Guero

Probably a 6.5 for me --- Favorites: Broken Drum, Girls, Que Onda Guero, Scarecrow --- Listened to a total of 2-3 times, would probably listen again

Brilliance

I enjoyed it

Very cool! Funky, hip hop beats and slacker coolness. Everything you expect from Beck. Comparable to Oderlay and Midnight Vultures.

This is probably one of my favourite albums. It’s got interesting variation, good vocals, and a lot of bangers. Easy 5/5

Beck has built a great career out of creating new soundscapes out of a wide variety of influences. Good job, Beck!

Sure, fine

I did not realize how much Beck I really knew until I listened to this album.

A little uneven for me. Good then bad

Tracks 1 and 3 are absolute heaters. 3.5

Definite Beck sound, alright but probably not an album I would return to. 3*

It grew on me.

Beck is one eclectic motherfucker.

Eh Beck is ok.

AJ: cool dude with a loose mood. Believes in his weirdness and has perfected it.

The tracks on this album seem fragmented ... some not fitting in with others at all. Not Beck's best effort.

Not sure if we need more than one Beck album on here, especially when every song sounds like it's about to become "Devil's Haircut."

Third Beck album I got on the 1001 list, and I still don't get it...

eh

Kind of hipster, but I love the meats and smooth sounds. I love his 2014 Morning Phase album and need to give more of his stuff a listen.

I don't really know much about Beck other than the fact that he really loves going all over the place with his genres. Guero does this, going from more grungy rock, to funk, to some alternative rock, a lot of hip hop influence, and even throwing in some chiptune on Girl. But more than anything, there's such a groove to a ton of songs on the album and I was just dancing around in my seat while working listening to this record. Que' Onda Guero has this just irresistible funky beat that feels like he's walking through with a boombox, same with Hell Yes as well, while E-Pro has that awesome crunchy distorted, heavy guitar and feels like a proper alt rock song. Hell of an album this is.

I wasn't really familiar with this album so it was a nice surprise. E-Pro and Que' Onda Guero really set the mood. Girl is great too as is Send A Message To Her.

Hmmm, bit bemused by the inclusion of this one - it's Beck in the same mode as "Odelay" and "Odelay" is already on the list - kinda redundant? It's a fun enough listen, I guess, but doesn't benefit from the nostalgia bump his earlier stuff has for me. Fave tracks - "E-Pro" undeniably slaps. "Farewell Ride" is a nice example of more mellow Beck

Meh. One good song and a bunch of forgettable stuff. Not terrible, but why in the world would anyone put this on a list of 1001 albums that everyone should hear? 3/5

I sort of checked out on beck somewhere slightly south of Odelay.... like REM I feel like he dialed into something genuine pretty quickly, but I don't know that his sophisti-grunge with hip hop and remix trimmings really evolved much after that. I liked this well enough and he's certainly a clever lyricist - maybe a little too clever, you can almost miss that most of it doesn't say anything in particular.

Vaguely aggressive and aggressively white.

2.25

Chilling&wibing shit.... Oli mukava ja miellyttävä kuunnella heh.. eli yhtä tähteä..

I first heard of Beck in the mid 90s through the track Loser, and at that time I listened to the album Mellow Gold, which had a few decent tracks and the rest was crap. Roll on 10 years and he releases this "alleged" album Guero... and what do you know... First 3 tracks are OK... and the rest is crap, albeit this album is less appealing than his earlier stuff.

Don't like his style of rapping/singing and I find his music in this album grates on me, apart from Broken Drum. I like some Beck stuff but this album isn't for me.

it’s cool but kinda boring. i like the acoustic funk numbers. go it alone sounds like a truck commercial tbh. probably wouldn’t listen again but it’s not a bad album.

I need to revisit it because I was doing other things, but this is my kind of shit

I love me some Beck. Does not disappoint

It's ok, it's just not enough to get excited about

A return to his "two turntables and a microphone" after the lush and weepy Sea Change. But something has changed since Odelay, Beck sounds cleaner, tighter, more conscious about what he's doing. He sounds less exciting. Even with the Dust Brothers at the sliders the production lacks punch, I'm always wanting the songs to hit harder, but they rarely do. That being said, the first half is really good, it's great to hear Beck having fun again and the album is mostly good but it's far from being a classic in my book.

Nothing bad, but very forgettable.

The first 5 songs are awesome and might be one of my favorite Beck moment. After this, the album fall in a smooth and more generic mood. It's nice, but nothing really stand out after that.

Not bad, but definitely not his best.

listened

A bit experimental for my taste

Beck is one of those weird creative geniuses that turns weird into gold, which says a lot for a Scientologist. 4/5.

I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would.

Awesome album!

Really enjoyed this album

I didn’t expect to like this, but I did. Solid album.

Love Beck. Love all Beck.

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've tried very hard to get into Beck over the years and I find that I like his singles. His quirky nature doesn't work for me over a full album, but there are good songs here. I find it hard to separate this sonically from Odelay, so I would probably leave this album off the list. Overall, hearing this album makes me want to revisit Beck's work, which is a positive, but I'm still probably not a Beck album guy.

I just love Beck and (almost) all his phases. This is one of my favorites.

well done, not my style

Wouldn’t you love to know what Beck is listening to at any given moment? He must have an incredible record collection. You can tell by the music he makes that he has very eclectic taste. This album is less manic than “Odelay,” which switches genres multiple times in a single song. “Guero” still covers a lot of musical ground but the various styles are fused together more. You get a Spanish guitar line, an old-school hip-hop beat and an electro-pop synth all at the same time. “Missing” stood out to me as a good example of the this. The production is modern, the best is sped-up bossa nova and those strings add a mysterious, romantic tone to the song. The opening three songs are excellent: the hard rocking “E-Pro,” the very quotable “Que’ Onda Guero” and the catchy pop of “Girl.” This album doesn’t quite reach the heights of “Odelay” but there are a bunch of great songs and a lot of interesting and surprising ones.

I never really got into Beck. I always felt like he was the gateway to indie rock and for some reason that's always kind of made me feel distanced from his music. Plus he's always been really hyped up as this indie rock/pop darling and I am still working on trying to shake my evasion for art and artists that borderline on being over-hyped. First track is cool. There's this high pitched percussive timpany-like sound that is in the left ear and very unique. Super catchy hook too, and that's something that I think is consistent with his music. He has this sound where he is great at capturing the very specific moment of sitting down with a guitar, playing a riff, and humming over it to create a melody. It's this organic and natural way of songwriting that I always try to tap into that I find incredibly difficult. Writing this way is a good strategy to remove yourself as the performer and to empathize more with the listener. You are humming what you want to hear, and not writing a melody that you want to sing. This is a constant battle of mine. But he does it great. Overall I thought the album was a nice 3/5. I liked a lot of things and I think my bias of not knowing the album that well hurts the score a little. Production was entertaining and had many many unique ideas, and the songwriting was pretty fresh throughout.

There seems to me a definite 'Beck' structure to his albums. Not that it's a bad thing but if you're after exploring new sounds it's a rehash.

Like "Sea Change", only the first couple of songs are good. The rest are droning genericness. It's interesting how different the two albums' sounds are though. The raving rock of "Guero" and the melancholic folksy "Sea Change". Of course, we wouldn't forget his masterpiece, "Odelay", which showed how good an experimental rock can be. For some reason, "Guero" is also described as experimental. But in reality it's nowhere as colorful as "Odelay". Is this the last album that I should listen from him before I die? I hope so. Then I can summarize his major releases now: interesting, but a big hit-an-miss.

Yeah catchy album, I liked this, good album on the list.

Hadn't heard much Beck, but enjoyed this album

Later era comeback dance breakup album, almost every song is listensable

Didn't necessarily love any one track but overall a solid effort.

Definitely preferred the ones that had a melody more than the rapping but it was still a good album. Production was solid throughout and I’m looking forward to going back to this one. The first song made me think it was gonna be like cage the elephant before they were a thing and I wish he leaned more into that style but there were still some other bangers. Not quite a 4 for me cuz there are a number of skips but it’s a high 3 and I plan on going more into his music. 👍: e pro, broken drum

Excited for this album. I remember E-Pro from Rockband 2 which, ironically, I played for this first time in a while yesterday. Earthquake Weather is fantastic. The vocals on Hell Yes sounds like a lot Cake song. MMM: I PUSH. I PULL. THE DAYS. GO SLOW.

yes please.

Solid One of becks better complete albums

Some cool tracks. Bummer he’s a scientologist.

Another great album!

The first and only Beck album I’ve ever gotten into

Another classic for younger me. I think the back half is a bit weaker but it was a fun revisit and still a strong album

Again, I wish there were 1/2 stars. With my system, there has to be at least 1/2 the album with 4-star songs to make it a 4-star record. This one is a very good record, but not 4-star. 3 1/2! Some great songs for sure, but then the rest is just pretty good.

Really good! Definitely one of Beck’s best albums. Some great songs on here, and no skips. Just a solid, really fun album all around.

L’album de Beck que j’ai le plus écouté dans ma vie. Ne ressemble à rien d’autre, très travaille tout en étant facile à écouter et à apprécier

Nem sei se é o termo que faça sentido, mas me pareceu um disco de hip hop country. Alguns samples e batidas são interessantes.

This wasn't so bad, I feel like hipsters would listen to this in an attempt to be different

A good, contemporary bit of fun. It’s like an auditory journey through a busy city.

Solid Beck album, 4* in my memory (18 years ago), but it is a bit too long - even though there are some great songs at the end. Not in the same league as Odelay. I previously rated that album as 4*, so 3* for Guero seems appropriate. Favourite song: Scarecrow, one of the best songs Beck has written.

This sounds like a remake of Odelay, just less convincing in nearly every aspect. Having said that, it's still a good albums of course.

good inspiration

Interesting.

This is the second Beck album I've listened to, the other one being Sea Change. I found this one to be much less my style. I liked his less industrial, more mellow songs on this album. I found the album to get better towards the later tracks. Overall I enjoyed it but I wouldn't say I'd listen to it all the way through again. Favorite Song - Missing, Broken Drum Least Favorite Song - E-Pro, Que Onda Guero These songs being back to back almost made me stop listening to the album. I just couldn't stand the industrial sound in "E-Pro" and the random Spanish dialogue in "Que Onda Guero" got really annoying after a while. No Skip Album? - No

Beck is another one of those "How do you not like Beck? He's the next big thing! He's the future!" God, I hope not. If he's the future, I want no part of it. Oh wait, he did this in 2005? Okay. Nobody's talking about this now. Never mind. I can continue not caring in the slightest. Indifferent to Beck since the 90s!

I like Beck, but im a bit surprised to see this album here. It's hardly horrible, but I know he's done better work. That said, checking the album info shows this is his best selling album, so I guess there's that. There's some great tracks on here, but I don't think it has the flair of something like Odelay

Nice mix of songs, no huge stand outs but very pleasant Saved tracks: Girl, Scarecrow, Go It Alone, Rental Car

weird beck is the best kind of beck. this album is semi weird and conveniently for the listener beck has put all the good weird stuff at the beginning so you can fuck off the second half and only lose one song worth listening to.

As a man who once strangled his younger brother to death, I can safely say that I regard this record as as wonderful soundtrack to kill to. Try it.

Phenomenal

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. :)

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

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

Beck sounds a lot like Chris Cornell on Missing. Hell Yes is a great track. Love the country western flare.

I haven't heard a lot of Beck's music, but I like what I've heard, and now that includes this album. I was already familiar with one or two tracks but had not heard the rest. I like the way Beck writes and composes songs, and they are always performed so well.

-first album i’ve gotten from an artist i’ve listened to before -LOVE beck -epro is a cool song -favorites: epro, hell yes, -beck has such a cool sound -love beck love his cool wacky ass sounds LOVE BECK! -hell yes was so cool -beck is amazing at what he does and i REALLY liked this album

Still sounds fresh even though familiar, loved it!

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would.

Fantastico!

Not a big fan.

I was kind of ridiculed for thinking this was a good record back when it came out. Who's laughing now? MUHAHAHAHA

5/5 songs and 5/5 production. The performances are fine but like much of Beck's work there isn't much here to provide an emotional attachment that a 5/5 album has.

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.

Just not me

I don't think I ever listened to this whole album before. Rather enjoyed it.

Beck finest album

Feels like a record which should have more of a fixed identity, but still manages to hit the hits.

E-Pro is the only song I knew of going into this album. I was pleasantly surprised by Guero. Not exactly a memorable album but it had some chill sounds and feels like it would be good when you just want some non-intrusive background music.

Not his best nor his worst.

I like this a lot better than his album Sea Change, that I got about a week ago. Especially the first half. Favorite song: Black Tambourine.

This is a fun beck album with songs I’m familiar with. Epro and girl are some older hits from my youth. The whole album had a nice mix of Spanish and 80s influences with a modern style that made it fun and refreshing. Beck has always been an interesting guy snd his music show that. This is one worth revisiting and is a fun listen. 7.1/10

I feel like this album tries everything all at once, with varied results. Overall a good album, but maybe could use a little focus.

Wherein Beck tries his hand at appropriating more than a few different cultures with mixed results. Several songs have a certain catchiness about them, but the end product feels to scattershot and see-what-sticks to feel whole. Can’t decide whether it wants to be radio-friendly or experimentally artistic and lands firmly in the middle at Beck’s usual smarminess

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

great album. I generally like Beck's stuff.

Beck is such a strange fellow. I feel like his music ought not to work, not to be pleasant, but he pulls off quite the mishmash of styles with ease.

nice

nothing really stuck out I can kinda see how alt rock bands would get inspired by this 2.5

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

It’s Beck. Always a good listen.

Cool album. Beck absolutely influenced the modern music I like. There were a few tracks I'll revisit. The only thing keeping it from a full 5 is that I don't love his vocals oddly enough.

Great Beck!

Starts off really strong, the first two tracks are great. The album is pretty long and the later parts are less interesting

Tremendous album all the way through!

3.6 - A solid pop record, probably Beck at his most crowd-pleasing. A few colorful ornaments here and there to keep things interesting. Standouts: “Girl”, “Rental Car”, “Broken Drum.”

i was familiar with a few of these songs from radio airplay, which i liked, so i was expecting good things, and i was not disappointed at all. hip hop beats and samples aplenty with enough bass to shake yo ass for days. beck’s voice is smooth and he seems perpetually laid back. he only seems to have one mode and that is relaxed, but with his music it works. great effort from this alt-rock king. highlights: “e-pro”, “black tambourine”, “hell yes”, “go it alone”.

This was a good album. Not my favorite album, but it was good. I give it an even 3, Erica a low 4.

I listened to this album when it came out and liked it a lot, It was in the regular rotation for a bit. Lost track of it over time and this brought me back. Great record, Beck rapping in Americanized Spanish notwithstanding. Broken Drum, Earthquake Weather, Go It Alone, E-Pro……Lotsa great stuff here.

A great record with only good vibes. Very nice, since I always associated Beck with more dramatic sounds

A solid album. Pleasant to listen to, even though I don't remember any particular melodies. Kinda like Beck's style. His singing voice was different on two songs I think? + Missing + Earthquake Weather + Send A Message To Her

Lošiji odalay

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

Listened Before? N Pretty good. Beck has been hit and miss for me but this one is mostly a hit. I don't have a ton of thoughts about it but I understand why it's on the list. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Que' Onda Guero

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: E-pro

There are a couple of good songs like “E-Pro” and “Girl”, but nothing really moved me. Interesting mix of hip/hop, electronic, rock, and small elements of country. Favorite songs: E-Pro, Girl, Earthquake Weather, Scarecrow, Rental Car, and Emergency Exit.

I think Beck is pretty alright. Not a musical genius, but not terrible either. Pretty alright. 3 stars.

Just when this album starts to bland out a bit, Go it Alone kicks in and redeems it. Still pretty impressive that more than a decade into his career, Beck was able to test out new styles and sounds while making a competent kick ass record.

Beck es bastante guay para ser un güero.

i didnt listen to the full album because i didn’t enjoy it from the beginning

E-Pro is a great alt rock #1 track. Girl is a great follow up. The rest of the album is typical Beck. Which is always good. 3.5

Meh.

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

Some solid ones and as expected, lot's of little interesting jams.

One of the most authentic and creative musicians. Not sure whether to compare his musical diversity to Tom Waits or his sampling to Malcom McLaren more. Cool sounds but the songs just lack a certain emotion and catchiness to sell them to a 4.

A for effort and creativity but in all this, I personally just wasn't picked up by the album. I can appreciate the genius behind it but personally it doesn't do more than just entertain me decently

Loved this album. Goldilocks zone of weird.

Beck is a legend. I should listen to him more.

I like Beck but kind of found this to be a middling album for him. I definitely recognized a number of the songs but realized I never really gave this one too much time when it came out. There were a few standouts but for the most part it felt like this album was just going through the motions. Standout Tracks: E-Pro, Qué Onda Guero, Black Tambourine, Emergency Exit

great stuff

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 pin this one down. Good variety in sounds and pacing gives this album some staying power. Standouts: Que Onda Guero, Girl, Missing, Hell Yes 4

Good but not great, very serious by his standards, a few good songs but a lot of filler.

groovy but a little annoying

I think this is a fine album, but it's not one of my favorites by Beck. This, Odelay, and Sea Change are all on this list. I think that Odelay, Midnight Vultures, and Morning Phase would be the three Beck albums that I would pick. However, this is all a matter of opinion, and other folks are entitled to theirs This album benefits by being produced by the Dust Brothers, who also worked on Odelay. What bothers me about this album is that it doesn't feel like he's doing anything new here. A lot of this album feels like Odelay II: Not as Good as Odelay. I guess you could say that this album focuses more on chill grooves from Beck, but I feel like I can get that anywhere. It makes me feel like commercial success is doing a lot of heavy lifting for this album, whereas there are multiple albums that are far more musically interesting that could be on this list 3/5

Meh, this was alright. I did not get much from it.

Heel herkenbaar Beck. Wel oké

it's weird but its fucking interesting from start to finish. good album. I don't think I've ever heard it before in full

Typical Beck album. Some songs are genius, some start well and then turn into noise

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

I actually think this is the first Beck where I get his whole "antifolk" thing, and I am on board.

Beck is a consistently four-star artist in my book, though in the context of the 1001 albums book Guero is more of a 3.5. It’s less groundbreaking than some of his other releases and not particularly focused - it’s a bit all over the place stylistically. E-Pro and Girl aside, I wouldn’t say it’s essential listening. Probably a bit lucky to make the cut, to be honest. But did I enjoy the grooves? Would I happily listen to it all again? Am I rounding up? Hell Yes.

I’ve been revisiting Beck lately. This is a funky, wide ranging album. I’d put this up there as one of the best Beck albums from start to finish. I have no problem listening to this over again. 4/5

My kind of jam

I've always been weirdly mid on Beck considering how much he checks the boxes for something I'd like. This definitely feels in line with the better stuff like Odelay but still just not exceptionally exciting to me.

Nice and cheerful, if a bit too long for its own good. I like how Beck is able to completely reinvent himself with every album. Not that many people can claim similar levels of talent.

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

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

This was pretty cool, some really cool sounds and 90’s drums. reminds me of soul coughing/mike doughty with some of the rap stuff. 3.5-4

I love the difference between each song. Really cool album.

I really want to like Beck. I feel like I SHOULD like Beck. It just refuses to click with me.

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.

Solidly middle-of-the-road, easy listening album

Like the previous Beck album, this was a decent listen but not something I need to hear again.

Beck is an artist that reminds me of Coldplay in that I can’t put my finger on it, but I really don’t love it. Summer Girl is a good tune and the rest I didn’t enjoy vocally and the instrumentals are extremely repetitive.

I thought I was going to rate this higher, I had this CD back in the day and it is very nostalgic that me. It is the only Beck album I've ever been into. I think each Beck song is very one-dimensional, that one dimension is quite good though. Every song revolves around one hook which Beck comes back to over and over. It works on tracks like E-Pro, Girl, Black Tambourine where he keeps it tight and moving, but by the second half of the record he starts to jam out and the tracks just go nowhere like on Farewell Ride and Broken Drum. He's got talent there just isn't enough for me to latch on to.

A couple catchy tunes including E-Pro to kick things off, but this thing nosedives worse than the Winnipeg Jets season. From Black Tambourine on, just a very forgettable stretch. Highlight - E-Pro Lowlight - Hell Yes

Big fan of this album.

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!!

Pretty good! Some good jams on here.

Gutsy move to put yourself into the category of musicians who only go by one name, like Madonna, Cher, and Prince. But here Beck is. Great for listening while shopping at a local food store when you’re inspired to try a new Balsamic vinaigrette. Beck is obviously a talented musician, and I couldn’t stop saying hell yes during a couple songs. But on the whole, I didn’t fully connect to the album as much as I wanted to or expected to. I was looking for the emergency exit for at least half the of the songs. The thing I admire about Beck, is his ability to change his voice and singing style for different songs, some being rap-style, some bluesy, and most are folk. Musically, each song usually has a main riff/hook that rides the entire song, and if it’s good, the song is great. Like my favourite on the record - Black Tambourine. However, if the hook is not good…well, then l want to dispose of it like a rental car. I won’t even fill it up with gas before returning it. Not a bad listen at all. E-Pro and Farewell Ride are bangers. But overall, I found something was just missing from the whole experience.

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.

Overall I liked this album. Some funny lyrics and some fun musical moments.

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

I like Beck's work for the most the part. I just felt that this album was underwhelming.

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

Really good! Groovy, with a great mix of styles and influences

Han är överskattad.

udmærket, moderne rock, eksperimenterende

I absolutely adore Beck, but this is not my favorite by him. Some good songs, and not an unpleasant listen, but squarely in 4 territory for me.

this is definitely one of the lesser beck albums. fine, but not what i expect from him

Tre ord. In te kul.

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.