Odelay

Someone listened to the Beasty Boys

Intriguing at times. Overstimulating at times.

Top 3 Songs: 1 - The New Pollution (4) 2 - Jack-Ass (7) 3 - Where It's At (8)

I really like Where It's At. I sort of like some of the other songs. I really don't like some of the songs. I rate this a balanced 2.5 rounding up for the album art. I do think this album belongs on this list and I'm more or less happy to have heard it.

Love the singles but I prefer his more reflective / dour stuff to disco cowboy Beck.

Cool album.

3/5 Interesting. A bit uneven, but totally radical at the time it was released.

Not really my style but it wasn’t bad

Really forgettable: Didn't enjoy a lot of the tracks and especially towards the end it started to lose my interest and sound very samey

3-4

No es el disco que más me gusta de Beck pero está bien

Very, very good! Deserves more than 3 stars but not quite 4. So many sounds pulling together. I really enjoyed it.

No one ever said that Beck didn’t take chances and make some unique music. Some of it sticks, some of it falls short. Yet I’ve never met anyone who told me that Beck is their favorite. Sad thing is that many people seem to love DMB to no end, but I can’t understand why Becks uniqueness doesn’t draw a similar cult following. Some things just don’t make sense, but what makes sense is that Beck makes very interesting music. If it were 4 songs on this album and some decent accompanying tracks I may keep this is rotation, but it just doesn’t have unanimous draw.

Gruizige americana vol met samples en gekke beatjes. Beastie Boys meets Cake. Het kan aan mij liggen, maar het klinkt wel enorm 90s. Het is wel ok, maar niet helemaal mijn stijl. Gewoon 3 sterretjes.

Honestly overrated.

The way I feel about this album, is the way I feel about all but one Beck album. Meh, it’s fine.

I’ve always liked Beck, I think He has bangers on all albums but this album is not my favorite. My favorite is Guero by far. Almost every song on that album is awesome my favorite being Earthquake Weather. I know this is supposed to be a review for Odelay haha but I think the wrong album was picked.

Oh lord. I know this whole album, but that doesn’t mean it deserves to be on this list. It’s fine. So far most of the albums are “just fine” and I don’t know how I feel about that.

I think Gran Turismo and Tony Hawk ruined Beck for me. It’s background music! He uses really interesting sounds and cool beats, but his music too easily slips behind anything else going on.

I think I liked this album more in the '90s. Good background sound. Around track 6 I wanted something different.

Needs another listen to properly form an opinion, but I did enjoy it

Pollock: Excited about this. Devils haircut is Ok. Honestly not loving it right now. A bit too almost punky, 90s rocky. Discobox surprised me that's for sure. IDK, this somehow has me interested in Becks music but not that into this album. Could be one of those tricky mutliple listen scenarios, but it has to be a 3 max. Probably a low 3. Best: Discobox Worst: Overall: Yeah just didn't speak to my ear aesthetic. I can sense that I will like a Beck album, very unique. So its a low 3, but has potential

Gostei médio

Beck is a vibe, and always inventive.

Beck to this day is probably the best at sounding like Beck. His quirky compositions, quasi-pointless lyrics, to the way he sings, all are token Beck. If a listener likes that, they will never be disappointed, and if a listener does not, they will likely never change their mind, regardless of the album.

This album is odd. I’m a bit concerned that it’s only on the list due to Chemical Brothers production because I’d like to have an excuse to listen to other Beck albums that I think I’d like better. 6/10

Opzich best prima, maar kon nou niet echt opmaken naar wat voor genre ik aan het luisteren was waardoor ik er niet echt aan kon wennen. Maar misschien nog een keer luisteren dus!! Eigenlijk 2,8

quintessential late 90's/early 00's alt sound

A lot of this is great, but too much "what's this button do" means 3 is where it's at.

I do not know what to say about this album. It was quite an experience. 5/10

Beck isn’t my usual style but I do rly like this album. Some of the songs are just up my alley while others aren’t that appealing. I like the uniqueness of it the different sounds and instruments.

Enjoyed most of this, definitely a weird and eclectic mix

What a cool lil guy

Devils Haircut - 7/10 -- Decent Song to open Hotwax - 5/10 Lord Only Knows - 6/10 The New Pollution - 6/10 Derelict - 6/10 Novecane - 3/10 -- Bad Song Jackass - 8/10 -- Nice on ears Where's it at - 6/10 -- Doesn't need to be 5 minutes. Minus - 5/10 -- It's alright Sissyneck - 6/10 Readymade - 8/10 -- My favorite High 5 - 2/10 -- I hate this song Ramshackle - 6/10 -- The melody is nice Overall : 5.5/10 Not my favorite at all. Not my taste but some songs are actually good.

Not my thing

- Funny breaks - Funny country voice - Fun - Solid start, mid end - 7/10

Não deixa de ser uma experiência relevante, especialmente pelo uso de samplers de forma inteligente. Porém, pela duração acaba sendo cansativo. Dispenso pelo menos umas seis músicas.

mixed bag -can't say I really enjoyed it

Good

J’aurais donné 3,5. J’aime la groove, j’aime le travail d’échantillonnage, j’aime tous les singles. Mais dans l’ensemble les autres pièces ressortaient moins, retenaient moins mon attention

Albeit a bit weird at times, it's not made in an unpleasant way and sounds quite good overall. I'll admit I didn't pay much attention to the lyrics though, so have little to no idea on the thematic aspect of this album.

estilo bem peculiar, mas nao muito empolgante

This brings back a lot of memories. I've always loved Beck. Though this album was never a favorite of mine. Some songs make my skin crawl for some reason.

nice departure from usual genres that I listen to. noisy saturated sounds are a little bit grating.

A few bleeps here, a few bloops there, a hip hop drum beat, some random glitchy noises. Does not make an album. Beck is a goddamn legend and a chameleon, but the hype around this album is baffling to me.

A lot of effects, Nice but it's si much...

Beck seems like a fun guy, and this was an enjoyable album, I even possibly caught a sample of Candy Shop on one of the tracks. But overall, nothing to write home about. The album cover is creepy and cool at the same time, that dog is wild.

Mikkel Venge Beck (born 12 May 1973) is a Danish former professional football who played as a forward. He scored three goals in 19 games for the Denmark national team, and represented Denmark at the international Euro 1996 and Euro 2000 tournaments.

Sort of like a respectable Kid Rock. Some standout tracks for sure, "Novacane" in particular really rips, and "Devils Haircut" holds up, but the weirdness leads to some meandering for sure.

Influences that seemed apparent were The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and 90s Hip-Hop, especially A Tribe Called Quest. Some of the computer/electronic sounds he experimented with were difficult to listen to, but did enjoy the general ambiance. Feels very “of its time”.

Easy to listen to.

good it’s a mix of country nu metal and rock🤔weird combo

Ekki besta plata Beck.

I always want to like Beck more than I wind up liking Beck when I listen.

I don’t get the Beck hype. Is this sound unique? Yes. Is it catchy? At times, yes, but also repetitive. Are there incongruous sounds stitched together in some sort of I’m-on-a-different-level-than-everyone-else vibe? Yes Does that aspect remind me somewhat of improvisational jazz? Unfortunately, yes. Is Derelict a derelict song? Yes. Is this album something special? Eh, not to me.

I enjoyed this album. I didn't love it, but I enjoyed it.

This was weird, I thought it was going to be a good weird at first, but then it started throwing in random clicks and beeps which made me think there was a error with my car...odd has great elements but to much randomness

3.5 for me, fun and total nonsense

3 great songs, not crazy about the rest

Runs the gamut from "fantastic" to "filler." Some of it is key tracks of the 90s. Some of it is bloated nonsense. On the whole a solid album, probably overrated.

Was a time in the 90s when you could make a career out of this sort of jokey alt-rock, and even get a bit of mainstream play as well. The Butthole Surfers, Cake, this guy etc. Nothing truly bad going on, but also nothing I could ever call essential in any way. Still, compared to the shit that fills the top 50 atm this is high art. 3/5.

Cool and interesting but probably won’t go back again

An inspired melange but a melange nonetheless, with more than a little overreaching. One wonders if Beck is motivated more by boredom (just to see what works and what he can get away with) or ambition (to be all things to all types of listeners or to provide some form of universalist Rosetta Stone of slacker fin de siecle music). The synthesizing creaks obviously in places — the inert mingling of a tepid Schubert passage (“Unfinished Symphony”) with some middling hip-hop beats. The bits of mid-‘70s Stones and funk sound fine, if toothless, landing as little more than noodling or homage-y nods. The faux-Beastie Boys riffs and cuts sound on-point but fall short of the actual, you know, Beastie Boys. “Jack-Ass” sounds tired, much more lethargic than one recalls – with the backing track outright stolen from Them. One can’t help but think “dilettante” as much as “genius” and also about the originality of such assemblage and whether Beck woulda been better served (and served his listeners better) by just playing it straight, or at least occasionally straighter.

Staan wel een paar leuke dingen op, maar het is toch te wisselvallig.

Enjoyed it! Went a bit mad in parts but still some good tunes

Meh was ok, bit too much electro experimental stuff that he made weird

199-whenever: huh? 2022: Golly, the guy's a visionary, etc. OK. Truth is, when this popped up, I thought to myself, ini this order: "Why?" "I hate Loser" and "This is hype with a life of its own", in that order. Its still an oddball album, but not only does it work well, it was a long way from most of the stuff being done in the mid-90s. Arguable, a long way from most stuff done ever in popular music. (I mean, even Beck can get this vibe back any more). Lots of people have tried, but it's never again like the first time, is it? I guess the best way of explaining this is to propose listening to a lot of mid-to-late 60s British pop, and then listening to Revolver and Rubber Soul for the fist time. And then the penny drops.

69/100: I can tell that this is a really smartly written album. A lot of the riffs and sounds clearly took a very talented ear and mind to create. With that being said though, that doesn’t necessarily mean I actually enjoyed the album all that much. Sure, Beck clearly did a great job writing this album and thought very deeply about each song; however, it’s not that fun to listen to. I think it was probably more fun writing this album, honestly. I’d be surprised if I ever find myself listening to this album again.

Buen disco de rock suave con voz característica y agradable de escuchar. Le falta algo para ser un disco mejor.

3 Never really been able to get into Beck. I appreciate his ability to jump between and blend musical genres, and while I feel he did it pretty well here, no one track gave me the feeling of "I gotta give this song a listen again"... it felt more like he wanted to dip his toes into different genres without getting all the way in. Essentially, every song boils down to being very "Beck" at its core, like the same song was wearing thirteen different outfits. It's not a bad album by any means, but I think it's far from a masterpiece - though I'll give kudos to Ramshackle for being a solid closer. Would maybe listen again if I'm not crucified by the entire indieheads community first. Favorite songs: Ramshackle, Minus, The New Pollution

Hyvä alku, mutta menee ehkä vähän etäiseksi hassutteluksi lopulta. Kyllä silti 3.

Meh. Has some cool samples, and was pretty wacky on a first listen. However, I wouldn't go back to this. On a second listen, I didn't enjoy it so much. Sounds 'cool' but lacks depth. Nonetheless, I appreciate the variety of samples used in the songs. Stops the listening experience from being too boring.

This is...more "Beck" than I was expecting. I really loved the creativity and appreciated the sounds, but I don't know if I'd voluntarily put on more than about half of the songs here. There were lots of little details I absolutely adored, though. 3.5.

Fun to listen to - 90s rock

I don't know if it was because my version was the deluxe version, or something else, but this was 2 hours of Beck and that's just too much Beck. "Where It's At" is a classic, but not really one I want to listen to very often. I enjoyed the Aphex Twin remix of Devil's Haircut.

Instrumentaal en vocaal vond ik het goed, maar soms te veel "lawaai" ipv muziek, zeker met de random geluidseffecten.

Weird overall. Definitely feels like a 2006 album rather than 1996, putting it well ahead of it's time in terms of sound. Overall, has some strengths, but doesn't really blow me away anywhere. Carries me through, but never really wows me.

I didnt realize how important the dust brothers were to music. I liked their hanna soundtrack but they also did odelay and beastie boys too. Very signature style.

Toch iets speciaals ... Niet 100% van genoten, maar ik apprecieer de creativiteit

Well, there's a little bit of everything here. Funk, country, rock and whilst I enjoyed it, it didn't really gel as an album and I know he can do better.

My first encounter with Beck was finding the free track that came with windows media player sometime in the early 00's. I think my experience of his music has forever been tainted by that. I thought this album was ok, I can appreciate the multi instrument use, inventive sampling and production but I just couldn't get into it. I struggled with the second listen. Sometimes you come across a good artist that just doesn't work for you.

Not absolutely bad, but it was quite long and boring. It just didn't get to me, what can I say.

Not my type, but I understand the hype that I could have been back in the 90's. Objectively a 3..

Couple of good songs. But that was about it.

Never a massive Beck fan, but it was a fun listen. Radio hits are the notable tracks, but also have heard too many times in my life. Also enjoyed "Novocaine" and and "High 5". This whole album is like Silver Jews meets Beastie Boys meets Eels meets electronica soundscapes – interesting but I'd rather listen to this stuff individually. Also like when Beck screams through distortion.

Rock alternativo . Un poco extraño.

Futurama has ruined Beck for me. All I can think of is the rhyming Becktionary, dammit.

Beck is good in small doses, like sprinkled through a playlist. Listening to a full album is like sitting in a Guitar Center and listening to kids try every setting on a synth.

No esperaba casi nada y lo termine y ahora soy feliz

I had this album back in the 90s but I probably traded it in pretty quickly. Definitely one sound of the 90s.

Pretty fun listen! In hindsight I get why I couldn't get into this album when I first tried back in my teens. Can really appreciate what Beck's doing here that was so groundbreaking and fresh for the mid-90's.

Beck is a puzzling artist whose musical genre mix ups should satisfy (especially with The Dust Brothers onboard - the beats are fresh) but the cut and paste approach combined with Beck’s elliptical lyrics renders the whole project a little flat. There’s no meat on the bones, nothing to grab hold of - no tap along, no sing along, no dance along. It’s a bit of a mess. I’m sure it makes sense to Beck.

Canciones muy interesantes con un sonido muy particular que te transportaba a otra realidad. No tengo mucha idea pero ha sido un albun interesante y con unos claroscuros inquietantes

Some good hits mixed with some ok songs.

Becki on kyllä ihan vekkulia kamaa. Aina kuunnellut randomina yksittäisiä kappaleita (hittejä), mutta kokonaisuuteen ei ole tullut vielä perehdyttyä.

I really like how the sound keeps changing. his voice is special. if you're not used to this sound, it's a weird album to listen to for the first time but it's so creative. I likes a lot some (most) of the songs, some others not so much.

Not huge on this album but it did show some originality.

Strong record, has great moments although it gets weird at times. All the respect to Beck

I find Beck Odelokay

Beck sure does write some songs and then sing/perform them, doesn't he? Very middle of the road, but never annoyed or insulted me.

What a weird album. I mean, it's a Beck album so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I'll say one thing for this record: No two tracks sound the same. For that reason I can't say I'm in love with the whole album, but I also can't say I hate it, either. A few tracks were forgettable (but not BAD), most were decent, and a couple of them were definitely fun and worth revisiting. Overall, a solid 3 stars. Fave tracks: "Derelict" and "Computer Rock"

Some jams on here.

It was ok, but only being familiar with one Beck song before (Loser) this album wasn’t as good.

I don't think that this has aged particularly well.

Doesn't include the one Beck song I know so that's definitely a mark against. Interesting genre-blending but doesn't ever quite coalesce into anything really catchy or memorable in my experience.

"Devils Haircut" is a classic Alt Rock song that I feel like I heard a ton as a kid. "Where It's At" is very much so the same in that regard. It's a decent album. There just wasn't anything I loved about it.

deux trois titres sympas

I kinda liked 'Loser' and the singles off this album but generally find Beck a bit insufferable and average. There's always been something a bit fake boho and smug about him. Always struggled to get how some people think he's the absolute best.

Like most hangs with stoners, it goes on a bit long.

I had much fun while listening to this album. Enjoyed the variety of genres and pleasant vocals. However, I can't remember a single melodic line from it. Possibly will come back to it in the future.

Kilka razy w trakcie odsłuchu miałem mieszane uczucia - z jednej strony eksperymenty muzyczne, których absolutnie bym się nie spodziewał w takim albumie, a które wywoływały głośne "wtf" i uśmiech. Z drugiej amerykańskie elementy folkowe, którymi jesteśmy w tym challengu zalewani i których po prostu mam dość. Nic w pamięć mi ponownie nie zapadło, chociaż płyta była przyjemna i zaskakująco długa. Ramshackle fajne, takie zupełnie inne od reszty utworów - wolniejsze, bez udziwnień, ale na bez rybiu i rak ryba - nie jest to nic nadzwyczajnego.

Każdy utwór w innym stylu, piosenki nie są złe, ale też nie zapadają specjalnie w pamięci. Mocne 3/5.

oh delay

Good fun, at times great - but a bit overlong and quite a few fillers. Devil's Haircut and Where It's at are 90s mainstays and iconic though

It’s ok. Cool sounds. Voice and certain sounds get boring and annoying at times though. 2.5/5

It's a really strong beginning to the album for me! I love the first half, then I'm not so into Where it's at or Minus to be honest. Not a good vibe for me, I find parts a bit boring and other parts pretty stressful. I find other tunes really quite feel-good and they remind me of some of my favourite Beak> tunes but maybe I'd get more out of seeing it live because I'm not getting much feeling from it...

This was pretty good and had some classic Beck tracks on it but overall wasn't as good as other Beck albums

Good but never great

So many hits. Lyrics are loony. Production is groundbreaking. At one time this was my favorite record. It's still fun for nostalgia but a little dated.

Unoffensive, but pretty bland

This album showed the public that "Loser" wasn't going to be the last they heard from Beck. Showing the same inventiveness as his earlier albums, Beck also manages to create a cohesive album experience and experiment with some of his other notable musical stylings such as the harmonica and screeching distortions.

Some good ideas, but didn't stand out much too me, and at some times was a bit much, or too boring. Favorite Songs: Devils Haircut, Where It's At, Ramshackle

I actually liked this one because of the creativity. I didn't lose interest at any point. But I don't think it was worth a 4, although I considered it, because I probably wouldn't seek it out again. I'm rating based on how drawn I am to it and in that case it is a 3. Not bad, but not my thing either. There were moments that I liked but overall I wasn't super into it.

Cool and creative

It’s alright. Where’s its at is not bad. Devils Haircut is probably the best song on this.

It gets choppier and choppier as the album progresses, but the songs get better as well. Still don't get the hype for Beck though; some songs sound like what I used to do on GarageBand on my mom's iPhone.

Mediocre

Sea Change fand ich ja abscheulich, diese Platte hingegen überraschend gut.

It's a Beck album, and as such contains a wide sonic palette. In Odelay's case, there seem to be two, both worth listening two, but not quite knitted together. I found the punk/hip-hop/hint of classical bits to be quite compelling. The indie-country minutes were more expected and perfunctory.

While a clearly innovative and talented musician, the general sound of the album is not enjoyable and comes off quite irritating at points due to the dramatic changes of samples and sounds.

Assez surpris que cet album ait pour unique thème un concours de saut d'obstacles par des rouleaux de nettoyage Elephant Bleu mais à part ça le projet tient la route.

Cet album m'a cauyé de sévères somnolances dans le train supposé me rappatrier à mon domicile. Ceci aurait pu permettre a n'importe quelle personne mal intentionnée de subtiliser ma statuette de Morrissey, figurant en évidence sur mon siège voisin. Pour cela, Beck recolte la note de 3/5.

It was fine. A few hits that I remembered from the past and radio replay surrounded by songs that I didn't remember / never heard. A few songs I'd hear again. But the whole album was too diverse for me to listen to the whole thing again. Devil's Haircut was a good starter.

Listening to this album is like having a crash course in all the alternative music genres of the mid 90’s

Interesting. John Cage vibes in places.

rock baet

**11/30/2021** Today's Album: "Odelay" by Beck- Devils Haircut is a great opener to this album. This beat is so upbeat and fun and I like how it breaks down a little bit right before 2 minutes. The amount of sounds being thrown at me is really refreshing and the production on all of it sounds so so good. Hotwax is such a smooth song and it reminds me of no rest of the wicked. The way his lo-fi beats are mixed with that southern instrumentation is so masterful. Holy shit the instrumentals in between verses gets wild. I really like those weird abrasive noises. Wow this is some interesting shit this sounds so weird. It works unusually well. The ending is so weird ahh what is happening? Lord Only Knows is also a great track. So far I'm getting the impression that he mixes classic country sounds with these new digital sounds and effects. I like it so far, but I feel like I have to be in the mood for these kinds of sounds. Ooh the guitar feature at 1:35 was super cool I like that. The New Pollution is a fantastic track and I believe I have heard it before. The steady rolling beat and chill vocals with all of the effects is just so cool. This style of song works way better with those glitchy effects than the other previous songs. That saxophone is just the cherry on top as well. Derelict is a very strange and eclectic song. I sort of just don't like how obtuse it is. The stuttering beat and dark tones just don't really hit to me and although I like some of the droning synths, it just isn't keeping my interest. Novacane is a more laid back song, with very strange effects launching us into this harsh rock beat. I really like the ambience of this song, but I don't know how crazy I am about Beck's rapping here. I think the style is all there, but I just can't really get into his voice. This album definitely enters noise-rock territory and I enjoy how it's done. This song is actually winning me over slowly as he keeps going. I like the building noisy effects and the frequent drop offs. His shouting of NOVACANE is reminiscent of Oxygen by Swans to me and the swelling bass just absolutely fucks my ears in a good way. The glitchy effects that transition to the end of this track are fairly abrasive. I'm not sure if it is really my thing. This is like that ear fucking I was talking about a second ago but now its rape. Jack-Ass starts off as this really pretty track and I really like Beck's vocals here. It's a definite mood switch from Novacane, but I really like how it brings this album down a notch. I really like the bouncy guitar effect too. This kind of reminds me of a Wilco song if Wilco was more straightforward. I actually really like this track as it goes on. The sitar and harmonica really welcome me in before everything is cut off again with these donkey sounds. Ooh those vinyl cracks are cool. Where It's At already sounds very familiar. I still don't know if I completely like Becks rapping, but it is growing on me and this beat is so smooth it's pretty hard not to love. I actually think I don't really fuck with the chorus on this one. I like that soft brass and the spoken word sample, but yeah I don't really like the, "WHERE ITS AT" vocal. Goddamn, though it's hard to hate anything about this when that bass, guitar, and piano are staying so smooth and sound so good. The horn freakout at the end is pretty sick and I like the effect on it. Minus is a cool track but I really am having a hard time keeping my attention. It just sounds kind of obnoxious in all honesty. Sissyneck on the other hand, is really fun with this whistling in the background and bass absolutely rocking it. I like the country guitar embellishments and the vocals aren't too bad. It's a decent song but there isn't too much to say about it in my opinion. Readymade is yet another droning track that comes and goes. I don't like how these past few tracks lack personality like the first few. They just sort of come and go. They sound okay, but they don't leave much impact. High 5 is just kind of weird. I don't really know if I like it or not. It's just sort of experimental for being experimental sake. His vocals are way to distorted to get anything out of it. kind of a mid track like the last few. Ramshackle is actually bringing things back a bit in terms of quality. I like how it takes its time and I actually really like his soft folky vocals in this track. Unlike most of the album, he's not going overboard with this track and it sounds so much better. He sounds best when he strips things back. The acoustic guitar definitely starts to go off, but it doesn't go overboard and there aren't a ton of other effects overshadowing the nice melody. I really like this track and I think it gives a good energy going into the end of the album and actually could have ended the album itself. The last track, Computer Rock, takes that pretty ending and shits all over it. It ends in the most abrasive and unflattering way possible. Literally ruined the last song by just how stupid this closer is. Overall, I really like some of the ideas presented in this album and the first half starts off so strong, but by track 9, its obvious that Beck was working off of half baked ideas and any good song that he would construct, he would just weight down with these over the top effects and abrasive noises. There are definitely some highlights here, but it really isn't worth sitting all the way through. I will add the songs I like to my playlist and dump the rest. Score: 5.5/10 half fantastic, half awful. Highlights: Devil's Haircut, New Pollution, Jack-Ass, Where It's At, Ramshackle

Beck has such a distinct sound and I do enjoy it. This album took you on a psychedelic ride at times. But it also had rock mixed in. It felt like an experimental album. Decent listen overall

6/10

definitely an interesting album. the songs felt unnecessarily long, but there were a few hidden gems on here. you can definitely see how this inspired groups like the white stripes, gorillaz and the strokes

Enjoyed this one, tooke me back to the 90s and listening to JJJ radio station.

Some real nice bangers, but then it goes into some different genres so the album is a bit all over the place for me. Not into Beck's hip-hop stylings really, this album does feels very 90s in that regard.

Solid

Big beats, funky fun. Quirky and scuzzy.

Interesting in parts, but overall a rather chaotic album that did not really grab me.

Gibt ja keine Weide, auf der dieser zottelige Cut-up Wizard nicht grasen würde. Absolut zeitgeistig zu jener Zeit; völlig überfordert ob der Fülle der Welt bislang geschaffener Werke und mit einer kindlichen Freiheit, diese in ihre Teile zu zerlegen und anders wieder zusammen zu setzen. In „Jack-ass“ flimmern kommende Jahre hindurch, sonst geht viel Richtung 1-man Beastie Boy. Überfrachtete 3.4

5/10

Look, I think Beck is great. Devil's haircut? Put it on any day. That being said, he just goes too far out there on occasion. I'm pretty sure there was a whole part that was just microphone feedback in one of the songs? That's nobody's "thing", ok. Nobody enjoys hearing that. No one in the history of music has ever gone: "You know what this song needs? Some microphone feedback." Except Beck, apparently. For this, and the other annoying parts of the album, 3 stars.

There's some classics on here for sure. But I feel like I've tried listening to this a few times and its just faded into the background.

i liked this one!! best track was hotwax. id rlly rate this one a 3.5 but i cant do that. a few stand out tracks but the rest were kind of background noise.

Unoffensive but uninteresting. A bit too "quirky" at times, so I couldn't really stick with it.

Decent

Cool

Lord only knows fängt erstmal mit nem Scream an Etwas noisy und unfokussiert. Aber sehr vielfältig

Unoffensive, but not my thing.

Un toque muy raro para mí, pero tiene sus joyitas. Sería 3.5 pero como no hay, es 3 nomas

This one has its moments. Nothing more than that though. Definitely not the classic I’ve been led to believe but then I never really dug Beck anyway? So 3 stars it is.

Not too shabby, not normally the music I would listen to but I do like it. Easy listening, car music

Good riffs a little working class and little country but nothing profound

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Odelay by Beck was the first album that was assigned to us, and a very interesting one indeed. When I was younger, I remember many car rides and many Sundays of chores where my dad would put on some Beck songs, so this was a nice welcome for our journey to come. I recognized a few of the songs on first listen, including the album opener "Devil's Haircut" and "Where it's At", the latter of which happened to be my personal favorite on the album. Relaxed, lofi instrumentals and lots of electric guitars and nice vocals to go along with it. A fair amount of high energy moments in the album are present as well. At times, however, I found the album to be, well, just not entertaining to listen to, such as on the tracks "Readymade" and "Ramshackle". In conclusion, the album gets a 5.8/10 (3 stars out of 5).

Lol so I had no idea what to expect. I'm currently only at the first song but it is pretty good. Very 90s idk how to describe it. 2nd song a bit weird but still not bad.

I think this album got bad lows but good highs like ‘lord only knows’. the producing is really interesting at times and I really enjoy that tho I think a lot of the songs are kinda mediocre and the production is not always enough to keep me interested. The ideas on the album are interesting but could’ve been explored more and executed better. 6,5/10

für die meisten Gelegenheiten zu krawallig...aber guter Beat

This one was easier to get through, first one I listened to from start to finish. Wouldn't be too upset if this was on in the background but wouldn't deliberately seek it out.

Interesting

Sounds fresh as hell in 2021. Beck is a legend. Three decades of genre mashing, artistic relevance, and mass appeal, and somehow it seems like he doesn't get his due. Maybe its the Scientology. This album has some real high points, some scattered filler, but the blues-breakbeat-spoken-verse-sung-chorus thing feels reeeal nice walking along the waterfront on a sunny spring day. I'll always be a Sea Change guy, and the most tuneful stuff on here (Ramshackle, Jack-Ass, New Pollution) connects the most. B+

I wasn't expecting to like this one. Not sure why but perhaps it's because Beck was liked by too many people who I thought had bad taste in music. It wasn't that bad. I kinda liked the genre smorgasbord as he rolls from Hip Hip to Alt throwing in a good dose of synths, harps and various percussion. If I had to listen to too many Beck songs of the same genre I probably would have lost it. I worry that I subconsciously feel I should like Rap since it's been happening for over 40 years. I can't get into the real Rap but I'll accept the White Boy watered down rap so I can check the box. Anyway, I enjoyed this one.

Closer to a 3.5 than a 3...a few songs were just so irritating.

This felt like Beck’s big breakthrough album when it came out and he suddenly seemed to become pretty mainstream. I didn’t really mind it but I thought it was weaker than his previous stuff. I assumed he was on the wain (read diverging from my own tastes), but his next album, Mutations, went on to become one of my top ten albums of all time. Listening back, I still don’t absolutely love it, but it’s a decent album.

On the plus side, I like the fact that he’s experimenting with different genres (from country to hip-hop), often in the same song; the Dust Brothers production combined with the dozen or so instruments he plays makes for a lot of things happening beneath the surface; the arrangements on “Where It’s At” are especially sophisticated; his guitar playing is good in-your-face at times, but usually subtle and innovative; I like the cover with the high-jumping Hungarian sheep dog. On the minus side, is Beck’s voice, which is not a singing voice, not such a big deal since he’s borderline rapping most of the time; the rap-phrasing limits the overall sound and probably limits the song-writing too; some of the more popular tracks sound like novelty songs.

Not bad. Can’t say I’m a huge Beck fan but was good.

Ok album just not my style but easy to listen to

Classic Beck. Solid album that would probably improve upon repeat listening

Too many genres being thrown together

Beck is a talented guy for sure. I like this album, but I enjoy the mellower, folky style of Beck more than the sampling, mixing side of Beck. 3 stars.

it's Beck

Didn’t age the best but still a fun listen.

Mad good production. Some cool trip hop tricks ganan. The lyrics are a bit like Beck wrote them to get out of doing his homework.

Weird but a few solid bops.

Nothing wrong with this album, but I do not have a reason to ever listen to it again. Devil's Haircut is fire though.

BECK

Beck is always fun to listen to. Not his greatest album but a decent one.

Familiar

Some later tunes fuckin bang and it's really interesting and wacky. Didn't time this one right. Also, bit much innit?

Novacane makes me feel like I'm being brainwashed.

Not bad, I expected a bit more. I'll listen to more albums by him tho

Funky, I liked it. Weird mix of electronic hip hop, but done well. Probably won't revisit but I liked it. 5/8 overall, fav song The New Pollution

like a more punky cake

At first it felt like an eclectic mix of genres that I couldn't really connect with, until I got to "Lord Only Knows". That track feels like a mix of the Killers and the Fratellis and it was then that it dawned on me how influential this album must have been for popular musicians that followed in the next decade. By track 4 I was starting to understand what Beck was about, some tracks feel like they were inspired by Frank Zappa, to the point where I feel like 'Devil's Haircut' kind of betrays what Beck is truly like. A good album, but not entirely to my taste.

decent, mostly chill album. pretty good hangover music

Beck is Beck

A few of my favorite Beck songs are on here. While I appreciate him bringing a huge variety of influences to the record (hip hop, noise, folk), it does take a minute to actually get to a point where I like it. Favorite tracks: "Sissyneck", "Derelict", "The New Pollution"

This album is truly a product of its time. Important for its time, no doubt, but in 2021 it sounds so... Dated. Respect it, don't particularly enjoy it. F. T. : Devil's Haircut

good stuff

a bit all over the place.. some i liked and others i was like wow okay ew

Not the biggest fan. Cool moments of experimentation but the whole album feels like a mish-mash of everything. Maybe that's the point and I'm an idiot. Who knows but it didn't land for me. Favourite: Ramshackle

maybe its too alt for me and it sounds confusing lol a lot of weird sound effects(? definitely not the type of songs that ill listen to daily (except ramshackle tho)

I like where it’s at. The rest of the songs I struggled through

Ene pesmi bi ble usec ociju, not my vibe pac ni najbl skilled pevec pa ni tok zanimivo

Slitsomt å høre på

2.25 - ugh i’m tired of this guy

Meh. IF I’m in the mood for Beck, I’m going to Midnite Vultures.

Shallow radio music -

Another Beck album I just don't get.

Had some elements and vibes that I liked but found other parts too loud and grating Album is too long

Liked: 3,4,8,11,13,14 Disliked: 1,2,5,6,7,9,10,12, Total Songs: 14 Ratio: 6/14 Converted Score: 2.14/5 Top 3 1. Diskobox 2. Lord Only Knows 3. Ramshackle

I don’t understand this one? Clearly experimental but so much of it feels out of place and forced? Why am I getting random robot noises? What is that adding to this album? Other than it being…annoying?

Perfectly listenable. Not really my jam. A lot of the songs sound like eachother, and this isn’t aided by the Dylan-esque word-salad lyrics that are typically talk-sung in a low voice. I do like some of the tracks and I’m not saying it’s bad by any means. If I loved the singles off of this I’d be totally in love with the record. However, I like/don’t mind them, and consequently like/don’t mind the record as a whole. Again, not my jam.

Some of the songs were ok, but some were very repetitive and sounded too similar to each other.

Not actively unpleasant, but not a single thing that's actually memorable. 1990s polyfilla.

I like Beck’s music when he’s actually making music. The overuse of sound effects takes away from the experience and ruins all the cool shit he does. That being said, I’m conflicted in how to grade this. The songs that I like, I do really like, but there are not enough of them to rally this album to good standing.

A bit weird but some nice outliers 2,5

I hate to call it pretentious...but maybe...don't be pretentious then

sympa mais certains morceaux font grincer des dents 2.5+/5

I was hoping to enjoy a real Beck instead of Jeff Beck's one note blues, but this album was not the one for me. I really wanted to enjoy this album... I liked Beck's opening song in Eternal Sunshine, the album art is cool, and some of the songs in here were nice. But alas, the more raucous instrumental tracks put a damper on my mood. Maybe I should try to give it another listen?

ik weet eigenlijk niet zo goed wat ik hier van vind, ik vond in sommige liedjes de combinatie van zoveel verschillende albums leuk, maar in sommige voelde het een beetje gek en te veel. zou hier denk ik niet snel zelf naar luisteren

nothing stands out, and it goes on for too long

No soy muy fan del country psicodélico, pero guay

it's fun and sometimes impressive, but a bit too clever for its own good and not quite the sum of its parts

I've never connected with Beck and listening to a full album has not changed that for me. He brushes on a lot of genres, which might be technically impressive, but doesn't dive into any of them. For some reason this is unsatisfying for me.

Actually just shit screechy noise. Shame because I liked Guero. I liked Ramshackle; that's what saved this from 1 star

Can't be mad at this. More variety would've been pretty neat, but who am I to say that the Hammond Organ isn't an iconic enough sound to necessitate an entire album? As somebody who's slowly been getting into the history of Stax records, I found a lot to enjoy on this album, but maybe not enough for me to come back to it anytime soon.

Not bad, not my thing though, loved the creativity

Beck doesn’t know me, but I do know Beck and a few of his other albums. I don’t think this album is very good. Two stars…

He told us who he was from day one. It's all beats, slide guitars, and slacker rhymes.

Ok album. I only like on music tho

Experimental for the sake of it, but bangers aswell. 2.5

Hmmmm. Pallar inte Beck. Ruggigt keff. Försmutsar den riktigt Becks namn

Didn't like it. Not my personal style at all.

DISLIKE it started off okay and then i just got bored and liked it less and less as it went on... idk maybe it wasn't the right moment when i listened? all over the place in a way i didn't like and i just zoned out... some of it i wouldn't consider music just an amalgamation of sound

Det mesta går att återanvända från förra Beck-recensionen, det är ungefär samma visa här. Lite mer ganska skramliga hiphopbeats kanske. Singlarna plus nån till är ganska bra, särskilt "New polution". Men han får aldrig riktigt ihop ddt till nåt bra som helhet och tanken på Beck är fortfarande mer tilltalande än vad Beck verkligen är

Einfach nicht meine Stimme

I do like Beck as an artist but not this album. Just not for me. It sounded a bit frivolous to me. It's a well made record but just not to my taste.

Far from a favorite. ★★

i like beck a lot but i just know individual songs scattered across his many albums so i was very excited to listen to one album of his all the way through. where it's at is my least favorite so far.... ok ya theres not really a song that i love on this album. devils haircut and ramshackle are my favorite of the bunch though

Beck gets credit for putting a wide variety of music on this album. Some of it was good, and some of it was bad.

Awful lot of Beck on this list. Even though I liked one of his albums, I still don't like Beck. This album was probably my first exposure to Beck in the real time. Similar to Cake in both the deadpan delivery and my friend Chyna liking them. Highlights: 'The New Pollution' (only because it is essentially a Beatles song with random sax in it), 'Jack-Ass' (only because it is essentially a Bob Dylan song with random xylophone in it) Lowlights: 'Hotwax', the smoke-alarm beeps in 'Where It's At' Wiki failing Grice's maxim of quantity: "Track 13 includes a minute-long hidden track of noise."

I quite actively hated this

Didnt like it

It felt repetitive after a while. I also understand that his style is all about nonsenses but it felt contrive in a not that interesting way. I wish he did more variation in the music rhythm.

mm es como q pasa muy desapercibido, no me parece nada wow, no termino de entender el tip de musica q es, supongo q un rockcito medio alternativo. es un meh total. 5/10

This is an album I feel like I should like, but don't. NOW called and wants their track back. This is what I would have listened to because it was "popular" but deep down inside I didn't care for. Take that nostalgia. I liked Derelict but at that point there are other artists that do that track better.

Empezó super bien y pensé que había descubierto una nueva joya, pero después me aburrió horrible

I kinda liked the first song.

Outside of One Foot in the Grave Beck is the ultimate greatest hits artist. His hits are seriously great, the rest, eh. I listened to it and wondered if maybe his hits are just stockholm syndrome as they were all played on the radio on a near constant basis. It could very well be that I really don't like Beck besides his first album and I only like the hits because I've been programmed to by radio station being paid by his record label. Maybe I have tricked and I don't like any of the music I think I do and I've been programmed to enjoy it! Ok so for serious, it's alright. Not a Beck fan so even though I can tell the songs are different his style sounds the same throughout the album.

wow dit was chaotisch. Telkens wanneer het een beetje logisch klonk, moeten ze het weer helemaal omgooien. Ik denk niet dat ik het heel goed vond eigenlijk. "People say this album is ahead of its time and groundbreaking. I say its a pretentious mess of experimentation that doesn't work." (2)

i only know one beck song (think im in love) and ive never heard of this album before - some parts reminded me of radiohead's amnesiac - i thought it sounded like the dust brothers and then i realised they produced the album - some songs would be ok as background music but the rest was just a mess frankly impressive how an album with so many different things happening in it still managed to sound so boring

Maybe I’ll need to revisit but found it hard to get into.

While appreciating the experimental side of this, it's not really for me and I found the album mostly quite jarring.

troppo rock, non mi va al momento. però in realtà è bello, solo non per me ora

Come on 1001, give me some songs that I would want to listen to again. I don't want to feel like I'm in a Rock'n Roll History class.

Will go out of my way to avoid listening to this again.

So what you’re telling me is I just like depressed Beck (Sea Change for the win) better than I do whatever this eclectic but annoying bucket of songs is. It’s not a terrible album but it feels like one full of intentional ticks and quirks meant to hide a complete lack of personality and while it kind of works (I do largely love what the Dust Brothers are doing), it ends up being more irritating than fascinating and much too long and I don’t have the patience for such quirked artifice.

Never listened to Beck. I know he did Loser, which I have not heard, and isn't on this album. After listening to this album I still have no idea what sort of music Beck plays and I have little interest in discovering it. This was a mess of weird experiments that did not go well.A shame, because the first track was promising.

Idk, nejakej rap, kriceni,.. ale dobry bicí

Apple music has a note about the album that says a producer said not to release the album, and you know what? That producer was right, and the fact that Beck has a career at all is shocking. Doesn't even have loser on the album so what is the point?

I had medium expectations, and this did not meet it. Album is a hodge podge of style and sounds. I get that it is unique, but feels all over the place

Wild and weird. Too experimental and strange for my liking. It was all over the place. Some of the songs were pretty entertaining but then others made me wanna plug my ears. I definitely appreciate the uniqueness of this album but could not see myself putting this into my daily rotation. Favorite 2: Hotwax, Where It’s At

just meh

The New Pollution was played daily when I worked at the Gap in the early 2010s. Otherwise, not quite my tempo.

I got nothing from it.

4/10

boring

Ok

I never was a big fan of Beck and today didn't change that. The music is to repetitive and somehow bleak while playing kind of up beat chords.

I bought this over 25 years ago, and sadly it has dated, and I found it hard to listen to….

Bit of nothing!

Beck throws all his influences at the wall and sees what sticks... it all kinda sticks and sounds gnarly and stuff, but also why?

war mir dich bisschen zu experimentell

I like some Beck, and I have immense respect for him as a creative, boundary-pushing musician. But this genre merge between hip-hop and 90s alternative rock just doesn’t work for me. The fact that so many of the singles received nonstop radio airplay doesn’t help. An interesting artistic statement that doesn’t translate for me.

I'm a big Beck fan. I never was a fan of this album. Some good songs. It was a really drag. I can't believe it but it's getting a 2

I do like when rap mixes rock sounds and vice versa. But I couldn’t help but feel bored to most of these songs. 5/10

Not for me

While I can see he's talented, I don't get the allure of him. He's just okay to me. 2.5/5

rock generico y molesto al oido 1,5 estrellas

Very fun and creative experience but no song I'm particularly eager to listen to again exept for "Ramshackle". Love the album cover

All over the place for my tastes rn.

meh

No resonó conmigo. Muy ruidoso

I prefer the newer Beck.

Low fi...too much 2 stars

An interesting listen, I feel like Beck tried a lot here and I gotta respect the effort and vision, that being said I don't feel like he quite stuck the landing. The mashups between styles often felt a little awkward, which was even further highlighted by the quite poor vocals. Some instrumental parts were actually pretty good, but did not have enough going on to carry an entire song often. All in all I can't say it was bad, but neither can I say I loved it. Maybe I would after a couple of listens but that doesn't really sound attractive to me

not a big fan of this album. it's a long way away from my usual listening

I didnt really enjoy it

mmm beastie boys folk. zzzz

Aside from the nostalgia of the singles, there are songs/moments I enjoy. But a lot of this feels like bougie Kid Rock.

altern. Rock, 1996 -> 2

It was fine but nothing noteworthy

Бек не мій артист. І після ще одного прослуховування цього альбому думка особлива не змінилася. Тут однозначно є свій стиль, цікава робота з семплами та мультижанровістю (думаю, велика заслуга в цьому Dust Brothers, які свого часу допомогли зробити одну з ікон семплінгу - Paul's Boutique) та й загалом відчувається, що артисти мають смак. Але мені просто не подобається і все) Не було навіть бажання зберегти якусь із пісень. Ще подумав, що є трохи вайбу розумників, який також є у Blur. Хоч музично вони дуже відрізняються, але ця іронічна зарозумілість мені не імпонує.

I always thought I liked Beck but maybe I just nostalgically like 2 or 3 songs. This album didn't really do it for me. I appreciate that he was a trailblazer for whatever genre this is considered but it isn't really moving me today.

Some interesting stuff going on, nothing really peaked my interest however.

2.25 - I’ve never been a big Beck fan. I like a handful of these songs, but I was kind of bored overall.

Um álbum alternativo/experimental, diferente. Mas não foi algo que apreciei. É um forte 2/5.

I don't understand why people like this. It is so derivative to me, not original in the least, and I hear too many references for Beck to have his sound down. I also think the writing is poor and dishonest, it wasn't for me

3/10

it wasn't by all means a bad album, but it wasn't exceptional to me either. Sounded like something i would play in the background, not necessarily an album i would enjoy listening to on a daily basics. Interesting sound tho

Eeeeeee

Didn't love it then, don't love it now. Close to strong dislike. This is a 2 or a 3 - a 2 seems maybe a bit harsh but this music does nothing for me but he get s a point for creativity. It always felt like a young Weird Al making current music instead of retreads.

A bit too laid back for me