Guero

Decent 3,5

I guess Beck eventually grew out of the garage band tinkering and started making bangers like Rental Car. Youpi!!!

great!

No conocía al artista, me gustó que fuera tan experimental

12:13 pm - Thoughts it's metal. Surprisingly good. Can easily be one of my now favorite albums. Played Que' Onda Geuro third time.

es como HIPHOP PUNK soft dentro de una habitacion sin acustizar

Extremely solid listen! The trip hop and electronic elements definitely helped elevate this for me compared to other 2000s alternative rock.

I have a hard time rating this because it has probably my favorite Beck song (Go It Alone) some others that I’ve heard a bunch (E-Pro, Girl), and other songs I never heard before but I really enjoyed (Black Tambourine really stands out among those). As a whole, absolutely an album I’d listen to again. It also has way too many INCREDIBLY weird songs for me to give it a 5. Like I get it, you’re on your ninth album and just messing around with stuff. But Jesus. Ok, still a 4 I guess.

Weird but fun album! It scratches a similar itch to Gorillaz' Self-Titled, and similarly has a wide variety of juicy instrumentals to dig into. I could see it growing on me with a few listens, but I'm not 100% sold right away. Standouts: Que' Onda Guero • Black Tambourine • Earthquake Weather • Rental Car • Emergency Exit

Shit....is this good? First listen had me extremely unimpressed and I didn't even want to listen again. However. Putting on my headphones made me pick up on all the low end I missed. Could become a repeat listen.

Lots of great tracks on this one, and a number of discoveries for me. I already liked E-Pro and Girl, but Black Tambourine, Hell Yes, Go It Alone, and Farewell Ride were all new finds that I loved.

This album continues to age like fine wine.

Most songs felt like they grabbed a decent loop, but then rode it without change. Maybe not listening closely enough for the subtleties, but the laconic stylings of Beck just don't make me want to put in the work.

I liked the overall sound and there's definitely songs I will go back to in the future

Lo escuché mientras iba caminando al gym

Weird that it's been over 20 years already since this one came out. I'm still liking it. Bunch of different sounds all in one.

- another cool album cover - oh i really like this - this guy looks like ryan ross - i cannot keep saying “wow this sounds so funky and cool” about all of these but. unfortunately it is true - i really like the vocals i think they work well with the instrumentals - favorite tracks: broken drum, que’ onda guero, e-pro, missing - rating: 4/5

girl i'm Bored.. there is so much and also nothing going on at the same time 2/5

incohesive and messy, experimental to an almost obnoxious degree i fear 1.5-2/5

Struggling to rate with all the genre bending but luckily it's all pretty lame. Strap yourselves in, I see there are three Beck albums on here. Was he really that unmissable?

Almost funky, but so boring!!

No complaints, but nothing really stuck with me.

Beck makes good beats and flows over them well. The Latin vibe puts a nice touch of variety in the mix, though maybe there's some cultural appropriation going on there. Not something I feel the need to listen to often, but if it were playing, I wouldn't ask anyone to change the station.

Zanimljiv album, nisam iskreno znao sta da ocekujem ali prijatno me je iznenadio. Prva polovina je po meni mnogo bolja od druge samim tim i albumu malo spusta ocenu. Za Beck-a nikad do sad nisam cuo, samim tim sam u ovaj album se upustio totalno slep ali sam se ubrzo uverio da ovo zaista interesantan album. Ne znam sta bi vise rekao za album sem da nije moj neki fazon ali to ne mora da znaci da je album los, zapravo mislim da je album cak dobar. Dao bih ovom albumu 3 od 5 zvezdi iskljucivo zato sto ne vidim sebe da cu se puno vracati ovom albumu a i generalno je prvi deo mnogo bolji i zanimljiviji od drugog.

zzzzzz

Great album. Super fun listen. And happily listened through it again straight after.

Achingly cool throughout. Great fusion of influences and styles with Beck's unique flavour sprinkled on. Top album.

Beck is an artist I always enjoy listening to even if he has never really grabbed me in the feels -- tho "Broken Drum" comes close on this album. He's great at riffs and hooks and beats, and then he adds layers of instrumentation and sound that make every song a while little journey.

For my money, this is his strongest start-to-finish album. Guero has all the crazy pastiche and creative abandon of Odelay minus the schizophrenia, which means there are fewer surprises around every corner, but the album as a whole is more sustainably grooveful (is that a word?) He sounds settled, content, reconciling the creator of Odelay/Midnite Vultures with the creator of Sea Change/Mutations. After living with his catalog for 20+ years, this has landed as maybe my favorite Beck album? Lots of contenders for that title, including his underappreciated late-career Modern Guilt record.

It was a fine album. no songs stuck out to me, but none of them were bad by any means. just kinda meh

❤️

Beck is just fun.

7/10 (dropped from 4 to 3, relisten)

Sure, this is an enjoyable listen and Beck and the dust brothers combine always for a interesting record. However, it just doesn't seem like it breaks any new ground for either these artists. It's just a collection of solid Beck songs, and it represents his style very admirably

Эклектичненько, ко второй половине даже начало нравиться, хорошо что я не сдался

Для меня Бек обожаемый, но тоже не альбомный исполнитель. Здесь у него хороший баланс рока, акустики и электроники, то есть всех его сильных сторон, без перекоса в одну из них, как у него было на некоторых соседних альбомах. Но не хватает запоминающихся вещей помимо синглов. Мне нравятся Girl, Missing, Broken Drum, Farewell Ride и Rental Car. На 4ку хватило.

Bring him Beck. Наш маник пикси бой. Очень понравилось, как хип-хоп в этом альбоме у него звучит в добрых традициях Кендалла Роя. Люблю.

Сонный вайб у альбома, но в целом понравилось

Лучшая песня: какая-то в начале Худшая: какая-то в конце Первая часть альбом неплоха, под конец начались одинаковые однотипные песни - полуречитатив под барабан, без какой-либо мелодии

2-3 песни на альбоме нравится, остальное будто фон, 3.5

Максимально странный для меня персонаж. Музыкант вне времени, вроде прайм был в 90-х, потом Грэмми в 10-х, оказывается, еще и в нулевых выпускал достойные памяти в веках альбомы. Мне проект показался средним, роковые песни понравились своим грязноватым звучанием, но ничего сверх

I forgot that I liked Beck, nice to revist.

A very pleasant surprise - mid career highlight?

I think this album may be Beck's most underrated album, well not necessarily the album, but the songs on it. Hell Yes is one of the funkiest, coolest tracks ever, and I love that bassline, Missing has one of the catchiest choruses and I love the main melody, and Black Tambourine is such a cool song, the jangly guitar that comes in towards the end is great (what made me really love this song is its inclusion in David Lynch's Inland Empire, I was so shocked when that song came on). I also really like how the last half of this album is weird and creepy. High 5!!!

This is the first Beck I've gotten on the list and I'm surprised as to why it was on here. I don't think people would place it up there with Odelay or Sea Change, and my personal favorite (the Prince inspired Midnite Vultures) isn't even on the list. The tunes are pretty good but this isn't exactly groundbreaking.

Favourites: Scarecrow Earthquake Weather Que’Onda Guero

Definitely a great album. A good Beck album but I like odelay better. 4/5

Amazing

For this lyric alone - Blondie I heart you !! "And I know I'm gonna make her die Take her where her soul belongs"

Reminded me that I don't mind Beck at all. Will come back to this album

chill

This was an interesting album.

My biggest gripe about rock radio, repeated to my wife as often as they repeat "Loser" by Beck is, how come they repeat "Loser" by Beck so much when there are so many other amazing Beck songs? Nothing against "Loser," which is great, but I feel like Beck is underappreciated for this reason. This album is tied with "Odelay" and "Midnite Vultures" for first place in the Beck pantheon, though "Sea Change", "Morning Phase" and even "The Information" are worthy contenders. Wish he would do another album with The Dust Brothers. I've heard "Guero" so much it's imprinted on my DNA, but I listened to it again today and it's perfect. No skips. Easiest 5 yet.

this is honestly peak 4/5

Me gustó

It’s kind of a soup of genres but it works decently enough? The music definitely sounds good, with E-Pro and Earthquake Weather being the standouts for me. Variety is excellent, where the genre, tempo, and potentially language changes every track. I do think for how dynamic the music is it just isn’t that interesting to me unfortunately. The vocals are just kind of there and a few songs left absolutely zero impression on me. Nothing egregiously bad in this one, but I just don’t think there’s a lot that’s giving me a reason to listen to this one again. That’s a lot better than the other 2000s albums this list has given us at least

Pure alt, right here Interesting sounds and instrumentation; I should probably give it a second listen

I liked it more than I expected, good sound. Crazy to think it's over 20 years old!

This album started off really strong and none of the songs sounded the same. Except it felt so long despite being less than an hour long. I might have some resentment towards E-Pro, but it does sound good despite that.

Man I love E-Pro. I remember playing it basically on loop in Rockband 2 and my siblings getting increasingly annoyed with me and the song. Besides that this I just anotber case of this artist has made better releases”. My biggest problem with this album really is that I’d just rather listen to the other two. Guero sounds like an attempt to recapture the lightning in a bottle that made Odelay, which never goes well. Guero is like a calculated, formulaic recreation of Odelay. It’s attempts to recreate odelay are mostly the weakest parts of the album, and make up its bulk. Odelay was interesting because of all the genres it mashed together. It really was the creation of a fan of several genres that had the ability to blend them together and make something new, and something like that can't be recreated perfectly on purpose. Ultimately this is a good, listenable album. The songs where he tries something new and upbeat are very good and clearly he still had some tricks up his sleeve. I just don't think it's Beck's best, and I can't listen to it without thinking of his best. Did I need to hear this before I die? I could live without it.

wow

Beck is a good musician, he's proved that plenty of times. I think he did more so on Sea Change than here because bleh, from Earthquake Weather to Scarecrow I eagerly clock out and that's a good chunk of the record. This album is very well mixed and well played and well informed and blah blah but it's not riveting to me. Second track was funny. There are good moments here and there, but I probably won't come back to this.

Beck might not be for everyone, but I LIKED EVERY TRACK on this album! I will be listening to it again and again.

Beck has a very unique ability to make the the actual sound and intonation of the words he is singing an integral part of the song. I enjoyed this album a great deal.

Not my favourite Beck album (cue Midnight Vultures” but certainly another solid one!

An enticing collection of tracks that really shine at their most experimental. Their really isn't a cohesive thematic thread, but the hot, sunny and frequently dusty Californian air frequently filters through the music. The quality sags in the second half but the first two songs are really wonderful and thoughtfully textured.

Good album some skips fs def 2005 would listen again

while im not a fan of Beck this wasn't too bad. 3.5/5

I think I might like Beck…

Relisten

I thought this album was alright, it has a great instrumental pallete and there's bits and pieces of songs that would enter into my listening activity but other than that it drags a lot and at some points it feels like its doing too much. I loved the mixture of Hip Hop, Folk, Rock, Bossa Nova and Jazz elements too and the usage of Synths. Sometimes the way the vocals were delivered felt so draining and made me want to skip certain songs. I feel like if the track-list was shortened and more thought was put into making sure this body of work lyrically matched the diverse instrumentals It would have come out as a better album. I would love an instrumental release for this album and will be sure to look into it if there is one. Final Score: 6/10 Fav Tracks: Girl, Missing

Great sampling and the songs are well-constructed.

Great album, loved the changing styles and the production. Awesome listening! E-Pro was my fav song and fav first listen of the album with Go It Alone and Broken Drum as my other highlights

I’ve never been a Beck fan and I’m still not but this album makes me understand some of the hype

When people say they like alternative rock, I find they either lean more towards the 80s or 2000s. As for the 90s, there are parts of the 90s that lean either to the 80s or 2000s. And me, well, I lean towards the 80s. And this here is that 2000s alternative rock. You know, I swear every new rock band is alternative rock nowadays. It makes sense though... as the other big umbrella would be the more "classic" rock which isn't the thing anymore. Now it's all indie-alternative rock. If only rock today was more analog and less "perfect"/overproduced. Well, I can still listen to the more analog stuff, so it doesn't really matter, does it And this, this is 2000s alternative rock

It all sounds the same. Not great but no complaints. Kinda like the hallmark movies of the music world. Sounds like I’m in a soundtrack to charmed or something.

Great album, loved to listen back to Guero

I get the creative talent of Beck but I just don’t get it. This one had no hits that knew of. It was pretty boring to me, people apparently like him. To each their own. Three stars.

This is a fun album, chill vibes

8/10 Beck is legend

Couple good tracks

Had low expectations going in, but was actually pleasantly surprised. A really cool, unique record. The sound feels like mix of 90s style grunge with a modern twist. Not my favorite ever, but a good record.

Well, this album is at parts interesting at parts so bland and boring. Some songs are nice, but others are more of the same that has been listened before but on repeat. And the sound is so monotonous that it feels like the album doesn't flow at all. So, it's sometimes good, sometimes bad, to be honest. Did I like this? Not much. It's a pretty average album with some nicer tracks.

Not his finest work

before listening: I vaguely know of this artist, never listened to anything in full. I think he has a song with Cage the Elephant? Anyway, hopefully it's good, still in the bad mood I mentioned in my last notes 1. E-Pro - This is fine, i'm not amazed by it, but don't hate it 2. Que' Onda Guero - eh. I like the chaotic, lifelike vibe of it, but it's not one I can see myself just listening to 3. Girl - I actually like this one a lot 4. Missing - meh, this one is fine 5. Black Tambourine - This one is okay, could grow on me 6. Earthquake Weather - Oooh, I really like this one! 7. Hell Yes - eh, no thank you 8. Broken Drum - I really like this one 9. Scarecrow - this one is fine 10. Go It Alone - this one is also fine 11. Farewell Ride - eh, not my vibe 12. Rental Car - this one is fine 13. Emergency Exit - Again, this one is fine So, overall the album is just fine. I probably won't come back to it as a whole, but there are a few songs I won't mind revisiting

Replay yes

Not for me 2.5

Decent

I only knew the hits previously, but I was surprised how much I liked the rest of this album as well. “Broken Drum” was my favorite.

30# Beck has just got the immense style to pull this kinda beats. It's alt rock with beats? say what. How are you mixing drum beats with rock instrumentation and it sounds this good. and it keeps adding interesting instruments or sounds. Very nice listen while vacuuming the house. The production in this is crazy good. Almost every minute I'm hearing a new thing that is really satisfying in the ears, like in the simple track Broken Drums, it could've been just drums and guitar, but no, you're stroke with a whole environment of sounds, wow. There's always something far away happening. The final tracks aren't as powerful as the beginning and middle. Just a thought: Beck has a similar voice to the vocalist from Eels, love them both. Highlights: E-Pro; Girl; Black Tambourine; Broken Drum Skips: Hell Yes; Rental Car

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Again. Not sure how these editors and critics picked these albums. I get it trying to be influential, but fuck bro. Give me a solid album. Music is good in this one, but hate that fucking voice. And that second song is stupid. Almost every song starts off sounding cool as fuck. Then they stop playing the Cool shit 15 seconds in. 3.25/14. 48.18%

This is music.

I’m pretty sure the second song was racist. Kinda like Cake but different

Pues muy grata sorpresa! Me ha gustado mucho, además de abrirme a un estilo musical que no suelo explorar...

Beck saying "¿Qué put*s?". That's it. That's the note.

Beck is surely talented, but I don't really like his sound

Pretty good

Never mind when Beck is on, but I never reach for it

Good

this one was a huge disappointment. the first two songs were fantastic, the second one had my jaw on the floor. then we immediately start going downhill, i found most of the rest of the album to be extremely cringe. the way he speaks is so god damn annoying like he his a tiny mouth or something. i appreciate the sounds/beats he tries to incorporate in, i gave it a 2 instead of a 1 because each song really was unique and weird in a slightly good way. but he also put repetitive ass sound bits in some of the songs which really got on my nerves (Missing). also idk why people like Hell Yeah that might have been one of the worst songs i’ve ever heard like actually.

This came out when I was in eighth grade and I remember getting it from the library. I loved this album, haven’t listened in years , and I thought it was still really solid today. EPro, Que Onda Guero, and Girl are a great way to open the album. From there it gets mellower with occasional bangers, such as Black Tambourine and Hell Yes. The slower songs aren’t up there with some of Becks others, but still, it’s an enjoyable listen.

A grand album but eminently forgettable, nothing so good or so bad that makes it particularly memorable. Somewhat odd inclusion on this list I feel. 3 out of 5 stars.

kind of surprisingly good, genre bending

Thoroughly enjoyable to listen to. Probably not the most influential, experimental, or critically acclaimed Beck album, but still good and worth seeking out from time to time. 3+

Un mot : éclectique

So, so dull. If you like it, great, every single song sounds the same, muddy and droning. 2.5/5

First time I’ve listened to a Beck album in full. For me there are no major highs and no major lows. There’s some nice production but nothing really grabs me. Not something I feel like I need to listen to again.

This is the first time I'm listening to this Beck album start-to-finish. I'm more familiar with some of his other albums. In the track "Missing," I thought that it was Chris Cornell doing a guest vocal. Gotta hand it to Beck for doing a pretty solid impersonation there. Ultimately, I don't dislike this, but I prefer Odelay.

3+

E-Pro - Cool music video, catchy, fun instrumentals, weird ending Que Onda, Guero - Great vibes, I love a Spanglish song, super boppy Girl - Once again very interesting. Fun vibes Missing - Oooooh I really like this one, so pretty Black Tambourine - Once again cool music video, fun vibes Earthquake Weather - Really cool instrumentals Hell Yes - Interesting Broken Drum - Pretty and cool instrumentals Scarecrow - I really like this one Go It Alone - Catchy and boppy Farewell Ride - Loving these instrumentals Rental Car - Cool intro Emergency Exit - Pretty instrumentals, cool message Overall, solid album without much for me. It's good but this is literally a list of good albums. I also wish there was more Spanish. This doesn't give me anything special and although it's clearly well-crafted and I'm sure it is for someone, I can't say it's one of my favorite things I've listened to.

Album Review 078 Guero by Beck (2005) Rating 3.5/5 Beck’s best album; Guero is consistently strong and has plenty of different styles but at almost an hour long, this a long album and I’d expect only his biggest fans will regularly re-listen all the way through.

I liked it more than Odelay. The beats were more mature and conducive for movement. I felt like I could dance to this album more than others I've heard from him. Overall I liked it, but I know it's not going to be a go-to for me. I would be happy to hear it again.

Beck has a mix of sounds here. He tends to swing between college party sound and more introspective. There's a few good vibes, but overall I think he has a stronger album.

Man I love this album.

Good

Really nice variety of instruments / genres, rock, blues/country, electronic Some songs had repetitive lyrics and lacked meaning (Hell yes, my girl) Overall, enjoying the instrumentals a lot, not so much for lyrical/vocal aspects but I did quite enjoy some songs like Farewell Ride, E Pro

Buenas vibras pero nada a destacar. Es como blur y gorillaz pero menos experimental.

Totally caught off guard with how good this album is. Ended up listening to a few others and forgot how enjoyable he is to listen to. It's controlled chaos.

This is fire!!

AGGRESSIVE FUZZ immediately to kick off Guero. Immediately intrigued. SUDDEN stop to give way to jungle drums and staccatoed rhythmic vocals. Really fuzzy bass line kicks right back in. This is an entertaining start. Gives me high high hopes for this album. Wow this track almost feels Gorrilaz-esque. Love the synth/brass sounding instrument that I can’t figure out in the background. Really repetitive rhythmic drumbeat really makes your head bob. Horrific sounding synth to start off Girl. This track feels like a bit of a change in tone to the previous two. Funky slide guitar solo in this feels novel. I like it. Some sort of smooth jazz feel brought in with Missing. Maybe jazz isn’t the right term… almost something Cuban? I’m getting serious Havana vibes from this one for some reason. Black Tambourine again carries on the real jazzy feel with the drumbeat. Earthquake Weather instantly made me think of NWA with that intro. Much more earthy sounding bass. Weird effects on it give this track a bit of an alien feel. Plenty of phaser being used here. Hell Yes starts with an interesting timing. I really like this. Previous track had me dip out a little but this one woke me up a good bit. Rhythmic repetition and almost rapping definitely makes this one of the most interesting tracks in the record. Real slowdown with Broken Drum. I love the harsh sliding progression in the verse riff. Almost dreamy xylophone effects. Scarecrow and Go It Alone blended together a bit. Both good tracks. Serious twang brought into Farewell Ride. Such a western influence to this one. Love the fuzz of the main riff in Rental Car. Miss it a little when it drops out for the vocals. Comes back again to back up an understated guitar solo. Something almost nu-metal about the second guitar solo. Crazy vocal interlude afterwards, circus-like. But ties in really well with that fuzzy riff eventually. Dark and brooding slowdown towards the end of the album with Emergency Exit. Real desert feel to this track. Send a Message To Her doesn’t really feel like an outro track. It’s decent, but there’s nothing special. It does have a nice instrumental bridge towards the end which I like. All sound a fairly decent album, 3 out of 5 for me. E-Pro knocks the other tracks out of the park. Worthwhile listen.

I know of Beck but never listened too much to him, this was a weird and fun album.

repeat

Solid album with lots of sonic complexity. Love the driving opening song E-pro, and Qué onda güero Is a great snapshot of life in east LA. If the whole album built more off those first 2 songs I feel it would be much stronger. Instead the middle kind of drifts into some good but not great poppy Beck-style songs. E-pro and Qué onda güero are so good that they almost overshadow the rest of the album. There is a kind of a dark bluesy sound in the last third of the album that I like but it doesn’t synch well with the beginning. Overall Odelay is much better.

I love this album, it's so good. It really comes across as a self-imposed challenge by the artist. Where he picked a theme and then wrote on it.

# Album Name: Guero # Artist: Beck # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: Good album. Tad too long though which drops the quality a bit. # Top Tunes: Epro / girl / Black Tambourine / hell yes / go it alone / rental car # Would I listen to it again? yes

Damn, 2005 was a great music year. One of Becks best hands down.

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too white millennial man, do better

Not sure what I was expecting. Its uhm interesting.. Little weird or ig surreal. Ahm.

Previously unknown. It's fine but as a whole it's sort of boring and too similar.

Found lyrics, other than incesent nah nahs, of E-Pro almost imcomprehensible. Top tracksfor me are Girl and Black Tambourine. Overall album is listenable but not one I would seek out.

Not quite on the same level as some of this other stuff but still an enjoyable album.

A funky dance through a swamp of sick beats

This was fun, didn't knock me off my feet but I've come to understand Beck as a group that's great at making oddly good strange music

Beck was a head of his time, album holds up 20 yrs later. He drips steez

Don’t like it

4 Stars I ended up liking this one more as it went on. I'm not sure how often I'll come back to it, but a fun album for sure. Whoever said it falls off after the first half is out of their mind. The album picks up at "Hell Yes" and keeps going from there.

Love when an album surprises me. I had a lot of fun listening to this one. I enjoyed nearly all the songs. 4.5/5

LOVED IT, specially the song Girl.

I get why people like Beck, I just never have. Is he interesting? Yes. Is it very surprising he has hung on for so long and the amount of fans he has? Also yes. I just listen to him and find there weird isn't always good, it's often just weird. Add in that his voice isn't that good and it generally leads to mediocre music, at least to my ear. This album is more of the same, I am afraid, though there were a few bright spots. Hell Yes was kind of fun, certainly had some interesting parts to it. The lead track was good as well. Unfortunately, most of the rest of this was just no bueno.

Gillar det!

It was fine, nothing stuck out to me. Was fine having it on in the background, but nothing I'd go back for.

Kinda rock kinda electronica, i like it. Kinda biased cuz i like Beck

Some interesting ideas here but ends up being quite boring

Some White Stripes/Jack White vibes in the earlier songs. Ok but maybe a bit too prog rock vibes for my taste

Let me start out by saying that before listening to this album, I was unfamiliar with Beck. I'd listened to "Loser" and that was a guilty pleasure song for me for a while, but who doesn't know that song. Anyways, I had no idea that Beck is actually just one guy. That's crazy, and he's insanely talented. That said, I don't think this album is for me. In my opinion, the first half is pretty solid, and I was pleasantly surprised at what all Beck can do, but I didn't get much of that by the end. Everything become homogeneous. The track that stood out to me the most was "Earthquake Weather." If earthquakes were a weather event, I think this song conjures up what it would look like outside before an earthquake.

This is a funny one. It’s a good solid album; musically very rich and sonically interesting, but I’m not sure why it’s on the list (this is a sentence I seem to be writing far too often). Beck is a bit of an unknown quantity to me; I don’t know anything about him as a person, and I don’t get the sense of a particular persona from this. It’s not a classic, or one that recommend or stand up for in an argument, but it is rather affable. Ultimately, I like this album but I’m not sure why.

Idk

Second album by him and still don’t like it.

Definitely not for me

Not absolute top shelf Beck - meanders more than the ones I find either really original or really chill.

Just meh. Beck has many better albums than this.

Kind of groovy, kind of snoozy

Started strong but petered out near the end. 3.5

Hadn't listened to this before. Didn't quite give it the attention it deserved but it sounded good back there. Never got super into Beck but always respected that he was making fun and innovative music. I will save this to my library and come back to it.

Beck has never done much for me, but this was a pleasing enough way to spend an hour. All of the songs have that pastiche that Beck has made his signature, and I liked opener "E-Pro" the best. None of it feels especially deep or substantive, but I don't think that's the point, either.

enjoyable listen

Good vibe but not my style

Hey, I had no idea this Beck album existed. A lot of this reminds me of his earlier material - indie with little hip-hop flavored sampled bits. Maybe a little more smoothed out. "Qué Onda Guero" is a little cheesy, but it feels right. This is making me want to listen to actual hip-hop-inflected Mexican music instead, though. "Missing" is atmospheric; I like it a lot. It might be my favorite track on the record? But I also like the song "Farewell Ride," with its interesting cowboyish guitar. The only thing on here that I didn't really take to was "Earthquake Weather," which sounded like some band from the 70s that I can't remember the name of. 4 stars - I'd listen to it again sometime.

Fun mashup of alt. rock and trip-hop influences. Enjoy the bass guitar and all the neat sampling and synth work. 8/10.

Great variety rock, love the production. Favourite track: Que Onda Guero

8/10 Pretty fun album with a variety of sounds and samples. Favorite song is Hell Yes.

Perfect for walks

Good, but compared to odelay, definitely the lesser. Fun listen but nothing exceptional

Basically exactly what I expected. This is (somewhat better than) fine.

Surprisingly melodic in the mix of an eclectic production. It certainly has a style, although rough along the edges.

Yeah this was okay. Liked more songs than I was expecting to. Fave tracks: E-Pro, earthquake weather, broken drum. Would I revisit this: except for the specific tracks I liked, nope.

Fave tracks: que onda’ guero, girl, broken drum, go it alone, and emergency exit

There are echoes of perhaps Beck's best album (Odelay) on this, but among the killers there are few fillers also. Maybe 3/5 is not quite enough, but 4/5 would be bit too much...

A damn good album. I had a good groove throughout the album and listened to it a second time straight away.

I've always had problems with Beck, mostly due to the excessive "art music" vibe I'm getting, whether it's there or not. I'll try and keep an open mind, but when wikipedia says "...it is ARTISTS highest-charting album and had sold over MASSIVE NUMBER..." and it's none of the artists records that are already on my radar in one way or another, I get suspicious. I had couple of moments where I felt like skipping rest of the tracks and moving on, but for the most part it was fine, I guess. His vocal style tends to get on my nerves, but not as bad as I was anticipating. Few good tracks jumped out, rest was just part of the album, so to speak.

4.0

I love the way he's singing. Like very subtle and cool idk it's great.

Alternative rock, alternative hip hop, sampledelia.

This is a good listen! Outside of Loser, I never gave Beck much of a chance. My wife likes him and I'd overhear bits now and again, but nothing grabbed me. Over the last few years though, I've become more of a fan. He brings in various styles and experiments a lot, which I appreciate! Why make music if you're just going to do what everyone else has already done? This album walks a great, fine line. Experimental and yet pop-py enough to get on the radio. Heck of a trick! Based on a the first few things I'd heard by him, I didn't think he was much of a singer. But when I hear some of the slower songs, he really does have a nice tone and he's obviously been trained on how to use it. All around good time. I'm going with a 4 on it. It's quite good and listenable. While I do like that he experiments a bit, I don't think he's changed music or influenced too many bands by this.

liked it parent music

This album sucks oml. This feels like the blueprint for imagine dragons and all of the derivative pop-rock acts of today. I think the humor is just too on the nose for me personally? Also the instrumentals sound INCREDIBLY dated and just uninspired. Found the first album on this list that personally offends me lol. The only saving grace ig was Jack White on bass for one of the songs, the rest of it.... yeah.

I prefer Odelay, but this is pretty good.

Ja vel

I didn’t know I liked Beck! This definutely piqued my interest and I love the genre mash, reminds me of Gorillaz. So fun and zany and he has a cool backstory. Songs are memorable. Hard to listen and not smile

Best Track - "E-Pro"

Originally want to give a 4 but lost dynamic in the second half. 3/5

No

Boppy folk music with great beats and solid variety. Not the absolute best from Beck, but still a very fun listening album.

One of Becks best but still not spectacular

The beats are good, the vocals border on mediocre and lazy.

I was surprised to like it as much as I did! I'm sure I'll be coming back to it in the future

I really liked this album. Had the classic Beck sound but went beyond in adding in some additional genres. Really liked the flow of the album and would definitely listen again.

I love Loser which is the only decent Beck song. The rest are weird

Офигенно. Надо переслушать

has some good songs, then gets pretty boring

really cool beats. 4/5

Already listened, not bad

Somehow, Beck makes this eclectic collection of musical pieces work, infusing each and every new song with a unique identity while keeping his style. You never know what you'll get once a new one kicks in which makes this album refreshing to hear and keeps you on your toes. Unfortunately, the middle section kind of fails this premise. The songs sound very much alike, and the sad folk-style is really not my cup of tea. Towards the end, Beck seemingly becomes inspired again and delivers a scenic finish but this middle chunck really drags down my rating. Best songs are Que' Onda Guero and Farewell Ride. 8/10, would probably skip everything from Missing to Go It Alone (except Hell Yes).

Favorite track(s): E-Pro, Missing, Black Tambourine

No track really stood out to me but I have heard and enjoyed emergency exit before

Fantastic!

Being honest, this was my first time hearing Beck. As a Brazilian and huge MPB fan, I was surprised and impressed by "Missing." I could immediately tell by the instrumental, it's my personal favorite on this work, alongside Broken Drum. That one hit me, the longing and sadness mixed with the rage of the guitar is absolutely perfect. Scarecrowcould easily be part of a soundtrack. It reminds me of those intense moments when a character is on rush. The same goes for Go It Alone (you can really feel Jack White's contribution here). The sound is quite dirty, but it matches the general idea of the album. In general,it's a decent album, but I might say it's not for every mood or taste. I can see myself revisiting it in the right moment. I felt more connected to the production and atmosphere than to the lyrics themselves. Not my favorite, but not bad at all.

E-pro - 5 Que onda guero - 4 Girl - 5 Missing - 4 Black tambourine - 4 Earthquake weather - 3 Hell yes - 4 Broken drum - 3 Scarecrow - 4 Go it alone - 4 Farewell ride - 3 Rental car - 3 Emergency exit - 3

Quanto mais conheço do universo musical de Beck, mais cresce meu apreço por seu trabalho. Acho fascinante como parece que cada canção dele foi feita por um artista diferente! É palpável o tamanho da virtuosidade e ecletismo do artista. Claro que a extrema variedade é inerentemente desafiadora. Nem sempre o experimento do momento em cada uma das canções vai te agradar inteiramente, e eu sinto isso também. A verdade é que acho que o modo em que conduzo essas escutas e reviews não é compatível com a maneira que Beck compõe seus álbuns. Acredito que os discos dele devem melhorar à cada vez que você os escuta repetidamente… Mas eu escrevo minhas reviews após escutar o disco inteiro pela primeira vez, e apenas na primeira vez. Há aqui um grande problema, até porque existem muitos álbuns por aí que eu já ouvi inúmeras vezes quando o gerei na lista, e isso certamente afeta minha análise e minha nota final. Mas nada é perfeito, nem mesmo este álbum aqui. Mas tudo bem. Eu gostei bastante de Guero. É um disco que despertou meu interesse e curiosidade. Quero ouvir mais que Beck tem à oferecer, vejo que ele é um artista bem compatível com meu gosto. Ótimo disco, divertido e interessante. 4/5

I like!

i appreciated his interesting choice of "digital" sounds, especially given the new internet era of music this album sorta came out around

3 - iconic beginning. I've never really given Beck enough credit for being so emblematic. Every song sounds like a great piece for a movie. Crazy to hear the influence they've had on later bands and also to recognize such a broad range of influence they've used on this album.

a little samey, great guitar work

This album firmly places Beck in a place and time. His monotone sunshine is very LA and the keyboard effects and record scratching is recalling Incubus and Limp Bizkit (lol). Tbh I love him for it and I love this album.

Excellent album, had heard the songs separately but together it makes for a great listen

Although not as adventurous as Odelay, this is a welcome comeback to his earlier sound after some melancholic albums like Sea Change. It's not bad - it's not brilliant either. I do like eclectic albums, however, and Beck never lets me down on this front. 3/5

5/5

16/20 Un très bel album que j'ai pris plaisir à découvrir et a écouter. De très belles sonorités dont certaines sortent de l'ordinaire. On ne s'ennuie pas à l'écoute.

fifa -ish

Heck yeah! This was my jam! I had never listened to this album of Beck's (have always been a fan of his though) and it slapped! Really made my day. His creativity, the funky beats and just overall fun was a delight. Will be a staple in my collection for sure! Standouts: Que Onda Guero and Broken Drum 02-02-2026

Can’t find a fault with this album. Every song is good. I like the mix of classic Beck sounds mixed with post Sea Change instrumentations.

iznenađujuće solidan ali dosta nedosljedan album. ima dobrih stvari, ima okej, ima zakurac pjesama. no dosta bolji od prethodnog bekovog albuma koji sam slušao u sklopu ovog tzv. projekta

E-Pro was a lot of fun to play in Rock Band, a popular video game from the ‘00s. This album is still really good. I’m struggling to think of another album with bass lines as strong as this one. Maybe this album doesn’t stick out as much in my memory due to being overshadowed by Odelay.

Really love me some Beck and this is a particularly good one.

Another masterpiece from Beck.

Idk bro, some good country, some just weird af

Just not my thing in the slightest

Listening Notes Jeff had this playing in his car when we went to a movie, I asked what it was and later he handed me a burn CD of it... rest is history Originally my favorite Beck album and definitely one I know the best, probably still sits in the top 5 Definitely feels like the companion piece to Odelay Standout Tracks "E-Pro", "Girl", "Black Tambourine", "Hell Yes", "Scarecrow", "Farewell Ride", "Rental Car" First time? No Will it go into your rotation? Been in the rotation for 20 years

Ughhhhh. It's fine but I truly can't be bothered with it 2.5/5 Songs added to playlist: - E-Pro - Go It Alone - Send A Message To Her - Non-LP Version

Well, I know the first track, so that's something. However, I just feel like I'm watching an Apple commercial or something because of the saturation those commercials had. I don't think I get Beck.

Not the best Beck but still good

Never really got the fascination for Beck. It's fine I guess.

I prefer other records by Beck

Once I got over the idea that this “recent” Beck album was 20 years old, I really got into it. Beck carries with him a certain something 90s kids love.

it mainly had bops, still not like a super super fan

Amazing album, loved the vibe and styles. Best thing was the variety. Variety just isn’t something all albums have, but each song was vastly different on this album. Definitely a 5 for me.

One of the top ten albums of my life.

Talk about an album that slows WAY down…

Guero got me into Beck. It’s not my favorite, but is very special.

Moderate middling quality of the nonsensical attitude avant guarde tracks elevated by pure pop anthems

210/1001 Beck - Guero Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ✅ I only have a passing knowledge of Beck and this is one I'd heard nothing about before. On first listen, this sounds like a bit more of a restrained version of Odelay. It's still a melange of genres done in Beck's inimitable style, which I enjoyed quite a bit.

I remember this band from when this album came out. It wasn't really my music back then and while it certainly is better this time around its still not a genre I choose to listen to when I listen to music. Its slow rhythms and almost whining singing doesn't really work for me.

EHhhhhh 2.8.

Beck, no te conozco, pero aquí pinta a que en mitad de tu crisis de mediana edad te pusiste a rapear queriendo parecer moderno y te quedaste en Resines en los Ondas. Hay algún tema divertido, pero el disco se hace largo.

medianía previsible que voy a respetar como disfrutable porqué a mi me gustan los discos malos de Primal Scream, no estoy yo como pa criticar

Menudo zurullo!

Hai algún momento que ok, que vale, que ten un pase e se deixa escoitar, pero o conxunto prodúceme o mesmo entusiasmo que facer fotocopias, agardar por que a lavadora acabe de centrifugar ou facer cola nas caixas do supermercado. Non é un desastre (aínda que cousas coma 'Hell Yes' me animen a pensar o contrario), pero tampouco acho razóns para volver aquí nun futuro. Empezo a dubidar de que o dos 1.001 discos non sexa unha especie de estafa piramidal

guero guero el que es diu guero no es

I enjoy Beck's approach on all albums. He seems to find a common thread and slowly pulls on it - to borrow a phrase from Weezer - 'to destroy the sweater' of the music.

Excellent album, although I may prefer Guerolito more. Gives me flashbacks to highschool, riding in the car with my sister driving me to school. Pretty sure she blew out the bass in one of the Maxima soeakers listening to this. Nostalgia glasses on, it’s a 5. Realistically, it’s a 4.

Beats Eclectic

Underneath this mess , is something kind of mediocre.

I listened to this twice and have already forgotten it. In general, my impression is that if it had come out a decade earlier it would have been interesting. Kinda boring as it is, but I don't hate the pop vibes.

Was stoked to hear this again as Guero seemed liked a triumphant return to the Odelay period when it released. Certainly the first half of the record tries very hard to get back into flow of Beck-vs-Dust-Brothers esoterica. But 20 years later, it feels less successful. Songs like E-Pro, Qué Onda Guero and Hell Yes feel like ideas fused together for the sake of camp and novelty; production tchotchkes. The better songs — Missing, Black Tambourine — try less hard to be weird. The second half of the record fares better. Broken Drum, Go it Alone, Farewell Ride are just well-written songs, and they skip the sonic thrift store treatment. Confirms my already-held suspicions that Beck does his best songwriting work when not distracted by being a genre dilettante.

Another solid 2000s-era Beck album. I liked Sea Change but I think I like this one a bit more. Highlights: "E-Pro," "Girl," maybe "Qué Onda Guero" too, but really it's easy to listen front-to-back.

Coworker music.

Pretty groovy at times, despite some sameness. Not guaranteed I'll relisten, but not a terrible experience.

I was not expecting to enjoy as many songs as I did, I think I’ve heard the two more famous songs of him. But I had a fun time.

I found the tone boring, I afraid this didn't do much for me.

I love his album Sea Change, but this isn’t my thing

I will be honest, I was so un-enthused by the prospect of listening to Beck I put it off so much I had to listen to it early doors the following day. Anyway i don’t know why because im yet to hear a Beck song i don’t like. This album didn’t include anything I didn’t like but it was nothing groundbreaking. There were a couple that just pipped the others to the post like Girl - which I think in hindsight I liked the first 30 seconds of more than anything else, and the chorus was a little early Nirvana in a different font, Broken Drum and Farewell Ride which were maybe my joint favourites. Ultimately, I was disappointed to find Chain Reaction wasn’t a Diana Ross/Steps cover but hey, we can’t have it all.

My Rating 3.8 Fun, meandering album with styles taken from all over the place.

Не особо альбом зашел... Некоторые треки вообще странные

beck is wel gaaf

Fav: …. Broken drum 4/5

Some very good songs here, and no bad ones. Nice work, Beck.

2.5 stars I first heard a leaked version of Güero 2 months before its eventual release. There were unfinished versions of the song and a different track list, but my initial impression was it was a masterpiece. I was 15 and newly into indie music and Beck and it felt like a big deal. When the official release occurred and I listened to it, I was a bit disappointed. The opening song I had originally heard, “Missing,” was now the 4th track, making it feel like a throw away track. “Go it alone” had been early in the leaked version, but now was near the end of the record. The flow felt off. While “E-Pro” is a clear power opener in the likes of Odelay’s “Devil’s Haircut,” it didn’t feel as representative of the album as a whole. But perhaps these criticisms are easy for someone who listened to a leaked version burned on a CD over and over again for months, more than I ever listened to the official version over the course of the next 2 decades. In fact, I don’t know that I’ve listened to the album at all in the last 10 years. While my feelings on the album are inevitably impacted by my early experience, I don’t know that I would feel differently about this album today if the track order was preserved as I had initially heard it. My impressions today were that there is a lot to like in this record, particularly the first 4 tracks, and a lot of atmospheric, moody slow tracks that aren’t bad but feel a bit boring. The album overall doesn’t grab beyond the beginning, with the exception of “Go it alone” that still feels out of place at the end of the record. I can’t say the rest of the album tracks grab me, which leaves a long period time of the songs just playing and the album as a whole not feeling like a must-listen. In retrospect, what made me feel like the album was so amazing when I first heard it was just the newness of the genre to me at the time. Listening now, I can’t say I’m as impressed with what I’m hearing as anything new or revolutionary, but just competent well-ridden territory for Beck over a decade into his career. Most genres on the album had been presented better in previous efforts, leaving this as a successful effort to bring back some of the nostalgia for those other albums while making an album that feels effortful but less fulfilling.

I liked this enough. He is very consistent with his schtick but I wouldn’t reach for it

very good!

Boring

loved it. 5

Becky was a fun time

No idea how many bloody Beck albums there are on this list. I think this is the 3rd I've heard and it's the first one I enjoyed from start to finish. It's how I imaged a Beck album would sound - a good collection of compositions.

Pretty good stuff

I love this guy. I might start a fan club called Boomers for Beck. Every song on here is a banger.

Mishmash of stuff that never really adds up to anything. List didn’t need multiple Beck albums.

This album reminds me of what Beck was doing about 10 years earlier in the 90s. It’s more groove driven, sample heavy, and built around a collage style approach. Something I also found pretty interesting is that Beck teamed up with The Dust Brothers for the production and mastering of this album.

Horrible.

This just wasn’t the album for me. I don’t like this genre.

It was a good listen

Pretty good, rocky and funky

This was fine. Didn't blow me away.

It’s Beck. Everything you expect from a Beck album—bombastic production on a collection of tracks that aren’t sure if they want to be rock, country, or pop. I would classify a lot of the instrumentation here as pretty experimental, with varying degrees of success. It’s certainly very cool and hip, but most of the songs just aren’t really that exciting.

meu veredito é: RUIM

bom achei que seria bem pior. mas não foi bom. teve uma que me irritou profundamente, outras dá pra deixar tocando de fundo. mediano até o cu fazer biquim

Beck's alright, I guess

Patchy album with some interesting songs. Highlights are broken drum and farewell ride.

Love this album, has a different tone and style to the one I know best (Odelay) but unmistakeably Beck

cancion fav girl y que onda guero

Pretty much sounded like everything else I’ve heard by Beck which makes ok in my opinion!

3.07

Really interesting eclectic arrangements, I really love the latin influences

Alt rock album

Thought it was boring too many tracks

I liked the play with Spanish, but again not a memorable album. No songs downloaded

I know it’s a legendary staple album but it’s just eh

Some really good songs

Average

Like a lot of others it seems, I’m now sick and tired of Beck regularly popping up on this list like a bad smell. He’s a trier but doesn’t really deserve all the exposure he gets as this album adequately illustrates. 1/5 18/1/26

giving rock

E-Pro - 6/10 Que’ onda guero - 5/10 Girl - 4/10 Missing - 6/10 Black Tambourine - 6/10 Earthquake Weather - 8/10 Hell yes - 6/10 Broken Drum - 6/10 scarecrow - 5/10 go it alone - 6/10 farewell ride - 7/10 Rental Car - 8/10 emergency exit - 5/10 this album is absolutely incredible! from the insanely great layering in production to genre blending, this album pushed barriers showing genre blending is absolutely plausibe. Becks vocals were great alongside the genres he picked, they very smoothly fit into rock to rap to even genres like folktronica and gothic folk. This album was one of my favorites so far and i think it deserves most recognition for its impact from a post-modern standpoint and how it paved the way for the boundaries of “genres” overall album rating: 7.6/10

gonna be honest, i only listened to the first three songs in full. i just don't fuck with beck like this. skimmed the rest of the album, it's just not for me

A fun listen. Very cohesive style even with all of the genre-bending. Beck has an iconic vocal style.

Ok, enjoyable enough

I feel like nothing on this album is particularly new, but the way Beck put it all together was. I am also not drinking enough IPAs to really fully enjoy what is happening. itsart.gif

YES

Had stopped listening to Beck by this album, probably a couple before. Ok, starts great. Dulls a little. That 90s/2000s track bloat. Still the best Beck I have heard in a long time. 3.5 rounded up Heard before? No Owned: No: 43/175(24%) Will I get. Maybe