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Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Conway Studios, Sound Isadore & Beck's Garage (Los Angeles, CA), winter 03 to spring 06. Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME). 'Stickers inside' DVD consists of videos for each track. Tracks 3 and 12 feature alternate angles to select while watching. This version has the same catalog# on CD and spine. foobar2000 1.3.8 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1 log date: 2015-11-01 02:43:36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed: Beck / The Information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR6        0.00 dB    -7.20 dB      3:38 01-Elevator Music DR5        0.00 dB    -7.14 dB      3:19 02-Think I'm In Love DR7        0.00 dB    -8.50 dB      4:46 03-Cellphone's Dead DR6        0.00 dB    -8.13 dB      3:48 04-Strange Apparition DR6        0.00 dB    -7.49 dB      3:59 05-Soldier Jane DR6        0.00 dB    -6.50 dB      2:56 06-Nausea DR8        0.00 dB    -9.72 dB      3:26 07-New Round DR6        0.00 dB    -7.21 dB      3:45 08-Dark Star DR6        0.00 dB    -7.13 dB      3:57 09-We Dance Alone DR5        0.00 dB    -6.18 dB      3:00 10-No Complaints DR7        0.00 dB    -8.36 dB      2:30 11-1000BPM DR6       -0.07 dB    -8.08 dB      4:15 12-Motorcade DR5        0.00 dB    -7.13 dB      3:46 13-The Information DR5        0.00 dB    -6.89 dB      3:53 14-Movie Theme DR6        0.00 dB    -8.70 dB     10:36 15-The Horrible Fanfare/Landslide/Exoskeleton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks:  15 Official DR value: DR6 Samplerate:        44100 Hz Channels:          2 Bits per sample:   16 Bitrate:           798 kbps Codec:             FLAC ================================================================================ Personnel:        DJ Z-Trip        David Campbell        Greg Kurstin        Harvey Mason        James Gadson        Jason Falkner        Joey Waronker        Justin Stanley        Alex Acuna        Nigel Godrich        Roger Manning Jr.        Sean Davis        Smokey Hormel        Steve Black        Justin Meldal-Johnsen        Brian Lebarton Recording information:     Ocean Way     Hollywood, California     2006 Over a decade of criss-crossing genres makes it easy to forget that Beck's first big hit was, essentially, a rap song. It's not surprising, then, that about half of the songs on 2006's THE INFORMATION are some shade of hip-hop dance-floor funk. And while no one's going to mistake Beck for Young Buck, he brings his own brand of intelligent, laid-back confidence to every track, from the stuttering brilliance of "1000 BPM" to the lolling funk of "Elevator Music" to the lo-fi breakbeat grooves of "Cellphone's Dead" to the 10 minutes of atmospheric chill-out that close the album. But the presence of Nigel Godrich--who produced both the most beloved (MUTATIONS) and underrated (SEA CHANGES) of Beck's albums--insures that this isn't going to be a one-note affair. Godrich shapes the more pop-leaning songs into low-gloss gems, exercising both imagination and restraint: the intensity of "New Round" comes not from big, fancy production but from multiple layers of the same insistent vocal line. "Think I'm in Love" is a sticky little garage-rocker with a hyper bass line, while "Strange Apparition" is a bit of Laurel Canyon folk-rock amidst all the funk & crunk. It's reassuring to know that on his seventh full-length album, neither Beck nor his best collaborator have run out of fresh ideas. -------------------------------- Editorial Reviews:        Amazon.com On The Information, Beck Hansen is seriously bummed out. Not that he sounds it as much as he did on 2002's laconic, Fred Neil-worshipping Sea Change. Technology and stuff, and the way it gets in the way of human interaction, is the subtext if not the full-on concept at play here. Recorded with art-rock anal-retentive Nigel Goodrich at the helm, work began on this album not long after Sea Change but was shelved for a few years while Mr. Hansen made 2005's Guero with the Dust Brothers. Unsurprisingly, it sounds a bit like both of those. The trappings of minimalist pop, fuzzy folk, click-hop, hip-hop, baroque psychedelia, and funky pop are to be found on this endearing release. Like Jean Cocteau or David Bowie, Beck is an artistic chameleon whose greatest gift is knowing which artists to borrow from, and when. The cover artwork consists of stickers that you can arrange however you like, which perhaps appeals too much to your own nostalgic/retro, "Trapper Keeper" sensibilities. And yet, it's kind of awesome, something you can't believe has never been done before. Much like the album it adorns.        --Mike McGonigal -------------------------------- Product Description:        Hailed as "a deeply natural songwriter" (THE NEW YORKER) who "defies expectations in his own way" (TIME) and "Gen X's most famous absurdist" (BLENDER), BECK is the single most inventive and eclectic figure to emerge from the '90s alternative revolution. In an era obsessed with junk culture, Beck seamlessly blends pop, folk, hiphop, indie/underground and electronica with the end result being an authentically uncategorizeable musical style that nevertheless has sold millions of records and scored multiple Grammy awards.        Three years in the making, THE INFORMATION is the album Beck began work on in 2003 with producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead's OK Computer, Kid A; Beck's Sea Change, Mutations) and finally completed this year once Guero's massive success and encore touring engagements, as well as Nigel's other commitments, were fulfilled.        THE INFORMATION is comprised of 15 songs and a DVD featuring homemade videos for each of the 15 songs shot in-studio during the actual sessions. The artwork for The Information is either non-existent or infinite, depending on one's point of view. Each copy will come in a blank