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waxcrash · Apr 18, 2005, 01:02 PM

I've been listening to Beck's new album Guero for a couple of weeks now. His music gets better and better with each album he releases. Anybody else like his new album?

Guero - Beck

Stradlater · Apr 18, 2005, 01:07 PM

It's decent, but this is the first time he hasn't reinvented his sound, so some of the songs sound stale -- too reminiscent of past works. Still good, I just don't know how long it'll be in my listening rotation.

DeathMan · Apr 18, 2005, 01:36 PM

I've listened to it once, but it didn't really grab me. Mutations was my favorite Beck album from the second I heard it. I like others, but something about the Mutations vibe just got to me.

Beck does good work.

pman68 · Apr 18, 2005, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by waxcrash

I've been listening to Beck's new album Guero for a couple of weeks now. His music gets better and better with each album he releases. Anybody else like his new album?

Guero - Beck

I just bought it last week. Good stuff. Great CD for summer.

I like the "Black Tambourine" and "Go it alone" cuts.

Obi Wan's Ghost · Apr 18, 2005, 01:49 PM

It would be dark for me to pay hard earned money to Wynona Rider banging $cientologists. Moral conviction says I must not stray there.

funkboy · Apr 18, 2005, 01:57 PM

I'm enjoying it, and I really liked the iTunes 8-bit variations. Hell Yes is some good stuff, and there are a few others I'm really digging on the album - glad I got it, but I wonder if I'm already straying away from it.

MaxPower2k3 · Apr 18, 2005, 03:46 PM

Guero is great, but Sea Change is still my favorite of his albums. the SACD is fantastic.

jyunderwood · Apr 18, 2005, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by MaxPower2k3

Guero is great, but Sea Change is still my favorite of his albums.

sea change is my favorite too. Guero sounded like a mixture of his past albums.

mishap · Apr 18, 2005, 06:36 PM

Mutations is still the best--but, Sea Change was crap.

Guero is good--back to fun Beck

Geo669 · Apr 18, 2005, 11:50 PM

Rental car does it for me.

Apple Pro Underwear · Apr 19, 2005, 07:04 AM

i thought sea change was worse than garbage. seriously. i hate britney, and etc but even they know how to cheese it up and make something catchy and listenable. that crap he put out was boring garbage justin timberlake would spit on.

however, guero is good. the only song i dont like is "missing" because it reminds me of seachange. i dont believe he has to re-invent himself everytime. guero sounds really neat.

sek929 · Apr 19, 2005, 12:27 PM

I'm with APU, Sea Change sucked but Guero is very entertaining. Goes well with the ever increasing good weather around here.

DeathMan · Apr 19, 2005, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by Apple Pro Underwear

i thought sea change was worse than garbage. seriously. i hate britney, and etc but even they know how to cheese it up and make something catchy and listenable. that crap he put out was boring garbage justin timberlake would spit on.

however, guero is good. the only song i dont like is "missing" because it reminds me of seachange. i dont believe he has to re-invent himself everytime. guero sounds really neat.

I'm trying to give Sea Change the benefit of the doubt, but you're right, there is nothing really catchy about it, or even immediately interesting. I hear it every now and again in the office, so its starting to grow on me, but its taking its sweet time.

Guerro seems kind of the same, but there are a couple tracks that I kind of groove too. I like hell yeah strictly for its light hearted entertainment value.