Odelay

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

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

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

Some fine moments, but I don't really like it. Weird and not in a good way.

Didn’t do much of anything for me. 13JUL26 EDIT: yea still didn't do much for me, but I change my mind on it being a 1/5

First time listen First Beck album, was ok, most of it didn't really grab me to be honest. I like some of the singles I've heard by him but this album felt all over the place stylistically. For some reason develops a hip hop sound toward the end of the album I wasn't a fan of. Will have to try another album by him. Fav tracks: Where It's At, Novacane Least Fav: High 5 2.5/5

te vaag voor mij. stukken zijn echt wel chill maar dan weet hij het op een of andere manier te verpesten

I just don't click with Beck. Pretty sure I've never heard a song by him that I want to play again.

There’s just something about this I don’t like. I’ve never liked New Pollution or Devils Haircut, but they’re the best tracks on the album

Oh shit that guy from Futurama... wait a minute I've already made that joke. I need other artists so I can come up with new material

honestly just not my type of album some iconic songs for sure but I do agree with alot of reviews it seems to be to experimental and it just feels like its being to werid without reason and some of the songs have potineal i just think this album is okay

The 90's was the time for grunge. A low-fi rebellion to the hyper polished sound of the 80's. Band like Pearl Jam and Nirvana stripped down production in favor of raw sound that seems chaotic and random. Some bands that followed focused on the random, distorted sound and forgot to add the music. This is how Odelay feels. There are some bright spots, the radio hit "Where It's At" "the New Pollution" and "Devil's Haircut" have moments of melody and even some hook. But so much of this record feel like trying to be edgy and it comes across as cringe. 2/5

Appreciate the originality but it was too scattered for my taste.

Some nice noise but didn't do much for me.

Had its moments, but overall I don’t think I’m really that inspired by Beck and his stuff. He’s a talented musician and songwriter for sure, just not really my thing.

All over de place, westerns, schurend

Wasn’t a fan of this. Gimmicky at times, boring at others.

it was almost good and then it got annoying

64. beck

I like Beck. Don't like this album. But not unlistenable.

Ekstremt stort spænd af genre og ideer, men de fleste af sangene er desværre ikke lige min kop te

The random sound effects on the songs caught me off guard and destroyed the flow of the songs. I enjoyed a few songs though

I did feel the vibes, but they were difficult to reach behind the screeching of an untuned unidentifiable instrument. I did enjoy it sometimes, but I guess lo-fi just isn't really my style.

It’s Beck which means it’s meh in my book.

I don’t really like Beck. He came along when I was a little angry at pop music. I was into hair metal, and while I did like the grunge movement, even though the term grunge paints with broad strokes, I wasn’t too into the alt scene that mixed hip-hop, sampling, folk, and rock. It just made me cringe. Beck was at the forefront of that scene, so I never messed with him. Since I’ve been doing the 1,001 Albums list, I listened to Beck’s Sea Change and loved it. Thought it was one of the best pieces of music I’ve ever heard. But it wasn’t like his early stuff. Like Odelay, Beck’s fifth album. Fifth! I was certain this was his album with Loser, but no, that was Mellow Gold, of course. I remember all the singles off this album, and God help me, I dig some of them. I may hate the player, but you give me a good funky bass groove, and it's hard for me to hate the game. Or a good fuzzy guitar riff will melt me. Devil’s Haircut, track 1, and the second single, just makes me think of the 60s music I dislike. I also hate Beck’s nonsense lyrics. What the F is a devil’s haircut, and what's the big deal that’s in his mind? Again, I’m not the biggest lyrics guy, I love KISS for God’s sake, but Beck always seemed a bit….try too hard. Like I’ll make up some nonsense, and the kids’ll love it. Bah! 60s-like The first single was Where It’s At, track 8, and I can’t deny the keys get me on this one. The lyrics again are nonsense, but the groove and the instruments are fire. It reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite, which I love. The New Polliction starts out annoying me with bleeps and bloops, but then kicks into another 60s like groove. I think this may be the best vocals that Beck lays down on the album. But like on all his songs at this time, he sounds like he couldn’t care less about singing or cut all his vocals after taking expired quaaludes from 1977. It’s so lazy, and that should be punk rock, but it’s just lame. Damn, there were five singles off this album? Sissyneck was a single, and it’s just not for me. Jack-Ass is the last single,e and I can tell where Julian Casablancas, lead singer of the Strokes, got his vocal style from, as Beck lazily sings about who the F even knows. Lord Only Knows sounds like a fuzzy Kinks song, and Beck sings just like Ray Davies. So it’s alright, but I’d rather just hear the Kinks. Ugh. Writing this is making me angry. I’ve got 4-5 inches of snow on the ground, and it's like 8 degrees outside right now in Kentucky. I’ve got no time for this torture. To read that many thought this was the best album of the 90s reinforces my thoughts that when it comes to music, the 90s sucked. I’ll not be adding this to my rotation. Beck has always bothered me, and except for Sea Change and perhaps albums after that, he’ll continue to bother me.

I liked Beck a while back, but I’m too happy for this

Musical potpourri that didn’t speak to me. Could have done better with the cover, too.

When I was 11, I discovered Musescore, and pumped out a dozen half-baked incoherent pieces. This album sounds a bit like if I had discovered GarageBand instead.

not my style

An example of how you can recognize something as objectively good but still dislike it. The instrumentation is frequently interesting enough but Beck’s voice is so unemotive, I’m bored listening to him. It feels like an album a dude would argue about, saying I just didn’t get Beck’s brilliance.

There's a lot going on in here.

A US version of Neil Hannon

Best: Derelict Worst: High 5 In my head Beck is an even less serious version of Weezer so really didn’t expect to like this album much, but it definitely had a few enjoyable tracks. The lyrics on the opening track especially were pretty interesting as was the use of samples. As much as I enjoy genre mixing but this gave me whiplash, some of the tracks felt totally alien to the rest of the album. Overall, this album felt pretty silly and muddled, sometimes the music felt more like scratchy whining in my ears, I did not like this.

If an identity crisis was an album, this would be the album. It goes through a lot of genres- some almost rap, some leaning into indie, a proper folk song and some bogstandard rock. Normally, I would cite something like this as groundbreaking. In this case, it is not. Enjoyed a few tracks but overall confusing and not consistent. Favourite track- Ramshackle

Favorite tracks: Sissyneck, Devils Haircut, Derelict A little too messy and disjointed for my taste, but there were a few I liked on there

When this was new, it was not my favorite. Many things have changed since then, but it is still not really happening for me.

Quite a few songs I hated and I do not like his singing at all in most of his songs. There’s a few songs saving it from a 1/5.

forgettable

Brother this was something

2⭐️ felt like a bit of a strange blend of genres songs I already knew: n/a fave new song(s): devils haircut

90’s Alternative ⭐️The New Pollution

i really like their song loser so i'm excited -devil's haircut sounds like 3 is the magic number -okay don't really like it kinda just sounds like random noises -i like jackass!! -fav song is ramshackle overall it was okay, some good ones but also some real stinkers 2.5/5

would have loved to bust it down to this in the club. weird but not too weird. just weird enough. def not the album to listen to while going to bed.

Dont care for beck. Listenable i guess. The end of novacane might be the craziest shit ive ever heard what the fuck was that shit

What exactly do folks feel is so great about this album? It’s certainly a good representation of the 1990s generally- fake, false, a facade, with no true substance underneath. Alternating between annoying and depressing.

"Devils Haircut" is a track I'll definitely be returning to. Lots of experimental sounds on this, and some work better than others imo. Overall Rating: 5/10

Couldn’t get on board unfortunately.

So many similar tempos in the mid section of the album, hard to tell when one song ends and the next begins. At least "Minus" kicked this one out of the doldrums for a short bit. I don't need to hear this again, not sure why I needed to hear this once.

Favorite Songs: Where It’s At, Novacane, Ramshackle Least Favorite Song: Minus Very interesting blend of genres.

This is just Kid Rock for people with a college degree

pretty okay, i do like aluminum and dead leaves and the dirty ground, but the rest of it kinda blended together

Pretty impartial to this. It was on, it played, it was music. I didn't feel anything either way.

para nada me esperaba el género de los temas viendo la tapa del álbum!! jajahahah flashé mal definitivamente no es algo que yo escucharía todos los días pero a la vez no me parece malo

An interesting album, I liked “the new pollution” and novacane. I also enjoyed that is was a mixed album so you got some slower and some more up beat songs!

This album is like sitting at your desk at work with a big list of tasks that need completing, all of which have fast -approaching deadlines. You try to focus on one task, but all of a sudden you get a thought about one of the other tasks, so you shift focus to that. After twenty minutes you panic that you really do need to get that other thing done first, so you go back to it. Then you get lunch and realise that there was actually something else that was more pressing that both of the things you worked on in the morning. You scramble to work on that, but you can't really focus on it because you are still thinking about the morning's tasks. Now it is 5.30 and you need to pick your son up from football training. You're not even sure if you got any work done today.

Feels like an album I should like but was just too weird. Lots of random noises, obscure references and sounds. Some ok tunes but not for me.

it was good i give u thatt

pourquoi c'est vibe country j'aime pas sorry beck

i feel like if the vocals were better i'd like it more. fun, silly noise intermissions. derelict reminds me of within you without you by the beatles, so that was cool. sissyneck reminds me of the stones. experimental, i see the appeal. saved: lord only knows, derelict, minus, sissyneck, ramshackle.

Interesting alternate rock, not my favorite but cool!

i know Beck and i know i liked some songs in the past. but this album just feels bland and mediocre

Instrumentals are kind of all over the place, not in a bad way but in an organized chaos kind of way. Not a huge fan of the cadence and flow present on most of the tracks. Was good after a single listen. They didn't save the rest of the review so I don't remember faves/least faves.

Beck is one of those artists that I am (for the most part) just unable to get into for some reason -- and I really wanted to like this one. It has a few hits near the end, and that surprised me, but it was really underwhelming.

Did nothing for me. A mess.

A mismatch of genres, sounds and lyrics that doesn't really work for me. A couple of ok-ish songs but overall it doesn't appeal. That being said, I can appreciate the experimental nature of this album.

A little bit of Beck goes a long way. I really do not get the hype around this album as a full experience.

The sound of the 90s! Some of the beats were cool and I liked the hip hop and scratches but the singing was forgettable.

Can’t quite make my mind up on this, like I; parts, dislike in others

Feels like that teenage rebellion phase you look back on and cringe at - different just for the sake to be different but not very good

Solid.

Not for me.

Very frustrating album. Almost feels *too* sloppy, even though the offbeat swing is very intentional. Some very bizarre production choices and effects use as well that almost always make the songs significantly more unpleasant to listen to. Some decent hidden hlgems but a lot to skip over. Top tracks: Hotwax, Ramshackle

Not a big fan

Die Mischung aus Lo-Fi-Ästhetik, Sample-Collagen und Sprechgesang verliert schnell an Reiz – zu oft verheddert sich das Album in monotonen Beats und einer raplastigen Struktur, die wenig Raum für musikalische Vielfalt lässt. Zu monoton und zu stark auf Rap-Elemente fokussiert. Die Tracks ähneln sich zu sehr, wodurch das Album schnell an Spannung verliert.

não me pegou, mas tem umas que não são ruins (tb não são boas)

This makes me feel uneasy not in a good way. Pass.

Ok. Went a bit weird toward the end.

Shit except for devils haircut and I knew that already

There’s like 3 good songs here and the rest is super experimental and maybe hit in the 90s but def not for me today.

Some undeniably great grooves, but not really for me. Album felt a lot longer than it is. Fav tracks: Devils Haircut. Saved a song: N RYM: N

I once found myself trapped in a conversation with a guy who wouldn’t stop raving about how Beck was the true genius of ’90s alt-rock. I nodded along and didn’t push back—mostly because I hadn’t really listened to Beck at the time. Now that I’ve actually heard this album, I’m starting to think he might’ve been completely full of it.

eh, its okay

au risque d'heurter certaines sensibilités, j'ai vraiment eu du mal à finir d'écouter l'album (High 5 était presque la goutte de trop). je pense qu'il faut se remettre dans le contexte de la fin des années 90 pour apprécier la nouveauté de la proposition, mais personnellement rien qui se démarque pour moi dans cet album de rock alternatif/expérimental, peut-être car je manque de contexte historique. petite mention pour Where it's at que je trouve très intéressante du point de vue instrumental. 1.8 étoiles.

Lots of noise without saying anything. I just don't get it.

I like this so far (through hotwax)! Ok it got weird at Novacane.

Some great instrumentals but the vocals, man. So bad.

Meh

Not my favorite artist. But during the listen I realized why. His voice and lyrics are just not for me. Doesn’t resonate with me. That being said, this album has some surprise jams. I enjoyed roughly 4 songs. I’ll give it a 1.7

One of the albums where I ask myself why somebody thinks it is important to listen to. I'm sure there are a lot of people out there, which like the album. But that can't be a reason. The worst pop music is listened to by a huge amount of people. So what makes it so important? That would actually be interesting. Why is it considered so important?

I just don't get Beck. It's oddly 90s without any of the good parts. Had to stop listening to Novacane due to all distortion. It's like a weird mix of 808 hip hop beats and noise. Not my jam.

Beck is boring. That's all I gotta say. Favorite Tracks: Devils Haircut, Novacane Rating: 2/5

Where it’s at is pure nostalgia. 13 year old me watching Much Music in the basement. Nothing else really popped for me. Wasn’t interested enough to buy this then, not interested enough to play it again now.

Wanted to like this but couldn't get behind it.

ramshackle

OK, so, 1001 Albums Generator? You've been cooking so far. I feared the day that came where I had to question your culinary skills. Monday, September 22nd. Mark it. I've heard of Beck; I very recently learned he was, at least at one point, a Scientologist in the same breath. I know people enjoy Beck, I read the album is super critically-acclaimed, I love the album art, that's a 10/10, but apparently some music producer told him a couple months before it came out not to release it. I'm that guy! Driving home, I worried about giving a critically-acclaimed album my first 2. Then I started worrying if it should be a 1! Also, these are my reviews, I set the rules. This is the first review I wrote on a computer just to get this all out. I'm sure you can tell, future me. I liked "Devils Haircut," felt like what I thought Beck was going to be, very avant-garde singer-songwriter – I even added that to the ol' library. "New Pollution" I rolled with, sort of a trance-like Gorillaz-esque vibe (Apple Music breakdown mentioned how it sort of predicted that kinda music, I get it). "Jack-Ass" feels like a real song, "Derelict" and "Ramshackle" are aight. I even roll with Computer Rock, I get that one, I'm in on the bit! "Lord Only Knows" was especially bad if we count sounding good as a positive quality of music and "Novacane" was one of the worst songs I've ever heard in my entire natural born life, to be honest, just noise. It was at that point that I considered the 1. Everything else, I might just not get, but it sounded like shit to me. I'm listening to the groove on "Where It's At" towards the end and thinking, I dunno, did I go too far? And now it's turning into auditory assault as I'm writing that out. Beck is now the benchmark for a 2.

2- Stars (4/15)

Not my thing

Coulnd't get through it. Reminded me of Shrek

Bad rap/folk mix Sissyneck is the inly listenable song

Not my cup of tea

I think I’m supposed to love this, but nah…

This is the second Beck album I've had on this list and again I feel like I'm missing something. I normally like stuff like this but Beck just doesn't do it for me for some reason

mixed emotions on this! listened while erging so didnt give it my full attention but i liked some bits. fee like the instrumentals and production were interesting, liked the drums. will relisten bc i feel i didnt give it a fair try

I've heard people say it's one of his better albums. I've heard its awful. The truth is its something else entirely! It's completely mid!! 5/10

The production is good, it's a novel album and plays around a lot with samples and instrumentation. It also just happens to be boring as fuck. I can appreciate the craftsmanship that went into it and clearly there was some fun and creative collaboration between Beck and the Dust Brothers. There's a lot of ideas and sounds that are explored in this, it hops from genre to genre and frankly all it does is make me wish it would just stick to one. If you were generous you would describe this as eclectic. This is my second Beck album in this project, I cannot remember the first one. I didn't particularly enjoy this one and I am not looking forward to the next one. It's really just not my thing. Highlights: High 5 (Rock the Catskills)

Nice to see you again Beck… (My first repeat artist) This album started out strong with its experimental instrumentals and good vocals that resulted in good vibes, but after “Where It’s At”, the album’s standout track (and big hit), the whole thing fell apart I was ready for it to be over even with a few tracks left and although I gave all of them a listen (which I do for every song on every album because it would be wrong not to), none of them stuck with me After writing this out, I’ve decided to go with 2 stars (due to the lack of standout tracks) although 2.5 is what I would actually give it if I could Favorites: None Honorable Mentions: Where It’s At