Guero

This list loves Beck - is this album 3 or 4? - but I don’t quite get it. There’s a few cool tracks but nothing really moves you or stands out.

More Beck. Just meandering, wishy-washy alternative bleh that goes forever. This is a problem with the 1001 albums list: the complete lack of imagination. Beck had one semi-hit in the 90s, so the author latches on and includes a bunch more albums. It's really noticeable with those Gen X darling alternative artists - Beck, Bjork, Fiona Apple etc. None of them are particularly good songwriters, they never have albums that make for an enjoyable 45min or whatever, they've never done anything of note beyond the 1-2 things they're well-known for, but here they are. They're a step above one-hit wonders, but not by much. 2/5.

10/10 I seriously love how Beck is just doing whatever he wants constantly jumping between all these amazing different styles it’s amazing

Hard to follow up to the very popular Maiden album. I suspect this one might not catch as much. This is one of my fav albums by this artist. I’ve listened to it a hundred times and there might be a spectrum of “growing on you” with repeated listenings. I had pirated a leak of it back in 2005 and listened to it a lot. When the final album dropped, it was enhanced by all sorts of production accents and small tweaks to the mix. Beck is good at finding cool sounding combinations of sounds and words (I love when he says “cliche wasted hate taste tested in Hell Yess). You may recognize the artwork on the album; it was done by winnipegger Marcel Dzama who also did the art for Reconstruction Site by the Weakerthans just a couple of years prior. Musically, I think beck is at his best here imo. I really like when he goes the pop/rock route and this album has something for everyone. A lot of the songs are danceable. Epro has a badass riff that’s fun to jam along to. A good amount of nonsense lyrics which I respect beck for. I really like the song Missing because it is lovingly melancholy, something that Beck can do very well in previous records like Sea Change. I have a feeling we will be seeing a lot more beck on this list!!

One of Beck's best and most consistent albums. I actually think the weakest tracks are the first 2. E-pro is by no means a bad song but after playing it for years on guitar hero and the fact that the song doesn't really go anywhere makes it a strange and not the best opener. Guero is a better song imo but sometimes I'm just not in the mood to hear all the constant background noises. They do lend the song it's vibe though. I think every other song on this thing is a banger. The styles vary from crazy silly Beck to chill and serene Beck to experimental and melancholy Beck. Everything is on here and I honestly think this is a good place to start if you've never heard his music before. Love this album Score: 90 Art: 70

This album is pretty sweet. The style is all over the place and really keeps things interesting. Starts off with a Rock Band classic that's pretty decent if a bit repetitive. Very catchy chorus of course. He sounds like he attempts to sing while using as few facial muscles as possible, perhaps he is a ventriloquist on the side. I'm less of a fan of the rap tracks but honestly they're still pretty good. For some reason I really jive with the chorus to Hell Yes, for example. Great bass line on that song too. A highlight for me is Farewell Ride which is a pretty awesome song that just puts me on a worksite building a railroad in the wild west. I would not be surprised if this track was part of the inspiration for the Breaking Bad theme song. Honestly not a lot to say. No major lowlights. Just a solid album through and through. Maybe I'll check out more of his stuff.

That rich kid from high school who acted weird because he has the money to get away with it. I do like early Beck but this began to drag

Beck is just awesome. I scored Odelay high, and I'll score this high. Great album all in all.

Tre ord. In te kul.

great stuff

This hits all the same eclectic alt/electro/hip-hop notes that early Gorillaz does for me. In other words, i fucking LOVED this.

Excellent on first listen, new and varied sounds. Great mix between hip/hop, rock, and electronic. Will definitely listen again

Beck has been getting crazy with the Cheez whiz for as long as I can remember

Fun album that is definitely of it's time. Beck can be an acquired taste with his spoken vocals and arrangements. When it hits, it hits. Earthquake Weather and Farewell Ride are highlights. This sounds like the soundtrack to living in a Motorola Razr with inflatable furniature.

Absolute ear candy. More than anything it just sounds so good

Loved this album. Goldilocks zone of weird.

My kind of jam

I had this album in college but I probably haven’t heard it since. Favorite song is “Earthquake Weather” least favorite is “farewell ride.” 4.5

Big fan of this album.

I’m a Beck fan, but this is a middle of the pack album from him. Starts off strong, then loses steam about midway through. It’s not surprising it was removed from subsequent editions of the book. It’s a good, enjoyable album, but it doesn’t rise to the level of his best work.

Play that funky music white boy

This album has a lot of ideas that I usually really like, but, somehow, the way that Beck has combined these ideas has resulted in an end product that I can't stand in any way.

All quality no filler

I absolutely love Guero. I've been a fan of this album since high school, so nostalgia is definitely helping there. I used to love the upbeat songs most (E-Pro, Hell Yes, Rental Car, Black Tambourine), these days I love the slow, melancholic songs most (Missing, Earthquake Weather, Broken Drum, Go It Alone). My taste has changed yet this album still delivers.

I really like this. Had a lot of Beck on here and this is the best I’ve heard so far.

This is Beck's "fuck it, you want a largely radio-friendly record from me again? Ok sure, but I'm also gonna keep it way more sonically interesting than my old shit because that's what I do now" album. I am not complaining! This is, as of this writing, my favorite Beck album, and my rating reflects that. This album blends the sometimes cocky, high-energy, goofball vibes of Odelay with Beck's later experimental instruments and sounds that he experimented with in Mutations, Midnite Vultures and Sea Change...and it's a brilliant marriage of auditory goodness that is mostly super upbeat with some somberness mixed in. Not surprising given when it was recorded and the loss Beck experienced in his life (see the note from Wikipedia below). Random observation alert: I was pretty surprised that "Hell Yes" has as few streams on Spotify as it does at the time of this review ("only" 4.5M compared to the two other singles: Girl's 28M and E-Pro's 48M streams) given it was also a single and it's a fun jam. I'm sure one day a random ad will give it new life. "Guero" es cerca de perfecto y muy, muy bueno. Interesting Wikipedia factoids: *Güero (pronounced 'wero') means "blond" in Mexican Spanish, but can also refer to a light-skinned person. *Beck was raised in a prominently Chicano area of Los Angeles. In an interview with ABC's Nightline, Beck said the term "guero" was "something that I'd hear growing up. Something I'd hear on the street, walking to school or something, I'd get called a 'Guero'. ... It's just a word that stuck in my head and I wanted to do something with that at some point. ... I ended up, in the end, just kind of doing this almost journalistic kind of look at that whole time." *The title of track 2, "Qué Onda Guero" (or "¿Qué onda, güero?"), is Mexican slang for "what up, whitey? *The album was recorded over a period of nine months, following a year and a half of touring in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Several other events contributed to the writing of the songs, including the suicide of Beck's friend Elliott Smith and Beck's impending child with wife Marissa Ribisi. The song "Broken Drum" is dedicated to Smith. *"Hell Yes" features spoken contributions from Christina Ricci, who happened to be in the studio at the time of recording...Jack White of the White Stripes plays bass on "Go It Alone". Standouts: E-Pro, Girl, Missing, Hell Yes, Broken Drum, Scarecrow, Go It Alone

Great album

I loved and listened to this album so much the summer it came out. iPods were new and I remember loving being able to listen to it as I walked around town that summer with nothing else to do. That being said, this is not the first Beck record I think to listen to, and likely not even the fifth or sixth, and it's been a long time since I have heard it. What a jolt of nostalgia this was and I had a blast revisiting it. I remember at one point having a huge issue with the way this record is mixed, and it still bugs me, but not nearly as much as it used to. Great record.

I remember some of the music from this album. Beck is already a powerhouse prior to this album -- in the 90s. So am I surprised this is here? No. It should be here. The music video for E-Pro is creative -- poking fun at video games. You can also hear some 90s beats in the music in like Que'Onda Guero (Salt-n-Pepper - Shoop). Record scratching. :)

The album is very cool and unique, and it incorporates many different samples and styles. Beck is the bomb.

This is another one that takes me back to my teenage years, I was a big Beck fan back then. I've cooled on him a bit since then, but this album was always one of my favourites of his. I had "E-Pro" set as my ringtone for a few months at one point, so it always has me looking for my phone if it comes on unexpectedly. Overall there's some great songs on here, especially "Girl", "Missing", "Earthquake Weather", "Scarecrow" and "Go It Alone". It's nor a perfect album, but I'd give it a solid 9/10, possibly due to a heathly dose of nostalgia.

nice

It’s been a while since this list has served up a real gem I’d never heard of. Becks Guerin is one.

Tremendous album all the way through!

Love this. I only knew Beck radio hits. My bad. This is excellent rich grooves. Every song is better and better. A keeper.

This is basically Odelay Part 2, and that makes 8th grade me really happy. For me, everything he's trying to do just works. Best track: Qué Onda Guero

Of the Beck albums I've heard, this one probably does the best job of letting his various instincts (sample, loops, fuzzy guitars, feedback, country strumming and folks lyrics... and more) cohabitate in a way where they merge into a unified whole. And it's the stronger for it.

Good album this. Probably the best one since Odelay

Sure! This was fine for a Monday morning in the office

When I started this generator endeavor my hope was that I would be forced to listen to bands and albums that I would otherwise have never given a chance. I have been very fortunate that early in my journey I was forced to sit through Zappa and the Mothers. It has allowed me to open my heart and mind to their discography and I have been having so much fun. What a treat! What a lovely experience! But I think I’m becoming resentful of these other albums because they’re not allowing me the time to satiate my Zappa-tite. And I shouldn’t take it out on them, even stupid God damn Bob fucking Dylan. I promise I’ll do better. Here’s a 3, this was fine. Beck is always just fine.

And the crowd went mild... 3 ⭐️

After 'Sea Change' this album saw him go back to a certain sound that his early albums had started but still with the "new" Beck doing it. The result is less weird and abstract, less crazy but still a mix of Alt-Rock with Hip Hop influences, this time often more psychedelic Trip Hop and less actual Rap. I personally prefer the weird Beck but that doesn't mean that this album doesn't have its qualities even if they are not as fully thought out. 'E-Pro' gets things going with a Rap Rock track that also pulls influence from Dance, Breakbeat as well as Trip Hop which will become much more used later on. It's a loud and energetic track which works really well with the more laid back vocals from Beck while still being catchy especially with the chorus. I do like the song but it already shows that the sound isn't fully fleshed out or at least that's how it sounds to me. There is a lot going on but it doesn't fit together all that well. It's just there. Of course, it's catchy and the whole song is great but it could've been so much better. The English/Spanish track 'Qué onda guero' combines Abstract and Pop Rap with Latin Jazz influences and also some recordings which seem to me from a Mexican street or something. The song is really catchy, well produced, well... everything is done well. The song is perfect and a really good listen that sounds like the best of old and new Beck combined. On 'Girl' the Pop Rock mix is combined with Bitpop as well as some Indie which does make it sound very... nerdy. At least at the start. The longer it plays the more interesting it gets with some interesting songwriting and performances that seem to pull from a lot of different influences. I'm not a big fan of the intro but the rest is lovely which results in an incredible song. The mix of a Trip Hop beat on 'Missing' with Bossa Nova and Chamber Pop influences here and there creates a really interesting and psychedelic instrumental that could've been incredible on its own but for some reason Beck decided to sing in a style that does not fit the instrumental at any point. It feels weird and unfitting and destroys the things that the beat does well. I don't get what he thought when he made this but it's not good. The Funk and Dance influences on the still very much Trip Hop track 'Black Tambourine' seems to really figure out the sound the album tries to go. In terms of sound this is pretty diverse and fun but the entire songwriting and the vocals do kind of ruin it a bit. It's not bad but I am a bit bored with it and it doesn't have much going for it except some interesting additions on the beat. The Dub and Electronic ideas on 'Earthquake Weather' are interesting at first but the addition of the guitar seems very weird and unfitting. It feels like these two parts of the instrumental where put together without hearing if it works. The feel out of rhythm the entire time and even if the vocals actually work and create a well done chorus, is the music enough to confuse me the entire time. Either or. Both sounds of the instrumental don't work together. More Abstract Hip Hop is done on 'Hell Yes' which combines some Experimental & Abstract Pop Rap with G-Funk and Dance with a very groovy and weird beat (weird in a good way) that works well with rapping from Beck that's very West-Coast. I also enjoy the electronic vocals that appear at times and remind me of Kraftwerk. It's done well but I do think that everything would've needed a bit more but it's still a good song that is just streched out a bit too much. The Downtempo & Ambient Pop song 'Broken Drum' which adds Trip Hop, Neo-Psychedelia and even some Slowcore to create an emotional and genre experimenting track. Both instrumental and vocals are adding to the sentimental and sad track that is absolutely perfect even if it's out of style with both Beck and the album. Hauntingly beautiful. A return to more Alt-Rock happens on 'Scarecrow' which also plays with Country Soul and of course Trip Hop drums. The combination of sounds and ideas works pretty well here and even the vocals are interesting. There's not much to talk about here because it's a very low-key and diverese song that is just okay-good. I like the guitar, I like the harmonica, I like the drums and the bass. It's a nice listen that isn't too crazy or too dull. If the long instrumental bridges were cut out, it'd be better. 'Go It Alone' does some Blues with the established Trip Hop/Alt-Rock mix. It's not bad but mainly just boring. The hook is pretty okay but the rest is repetitive dullness that isn't bad but not interesting either. I don't care for it, I don't like it, I don't dislike it. It's just there and does not do a thing. I didn't expect it but on 'Farewell Ride' Beck goes all in on Alt-Country Rock that pulls from Gothic and Blues Country to create a darker and haunting sound that still feels like it's Beck. But it isn't the good Beck. The song does some very weird things in the production that don't work. The songwriting has also not that much going for it which is sad because on paper, this could've turned out great but instead it sounds something between dull and annoying but certainly no good. The Rock returns in a very heavy style on 'Rental Car' which again sounds a bit dull and just not that interesting. There are certainly enough qualities that make some parts interesting but there is so much at times thrown together that the result doesn't make sense. It's either okay or annoying which isn't all that good overall. The closing track 'Emergency Exit' combines Trip Hop with some Ambient elements as well as Alt-Country guitar and even some Glitch Pop. It does certainly have a very interesting sound but it does linger on for too long and kind of goes into a weird direction at times that do just feel weird. It's not bad but also not often good. It's tolerable with some okay moments. favourites: Broken Drum, Qué onda guero, Girl least favourites: Missing, Earthquake Weather, Farewell Ride Rating: strong 6 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes

Meh

I was never a big fan of beck

Beck seems to pick a genre, and do an album in that style. Consequently, I have no idea who Beck is or if he is any good. I assumed this had the Dust Brothers involved somewhere, and indeed it does. Nice Dust Brothers album you have there...be a shame if someone came along and messed it up.

Couldn’t really finish it. Sounds a lot like Gorillaz I guess. First song was pretty good

Good lord it’s great

So much personality! I loved it. Fantastic album, very musical. Originally a 4 star rating, but it really stuck with me, so I'm upgrading to a 5 star.

I'm liking the riffs right off the bat. "E-Pro" is a great song, I'm loving the vocals and the percussion. The guitar riff over the "na na na na na na naaa" part is sweet too. Something about this feels like it's going to be the best song on the record. It reminds me of the Gorillaz a little too. "Que'Onda Guero" sounds even more like a Gorillaz song. It's awesome. This album came out two months before "Demon Days". Are Damon Albarn and Beck friends? "Girl" is another banger. I'm loving the strings on "Missing". "Earthquake Weather" is dope and has another very Gorillaz sounding section in the middle. "Go It Alone" is a great song. I had this one saved already, but don't remember it. "Farewell Ride" is the first song I didn't love. This was an unexpectedly great album. I've found that you never know what to expect when walking into a new Beck album. I saw him live at Boston Calling a decade ago and I remember thinking his performance was just OK. 9/10

This will be my second Beck album to review, after Sea Change. I wasn’t really into Sea Change, but I thought it was objectively a good album. I know “E-Pro” and “Girl” off of this album, and I really like both of those songs, so I have decently high hopes that I’m going to enjoy Guero! Guero was really good. The songs were all varied, but they were connected by the funky grooves that permeated the whole album. I think it takes a lot of talent and vision to create an album that’s so varied and yet incredibly cohesive. Each song’s sound feels incredibly rich and full of texture. I really enjoyed how the different musical elements were layered, so that certain sounds are barely audible in the background. It created an interesting atmosphere that I really enjoyed. There are too many instruments to name that were used in the creation of this album, but the bass playing and beats were by far my favorite element. There really wasn’t a bad song on this album. The more serious and somber songs like “Earthquake Weather” and “Go It Alone” are just as good as the more fun songs like “Girl” and “Black Tambourine.” If I had to pick a favorite song off of Guero, I’d probably have to with “Girl” or “E-Pro.” That feels like a cop-out since I’m already familiar with them, but they’re so good. That Beastie Boy’s sample on “E-Pro” is fantastic, and coupled with the guitar, it creates an incredibly fun and groovy sound. The synthesizers and vocals on “Girl” are an absolute blast, and the beats and slide guitar just kick so much ass. This isn’t the type of album I’d typically gravitate towards, but it’s incredibly well made. Guero is a really fun technical triumph from Beck!

Really kept me interested from beginning to end. Super creative.

Clearly I like repetitive samples

Love this album.

Gud

One of my favorite albums from my childhood. Happy to listen to it again.

A practically perfect sonic journey through LA

Outstanding album . I thoroughly enjoyed it. I never listened to him much. I really liked his album.

Absolutely cracker.

Love Beck!

I enjoyed this album. Previously I only knew Loser, but I can see myself listening to this album again. At the very least, I’ll listen to the handful of songs I saved on Spotify. 4.5 stars.

I liked this a lot. Decent variety. Sounds great. Will go back to listen again

Absolutely fantastic. Loved it.

Beck keeps surprising me with his wide range of genres. "Broken Drum" might be his best song and he's got a lot of great ones. This album was super solid front to back, I loved it

Loved it. Not much else to say really, I won't go into any dubious details, I just fully enjoyed this album and saved a few songs from it. 5/5

I am very surprised! Didn’t have Beck on my radar back in 2005 but very much enjoyed the album

Cool

Solid gold

This is my favorite Beck album.

I was kind of obsessed with this album when it came out. Not sure why as I was never a huge Beck fan. That said I'm torn between giving this a 5 because I obviously love it or not giving it a 5 because I may be bias because of how comfortable I am with it, but whatever, that's some philosophical rating bullshit that I'm not diving into. 5 it is.

Fantastic!

"Que' onda Guero" is Mexican slang for "what up whitey?" I'm telling you this because I took two years of high school Spanish, a very ill fated run on duo-lingo, and have Mexican-American friends and never knew that. I feel like that should be some day one shit, and not something you learn from a Beck album title track. Musically, I find this album to be peak Beck. There's so many interesting things going on instrumentally and lyrically. This is definitely one I'm glad I re-listened to through headphones. Bonus- That's Christina Ricci saying "please enjoy" in "Hell Yes"

Normal but weird? I like it

If you know, You Know!!

The last of Beck's top tier albums for me -although instead of swinging wildly and succesfully between genres until this point, it comes across as Odelay's more mature older brother. Love the Mexican/Baja California feel and sound of this, also some of the songs reminds me a little of Cooder's Chicken Skin Music.

Great album. I love Beck but I didn't recall liking this particular one so much. Favorite track Earthquake Weather, but I marked 6 as favorites and I'd probably mark more with another listen. Interesting to learn that Beck and Elliott Smith were friends, and that the song Broken Drum is dedicated to him.

4.5

4/5 Great album, not primarilu genre I listen. But really well produced, creative and technical aspects, also loved diverse range of songs.

Goat

Þetta var plata sem var stútfull af lögum með Beck sem ég fíla. Þarna er hann búinn að finna groove:ið sitt eða kannski "gueroove:ið" sitt. Algjör negla fyrir mig og Beck hljóp hratt upp stigann hjá mér. Nú þarf ég bara að geta munað hvað þessi plata heitir.

😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 Ich kann nicht mehr, soooo ein gutes Album. Beck hat mich damit direkt in meine emo Teenager Jahre zurückversetzt. So viele Emotionen, so viele Genres - es hat einfach alles. Hab eigentlich fast nicht auf Texte gehört und einfach nur gefühlt (obwohl er gerade für die ironischen texte bekannt ist). To be honest, dass ist das erste Album, das ich wirklich genossen hab zu hören haha. Hatte kurz Angst, dass ich nicht fünf Sterne geben kann, weil meine schnelle Recherche ergeben hat, dass er wegen eines Interviews 2005 für ein Mitglied von Scientology gehalten wurde. Allerdings wurde das berichtigt - war nur sein Vater, der eh ein Hund war, und von dem er sich schon früh distanziert hat, indem er u.a. den Namen von seiner Mutter angenommen hat. Apropos Name: wieso heisst er eigentlich Beck bzw. bürgerlich Bek? Seine Mutter hatte richtig Bock auf ein Becks Bier (bäh) nach der Geburt, dann war das wohl für sie naheliegend...

Amazing

9/10

First album I’ve gotten that I know inside and out. Beck will always be a 5 for me! It’s got beats, funk, style, and energy. Beck is just one talented motherfucker!

Oh hell yeah!

Absolutely masterful blend of folk/indie rock, electronica and hip-hop. This was my first time hearing a Beck album in full and was comepletely blown away. Will definitely be returning to this album and exploring the rest of his discography in the future.

What a lovely eclectic album! Beck takes to different genres like a duck to water - hip-hop, rock, folk... It's all familiar territory to him and doesn't seem to be too out of place. His voice never ran me ragged, and the instrumentals were top notch. His creativity also shines through his lyrics.

really good, enjoyed the rhythms and vocals.

J’adore cet album

Love Beck, loved this. This album kinda passed me by when it came out but will be revisiting this one for sure.

I always liked Beck growing up. I was into his earlier stuff but my old house mate, Tommy introduced me to this album. I’ve loved it ever since. It has such a unique feeling to it. Pity about the Scientology stuff.

Didn't know anything about it or the artist going in, and was a fun listen. Many great songs on here. A personal fave was "Missing"; as a musician, the polyrhythm between the clave and the time was all I could keep my ears on. Very good album!

First album of the project of course was Beck, was listening to them otw to work today driving to Sushi Bar. Que'Onda Guero, Girl, Go it alone are all instant classics in 2005. very nostalgic sounds for me also

Back on a random Wednesday in 2018, I went to a bar in san francisco’s tenderloin called Beer Basement. The bar was empty except for my two friends and the physically intimidating, yet soft spoken Irish bartender. A couple of beers deep, I heard a super groovy song and immediately interrupted the bartender to ask what was playing (he had a tablet using pandora I think 😂🫨). In movie like fashion, he stoped putting away pint glasses, gave me a weird look and said “its fuuckin beck” in his thick irish accent. He proceeded to roast me and then ever so politely played a bunch of cuts off of Guero. We ended up becoming friends with this guy (Steve - still runs Ales Unlimited in Pac Heights) and went to beer basement every Wednesday (exaggerated, but we went often) until covid closed it down. This album grooves… so many great songs, but I appreciated Missing and Earthquake Weather this time around.

Day323 - the first three songs of this album are awesome and i’m looking foward to more beck albums on here

I do wanna listen to that new Yanni cassette (Oh wait, already own it on CD.) Wow, (OK, he called us out on that one) the Beckster is on top of his game and hittin’ it outta the park with Guero. E-Pro, Girl, Hell Yes, and Scarecrow (best song) can not be beaten. All songs perfect up to Earthquake Weather (not a bad song, just a rough transition.) Little rough at Broken Drum (get it now that I know the back story) and the album finishes very strong. Go It Alone launches this album to (4.9*s) Please enjoy.

Another strong performance by Beck, no surprise there. This album is consistently good at every turn, there's not a bad song on it. He manages to do whatever he wants: skip around in styles, add weird sounds, go from upbeat to slow, and it just so completely works because it's Beck. "Little Drum" is really somber and beautiful then "Farewell Ride" has you walking your spurs to your grave. Lots of different vibes happening with each song, all of them really good in their own ways, the Goldilocks zone of weird. I used to like the upbeat bangers but now I'm leaning into the slower, more melancholic tracks. Even as your tastes change, this album always delivers. Hell Yes, 4.55.

Was a little surprised to see this album make the list considering the other massive works by Beck but I'm not the least bit mad about it. Guero is another showcase of the range and talent Beck has with music. He brings in so many genres (folk, electronics, classical, hip-hop) and mixes them flawlessly. No one does it better (only artist that comes close is prob Damon Albarn). A few hits on here and some lesser known great like "Missing" and "Scarecrow." Not a bad track on the whole thing. The more I listen to the is album, the higher it ranks. More Beck to come and all I can say is "Hell Yes"...4.55.

This album is a good melow rock feel. This released in 2005 when I just started exploring rock music. I wish I found it back then but I have it now and I'm not mad. I definitely want to hear more from the artist.

This is an excellent album by Beck. It is funky and eclectic. Very fun to listen to. Best Track: "Go It Alone", with Jack White on the bass, but most of the tracks here are awesome. 5 stars.

I'll always have a soft spot for this album. It will always remind me of the big city, specifically Santiago de Chile. I'm chilean (hola qué wea), and I grew up mostly in a small town. When the time came to move to the big city, I used to listen to this album nonstop and it was the best match it could have been.