1001 Albums Summary

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).

Amazing album, a personal favorite of my dad. Fav tracks include Everlasting Light, Tighten Up, Howlin' for You, She's Long Gone, The Only One, Ten Cent Pistol, and These Days. No tracks are bad really, just not as good as the other ones. If you liked this one do yourself a favor and listen to El Camino as well, my dad loved that album too. 8.5/10