the nerdy "Hotwax" and "New Pollution", which ends in an unforgettable sax loop. And just to prove his eclectism, he throws in some odd material like the Eastern drone "Derelict" and the impossible-to-classify, overbearing "Novocain", which has turntables, buzzing guitars, hip-hop drums, R&B horns, bass, electric piano, and vocals all going at more-or-less the same time. To me, that's where the album caves in - it's like he was trying to show us just how much noise he could pack into four-and-a-half minutes. This is redeemed by the ironically beautiful (or should I say ironic beauty?) of "J*cka**", a very lovely song with a title that suggests just the opposite. Confused? So am I. But there are times when I think only Beck knows what he's intending. It contains a deadly accurate Dylan harmonica interpretation, provided by Them (it's a sample of Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" - again, seamlessly incorporated!). Continuing on my "Beck-does-everything!" thread, "Minus" is a solid bit of sludgy hard rock, and the humorous "Sissyneck" is entertaining country-funk. Yes, that's right, country-funk. And "High 5 (Rock the Catskills)" is the closest thing to pure rap I've ever heard Beck do. Well, up until that weird classical loop that he throws in just for the sake of throwing it in. And then turns around and delivers heavy guitars. Okay, forget what I said about pure hip-hop. It's a super song, though - that spoken part at 2:40, after those weird samples, is funny, all right. And unexpected. I'm unsure what I think of "Ramshackle", though: it's pretty and well-written, but it's kinda boring and has a kinda crappy hidden track - just a minute of Beck strangling his guitar. Thanks, man! But the songwriting here is exceptional; it's eclectic; and it's packed with all kinds of weird surprises. And Beck's a capable multi-instrumentalist, adding guitars (lead, rhythm, and slide), bass, drums, a wide variety of keyboards, and vocals. "Novocain" is horrible, but most the rest is stellar. .


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