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Beck Odelay [Deluxe Edition] Release Date: 2008 01 29 Label: Geffen Rating:

Beck's debut, Mellow Gold, was a glorious sampler of different musical styles, careening from lo-fi hip-hop to folk, moving back through garage rock and arty noise. It was an impressive album, but the parts didn't necessarily stick together. The two albums that followed within months of Mellow Gold -- Stereopathetic Soul Manure and One Foot in the Grave -- were specialist releases that disproved the idea that Beck was simply a one-hit wonder. But Odelay, the much-delayed proper follow-up to Mellow Gold, proves the depth and scope of his talents. 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. Songs frequently morph from one genre to another, seemingly unrelated genre -- bursts of noise give way to country songs with hip-hop beats, easy listening melodies transform into a weird fusion of pop, jazz, and cinematic strings; it's genre-defying music that refuses to see boundaries. All of the songs on Odelay are rooted in simple forms -- whether it's blues ("Devil's Haircut"), country ("Lord Only Knows," "Sissyneck"), soul ("Hotwax"), folk ("Ramshackle"), or rap ("High 5 [Rock the Catskills "Where It's At") -- but they twist the conventions of the genre. "Where It's At" is peppered with soul, jazz, funk, and rap references, while "Novacane" slams from indie rock to funk and back to white noise. 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. [Geffen reissued a Deluxe Edition in 2008.] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Devil's Haircut	King, Simpson, Beck	3:15
2	Hotwax	King, Simpson, Beck	3:49
3	Lord Only Knows	Beck	4:15
4	New Pollution	King, Simpson, Beck	3:39
5	Derelict	King, Simpson, Beck	4:13
6	Novacane	King, Simpson, Beck	4:37
7	Jack-Ass	King, Simpson, Beck	4:12
8	Where It's At	King, Simpson, Beck	5:30
9	Minus	Beck	2:32
10	Sissyneck	King, Simpson, Beck	3:57
11	Readymade	King, Simpson, Beck	2:37
12	High 5 (Rock the Catskills)	King, Simpson, Beck	4:11
13	Ramshackle	Beck	4:47
14	Hidden Track	King, Simpson, Beck	0:43
15	Deadweight [*]	King, Simpson, Beck	6:12
16	Infero [#][*]	King, Simpson, Beck	7:03
17	Gold Chains [#][*]	King, Simpson, Beck	4:59
18	Where It's At [U.N.K.L.E. Remix]	King, Simpson, Beck	12:26
19	Richard's Hairpiece [Aphex Twin Remix of DeVil's Haircut]	King, Simpson, Beck	3:19
20	American Wasteland [Mickey P. Remix of DeVil's Haircut]	King, Simpson, Beck	2:42
21	Clock	King, Simpson, Beck	3:17
22	Thunder Peel	Beck	2:40
23	Electric Music and the Summer People	King, Simpson, Beck	4:38
24	Lemonade	Beck	2:21
25	Sa-5	Beck	1:53
26	Feather in Your Cap	Beck	3:46
27	Erase the Sun	Beck	2:56
28	.000.000	Beck	5:25
29	Brother	Beck	4:47
30	Devil Got My Woman	James	4:34
31	Trouble All My Days	Beck	2:25
32	Strange Invitation	Beck	4:06
33	Burro	Beck	3:13

Releases:

Year	Type	Label
2008	CD	Geffen

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