Beck Albums Poll

Then there's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LK_7VwuK6E

one foot in the grave is my favorite, too. i love "i've seen the land beyond"

I'll never get the antipathy to Mutations, it's always been my fave

I'm with you.

I would rank:
Mellow>Midnite>”the wanderer” on the air album>stereopathetic

I tend to rate Midnite much higher and Mutations much lower than most. Have listened to both recently and the degree of my esteem remains unchanged (the former is fun and funny and still feels like an on-the-nose surreal repurposing of its era, the latter is still fine but kind of a snooze with only a small handful of very good songs). Odelay is great but it doesn't quite resonate for me the way his earlier stuff does (although the expanded deluxe version bumps it up the list). I think Mellow is my favorite but in actuality my answer would probably be '1994'.

for the record the line on “beercan” is “I quit my job blowin leaves,” probably my favorite moment in the song

I've heard a couple of the most recent singles on the radio and darned if they don't sound more or less like Cut Copy.

Tomorrow's MSG show with Phoenix is substantially undersold - secondary market seats as cheap as $30 (including all fees!) on TM and Stubhub. I wonder if they'll slash the unsold seats tomorrow by half or simply close the top section and move everyone down?

2003 called

It’s like beck decided on 12/31/99 to suck from then on

Every album up to The Information is really good (though even The Information feels weighed down by a ton of filler on the back end - he should've capped that one at a lean ten tracks for a solid album).

Modern Guilt does nothing for me, but others seem to think it's all right. Morning Phase doesn't really add anything new to his body of work, but it's a fine album. Colors is disposable but enjoyable fluff. The last one does nothing for me. Not sure if he'll ever surprise us with a really good album again, but he still puts on a good show.

separate beck poll for everything post sea change. i'd guess he's gotten that weezer old v. current fandom at this point.

His vocals on "Sea Change" are so dreary that I find it hard to listen to the entire album.

I'd buy the shit out of a Mellow Gold deluxe edition thingie with bonus rare and compilation tracks and assorted whatnot