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I can't think of a title, really - just a great album!Beck Hansen's most accessible disc to date all but defies comparison. It's a little Donovon, a little early Bowie and some Beatles' white album tossed in for good measure. But these similarities do not overpower - they wash in and out with the ebb and flow of one genre morphing into another. For Mutations, Beck has put aside the discordant hip-hop of Odelay! and goofy Gen-X snicker-snicker of Mellow Gold. Languid vocals and a hypnotic mood prevail over rich layers of acoustic arrangments, twang,…
softer, softest; just another side of beckvastly different from Odelay, this album is. one might wonder exactly what sort of mindset mr. beck was in at the time of its conception. it's true that this isn't as broad or experimental or maybe creative or blahblahblah as odelay, but what this album may lack in variety, it makes up for in genuine, lovely lyrics and gentle acoustic sets. think of it as odelay tuned and stripped down. the more jostling tracks, 'lazy flies' and 'tropicalia', along with the near ten minute hidden song, even out …
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format: 1 x CD record label: Geffen Records catalog number: GED 25184 release dates: Nov 2 1998 in United Kingdom view details |
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format: 1 x CD record label: Geffen Records catalog number: 25309 release dates: Nov 3 1998 in Japan view details |
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format: 1 x CD record label: Geffen Records catalog number: 25309 release dates: Nov 3 1998 in Germany view details |
11 tracks
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format: 1 x CD record label: Geffen Records catalog number: 25309 release dates: Nov 3 1998 view details |
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