Guero
by: Beck
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Now that Beck has effectively exorcised his personal demons with 2002's hyperconfessional Sea Change, he can get back to the business of being a total fruit loop. We all know what that involves: videogame sound effects, random shouting in Spanish, and rhymes about popsicles and vegetable vans. And that's just the second track. Guero is like every Beck album condensed into one, a no-holds-barred collision of two-turntables and a microphone with the added bonus of guitars, bossa-nova beats, Jack White, lyrics about spaceships, and dumptrucks full of ideas all fighting to be heard above the ruckus. It's an exhausting and exhilarating listen with lots of peaks, such as the digitized power ballad "Broken Drum" and handclap-drenched folk freak-out "Farewell Ride," and more than enough to restore anyone's faith in Beck as one of the most chaotically inspired songwriters of our time. -- Aidin Vaziri
Album Description:
Three years after the critically acclaimed and heartwrenching opus "Sea Change," THREE-TIME GRAMMY WINNER and FIVE-TIME MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARD WINNER BECK returns with his most diverse, accomplished and compelling work to date: "GUERO."
With the raucous first single "E-Pro" triumphantly "na-na-na"-ing Beck's return with a must-be-seen-to-be believed video by Shynola (Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead), "GUERO" both reunites Beck with classic co-conspirators the Dust Brothers and explores territories uncharted by even this most innovative artist of his generation.
Album Description:
Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing includes three bonus tracks. Universal. 2008.
Now that Beck has effectively exorcised his personal demons with 2002's hyperconfessional Sea Change, he can get back to the business of being a total fruit loop. We all know what that involves: videogame sound effects, random shouting in Spanish, and rhymes about popsicles and vegetable vans. And that's just the second track. Guero is like every Beck album condensed into one, a no-holds-barred collision of two-turntables and a microphone with the added bonus of guitars, bossa-nova beats, Jack White, lyrics about spaceships, and dumptrucks full of ideas all fighting to be heard above the ruckus. It's an exhausting and exhilarating listen with lots of peaks, such as the digitized power ballad "Broken Drum" and handclap-drenched folk freak-out "Farewell Ride," and more than enough to restore anyone's faith in Beck as one of the most chaotically inspired songwriters of our time. -- Aidin Vaziri
Album Description:
Three years after the critically acclaimed and heartwrenching opus "Sea Change," THREE-TIME GRAMMY WINNER and FIVE-TIME MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARD WINNER BECK returns with his most diverse, accomplished and compelling work to date: "GUERO."
With the raucous first single "E-Pro" triumphantly "na-na-na"-ing Beck's return with a must-be-seen-to-be believed video by Shynola (Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead), "GUERO" both reunites Beck with classic co-conspirators the Dust Brothers and explores territories uncharted by even this most innovative artist of his generation.
Album Description:
Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing includes three bonus tracks. Universal. 2008.
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- nice and smooth
omg!!! i'm feeling beck and his style of making music with the fly, mellow beats and the way he sings each verse...i like the variety of this cd...i think it's catchy and upbeat and outside of the box in it's own way...i recommend to all who have never listened to Beck to try it out...you just might like it...and this cd shows his great talents...
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- Somewhere between stale and fresh
Although still more than a competent purveyor for his skewed take on pop-rock-insert genre here, it has become clear over the years that Beck has lost some of his luster when it simply comes to presenting music with urgency. Settled down on a more familiar palate, the once total unpredictability inherent with this musical misfit is all but set on its beat-driven, retro-futurism course, but it is still a ride mainly worth taking.
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- guero
I'm a really big fan of Beck, and I find he never fails to create a new feeling for every album he does. People compare Guero to Odelay all the time, and I'm not really sure why. The two are very different albums. I will agree with this album beeing the most beck-like album though. It's a good mixture of all his albums from mellow gold to sea change all the while being new.
E-Pro:
Probably one of Beck's most well known songs by now. The song is built around a amazing guitar riff ... Read More
Rating: - classic
I was not a huge fan of Midnight Vultures -- I don't seem to ever feel like playing it -- but almost everything else Beck has done has been genius, and this overlooked album is no exception. It amazes me how something this original and this good didn't get more attention. When I first got it I played it all the time, then I put it away for a few weeks and then had to start playing it all the time again. As the months/years go by, it's earning a place among the albums that will never grow old for me ... Read More
Rating: - Pure Joy To Listen To
I've been a Beck fan since Mellow Gold came out.And I'm probably one of the few Beck fans that thinks Mellow Gold was not one of his better albums (aside from maybe 5 songs on it.)I loved Odelay (who didn't?) and I dug a lot of his work on Mutations and The Information...but in my opinion this is his most complete album out of them all.Odelay is close but even it had a little filler injected in it.I bought this CD in 05' right after it was released (2nd day in fact) and I still love it now as ... Read More
- nice and smoothomg!!! i'm feeling beck and his style of making music with the fly, mellow beats and the way he sings each verse...i like the variety of this cd...i think it's catchy and upbeat and outside of the box in it's own way...i recommend to all who have never listened to Beck to try it out...you just might like it...and this cd shows his great talents...
- Somewhere between stale and freshAlthough still more than a competent purveyor for his skewed take on pop-rock-insert genre here, it has become clear over the years that Beck has lost some of his luster when it simply comes to presenting music with urgency. Settled down on a more familiar palate, the once total unpredictability inherent with this musical misfit is all but set on its beat-driven, retro-futurism course, but it is still a ride mainly worth taking.
- gueroI'm a really big fan of Beck, and I find he never fails to create a new feeling for every album he does. People compare Guero to Odelay all the time, and I'm not really sure why. The two are very different albums. I will agree with this album beeing the most beck-like album though. It's a good mixture of all his albums from mellow gold to sea change all the while being new.
E-Pro:
Probably one of Beck's most well known songs by now. The song is built around a amazing guitar riff ... Read More
- classicI was not a huge fan of Midnight Vultures -- I don't seem to ever feel like playing it -- but almost everything else Beck has done has been genius, and this overlooked album is no exception. It amazes me how something this original and this good didn't get more attention. When I first got it I played it all the time, then I put it away for a few weeks and then had to start playing it all the time again. As the months/years go by, it's earning a place among the albums that will never grow old for me ... Read More
- Pure Joy To Listen ToI've been a Beck fan since Mellow Gold came out.And I'm probably one of the few Beck fans that thinks Mellow Gold was not one of his better albums (aside from maybe 5 songs on it.)I loved Odelay (who didn't?) and I dug a lot of his work on Mutations and The Information...but in my opinion this is his most complete album out of them all.Odelay is close but even it had a little filler injected in it.I bought this CD in 05' right after it was released (2nd day in fact) and I still love it now as ... Read More
