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Odelay

~ Beck (Artist)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (146 customer reviews)
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Beck brags here that he's "got two turntables and a microphone." He also has a sweeping aesthetic that sees no reason why musical allusions to hip-hop, the Beatles, James Brown, punk, Gram Parsons, cool jazz, and Dylan can't coexist in the same song. Throughout, he rap-sings with sincere irony--I bet he laughs at the sight of a jump-suited Elvis, then cries when the King starts to sing--and Odelay's rich collage of sound may very well prove a prediction of the future. If he ever finds the courage to can the loopy metaphors and just tell a story, he could take over the world. --David Cantwell


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Le touche-à-tout de génie délaisse le bricolage et passe la vitesse supérieure. Beck ne veut pas se laisser enfermer dans l'image de fainéant-traîne-les-pieds que le succès de "Loser" lui avait collée sur le dos. D'entrée, avec "Devil's Haircut" et son intro samplée sur les Them de Van Morrison, il annonce la couleur : ça va chauffer ! Son de guitare saturée façon sixties, batterie groove, cassures rythmiques surprises, sons de synthés désuets : Odelayest un disque énergique et dansant, enregistré par les producteurs des Beastie Boys ; un disque qui ne se prend pas au sérieux mais visite tout de même quelques pans magnifiques de la musique américaine puisqu'on y croise aussi bien Charlie Haden, le célèbre contrebassiste de jazz, que l'allumé Jon Spencer, un sample hip-hop de Mantronix ou Greg Leisz, grand joueur de pedal steel, instrument country par excellence. Beck a le sens du collage et du mélange des genres mais il n'y glisse pas d'ironie facile. Toutes les musiques se valent quand elles font danser et procurent du bonheur. --Hubert Deshouse

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5.0 out of 5 stars I Came Here to Tell You About the Rhythms of the Universe..., Jul 15 2004
By Timothy Callaway "lasvegastim" (Henderson, NV United States) - See all my reviews
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...and tell us, Beck does, in this sublime mix of hip hop, alternative, country, jazz, rock and pop, with even a Beatle-ish Sgt. Pepper homage tacked to the very end.

Critics of Odelay accuse Beck of being overly indulgent and WAY-overly derivative, but isn't that the whole point of the CD? Beck has stolen the key to Fun Factory and is determined to play with every toy in the building before security throws him out.

Over 13 tracks, Beck (with a big assist from the Dust Brothers) treats us to a music mixer's wet dream, from the chronically hook-y ("Devils Haircut," "The New Pollution," "Where It's At") to the startlingly touching ("Jack-Ass," "Ramshackle") to the just plain silly ("Sissyneck").

Odelay holds its place as one of the essential CD's of the 90's. Years later it still continues to entertain and excite. This is a joyous celebration of music, period . . . and Beck's best album by far.

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2.0 out of 5 stars blech, Jun 17 2004
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This album is overrated. I put it on, and the first impression I got was that Beck really wanted to make a "cool" album.. and he and his producer thought that in order to do this, the songs shouldn't make any sense, there should be few melodies, and the production should be wacky and aloof. It sounds like it's trying way too hard, and I couldn't enjoy any of it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars So Much Was Made of So Little, Jun 2 2004
Is this album, called groundbreaking and classic when it was released, going to matter to anyone in 10 years? Of course not.

ODELAY was embraced at a time when American culture was drenched in irony and pop-culture regurgitation. Not surprisingly, the ironic-nostalgia fad ran SO deep that no one stopped to think about how the music would age once the retro-waves it was riding crashed on the sand...hence the blind worship of this record.

Beck also benefited from the bizarre notion that "blending styles" was an inherently noble act. Didn't matter if the styles were blended clumsily. It was all about the musical blender, man. Basically, it was multi-culturalism dogma creeping into the music scene, and the results weren't pretty.

Once rocks fans clear their heads of all the bad irony and musical crossbreeding forced on them in the past ten years, ODELAY's status is going to take a serious tumble.

That said, the record isn't all bad. "Jack-Ass" is a timeless tune, "Derelict" is damn catchy, and "Novocane" is a nice jolt of adrenaline. Otherwise though, there are a lot of forgettable moments on ODELAY, which precludes it from being deemed a masterpiece.

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4.0 out of 5 stars a nice mix of influences and styles
Its pretty hilarious how Beck pulls off rap, or a sort of pseudo-rap. His early attempts at it in his early days, like in the Loser song, are hilarious, but you end up laughing... Read more
Published on April 27 2004 by I ain't no porn writer

1.0 out of 5 stars You must be kidding!
I waited a long to buy this (I always loved "...and a microphone"), but what a HUGE disappointment. Read more
Published on Mar 17 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars "I'll put it together: It's a strange invitation"
Ah, Odelay! the scrap-pile/loser album of the decade (minus the "loser" single, of course. Read more
Published on Mar 14 2004 by Ashurra

5.0 out of 5 stars Music For Music's Sake
The best way to describe Beck is to say that his songs are music for music's sake. They dont' always (or usally, really) make sense, and I suppose you could say they arent' "real... Read more
Published on Feb 25 2004 by Jeff Chandler

5.0 out of 5 stars This Album is Definitly Worth Your Money
Odelay was my second Beck CD and since that he has been my favorite artist. Odelay is great all the way through. Read more
Published on Jan 30 2004 by Bek

4.0 out of 5 stars Odelay
Beck's Odelay was a big hit in 1996, and it still remains in heavy rotation on the radio as well as in music lovers' CD changers. This album is no ordinary album, however. Read more
Published on Dec 22 2003 by Jared Jongeling

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything...
Beck is a genius and this cd proves it. It haves everything : rock, hip hop, country, nice melodies...just EVERYTHING. Read more
Published on Dec 12 2003 by Pierre St-Onge

5.0 out of 5 stars Beck's best
It's been over 7 years since Beck released Odelay, one of the most diverse and fun rock albums I've ever heard, and it's still one of the best ever made by anyone, in my humble... Read more
Published on Nov 27 2003 by dsajhfaoiuh

5.0 out of 5 stars beck's biggest album (to date). also one of the 90's best!
beck's follow up album to mellow gold was another classic. produced mostly by the dust brothers. except for minus done by the man himself. Read more
Published on Sep 28 2003 by mellowgold

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice effort
Beck's good. You have to give that to him. A nice album, though for a more melodic form of inventive rock I'd try Ed Harcourt. Read more
Published on Sep 27 2003 by DrEDG

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