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Odelay | 
| Artist: Beck
Label: Polydor Group
Category: Music
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 3951
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 55
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 720642490822
EAN: 0720642490822
ASIN: B000006SU7
Release Date: December 23, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Devils Haircut | | • | Hotwax | | • | Lord Only Knows | | • | The New Pollution | | • | Derelict | | • | Novacane | | • | Jack-Ass | | • | Where It's At | | • | Minus | | • | Sissyneck | | • | Readymade | | • | High 5 (Rock The Catskills) | | • | Ramshackle | | • | Diskobox |
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| Editorial Reviews:
That's the great thing about being a written off as a one-hit wonder--it really focuses your mind on making a stunning, no-holds-barred eat-that-you-smug-critics album the year after. It happened with Radiohead, from "Creep" to The Bends; Supergrass, from "Alright" to In It For The Money, and, most notably, with Beck, from "Loser" to Odelay. As thrilling today as on its release, Odelay is the sound of new musical frontiers being opened up: no-one before had thought to arrange a shot-gun marriage between hip-hop and Bob Dylan before and, as the subsequent slew of poor imitators proved, that was because only Beck could pull it off (with the help of the Dust Brothers, who also produced the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique). "Devil's Haircut" and "New Pollution" warped pop's boundaries on entering the Top Twenty; and "Where It's At" still kicks like a mule in a can-can line. They were calling him "The White Prince" by the end of the year, you know. --Caitlan Moran
Amazon.co.uk Review
As it turns out, Beck isn't just a funny guy with a good blues-rap hybrid novelty up his sleeve--he's a funny guy with a deep understanding of the history of pop music, an unstoppable universalist impulse, and a whole lot of excellent songs up his sleeve. Produced with hyperactive kitchen-sink technique by the Dust Brothers (of the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique fame), Odelay sounds like 60 years' worth of radio at once, but the foundation beneath the flash owes more to pre-war blues than anything else. Beck can turn a surreal pomo phrase like nobody's business, and he knows a good drum break when he hears one; his greatest strength, though, is having enough respect for tradition to make it sound modern. --Douglas Wolk
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 ok but not that good August 28, 2008
massiveley overated, all the beats have been done better in hip hop, doesn't hold up to repeated listening
 THE BEST ALBUM EVER July 2, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
this album ios truely the nuts. all of the songs are really catchy and addictive. the album seems to be pieced together like a jigsaw it fits perfectly.
1- devil's haicut 9/10: Nice little tune. catchy and a good start
2- hotwax 9/10: Little bit country, little bit slower but once again a tasty little beat
3- lord only knows 10/10: really country. the sort of song you can hang out with...while you downshiftin' the 18 wheeler!
4- New pollution 10/10: becks most likeable song. an instant hit. i could groove around for hours with this pup!
5- Derelict 10/10: Much slower. but a song that helps make the album so beautiful
6- Novacane 8/10: A bit mental. but very enjoyable
7- Jack-ass 9/10: the most perfectly composed song on the album, a true pop gem
8- where it's at- 10/10: the wonder mic of the album. a total, bloody, mental and genius. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!""""""""""
9- minus 9/10: sweet little short sharp pop tune
10- sissyneck 10/10: Another kentucky classic, but a bit more of a vibe rolling through it
11- 9/10 readymade: another chill out laid back song, but with nice lyrics
12- 7/10 high 5: strange yet beautiful
13- 7/10 Ramshackle: what can i say, hhhhmmmm?
top 5 songs
1- where it's at
2-lord only knows
3-new pollution
4-sissyneck
5-Derelict
HIGH 5 < THIS IS WHERE ITS AT !!!! March 4, 2007
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
LETS ALL WATCH X FACTOR AND BE PLEASED THAT WE ARE CLEVER
AGGGHHHHH FOR ANYONE THAT IS BORED OF HEARING ANOTHER RIPPED OFF SONG HERE COMES BECK SOMEONE WHO NOT ONLY WRITES,SINGS AND PLAYS HIS OWN MUSIC
BUT ADDS DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS TO SOUNDS,LYRICS AND EVEN A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE WORLD. THIS ALBUM LIKE ALL HIS OTHER WORK PAINTS PICTURES IN YOUR MIND EACH AND EVERY TIME YOU HEAR THEM BUT AMAZINGLY SEEEMS TO PAINT DIFFERENT PICTURES EVERY TIME.
ORIGINAL ,ACCOMPLISHED AND EXTREMELY POLISHED IN A FOLKY HIP HOP JAZZ FUNK COUNTRY ELECTRO BLUES MISMASH OF STYLES.
PEERLESS AN EXCEPTIONAL ALBUM THAT FUSES EVERYTHING INTO A GIANT ECLECTIC SOUND CLASH OF TOTAL PERFECTION
BEG BORROW OR STEAL THIS ALBUM < OR JUST STUMP UP THE DOUGH > YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
BETTER GO I GOT ''PIGS AND ROBOTS RIDING AT MA HEELS''!!
Seminal September 22, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ah Beck, now here is a talent.
This, his second album, produced by The Dust brothers, was even better than his debut, and established him as a major player.
He almost recklessly mixes lots of influences, from Grunge to Hip Hop, to Blues, he mangles everything up. Sonically he throws everything in including the kitchen sink, Tablas, chains, Harps, carboard boxes, harmoniums, feedback.... This just shouldn't work, but the genius of it is that it does...it makes perfect sense in the way more conventional stuff never could...and there are some great tunes here that will stay with you long after the CD goes back in the box. At the time of Odelay, nobody was mashing stuff up like Beck.
His image of intelligent, wasted life conjures up a beautifully cinematic view of the slacker underdog. Go with him, he will take you places you never dreamed of.
 Bizarre, over-rated July 22, 2005
6 out of 42 found this review helpful
I saw Beck on Jools Holland's TV show playing some very cool stuff, and so bought this album. Very disappointed and sold it after playing it twice (second time just to make sure I wasn't imagining the first time). Several tracks start out really well, great energy, rhythm and sound, then get ruined by samples, painfully distorted guitar and other randomness just chucked in for no apparent reason. Completeley unlistenable. I'm clearly in a minority here, but other reviewers on other sites seem to agree with me.
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