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Music CD - Beck: The Information
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Music CD: The Information
Artist: Beck
List Price: $17.99
Our Price: $7.99
Your Save: $ 10.00 ( 56% )
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Manufacturer: Interscope Records
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Tracks:
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1. Elevator Music
2. Think I'm In Love
3. Cellphone's Dead
4. Strange Apparition
5. Soldier Jane
6. Nausea
7. New Round
8. Dark Star
9. We Dance Alone
10. No Complaints
11. 1000 BPM
12. Motorcade
13. The Information
14. Movie Theme
15. The Horrible Fanfare/Landslide Exoskeleton
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517067172
Label: Interscope Records
Manufacturer: Interscope Records
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Interscope Records
Release Date: 2006-10-03
Studio: Interscope Records
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome album 3/4 of the way through, Great stuff though, Beck does it again
Comment: I'm going to take a different approach to reviewing albums on Amazon. Instead of going in depth on each album and describe each album in detail, i'm going to simply rate each album with how many stars I feel each album is worth based on the below criteria. I hope this helps you make a better decision on purchasing this album with a simple individual rating. If it doesn't help read another review.
5 stars- Classic, Album goes beyond description, Perfect in every way, Could remind you of a certain time or place, Lifetime replay value.
4.5 stars- Near Classic, Incredible album, Maybe only one song that is skippable or just overall doesn't quite deserve classic status. High replay value.
4.0 stars- Awesome album. Very solid album from start to finish. Met every expectation and more. Maybe only one song or two that is skippable or just doesnt' quite deserve a classic or near classic rating. High replay value.
3.5 stars- Above average album. Solid from start to finish but there are a few songs worth skipping. Met expectations, minimal replay value.
3.0 stars- Average album. Nothing bad but nothing great either. After the initial appeal will collect dust.
2.5 stars- Major disappointment. You had high expectations that were ruined as this album is not good at all. There might be only one or two songs worth listening to. No replay value.
2.0 stars- Below average album. This album doesnt bother you to hear as background music but you would rather not listen to it if you didnt have to. No songs really appeal. No replay value.
1.5 stars- Terrible album. Makes one sick to hear it. No songs really appeal but there might be one song that you could stand to hear. Would rather throw in garbage than even waste space in your collection.
1.0 stars- Makes one cringe and the ears bleed!
*keep in mind, each album review might not be based on opinion of the band but the album itself in the bands discography.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Spacey integrals
Comment: This is probably Beck's most cohesive effort stylistically and in tone. It all runs very smoothly from one song to the next and they're as usual pretty remarkable songs. Many people dislike this cd because it doesn't fit their expectations and others embrace it for the very same reason. It is a departure and it's own individual world. Beck does lots of rapping as well as singing. The quality of Beck's work is extremely consistent but many fans are not in step with him and that's ok. Some love Sea Change but fail to see Mutations as a continuation of that work. Many disliked Guero which has several of Beck's best songs. The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour bombed but had many of their most memorable songs. Patti Smith's Radio Ethiopia bombed but it's one of her best and strongest efforts. How many people know David Bowie's Black Tie White Noise, another fantastic work that so few know? I recognize this as a terrific cd from an uncompromising artist who has mastered so many elements of our diverse musical culture as Picasso and James Joyce did in their in their respective fields in their time.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Better Than Before
Comment: I love Beck and not just because on a good day people have told me I look like him, which is better than being compared to John Denver which is what the guy who works at the corner cigarette stand tells me all the time while informing each time that it isn't my song he's playing, as in he isn't playing John Denver which he doesn't have to inform me of since I know there's never been a thumpity thump gay mix of "Thank God I'm A Country Boy." Oh where was I? Oh yeah, Beck.
I have a great respect for this man, who has been deemed a musical rock genius by many many in the press and I have to agree. Each release has the man mixing and mashing new and exciting sounds while somehow being able to not make it into an electroclash mess. However, the last two albums didn't blow me over - Sea Change was a little too depressing, slow and dare I say boring, while Geuro, just didn't lift out of the speakers like I had hoped it would, but now the man is back with a collection of songs he's been working on for three years - The Information is as good as you've probably heard.
Opening with "Elevator Music" an electric piece of classic Beck before moving to one of my favs "Think I'm In Love" which sounds new, yet calmly familiar and most importantly catchy.
In fact, the whole album is very infectious and I love that in an album. "Soldier Jane" and "Nausea" are two other brilliant pieces of Beckisms, and the whole thing though containing 15 songs seems to go by before you even know it.
All you can really do is go back and play it again. And I do.
Incidentally, in what I think is an awesome sales pitch, the album doesn't have any artwork instead you get four pages of graph like paper and a book of stickers to decorate it as you see fit. I haven't done it yet, as I was thinking I should save the stickers for future generations but since the whole thing is already opened I may just up and do it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This album is not worth the money.
Comment: I suppose if you are a beck junkie than this is a must have but seriously,
this album is just another dissapointment from beck along with sea change.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Beck is Back.
Comment: I have had this album now for about 2 months. I was very hesitant to purchase after his last album (Guerro). It is safe to say that if you were a fan of Mello Gold and Odelay that you will like and appreciate this album. Now, I am praying that his newest album comming out July 8th will build on this. Overall, I would highly reccomend this album.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Hailed as "a deeply natural songwriter" (THE NEW YORKER) who "defies expectations in his own way" (TIME) and "Gen X's most famous absurdist" (BLENDER), BECK is the single most inventive and eclectic figure to emerge from the '90s alternative revolution. In an era obsessed with junk culture, Beck seamlessly blends pop, folk, hiphop, indie/underground and electronica with the end result being an authentically uncategorizeable musical style that nevertheless has sold millions of records and scored multiple Grammy awards. Three years in the making, THE INFORMATION is the album Beck began work on in 2003 with producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead's OK Computer, Kid A; Beck's Sea Change, Mutations) and finally completed this year once Guero's massive success and encore touring engagements, as well as Nigel's other commitments, were fulfilled. THE INFORMATION is comprised of 15 songs and a DVD featuring homemade videos for each of the 15 songs shot in-studio during the actual sessions. The artwork for The Information is either non-existent or infinite, depending on one's point of view. Each copy will come in a blank package with one of four collectible sticker sheets specially designed by European and American artists and representative of the unique Beck aesthetic. The stickers will give every Beck fan the opportunity to participate in the creative process by designing his or her own one of a kind CD cover.
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