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Beck Discography Dive
Album 5 - Mutations

Mutations moves away from the sampling that made up the foundation of Odelay, and instead shifts towards string and acoustic arrangements blended with psychedelia which isn't a deterrence as its execution is rarely flawed. The overall experience of Mutations is melancholic, an experience that I haven't particularly found in Beck's discography until this point and despite in its sonic change-up, the eclecticism that Beck is known for is ... read more

Beck Discography Dive
Bonus - Odelay (Deluxe Edition)

It's more of Odelay so it's certainly nothing to complain about and while it's not as good as the original album but it doesn't need to be one bit. I'm not gonna repeat what I said about the standard edition but Thunderpeel's new version is much better, Jack-Ass receives two great versions, and some tracks have you wondering why they weren't on the album originally (e.g., Inferno and Deadweight). ... read more

Beck Discography Dive
Album 4 - Odelay

Mellow Gold showed the great things Beck could do in the future when he was able to get the necessary equipment and it's safe to say that OFITG was a step in the wrong direction when he showed what he was capable of and I knew that it couldn't get any worse since I saw what was next up.

Even if this album turned out to be mediocre as a whole, the singles Beck released are outstanding songs in his catalogue thus far and would've made the ... read more

Beck Discography Dive
Bonus - One Foot In The Grave (Deluxe Edition)

The deluxe edition, as expected, offers more of the same sound as the standard edition and the start of the deluxe suffers from the same problems to a lesser extent but after Teenage Wastebasket (v1), it starts falling into the same territory of what made the OG dull to listen to.

Alongside new tracks, we have new versions of tracks including the studio version of the title track that appeared on Stereopathetic, and the ... read more