Freak or Unique? Both, actually. (Mellow Gold - Beck)

Member Name: thoamy

Product:	Mellow Gold - Beck
Date:	14/07/00 (25 review reads)
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Advantages: Funny, unique. Loser.

Disadvantages: Not for everyone.

This early Beck effort is funny, original, subversive, and quite possibly not your cup of tea if you've become a fan through Midnite Vultures. It's got some absolute belters on it - Loser and Beercan springing instantly to mind - but the majority of the tracks are slow-paced, weird-noise-filled acoustic guitar oddities, notable more for their lyrical content than for their musical appeal.

If you like Beck because he makes you want to dance, you probably won't find a great deal on here to interest you - but if you like Beck primarily because he makes you laugh (as I do) then this is as essential a purchase as Odelay (which I prefer because it makes me laugh AND sounds continually great). It's also well worth picking up if you can't find Loser on single (the b-sides of which are, incidentally, great) because everyone should own that song.

I recommend listening to a few tracks (not including the frist two, which are more musically appealing single-releases) before buying this to see if you like the style.

Lyrical Acid Test:

"Give the finger to the rock 'n' roll singer,
As he's dancing upon your pay cheque.
The sales climb high through the garbage pail sky
Like a giant dildo crushing the sun."

If that makes you laugh, buy this album.

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