I met you...at JC POLLney - ILM Artist Poll #97 - BECK - the Results Thread

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4. Midnite Vultures
Released: November 23, 1999
600 Points, 14 Votes, 2 Number Ones

boooo too low

yap agree but totally understandable too

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3. Mutations
Released: November 3, 1998
689 Points, 16 Votes, 2 Number Ones

my no. 1

it would have been mine too if I'd done an album ballot, but I doubt it would have changed the standings anyway

come on Mellow Gold...

love, love, love this one. i think more songs placed off this album than any other iirc.

So sad I missed the opportunity to vote in this. Close to my heart Beck will never be (ctrl+f's "scientology", 0 results. For one) but boy has he sound tracked my youth, and then some.

Time really is a piece of wax fallin' on a termite that's chokin' on the splinters.

to be fair the Sci thing was discussed in the previous voting thread, this thread is brand new

Ah ok, that is fair, I missed that and stand corrected

LBI you should check out the 2013 self-released singles (the extended versions), I was really impressed with those and even ended up voting for one

Ah cool, I will, thanks!

Listening to Odelay now again. It is like a freight train of cool riding over you.

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2. Mellow Gold
Released: March 1, 1994
817 Points, 18 Votes, 8 Number Ones

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1. Odelay
Released: June 18, 1996
862 Points, 19 Votes, 7 Number Ones

this quote is ridiculous but also funny imo:

In a 1994 interview with Rolling Stone, Beck said of the album:

The whole concept of Mellow Gold is that it's like a satanic K-tel record that's been found in a trash dumpster, quite matter-of-factly. A few people have molested it and slept with it and half-swallowed it before spitting it out. Someone played poker with it, someone tried to smoke it. Then the record was taken to Morocco and covered with hummus and tabouli. Then it was flown back to a convention of water-skiers, who skied on it and played Frisbee with it. Then the record was put on the turntable, and the original K-Tel album had reached a whole new level. I was just taking that whole Freedom Rock feeling, you understand.

Was amazed to discover recently that the Odelay cover is an actual photo of a dog, and not a pic of some weird sculpture or model.

^^ Beck talks to Transformer xp

Did not expect Odelay to beat Mellow Gold!

Thought for years it was a photo shopped hay bale! xp

I really need to dig out and transcribe the 1996 Odelay review from Snipehunt magazine

yeap, surprising results when you think about it.

xxpost

From wiki:

The album's cover is a photo of a Komondor, a rare Hungarian breed of dog with a heavy, corded coat. The original photo was shot by canine photographer Joan Ludwig (1914–2004) for the July 1977 issue of the American Kennel Club’s Gazette.

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https://thefutureheart.com/2016/06/18/odelay-dog-akc-kennel-ludwig-komondor-beck-cover/amp/

That is a crazy story thanks for sharing.

Albums:

1. Odelay 862 19 7
2. Mellow Gold 817 18 8
3. Mutations 689 16 2
4. Midnite Vultures 600 14 2
5. One Foot in the Grave 580 14 2
6. Sea Change 370 9
7. Stereopathetic Soulmanure 246 6
8. Guero 231 6
9. Modern Guilt 219 6 (Acoustic)
10. Colors 149 4
11. Morning Phase 113 3
12. Golden Feelings 40
13. A western harvest by Moonlight 36
14. Record Club: Oar (2010) 36

plastic donut
can of spam
there's no kindness
in this land

Googling that Odelay cover led me to this interesting Twitter thread, hope I don't mess up the link:

The photo used on Beck's 1996 album Odelay was one of several that Joan Ludwig shot for the July 1977 issue of the American Kennel Club’s Gazette, one of which is shown below. The dog breed is Komondor. pic.twitter.com/AbQeA0Ebzu

— Vintage Wullie (@YoorWullie) August 11, 2018

You didn't

phew

ILM, you have no idea how excited I am about One Eye Open pictures. it's next level stuff like pplains contribution. we are in for such a treat.

I will see everyone tomorrow

Beck's 2019 album is going to be called Hyperspace.

i guess these results aren't too surprising considering the general preferences expressed in the voting thread but i still don't really 'get' pre-Odelay Beck much at all, like Mellow Gold has its moments but everyone else is clearly hearing something in it and One Foot In The Grave that i don't

OH YEAH IT'S TIME

Released: June 27, 1994
580 Points, 14 Votes, 2 Number Ones

I was one of these #1s btw

Pootations more like

Did not expect Odelay to beat Mellow Gold!

I'm enjoying this poll, didn't vote but if I did I would have voted for Mellow Gold over Odelay

Some clean up, where this all came from:

Cause when our POLL did meet, Girl you know I was packin' heat! - ILM Artist Poll #97 - BECK (Voting is open until Saturday, June 1, 2019)

I slightly prefer Mellow Gold to Odelay, only because it feels a touch more singular to me, an island unto itself. They're both great albums.

Just heard Where It’s At in the grocery store

I Got Two Turntables On Aisle Six!

Even though I know the real lyrics are “two turntables and a microphone” my addled brain always translates it to “two cheeseburgers and a microphone”

two cheeseburgers, both with provolone

My addled brain always sings "I come from the land of the ice and snow / With the jigsaw jazz and the get-fresh flow"

how'd you pass up "Stereopathic POLL Manure" for the thread title?

xpost and my brain follows on with "but we did nuthin, absolutely budkiss that day.."

Was the Information left off the album list in error?

Didn't vote cuz I didn't feel like diving back into Beck right now. Interested to see song results!

Vultures > Mellow >> Odelay >> other things

i still don't really 'get' pre-Odelay Beck much at all, like Mellow Gold has its moments but everyone else is clearly hearing something in it and One Foot In The Grave that i don't

― ufo, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 00:42 (eleven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Same here - definitely some good songs but I've never been able to get into either of those albums properly.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ji3OOkQQzplwXxyZZFt49?si=1oLusMbVQ6i1nvhshULEwA&utm_source=copy-link