Beck / Odelay
Artist Beck
Album Title: Odelay
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: General Alternative
Format CD
Released 06/18/1996
Label DGC/Bong Load
Catalog No DGCD-24823
Bar Code No 7 20642 48232 2
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Devil's Haircut (3:14)
2. Hotwax (3:49)
3. Lord Only Knows (4:14)
4. The New Pollution (3:39)
5. Derelict (4:12)
6. Novacane (4:37)
7. Jack-Ass (4:11)
8. Where It's At (5:30)
9. Minus (2:32)
10. Sissyneck (3:52)
11. Readymade (2:37)
12. High 5 (Rock the Catskills) (4:10)
13. Ramshackle (7:29)
Date Acquired 07/10/1996
Personal Rating
Acquired from Roadrunner Records
Purchase Price 13.00

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Notes

"Devil's Haircut" contains a sample from "Out Of Sight" (James Brown) published by Fort Knox Music BMI, performed by Them, courtesy of the Decca Record Co.; a sample from "Soul Drums" (Bernard Purdie) published by Tenryk Music BMI, performed by Pretty Purdie, courtesy of Sony Music; and elements from "I Can Only Give You Everything" (Philip Coulter/Thomas Scott) published by Carbert Music ASCAP.

"Hotwax" contains a sample from "Song For Aretha" (Bernard Purdie/Horace Ott/Robert Thiele) published by Tenryk Music/Well Made Music BMI, performed by Pretty Purdie; and a sample from "Up On The Hill" (Monk Higgins/Alexandra Brown) published by Special Agent Co./Tippy Music Publishing ASCAP, performed by Monk Higgins & The Specialties, courtesy of Blue Note Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc.

"Lord Only Knows" contains elements from "Lookout For Lucy" (Mike Millius/Don Thomas) published by by Southern Music Publishing Company, Inc. ASCAP performed by Mike Millius, courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.

"The New Pollution" contains a sample from "Venus" (Brad Baker) published by Sonny Lester Music Publishing Co. ASCAP, performed by Joe Thomas, courtesy of LAC Ltd.

"Jack-ass" contains a sample from "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) published by Special Rider Music SESAC, performed by Them, courtesy of Decca Record Co. Licensed from Exile Productions Limited.

"Where It's At" contains a sample from "Needle To The Groove" (Embden Toure/Khaleel Kirk) published by Hit And Hold Music, Inc. ASCAP, performed by Mantronix, courtesy of Warlock Records.

"Sissyneck" contains elements from "The Moog And Me" (Dick Hyman) published by Eastlake Music, Inc. ASCAP, performed by Dick Hyman, courtesy of MCA Records, Inc. and elements from "A Part Of Me" (Paris/Taylor) published by Zethus Music, administered by Chappell & Co., Inc. ASCAP. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.

"Readymade" contains excerpts from "Desafinado" (Antonio Carlos Jobim/Newton Mendonca) published by Bendig Music/Carcovado Corp. BMI, performed by Laurindo Almeida And The Bossa Nova All Stars, courtesy of Blue Note Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc.

"High 5 (Rock The Catskills)" contains elements from "Mr. Cool" (Vincent Willis) published by Cotillion Music Inc./NAP Publishing Co./ Sylheart Publishing Co., administered by Warner Tamerlane Publishing Co., Inc. BMI performed by Rasputin's Stash, courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp., by arrangement with Warner Special Products, Inc.

Manufactured and Distributed in the United States by Uni Distribution Corp.

©℗ 1996 Geffen Records, Inc.
Made in U.S.A.

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Analyzed: Beck / Odelay
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR7       -0.36 dB    -8.95 dB      3:14 01-Devils Haircut
DR8       -0.51 dB   -10.35 dB      3:49 02-Hotwax
DR8       -0.52 dB   -10.13 dB      4:15 03-Lord Only Knows
DR7       -0.05 dB    -9.79 dB      3:40 04-The New Pollution
DR10      -0.05 dB   -12.36 dB      4:13 05-Derelict
DR6       -0.51 dB    -9.42 dB      4:38 06-Novacane
DR8       -0.20 dB    -9.38 dB      4:12 07-Jack‐Ass
DR7        0.00 dB    -9.64 dB      5:31 08-Where It's At
DR8       -0.51 dB    -9.40 dB      2:32 09-Minus
DR8        0.00 dB    -9.60 dB      3:53 10-Sissyneck
DR8       -0.52 dB   -10.41 dB      2:37 11-Readymade
DR10      -0.52 dB   -12.97 dB      4:11 12-High 5 (Rock the Catskills)
DR10      -0.03 dB   -13.44 dB      7:30 13-Ramshackle
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Number of tracks:  13
Official DR value: DR8

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           536 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Unlike Stereopathetic Soul Manure and One Foot in the Grave, the indie albums that followed his debut Mellow Gold by a mere matter of months, Odelay was a full-fledged, full-bodied album, released on a major label in the summer of 1996 and bearing an intricate, meticulous production by the Dust Brothers in their first gig since the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique. Odelay shared a similar collage structure to that 1989 masterpiece, relying on a blend of found sounds and samples, but instead of lending the album its primary colors, the Dust Brothers provided the accents, highlighting Beck's ever-changing sounds, tying together his stylistic shifts, making the leaps from the dirge-blues of "Jack-Ass" to the hazy party rock of "Where's It's At" seem not so great. Like Mellow Gold, Odelay winds up touching on a number of disparate strands -- folk and country, grungy garage rock, stiff-boned electro, louche exotica, old-school rap, touches of noise rock -- but there's no break-neck snap between sensibilities, everything flows smoothly, the dense sounds suggesting that the songs are a bit more complicated than they actually are. Most of the songs here betray Beck's roots as an anti-folk singer -- he reworks blues structures ("Devil's Haircut"), country ("Lord Only Knows," "Sissyneck"), soul ("Hotwax"), folk ("Ramshackle") and rap ("High 5 [Rock the Catskills]," "Where It's At") -- but each track twists conventions, either in their construction or presentation, giving this a vibrant, electric pulse, surprising in its form and attack. Like a mosaic, all the details add up to a picture greater than its parts, so while some of Beck's best songs are here, Odelay is best appreciated as a recorded whole, with each layered sample enhancing the allusion that came before.

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