1001 Albums Summary

A perfectly fine record, and if you like your blues heavy, you’ll get along with it fine, but it’s simply been outclassed, not only by what was yet to come, but equally by its peers, not to mention what came before. As mean as his guitar is here, I still prefer Beck elsewhere, and the truth is, the same goes for most of these songs, versions of which I’d rather hear by Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, or hell, Led Zeppelin. Top Tracks: Beck’s Bolero, I Ain’t Superstitious