Guero

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

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.

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 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.

6/10

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

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.

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.

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

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

3.07

Alt rock album

giving rock

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

Gimme Fiction - Spoon Z - My Morning Jacket The Sunset Tree - The Mountain Goats Picaresque - The Decemberists Four terrific alternative/indie albums right there released in 2005, by bands not featured on this list. While Beck gets three (3!) I like Beck fine, but Guero does not need to be on here. Outside of Girl and E-Pro, which are great songs, its really not that memorable or different than other stuff he'd put out by 2005. The rap tracks especially just feel tiresome and really dated. Overall, its not bad, but I think the choice to add this one is a perfect example of how flawed this list is.

Thought songs in the album were all over the place, maybe it’s just not my style

👍👍

This is my favorite Beck album. I bought it back in the day because people were saying it was better than his prior stuff, and I agree.

enjoyable album dont know if i loved it but it has its peakss

Experimental sounds with questionable lyrics

Not my cup of tea, but was fine. Might have been good with a bit of editing

I feel like this was better than the other two; it didn’t seem so depressing. I'm just relieved that I won't be hearing from Beck again

While it got a little repetitive later on, there are some really awesome grooves here. Favorite track: E-Pro

Easy listening but nothing too unique or special. Typical Beck style and sound.

I'm not a Beck fan, but I didn't mind listening to this album. It wouldn't have been one that I picked up, but I'm glad that I listened to it.

Like the album. Not typically what I listen to. The album is very different with songs that all have a unique sound. Favorite song - go it alone

Not really my thing, need to

Took a stroll down memory lane and found ‘Guerolito’ which was a compilation of the full album worth of remixes. Not as good as the originals, but they never are. Just different. Probably my third or fourth favorite Beck album. Solid 7/10. I always remember this tour, since it was right in the middle of the RC. Bonnie Y brought in all the iron-one that were sold at merch for me to stick on their own T’s. When asked at the concert whether she wanted them applied to tees - she just let them know that ‘she has a guy’.

Was fine, interesting in places, but not amazing.

ihan tämmöstä perusbeckiä, jotain kivoja tunnelmia mutta pääsääntösesti tylsää. Pannaan perjantain kunniaksi GOLSE

Ihan hauskaa ja monipuolista menoa, mutta ei noussut siitä kuitenkaan seuraavalle tasolle. Kolmosella mennään.

Taustamusana töiden lomassa tuli tämäkin kuunneltua. Ei varsinaisesti säväyttänyt. Välillä kolkuteltiin jo vähän huumorimusan portteja. Pidemmän päälle myös varsin tylsähkö levy. Ei nyt mitään ihan kauheeta kuraa kuitenkaan, eikä ärsyttänyt missään vaiheessa. Kaks ja puoli, pyöristetään se vaikka kolmoseen.

Very funny, in my groove

7/10 2026/1/4

Definitely better than “Sea Change”. The music was good. If Beck didn’t mumble, I would put this album in my library.

kinda too windy and stonery for me but i get the appeal and the ideas/executions on a lot of these songs are super creative and fun

Det är svårt att ta musik på allvar när det ska skojas. Beck kan inte låta bli sina försök till roligheter. Det är nog bara så han är funtad. Musikaliskt tycker jag här ändå finns flera fina grooves även om det låter väl daterat ibland. Jag har betydligt trevligare i Becks sällskap än med Eagles och Led Zeppelin.

23. e-pro is good

Lo bueno de viajar en coche es no parar de escuchar música. Hoy me ha tocado hacerlo con Beck de fondo. Me ha gustado menos que “Odelay”, y eso que empieza prometedor, pero luego, por lo que sea, se me desinfla. Aquí prevalecen estructuras rítmicas con base de bajo y percusiones varias, pocos temas carecen de palmas y la guitarras están un poco de adorno. Beck siempre me ha parecido un poco el hipster de la música. Casi igual de efímero que los ídem.

Pretty solid mid-period Beck album although I think it’s maybe Beck’s 4th or 5th best. Sounds like he wanted to do ‘Odelay’ again.

Similar to Odelay, but with less blatant use of random samples and a better sense of song craft.

It was fine, first song was the best.

I couldn't really tell what genre it was, but it wasn't bad.

5/10 Best songs: Girl, Scarecrow, Go It Alone, Farewell Ride A slow- to medium-tempo album the whole way through that relies heavily on (admittedly interesting) beats and less on lyrics or singing. Though the second half is pretty good, I find the album conceptually interesting but just not very appealing. I've never really gotten into Beck, and I think this album is emblematic as to why.

It was around the time of this release, give or take, that I fell out with this artist when I heard he was a Scientologist. I was soo disheartened & couldn't even listen to any of his work without the sad, icky feeling of disappointment overshadowing my whole listening experience. This cat is uniquely talented & borders upon greatness. And it's MY irrational hang-up that robbed me of a decade plus of fandom. I DID eventually outgrow my foolishness (on this particular issue anyway) and came back to unashamedly appreciating this man's distinctive output over the last handful of years or so. THIS album, while not my favorite, is not bad & I imagine I would come to enjoy it even more with repeated listens. 3 stars seems about right. Honorable mention to the Futurama cameo back in the Midnite Vultures days

Beck had a nice arc going. He initially became known for "Loser" which was a radio-foisted throwaway song, a house made of straw. Then came Odelay (I have a soft spot for this album as part of my teenage years), which was well-received critically but also cemented his status as an aloof self-styled witticist type. A couple albums later we were given Sea Change, which was truly brilliant and was marketed as his transformation into a mature, serious artist— but! He immediately pivoted back to this kind of stuff, which, in retrospect, makes Sea Change feel insincere. I suppose Morning Phase was his attempt to relegitimize that persona, but... whatever, I can't be bothered with all this.

Album #14 Beck: Guero My first time hearing a Beck album in full. From what I knew of him through his hits, I was expecting something pretty quirky and out there. The first half of the album was definitely that, though I think that I did find the charm in it, which I was afraid might be lost on me. However, the second half, though not bad, seemed a lot more ordinary; at times sounding like music you might hear in a Lincoln commercial. I feel as though Beck is at his best with offbeat,t humorous lyrics, and eclectic vocal styles, the best of which, in my opinion, came in Que Onda Guero. I can’t say I was ever bored listening to this, though, and I actually respect Beck for creating his own sound entirely. I’m pretty sure this isn’t Beck’s most lauded album, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see him again, and I definitely would be curious to hear more from him. Best Tracks: Que Onda Guero, Girl, Missing Worst Track: Farewell Ride Score out of 10:6.5

This was all over the place and thus necessarily hit-and-miss. I do respect the boldness of exploring so many ideas instead of settling for one clear concept, though.

Okay so i did write notes for each song but this deleted. I see alot of 90s tupac rap inspired. Some indie rock. Harmonica, deep voice, guitar, country old west. A very dinamic album with different vibes for each song. Some stuff i didnt like much but is a fun album. Fav:E-Pro, Send a message for her, Broken drum

Beck always keeps me interested I'll give him that

It's a solid album, but it doesn't exactly excite me.

Alright, prefer the sad shit like sea change and morning phase

Not a bad album, some pretty good songs, but a bunch of others that were nothing to write home about

I like this album a little better than "Odelay" so I'll give it three stars.

A return the Odeley style after Sea Change. But I’m more of a fan of the Sea Change era. Couple good songs though

Starts off banging, b-side is a bit of a drag

Beck has an extraordinary amount of talent, and sometimes that translates into a catchy hook. Mostly, I don’t connect with the entirety of the album. He’s a song guy.

Ok

paar esimest laulu olid head aga mõned lõpus olid mmmmm ma ei tea nüüd

better beck than the last beck

Listenable, but didn’t jump out.

This may be a bit of a stretch for some, but I personally see Beck as the male equivalent to Madonna and you need to hear me out on this. Both of them always make it their goal to drastically switch up their sounds all of the time with each project in an effort to try and gather the populations from those sounds to their evergrowing discography. They both were cultural juggernauts of their time and have since been relegated to "old head who won't shut up." Anyways, Guero feels like Beck's attempt to try and bring Trip Hop back into the mainstream after the genre ran dry in the beginning of the 2000s, and honestly I think some of Beck's attempts here are pretty noble but don't quite land in all the ways I would have hoped and liked. This album is pretty safe as far as all the experimentation goes and even with some of the more bold swings here I am just not wowed by Beck yet as an artist. This is definitely worth your while if you have heard some of his work and are looking for a nice entry point, but I don't think I'd see many people coming back after the soft introduction.

Would not buy

Pretty solid album, there were some really catchy tracks that I know I'll be playing repeatedly but this album is one of the ones I'll have to give multiple listens to really appreciate. My favorite songs are the Eliotte Smith tribute "Broken drum" and the second track which I can't spell the name of

This is a typical Beck album, complete with a few standout tracks and then a bunch of mediocrity. I've always believed that the best Beck album would be a compilation of the 2-3 good songs on each album. I guess I should make a playlist. Liked Songs Added: E-Pro Girl Hell Yes

Not my type of music, i enjoy the use of different instruments and the the dual language aspect to some of the songs. the songs all sound okay, nothing particularly stood out to me. The first half of the album is better than the second half.

A little more tame than Beck’s earlier stuff. Some catchy songs though.

Beck is one of the most talented musicians. I like his ironic/sarcastic slacker approach. Yet this album feels like only an echo of Odelay. Heck the first guitar strum on Guero is 1:1 the same sound than Devils Haircut on Odelay. I don't see the point of this album.

The first half of the album is quite catchy and groovy but then it becomes more and more annoying. Weak three stars. favourite: "E-Pro", "Qué Onda Guero", "Girl", "Earthquake Weather" 2,5

It all sounds good and is very well made. He can definitely establish a solid groove. I just don't find anything here very catchy, none of it really sticks with me. I probably wouldn't turn it off if it came on the radio in the car but I'm not adding it to my library.

Another quite middle of the road Beck album, there’s some quite cool production and I enjoyed some of the music and the lyrics but all in all nothing really grabs me. I think I just don’t like Beck that much, shoot me. 3.5/5 Best Song: Farewell Ride

Another collection of fine songs, I always thought I liked beck? But he’s pretty average, it’s not a bad album it’s just a bit boring I think. Best song: Earthquake Weather

Beck is so good. Weird and fun . Favorite song Missing. Funky and becks voice really hits me the right way. Every album I’ve heard from him I’m a fan of

80s country?

Beck is a quirky dude that is always able to squeeze out some cool jams and hits. This album was okay,

5/10

Albarn does what he does and he does it good

Guero is essentially Beck doing Odelay again. Same producers (Dust Brothers), same vibe, same sort of songs albeit coming off an emotional record like Sea Change. I hear Devil's Haircut in E-Pro, Where It's At in Que Onda Guero? and so on and so forth. What drags this one down for me is that near the end right around Scarecrow, this begins to drag. I hear a beat, the slide guitar and all the usual elements and it just sounds like Beck but without much excitement to it. Odelay sounded like fun all throughout and there were entertaining hooks and moments before Ramshackle quieted things down. Guero feels like it comes and goes and then quiets down. And then I'm like "Ehhhhh". Some positives to note: Broken Drum is a seriously brilliant tribute to the late Elliott Smith (one of many around this time). I really dig the vibes on the trio of Missing, Black Tambourine and Earthquake Weather. Pretty much a lot of the great stuff appears during the first half of the album. I'm not too particular with Hell Yes, but shout-out Christina Ricci. Overall, this album is Beck trying to be the Beck I know from the 90s but with the added hit of Sea Change. The result is mixed in my book (6/10, 3/5 on this scale)

Tiene ritmos y sonidos interesantes. Rock combinado con otros sonidos más alternativos. Aveces las voces me daban vibes de rap

Solid

Vilken rivstart på albumet! Första halvan får mig att känna mig otroligt cool, andra halvan är meh

Becks Becks up some really Becky Beckishness most Beckfully.

The heads on the album cover remind me of Spirited Away. Favorite track: E-Pro

Ok.

some enjoyable moments!

Good. And clearly Beck

6.5/10 Highlights: Hell Yes Rental Car Broken Drum E-Pro

Some solid tracks. Just doesn’t meet the energy or songwriting of Odelay.

It was alright... a few standout songs, but it started to all kind of blend together after a while.

I'm not a huge Beck fan. There is some good stuff on here, but overall it drags a bit.

6/10

Que' Onda Guero was auditorily stimulating and kept my attention. Hell Yes is a combination of rock and techno with a killer baseline.

Tää oli letkeää aamu/ilta-musaa. Tykkään Beckin äänestä ja vaikka tämä ei ihan ole mun musamakuuni sopivaa, jaksoi tämän kuunnella helposti. Beckin ainoa tuttu levy on omasta hyllystä löytyvä Odelay!

Hmm, not so many songs I know

Good album

better than expected.

Not bad!

Removed

3 out of 5 Some awesome classic Beck songs. But some songs were too screechy for me!

Very Becky album. Not bad just not my style

Not really my cuppa tea but did not hate it. Would quite happily have this on as background music.

Better than the last Beck I listen to like two days ago.

Plenty of fun ideas, a bit more stuck with me compared to other Beck albums.

I always find Beck clever and agreeable. But it tends to lack meaning or emotional attachment for me at times. I don't know if that's the lyrics or the way he delivers them. This album is one of those times. But you keep being you Beck, I'm glad you're out there.

I don’t feel like this one is as revolutionary as Odelay! but Beck continues to test the limits of genre mashing here. From that perspective, the most popular tracks “E-Pro” and “Go It Alone” are a few of the safer songs on the record, but that’s not entirely surprising. This record does feel like it gets darker than I recall Odelay! getting, which was interesting to hear. I know "Broken Drum" was written about the death of his friend (and fellow musician), Elliott Smith. Even before I found that out, I had it flagged as one of my standout tracks.

beck proved that he's quite qüero indeed

Not bad, really. Not really my kind of music, but I sorta have had a vibe. Rental Car is good track.

Not really my taste in music but I enjoyed this well enough!

Quirky but listenable. Strange fascination with death later in the album. Still, good structure to the songs.

The beats are interesting but I hate whiny sounding singers ezpecially males which kind of killed it for me

Forgot how innovative Beck. is

A solid album, in the Beck pastiche mode. Inventive, silly, catchy; is it his best? No, but what is “best” with Beck anyway? He’ll reinvent his sound on the next album and it’ll be weird and fun. You can’t contain his creative crazy. By the way, if you want to read the most obnoxious, snotty, perfectly Pitcheforque review, see this: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/621-guero/

I like

Highlight Song/s: Girl Beck is a really weird musician, so many strange sounds and styles on this album but it 9 times out of 10 tends to work well. East Asian styled music, beep boop electronic music, Latin hip-hop. Really eclectic. I think this album might work better for me if I re-visit sometime.

Got over it by the back half but fun and upbeat album. I’ve always like the more chill beck albums but this one was a lot of fun.

Heard it before. I do like Beck and it's a fun album so, what can I say 3/5

Nowhere near his best work

Has some innovative ideas, but not something I would listen to for fun.

Finally, something experimental and also good. Some interesting stuff going on in this one. I wish I could rate half stars on this because this isn't outstanding but it is definitely good. 3.5

Seemed much longer than 57 minutes. One or two bright spots but mainly uninspiring.

There's a ton of variety in this record. There is so much genre switching that every track is different from the last. Some tracks hit, while others didn't, making for a fairly solid album. Favourite Track(s): Earthquake Weather Least Favourite Track(s): Hell Yes

Good

this was better than I expected given I don't usually go in for Beck at all

Some songs were fun. Singer sounded kind of Creed-y at times, which made my skin crawl.

Kurt Cobain sors de ce corps Je suis partagé, parfois c'est bien écrit, parfois moins, parfois c'est plein d'émotions, parfois c'est juste catchy... Il y a des chansons qui m'ont fait vibrer (RIP), d'autres pas tellement Je dirais globalement que c'est passe-partout, sympa à écouter, mais pas tellement plus dans l'ensemble

Album plutôt sympa dans son ensemble. J'aime bien les parties rock et hip hop au début. Ensuite ça devient un peu plus mou, c'est un peu la même chose en boucle. J'aurais pas été étonné si l'album était sorti 10-15 ans plus tôt. Musique pref : E-pro Pire musique : Emergency exit (on ronfle) 3.5/5 imo

3/5

I did like the more heavy leaning songs but most of it fell a little flat for me. I just dont find the overlay plod of the lyrics helps. Its like a dull march with some sparkle thrown on top with some heavy riff to try and get the audiance to stick. I am captivated for about 5 seconds then drop off again. Having never listened to this I was mildly excited to see what this had to offer from Beck. Not sure I recognise this in any meaningful way from what I knew. It was interesting in that the songs had quite a stylistic variance. I dont mind that as still seemed to have a pattern I could appreciate that unified it. "Hell Yes" was very different for example from most of it. Bit of a R&B / pop vibe about it and hear other songs in it but as this is a mid 00's album doubt it was trail blazing. Its attempt at the moody / bleak just never fully cut through. More towards that side of the fence was "Broken Drum". I actually hope we have more of Beck as some interesting potential but not really present in enough detail for this. 3 as it narrowly avoids the typical beige fodder.

You really don’t know what you’re going to get with Beck. I found that after 1 play through I was kinda whatever with this album, and then I started playing it again to test some speakers and I was enjoying it more now that I was familiar with the songs. Still giving it a 3 though but probably one of my higher rated 3s

Interesting that I'd not heard Beck before now definitely different and not quite what I'd usually listen to but I'm intrigued.

Ok, but walking dangerously close to the line between mellow and dull.

The first few songs were a fantastic start, but I lost interest as the album went on. Some of the slower songs especially I found to be quite repetitive, and I think the album was too long. Not really my kind of thing, but I can respect his talent.

Two good songs, then a bunch of average. Some sounded like he was going for a Cypress Hill, Black Sunday groove.

My third from Beck which seems a little excessive. I mean I like Beck but don't feel like he did enough to merit three albums on this list. I rated both the other two from him 4/5 so apparently I do actually like his music when it comes down to it. For this album, I like Go It Alone and E-Pro but the rest seems like kind of just standard Beck Alt. It's not bad but it's not something that I feel needs to be on this list. I do enjoy this album and was glad to have listened to it today but it's not something that I feel I need to return to very often. 3/5

Apart from the opening track, I thought the first half was whatever, but the second half was great. This album has a pretty interesting blend of hip hop and rock without straight up being rap rock, which I enjoyed a lot. This album is pretty unique but still doesn’t have anything impressive. 7/10

Not as strong as his other big albums in my opinion. Low 3/5

Some good songs but does not make a good album

Eh, it's Beck. I didn't really care for Odelay nor Sea Change. This album is better, but still meh. There is some interesting sampling but the tunes don't capture my attention. Listening to this 20 years later, I get Wolfgang Press vibes.

No acabo de entrar en Beck, aprobado

Right from the jump I could tell this was produced by the Dust Brothers; hell yeah! Easily the best Beck album I've heard. That being said, it's still Beck. HIs vocals always sound like they're performed by someone who'd rather be doing anything else right now. Some of the cooler parts lose their impact due to their overly repetitive usage. And finally, I think this could have ben trimmed down in length. I'd still listen to this one again though. I fee like it might be a grower.

not bad not bad

Very varied. I love that. My favourites were Girl and Rental Car.

5/10

I think I just may not be a Beck fan, and that’s ok. When I listen to a full album, I can always tell the songs that I like the most were specifically added for people like me, people that don’t understand the experimental side of what Beck’s doing, people that the record company was surely trying to placate with more palatable radio fare. He has my admiration, but not my fandom.

some good songs on this one! Definitely enjoyed it more than Odelay. Fave song: Girl (really liked this one!)

Not in the mood for this today, but it started to win me over with its groove and overall atmosphere. I'll go with 3 stars.

Not as good as Odelay.

scale: 1 - skipping if heard it again/actually skipped it 2- meh can be skipped/reaches point to skip 3 -nothing wrong/easy listen/not seeking out 4 - would listen to again 5 - must listen E-Pro - 3.5 Que' Onda Guero - 3.5 Girl - 3.5 Missing - 3 Black Tambourine - 3.5 Earthquake Weather - 3 Hell Yes - 2 Broken Drum - 3 Scarecrow - 3.5 Go It Alone - 4 Farewell Ride - 3.5 Rental Car - 3 Emergency Exit - 3 I am kinda confused by this album, many songs have an interesting harmony or instrumentation and blur the line of being repeatably listen

Beck

I still don't know if I get Beck but I liked this better than most of Beck

Back to what I expect when listen to beck

Knew the singles going into this, but not the rest. Despite the fact that Wikipedia categorizes this album as "sampledelia", there isn't much of that here. The only other Beck album that I really know is "Odelay" though, and compared to that, "Guero" is pretty different in that regard. Maybe to its detriment too. I thought the quality dipped a bit midway through as things started to sound a little similar (I thought "Farewell Ride" and Emergency Exit" were the same song after my initial listen). Still, I liked how things started here and the album is pretty moody despite how poppy most of the tracks appear. Best tracks: E-Pro, Girl, Go it Alone, Rental Car

Meh

Personal preference obviously - this faded into background noise for me. Nothing bad about it but nothing super attention grabbing although I didn't sit down with the intent of just completely focusing on it and doing nothing else.

Another inconsistant one. I absolutely loved about a third of the songs and I'll be listening to them again. The other two thirds however didn't really do anything for me.

Regular Beck

Не фанат Бека. Нагадує старіший альбом, який був також в списку з хіп-хоп вайбом та семплами. В цьому мені декілька пісень сподобалися: класний оупенер, груві Hell Yes та Rental Car, який нагадав мені поп-версію Black Keys.

Well..... First thoughts were, not what I expected from Jeff. Soon realised it wasn't who I thought. On the whole though it was alright. Probably won't listen again, but there wasca mix of genres and styles and all were done well. Got to be worth a 3

I really liked the sound. It’s very different from my usual taste. However I did think some of the songs sound the same and it got a little stagnant. That being said I thought it was very cohesive and he did a good job of making sure you knew how the overall mood was moving and changing. Not a bad album just not the best either.

Another good album from Beck, although not as fantastic as Sea Change. More of a vibes album rather than one that impacts you, despite kinda continuing the feel of Sea Change, just with a southern/western vibe. Dunno if anything is particularly hitting me from this. Doesn't seem to have the emotional punches that its predecessor had. Although I do remember E-Pro from playing it in Rock Band 2. Ultimately though, this feels like an album that could be dropped from the list. Sea Change covers this era of Beck well, and you got Odelay for the 90s stuff. Feeling somewhere between a 3 and 4, but don't think it'll be something I go back to much, so I'll stick with a 3 for now.

Bit tepid

Favorites: E-Pro Girl Earthquake Weather Broken Drum Go It Alone Farewell Ride Send A Message To Her Genre-bending.

Yeah alright

its good album for doing stuffs like reading or housework but i really wont prefer it when i want to listen music

Repeat listen

Indie/garage rock? Hip hop elements in Que Onda Guero Electro in Girl, so very eclectic! Country elsewhere too, with slide guitar like in Farewell Ride This sound (bouncy garage with semi-spoken lyrics) does get tiring quickly. Doesnt seem so special for the year either? Best track - Que Onda Guero, Hell Yes, Scarecrow, Rental Car 3 stars

Det er rocket, groovy og anderledes, men ikke noget jeg kommer til at lytte meget til. Dog var det et friskt pust af en slags rock jeg ikke havde hørt før.

How in the hell is the Beck album on this list NOT Sea Change?

Zzz

The production was creative and kept me engaged The first half was strong (E-Pro and Qué Onda Guero stood out), but the album felt repetitive in the second half Didn’t feel any of the tracks were bad but also didn’t feel like any of them were very strong Favorites (A.K.A. Songs I added): None

3.5

Some nice songs that I have no desire to listen to again

Surprisingly I liked the album for the most part. Might at some songs to my playlist.

Beck is weird

A bit good

Yeah was'nt a bad album and I quite like Beck

He never did quite manage to reach those Odelay heights again, did he?

Need to listen more to this

Interesting. I haven’t heard anything from this one I don’t believe, but I’ve been known to not skip Beck songs when they come shuffling into the endless expanse of audio stimulation I require. I am like a startled prey animal, desperately seeking some sort of comfort from the terrors perceived by my advanced fear response. I believe they call that GAD in humans. Enough rambling. Will this album be a “Loser,” or will Beck give ‘em heck. I hate myself. E-Pro - I am a professional Farming Simulator E sports competitor, I am a professional Farming Simulator E sports compet… oh hi. I didn’t see you there. I was just trying out this whole “manifesting” thing. Fingers crossed. This song is a little too car commercially for me. This sounds like the kind of song that accompanies an instacart ad that I have to hear 650,000,000 time because I refuse to pay for another subscription service. Que’ Onda Guero - By golly this white boy is funky. Am I allowed to have fun? Not really, but if you can keep a secret, despite this song bringing pretty dumb; it’s pretty damn fun. Girl - The least common song subject. Companionship. That’s some of my trademark silliness. I have nothing else to say about the lyrics. I apologize to all of the literary aficionados who diligently tune in to this web page. This is another song that I feel like I shouldn’t like. Alas, my toes are tapping. Elliott Smith meets Nirvana. Missing - Well we had to come off the high eventually. This sounds like a song that isn’t good. I think I’m getting really close to discovering music criticism. I can feel it. Black Tambourine - This ode to a specific instrument was uhh fine. This is kind of just chugging along. Not horrible or anything. Earthquake Weather - I like this song title. It’s just so nonsensical to me. Makes me think, and that typically takes a village. Decent song. Very laid back. Hell Yes - Hell Yes. We’re back to funky white boi hours. This is a guilty pleasure song in every sense of the word(s). There is a sense of irony which makes this acceptable to listen to. The sounds are so fun. Broken Drum - Oh we’re getting emotional. Another song about an instrument and another fine moment in time that is this album. Scarecrow - Isn’t this the start of Billie Jean? Why is this kind of good as well? I feel like I should hate this but I just can’t. I’m scaring myself. Go It Alone - Oh man the creepy synth break in the middle here. That’s pretty wild for such a silly song. Farewell Ride - Ehhhhhhh it’s still not bad. God damn. Even a dumbass cowboy song is grabbing me. It’s really not that dumb. The soundscape is so interesting here. It seems that there a thousand things going on and I barely know where to listen. In a good way! Rental Car - Hey, that weird 2002 nu-metal breakdown in the middle actually went hard as hell. This is a really fun track. Emergency Exit - I am very slowly evacuating the small toaster fire that is this album. The quirkiest fire evacuation in the world. Make sure your beanies are fire resistant! Quick the Sufjan Stevens vinyl melts the fastest. This album is more concrete proof that my brain has been damaged by our food and daily activities. I don’t care about “vibes” or if something is “chill” but boy howdy, the chill vibes got me on this one. Producing this cool of a record, whilst also being so unapologetically dorky is a massive achievement. The production was impressive to me here. The layering of sounds and introduction of odd background vocals or obscure instruments made everything sound so interesting. Sometimes music can be mindlessly enjoyed, and as the mind fades, I’ll need more of that content. Hook me up to the vibes machine. I’m ready to let go. 3.5 HIGHLIGHTS: Que’ Onda Guero, Girl, Hell Yes, Rental Car

Starts so strong and loses the second half 3 1/2 stars

This is very hit or miss for me Favourite song: Que' Onda Guero

Beck's highest charting album that included "E-Pro" and "Girl" incorporated alternative rock and hip-hop with sampling and psychedelia into a fun album.

Cool selection of melodies and rythms.

This is the second Beck album on the list so far, so only twelve remaining Beck albums. This is the first time I’ve heard the lyric “Burger King crown” in any song, so that’s a plus for Mr. Beck. Otherwise I like that he tries to make each track different from the others. Unfortunately, all the songs seemed forgettable.

More Beck!? First, throw this album cover right in the trash. How dare they cover the doodly monstrosity with a fake sticker. Second, here's the return of the Beck I know and mildly dislike. Peak hipster. Highlights: 'Girl' (I thought the lyric "my sun-eyed girl" was "My son, a girl", oops), 'Missing' (mainly because it sounds exactly like 'Cold Feet' by Lost Lander) Lowlights: 'Qué Onda Guero' (Even though I too existed whitely on Pico and Vermont), 'Farewell Ride'

I liked Beck, he's made some cool music. I liked the first song if this album, but by the end of the album I forgot I was listening to it.

Standout Songs: Girl Earthquake Weather Broken Drum Scarecrow Go It Alone

I love heavy riff-driven, kinda blues-rock and hip-hop-inspired music and this has this in spades but there are a number folk music-y tracks as well. “Go it alone” grabbed me the most on first listen but there’s enough here to give this several spins. The lyrics are typical Beck (you can only guess what they men) but they do create mental pictures that resonate, like an abstract painting rather than traditional storytelling. Instead of telling a clear narrative, he throws out fragments, surreal images, and pop-culture debris, creating a vibe or mental picture rather than a message. I’m left with a country and Western doomed Cowboy vibe.

Mid.

It’s fine.

Un disco bastante extraño de Beck, que normalmente se mueve en los mundos del folk y el rock alternativo. Sin embargo, en este disco combina eso con toques de psicodelia y trip hop, consiguiendo una fusión bastante peculiar. Decente. 3/5

Ecclectic mix of styles that meanders everywhere, yet goes nowhere. Nothing really stands out and I will probably forget this album soon. The songs themselves are not horrible. 3/5

Good album, fun to revisit. He has better / more influential albums. Starting to doubt this list at this point honestly.

The tediously wilful eccentricity is still there but when he tones it down and finds a groove there's some really excellent stuff

It is just okay, standard alternative rock from 2005. Doesn't really stand out much compared to other Becks. I find I enjoy his more rock oriented work when it isn't quite so polished... The song dedicated to Elliott Smith was nice

Takie, że ciężko powiedzieć. Kilka fajnych kawałków, ale takie zamulone wszystko.

Mad album cover. Different to other Beck I’ve heard (Sea Change) but I’m not so sure that this is my jam..

Beck: Guero: Better than I expected. A lot of really weird tracks and a lot of variety. I enjoyed all of them, though the quality range is pretty big. Some of the songs were ok, and some were excellent. The album goes on a little long, but I would say I enjoyed it, though I would not call it amazing. 7/10

This sounds like standard-issue(?) Beck, if there is such a thing. But I can’t say any of the songs, except maybe “Broken Drum,” really speak to me.

I really like Beck but this is one of his least interesting albums. Though he still writes songs even here, it’s sort of dragged down by the backing tracks.

Truly the ultimate white man musician. This one feels like Beck is playing it safe. There are still great songs here but it doesn’t feel as experimental as Sea Change or Odelay. Favorite songs were E-Pro, Girl, Earthquake Weather, and Go It Alone.

Enjoyable. Experimental. But not exactly memorable.

Pretty solid. Like the samples but sometimes verge on being a bit corny (same with the lyrics). Good beats, fun to bop to. Faves are first 3 tracks: “E-Pro”, “Girl”, and “Que’Onda Guero”. Plus “Hell yes”.

Enjoyable and beck’s musicality is interesting and easy to listen to.

I am somewhat familiar with Beck, having heard Odelay once or twice (though I can't recall much from it). Everything else he's attested to is new to me, though. I liked a reasonable portion of this - mostly for the trippy/psych pockets it explores, and appreciated the experimentation throughout. The production, to its credit, has aged well, too, allowing the dreamy elements of the album to envelop the listener. However, it really did feel lengthy and like a struggle to get through in one sitting. I'm also unmoved by the vocals, which serve a purpose but don't really capture my imagination. I found my attention drifting a bit towards the middle, and couldn't immediately recall what I'd just heard prior, but "Hell Yes" reeled me back in again as a vastly different hip hop track with a classic 90s feel to it.

Too many Beck albums sound the same

Inventive but not great

Good album. So distinctly Beck that is hard to separate from other work by him. 7/10

Beck's last good album? Earthquake weather is goated

A decent first choice being an artist that I was aware of, but an album I’ve never heard. That having been said I wasn’t tempted to listen to it too long.

A few bangers, would only listen all the way through just this once

Good album. Maybe if I had bought the CD in the 2000s I would have forced myself to listen to again and again.

Since Odelay I’ve been dreading the next Beck album, but I must say I was pleasantly surprised by this. Obviously a little wonky but not in the grating, inaccessible way I was expecting

I liked and knew E-Pro, fun song to listen to, liked a few of the mixed up varieties like que onda, the middle of the album just kinda blended together to just songs that sounded like Beck. Liked a few of the ending tracks with that twang sound, but probably wouldn't revisit anything.

Listening casually (work day), super intriguing vibes across the album. Retro cali cowboy fr, very 2000s. Lots of songs I personally may never return to, but the vibes are fun, don't regret listening through it a few times. Beck is so creative. Don't think I would ever have FOMO of a live performance of this album based off of listening. Personally love Earthquake Weather; and like E-Pro, Que' Onda Guero, Girl, and Go It Alone (feel like essential-to-know songs).

An intermix of musical styles. A few turned out to be worth listening to.

Ultimately, I just don’t think Beck is that exciting I guess.

I was today years old when I found out Beck has been making music in the 21st Century. It's decent Alternative Rock music, and quite honestly, there isn't much else to say about it. Favorite Track: "Farewell Ride".

Fine. I want the other beck

I had this CD when it came out. It was fun to revisit today but it doesn't stack up to my favorite Beck albums.

This type of hipster chill sound, displayed here and by many other 2000s/2010s indie rock bands, doesn't come off as very cool to me. But Beck does it better than most, and I enjoyed this album well enough to give a 3. But there's nothing memorable enough to make me feel a desire to return to this album.

I enjoyed a number of Beck songs back in the day. I appreciated the variety of musical styles on the record but ultimately dated and unexciting. Highlight: Que Onda Guero. Track that should never need made: Girl. Ugh.

Interesante....mmmm, interesante

Very cool dude makes cool music. Unfortunately, just being that cool doesn't make your music that great. A blend of genres and without a doubt an ear for blending them I found the middle of the lp a bit forgettable. Personal favorites include "epro", "girl" and "farewell ride". 3.5 🌟

this went triple platinum in someone's weird uncle's garage for sure

I’m not a fan of Beck. He’s fine IMO. This album is listenable. There’s talent and good production. But it didn’t make me appreciate him any more than I already did (which isn’t much). It’s another of those albums that I can’t understand why it’s on this list.

Download

Same as the other Beck albums: certainly not horrible, certainly not great. Really nothing much to say about it at all. No idea why this album is supposed to deserve a spot in this book. Let alone why this artist is supposed to deserve at least three spots.

Pretty good if somewhat forgettable album

Beetje droog

Good album, not his best but some solid tunes.

It’s a continuation of Odalay and Midnight Vultures but less party and more serious. Can’t say if that is a good thing or bad thing.

Didn't love it; didn't hate it

E-pro 8/10 me suena de haberla escuchado con anterioridad, seguramente la meta en la playlist Que onda güero 6'5/10 que es este cambio de género musical y que es esto en general lol Girl 7/10 ma gustao Missing 5/10 sin más Black tambourine 8'5/10 my type of tea earthquake weather 6/10 Hell yes 8/10 y ahora... Los tambores Broken drum 6/10 Scarecrow 7/10 Got it alone 7/10 esta tmb se cual es jsjsjjs Farewell ride 6/10 la intro parece the breaking bad lol Rental car 8/10 Emergency exit 6/10 Send a message to her 7/10 En general ta chulo

Not what I was expecting

As per usual, Beck is the definition of 2.5/5 - not bad, nothing that stands out.

Beck is fun, but even with very little Beck exposure, Beck just comes off sounding like Beck. I guess he is one of those artists that you either love or you hate. I neither love or hate his music, but it's not anything I reach for on the shelf. Highlights: Black Tamborine, Broken Drum, Scarecrow.

This album leans more punk-inspired than other Beck releases I’ve come across, which gives it a really fresh and fun energy. It’s an entertaining listen that keeps you on your toes, blending punk rock with elements of country, funk, and electronic in a compelling way. While a few tracks like Go It Alone and Farewell Ride were a bit of a snooze, Earthquake Weather stood out as a definite highlight.

Interesting layered sound. Knew and loved 'Black Tambourine' already - but also particularly enjoyed 'Farewell Ride' (the slide guitar) and 'Send a Message to Her'.

Хорошая музыка, атмосферная, но без пиков

The first half of this is faultless but it tails off on side 2. A very good album.

This album was viewed at the time to be Beck's return to the sound that made him popular in the 90's. Pan-genre psychedelic pop songs with lots of sampling. While there is some of that here, it obvious does not reach the heights of Odelay, but I don't think it's trying to either. Still, Beck remains an inventive songwriter, and at this time the world of indie pop was just beginning to catch up with this type of sound, so there was a whole new context to place this album and artist in. Key tracks: E-Pro Girl

It’s fine! Probably a 3.5, it has some great stuff and then some less stuff!

With the only personal highlight of the album being the song "Girl", this was mostly an underwhelming album but not necessarily with any songs that were atrocious. Similar to his other entry, I would rate this a 2.5 and bumping it to 3 to avoid the riff-raff.

Wasn't in the mood for Beck but it's the same as Odelay. Cool album stylistically. A talented guy, but not for me. 3/5.

Pop rock from the 2000s. I like the more produced tracks with drum machines, scratching and close to rapping - those must be clearly inspired by Gorillaz. Too much variation in genre to make an album that feels like a whole in my opinion.

It’s Beck

Beck is unmistakably Beck. It starts to blend together within the album but points for being distinct from his contemporaries. Broken drum in particular was haunting, beautiful, and poignant. Big fan of that one

Dude writes some insanely catchy and yet original songs. Not his best but all Beck is at least good Beck. 3.5 stars

Honestly listened to this while doing chores, I think it’s a good album but not many songs really stood out

I really enjoyed the energy in the first half of the album! The vibe was very carefree and fun, I could see myself blasting this by the beach with a beer in hand. I wouldn't say I am a Beck fan, but this album had a handful of songs I would happily listen to again. The experimental elements looped in with the rock/hip hop vibe is my favorite part of the album!

Your Setting Sun, Your Broken Drum 1001 Albums Generator 37 (05/23/2025) Beck is a bit of an anomalous artist. He never found himself fitting into a box and any attempt to label him with a specific genre was swiftly discarded once he released his next album. After the melancholy and folksiness found on his eighth studio album, Sea Change, Beck completely switched it up with a somewhat back-to-basics return to form in Guero. With a sound that harkens back to his early career hits off of Odelay and Mellow Gold, Guero is certainly more similar to what people had come to expect from the eclectic multi-instrumentalist. However, this album features wide ranging inspiration beyond its alternative rock base, such as trip hop, alternative country, and psychedelia. Similar to yesterday's album, Nitin Sawhney's Beyond Skin, Guero is a melting pot of genre influences. Hopefully Guero is able to execute its experimentation better. The album opens with its biggest song and the first Beck tune I had ever heard: E-Pro. While I don't claim to know what the lyrics are about, I know that ever since I heard that chorus on Rockband when I was a young child, it's been stuck in my head. Que Onda Guero is a hip hop song with a great 90's style boom bap beat. Beck raps with his usual abstract lyricism while field recordings play that are meant to emulate the sounds of a largely Latino area in Los Angeles, similar to the area that Beck grew up in. The third track, Girl, is one of my favorites and also features the first bit of country inspired slide guitar on the album, which we will see much more of throughout the tracklist. From here, we get Black Tambourine, which struck me immediately as being like an inferior E-Pro. It just has a very similar feel but is not able to quite capture the energy of its more popular older brother. Hell Yes, the third single from this album, is another hip hop song, which I actually like even better than Que Onda Guero. It just has such an interesting beat with a kind of glitchy, cut up sample that plays throughout right before Beck says "Hell yes" in a robotic voice. This song's experimentation is great. Following this is the very unique Broken Drum, which is far and away the most heartbreaking song on the album. It was written for Beck's friend and fellow artist Elliott Smith, who had died suddenly a couple years previously. The last third or so of this album is not as high quality as the rest. I think that in general a lot of the energy found earlier on the tracklist is not present from Scarecrow to Emergency Exit. Scarecrow is kind of a boring acoustic blues rocker and Go It Alone features Jack White on the bass, which makes sense, as this song sounds a bit like a rejected White Stripes song. Farewell Ride has an interesting alt-country ambiance to it, but it fails to really go anywhere. Rental Car is my favorite song in this streak, but Emergency Exit is a weak ending to the album. I read somewhere that there were two more songs considered to be added to the album, but I'm glad that they weren't. I think that the advent of CD's, while a great technological advancement, did lead to artists being able to bloat their albums, as opposed to the constricting vinyl. Guero is an example of that. Guero certainly features more good songs than bad, but it struggles with a problem that is all too common in albums from its era: bloat. Despite this, it jumps between various styles with relative ease and gracefulness, and overall I am glad that I listened to it. 3.5/5, rounded down to a 3/5. Favs: E-Pro Girl Hell Yes Least Fav: Missing

É um album para ser ouvido uma vez por ano dependendo do humor. Nao é ruim, mas tambem nao é excelente. “E-Pro”, “Earthquake Weather” e “Emergency Exit” são boas. Acho que não curti as batidas.

This is one of the very few Beck albums that I LIKE (don't love.) Most of his stuff I am either crazy about or not interested in at all. I remember I found it a little disappointing when it was released, but looking back that was at least partly just because he was coming off such an amazing streak of albums. Listening to this today, it's a little better than I remembered. I always liked the stronger/catchier tracks ("E-Pro", "Girl", "Hell Yes",) but never really got into the rest 20 years ago. (Also, I can't believe this album is 20 years old.) After a strong opening 3 tracks, tracks 4 and 6 still do nothing for me though. Kind of brings the album to a screeching halt for me, after a several-album stretch where I would play Beck albums start to finish without losing interest (Mellow Gold, Odelay, Mutations, Midnite Vultures, Sea Change.) I am also convinced nobody is reading these things I write on here, so I feel free to ignore that One Foot in the Grave was in the middle of that stretch and I own it but am not sure I have ever listened to it all the way through, lol. Looking at his discography chronologically, this is the album where I lost interest in Beck. I bought the next one but may have only listened to it once. Didn't get anymore after that. If I could give this 2.5 stars, I would. But I can't, so my love for the stronger tracks earns it a 3.

I was a big fan of Beck in high school and college. After Midnight Vultures getting worn out in my CD player, I was highly anticipating this album. And the feeling I had listening to it this time was the exact same as the first time I heard it. The first 3 tracks had promise and then it fell off a cliff. A bit of a disappointment all around.

I remember this came out in high school, I can't remember if I bought this or not, but like most Beck albums, it was kind of a second or third tier album for me. I liked a lot of the songs ("e-pro", "Girl", "Black Tambourine"), but I never felt a strong connection to the lyrics or songs. Beck is a notable artist from the mid-90s through 2010s, and should probably have a few albums included (Odelay, and maybe Morning Phase, which notably won album of the year over Beyonce), not sure if this is one of his most important although apparently its his best selling.

3.5

Idk either 3/4 really good album. Surprisingly, the music was different and unique loved the beats and vocals. Really just felt good listening to this. Each song completely different.

Fine music, not really my taste

This is Beck’s awkward middle child album. He said better albums before and better albums after this release. It’s just OK.

very interesting but all over the place

I get that people like Beck, but his music never really clicked for me. Something about his songwriting and melodies that throws me off. Having said that, it's not really terrible either.

Pleasant but nothing special

Jeff was better

I like Beck. Beck’s done some great things. But I don’t think EVERY album he’s made needs to be on this list. This is okay but it’s just Beck being Beck. It’s not Odelay. It’s not Morning Phase. It’s alright. Three and a half stars.

Excellent album.

Missing is the stand out

Funny to get this the day after The Who Sell Out: like with the Who, this is now my third Beck album and I’m not even 100 albums in. I believe there are still some The Who albums left, but I should be done with Beck after this (I think). One thing I can appreciate is the variety of genres both across and within albums (even if I don’t always like it) and this one is no different. I think I enjoyed this one the most yet, but nearing the end some songs dragged a bit. E-Pro, Que’ Onda Guerro, Black Tambourine, Hell Yes

E-Pro - what is this from?? Some tunes (Girl, black tambourine, go it alone) but long

Good alternative rock/hip-hop/sampledelia album by Beck, it's consistent and interesting throughout. But none of the songs really stand out, as it was the case with 'Loser' from his famous Odelay album. Somehow all the songs flow from one to another. Perhaps that's the reason it's a bit difficult to get into the album at first listen. 3.5, pretty close to 4 but I'll stick with 3 stars first.

Strong start and end again, as someone who only knows loser by beck i enjoyed this album but all the songs sounded the same

Not as good as his other work

I liked this one exactly as much as I expected. I’m probably more familiar with Odelay, but honestly I don’t know much about Beck’s catalog. It is definitely larger than I expected, but I don’t see myself diving into it. It’s fine, good background music while working.

It was fine, felt a little bland in the grand scheme of things.

feels maybe most notable thinking ab it as an inflection, or maybe un-inflection, point in the larger beck discog, of which i only retain a fraction but its hard to ignore that this is the followup to sea change is rly what im saying HJFFS. prob works best when its putting the quirky beck style in a more downcast, disillusioned tone...too old and grouchy for blissfully meaningless odelay-style nonsense, but heart firmly still back behind its protective cage. rly not my ideal setup for a beck record either way tbh (and this kinda sputters out by the end unfortunately) but in a strange way, despite this being one of his most accessible, its probably more for the fans than anything, those who have wormed their way into some kind of emotional trajectory in his mostly very cryptic and guarded music. could be rewarding if i ever have the time for it, i can dig a guy who just finds a couple sounds and is like I Can Make A Song Outta That, but my instinct is he's more of an arm-lengths artist for me, yaknow

Peak Beck, kvalitet. Men litt i lengste laget, aka noe ujevn kvalitet

Not my favorite album by Beck.

Well composed. Worth another listen

Its decent, for some reason ive just been struggling to enjoy it. think i just need more time with it

Álbum muy Beck: Guitarra acústica con sonidos western meets sonidos y voz hablada/semi etérea. En este álbum sentí que estaba a punto de ver una película indie que tomaba lugar en California (primera parte) y en la segunda parte se van a Nuevo México.

Only Beck album I had heard before was Sea Change. That's a record I loved from the first listen. Not the case here. I like a lot of it, very interesting mix of styles and use of textures and loops, but unfortunately sometimes this happens at the expense of the song. That said, when it's good it's great (and when it's not great it makes me want to watch that episode of Futurama). Would give 3.5 stars if possible. Favourite tunes: E-Pro, Girl, Earthquake Weather, Send a Message to Her.

Four songs are really good. The rest are meh

This album takes me back to when I'd watch music videos before the school bus arrived. Life and TV used to be just a bit simpler. A fun album all around for me.

Good album

Good sound. Boring after a while.

Could’ve been so great if it was a shorter album

Solid 7/10: I like the combination of electronic, country, rock, and hip-hop elements. Sometimes the album feels like it gets lost in its own style and takes a track or two to keep moving.

Pretty standard Beck album

I like it more than Odelay.

It's very beck, it's the best beck I've heard but still not a fan

Eclectic, awesome

No. 311/1001 E-Pro 3/5 Que‘Onda Guero 3/5 Girl 3/5 Missing 3/5 Black Tambourine 3/5 Earthquake Weather 4/5 Hell Yes 2/5 Broken Drum 4/5 Scarecrow 3/5 Go It Alone 3/5 Farewell Ride 3/5 Rental Car 3/5 Emergency Exit 3/5 Average: 3,08 Decent album, nothing that I really loved, but altogether a pleasant listen.

Solid heard a few before. Think this could be the definition of a 3star. Seems appropriate.

Distinctive sound but some real lows for me! Beck story 2: I saw U2 live at the bills stadium in Buffalo and Beck opened for them and Beck seemed almost amateurish because playing to a football field is an impossible feat. But U2.... Those lads know how to play