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Odelay (Deluxe Edition) – BeckJune 18th, 1996  or  iTunes Price: $19.99 Genre: Alternative Released: Jun 18, 1996 Customer Ratings (47 Ratings)
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View More By Beck Our ReviewBeck was always the joker in the grunge pack. Where contemporaries like Nirvana and Soundgarden traded in soul-baring squalls of noise and po-faced metal, Beck never pretended to be anything more than an grinning musical thief, mixing folk pastiches, borrowed blues, junkyard noise and white boy rapping with an irreverence unheard of since the Fugs sung of dirty old men and killing for peace back in the late ’60s. It came as something of a surprise then, when the smug Silverlake hipster behind the infectious “Loser” released an album as sprawling and ambitious as Odelay. Though Beck’s much vaunted sense of humor is still in place, as evidenced by the absurdly incompetent raps of “Rock the Catskills” and the tongue-in-cheek stoner-lament of “Readymade,” the lush arrangements that underlie these snide jokes proved that Beck was, at last, hoping to be taken seriously as a musician. In all honesty, the bonus material here does little to add to the legend of Odelay. Though we're offered a wealth of celebrity remixes, dilapidated b-sides and off-kilter sonic experiments, most of this bonus material jars uncomfortably against the deliberately assembled sonic collages of Odelay proper. That being said, Odelay is still very much the masterpiece that it was touted as upon its release, and longtime fans will be delighted to be reminded of both the polished exuberance and rough squalor of Beck’s topsy-turvy musical creations.. Customer Reviewskeeping it wet (5 stars)Once you drop it like its wet you never lose it - beck came back and kept the existing moistness but brought it to a wetter level - kudos beck Missed Deadweight the first time around? (5 stars) Deadweight was on the soundtrack to some Ewan MacGregor/Cameron Diaz movie whose name I can't even remember, but I wouldn't buy the CD back then just for this wonderful bit of Beck. Thank you iTunes. His best work!!! (in my opinion) (5 stars) The bonus tracks are really good here. Also the original album brings back a lot of memories and it's refreshing to listen to. I am very happy with this release. Rock on! BiographyBorn: July 08, 1970 in Los Angeles, CAGenre: Alternative Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s Initially pegged as something as a voice of a generation when “Loser” turned into a smash crossover success, Beck did wind up crystallizing much of the post-modern ruckus of the ‘90s alternative explosion, but in unexpected ways. Based in the underground anti-folk and noise-rock worlds, Beck encompassed all manners of modern music, drawing in hip-hop, blues, trash-rock, pop, soul, lounge music…pretty much any found sound or vinyl dug up from a dusty crate, blurring boundaries and encapsulating how...
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