Two turntables and a microphone - The Beck Thread
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Bohnjaggs
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Guero is my overall favorite but Mutations isn't too far behind
gaporter
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Midnite Vultures is up there for me too
displayname
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+1 Midnite Vultures is so insane and I love it. I enjoy the slower, emotional Beck as well, but I really love the wild experimentation and flat out silly lyrics he used to get into. I still hope he has one more of those albums up his sleeve.
Nee Lewman
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I am with @Bohnjaggs Hyperspace is better than Colors. I also like that Beck and Pharrel got together and swerved. This is a weird album and that's saying something for Beck.
Snoddywilko
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I recently read over on Reddit a comment from a user saying that he contacted Bong Load Records - who are responsible for all of Beck’s vinyl releases - specifically asking if they were still planning on reissuing Midnite Vultures; they said no.
I hope this will change at some point; I know a lot of us are dying to own this on vinyl. I would love a copy of The Information, too.
Snoddywilko
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I’ve been a fan of Beck since I first heard Loser as a 19 year old in 1994. I quickly bought everything I could get my hands on: the few available albums, singles, e.p’s, soundtracks with a track or two; any slice of his musical pie going, & I’ve kept up with his output ever since.
Initially, I adored lo-fi Beck of Mellow Gold & his more scrap-book style album, Stereopathetic Soul Manure, as well as some of the early indie 7 & 10” releases. These days, though, I tend to think these releases contain some excellent tracks cushioned by a lot of throwaway messing about.
After being a fan for a quarter of a century, I prefer the more coherent records where musical mag-pie Beck throws everything into the blender & conjures up something that is uniquely him. For my money, the most successful of these were the two Dust Brothers collaborations: Odelay & Guero.
I also love the more acoustic side of Beck - especially One Foot In The Grave & Mutations - as I feel these albums contain Beck’s unique voice; whereas the more polished Sea Change & Morning Phase come off more like Beck doing a great impression of artists he admires.
Special mentions to the funky Midnite Vultures (Funky pastiche but done so fucking brilliantly) & excellent The Information (a little patchy & experimental but with some real highlights).
Oh, & I also love I.R.M, the album he wrote & produced for Charlotte Gainsbourg. It’s basically a Beck album with a lovely female French voice singing over the top of it. I highly recommend it to anybody who appreciates his more low-key & jaunty song-writing.
I find his more recent contemporary pop auto-tuned persona a little too over-produced & sterile for my personal tastes & hope that he moves on from it with whatever he does next. Having said that, I think Saw Lightning is excellent, as well as a handful of tracks from Colors.
Overall, one of my very favourite artists: there is quality & imagination in everything he’s done
Initially, I adored lo-fi Beck of Mellow Gold & his more scrap-book style album, Stereopathetic Soul Manure, as well as some of the early indie 7 & 10” releases. These days, though, I tend to think these releases contain some excellent tracks cushioned by a lot of throwaway messing about.
After being a fan for a quarter of a century, I prefer the more coherent records where musical mag-pie Beck throws everything into the blender & conjures up something that is uniquely him. For my money, the most successful of these were the two Dust Brothers collaborations: Odelay & Guero.
I also love the more acoustic side of Beck - especially One Foot In The Grave & Mutations - as I feel these albums contain Beck’s unique voice; whereas the more polished Sea Change & Morning Phase come off more like Beck doing a great impression of artists he admires.
Special mentions to the funky Midnite Vultures (Funky pastiche but done so fucking brilliantly) & excellent The Information (a little patchy & experimental but with some real highlights).
Oh, & I also love I.R.M, the album he wrote & produced for Charlotte Gainsbourg. It’s basically a Beck album with a lovely female French voice singing over the top of it. I highly recommend it to anybody who appreciates his more low-key & jaunty song-writing.
I find his more recent contemporary pop auto-tuned persona a little too over-produced & sterile for my personal tastes & hope that he moves on from it with whatever he does next. Having said that, I think Saw Lightning is excellent, as well as a handful of tracks from Colors.
Overall, one of my very favourite artists: there is quality & imagination in everything he’s done
displayname
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Listening to Hyperspace again this morning. The first couple passes I wasn't loving it, but today it's just so pleasant. I think the name really threw me through a loop of what to expect. But just picking this up without any thoughts other than "why not" it's easy to get lost in the space he's creating here.
I still miss wild and crazy Beck in the days of Odelay and Midnite Vultures, but Hyperspace does set a very relaxing mood nicely.
I still miss wild and crazy Beck in the days of Odelay and Midnite Vultures, but Hyperspace does set a very relaxing mood nicely.
panino
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surprised nobody has yet highlighted the below:
pitchfork.com
for a nostalgic 40+ yo like me, this looks like the most amazing of line ups.
<edit>
Beck looks tiny beside Krist, but also beside Annie.
by the way Annie and Beck are actually the same height, but Annies heels.... wow!
Watch Nirvana Play Benefit Show With St. Vincent and Beck
The lineup featured Dave Grohl, Krist Noveselic, Pat Smear, and Grohl’s 13-year-old daughter Violet
for a nostalgic 40+ yo like me, this looks like the most amazing of line ups.
<edit>
Beck looks tiny beside Krist, but also beside Annie.
by the way Annie and Beck are actually the same height, but Annies heels.... wow!
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displayname
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I didn't even know this existed. I'll be checking this out later!surprised nobody has yet highlighted the below:
Watch Nirvana Play Benefit Show With St. Vincent and Beck
The lineup featured Dave Grohl, Krist Noveselic, Pat Smear, and Grohl’s 13-year-old daughter Violet
for a nostalgic 40+ yo like me, this looks like the most amazing of line ups.
<edit>
Beck looks tiny beside Krist, but also beside Annie.
by the way Annie and Beck are actually the same height, but Annies heels.... wow!
panino
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St. Vincent re-interpret Uneventful days from Hyperspace
listen here:
pitchfork.com
sincopated and electronic
Maybe Annie Clark should have produced the album rather than Pharrell....
maybe.
listen here:
Listen to St. Vincent’s Remix of Beck’s “Uneventful Days”
A new spin on a Hyperspace cut
sincopated and electronic
Maybe Annie Clark should have produced the album rather than Pharrell....
maybe.
displayname
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I was thinking maybe he'll do a whole remix album, with varies partners remixing/ playing on the album to give all the same songs a whole new view. I liked that St. V collab. If he redid the whole album that way it would be interesting and whole different experience without feeling like a standard remix techno version of an album.St. Vincent re-interpret Uneventful days from Hyperspace
listen here:
Listen to St. Vincent’s Remix of Beck’s “Uneventful Days”
A new spin on a Hyperspace cut
sincopated and electronic
Maybe Annie Clark should have produced the album rather than Pharrell....
maybe.
LeSamourai
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The word you used- pleasant- is perfect to describe this one. It's weird for Beck, because it's an album that seems more about hitting a chill, almost transient vibe (the songs aren't particularly catchy, for the most part, but they feel nice in the moment), which makes it the mirror image to Colors, which is also definitely a pop album but was all about being catchy and fun.
LeSamourai
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But then, if she produces a Beck album and then Beck quits the band, everyone will be mad at her...
Hollywood
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Hyperspace sounds amazing on vinyl! What a great pressing. I couldn't be happier. Plus my copy is perfectly flat. As for the album itself it's definitely enjoyable to the extent that I just like to close my eyes and let the music take me on a fantastic voyage to outer space or something.
