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Odelay
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| Studio album by Beck | ||
| Released | 18 June 1996 | |
| Recorded | 1994–1995 | |
| Genre | Alternative Rock | |
| Length | 54:13 | |
| Label | DGC | |
| Producer(s) | Beck Hansen and The Dust Brothers, with: Mario Caldato, Jr, Brian Paulson, Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf | |
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| Beck chronology | ||
| One Foot in the Grave (1994) |
Odelay (1996) |
Mutations (1998) |
Odelay is a critically acclaimed 1996 album by alternative rock artist Beck. After the mainstream success of "Loser", Odelay included several new hit singles, including "Where It's At", "Devils Haircut" and "The New Pollution", which expanded his audience considerably. The album peaked at #16 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart and eventually sold over 2 million copies in the US. It was also Beck's first hit album in the UK, making #17.
The album's unusual cover photo, which appears to show a mop jumping over a hurdle, is actually a real photo of a Komondor, a rare Hungarian breed of dog with thick matted hair. This came after Bush released their album Sixteen Stone, which featured a similar looking dog called a Puli, being thrown into the air on the inside cover.
Odelay might have been drastically different in direction and style. In 1994, when Beck started to record tracks for his follow-up to Mellow Gold, he recorded a number of songs with Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf of Bong Load, but then decided to work with the Dust Brothers instead. Three songs from these Bong Load sessions have been released: one, "Ramshackle", on Odelay, and two others: "Feather In Your Cap", which was released on its own as a single and on the soundtrack to Suburbia, and "Brother", which was not available to the public until the release of "Jackass" in 1997. All three of these songs are acoustic, sparse, and melancholy, and have a haunting sound very different from the party vibes of the Dust Brothers' Odelay.
Odelay won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1997. It was ranked 16 in Spin's "100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005". It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll. In 1998, Q magazine readers voted Odelay the 51st greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 305 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Voters in Channel 4's 2005 "100 Greatest Albums" poll placed it at number 73. The influential indie website Pitchfork Media ranked it at #19 on their top 100 albums of the 1990's.
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All songs written by Beck, John King and Michael Simpson, except where noted. All tracks produced by Beck Hansen and The Dust Brothers, except where noted.
- "Devils Haircut" – 3:13
- "Hotwax" – 3:49
- "Lord Only Knows" (Beck Hansen) – 4:14
- "The New Pollution" – 3:40
- "Derelict" – 4:13
- "Novacane" – 4:38
- "Jack-Ass" – 4:01
- "Where It's At" – 5:30
- "Minus" (Beck Hansen) – 2:31
- Produced by Beck Hansen, Mario Caldato Jr. and Brian Paulson.
- "Sissyneck" – 3:53
- "Readymade" – 2:37
- "High 5 (Rock the Catskills)" – 4:10
- "Ramshackle" (Beck Hansen) – 7:30
- Produced by Tom Rothrock and Tom Schnapf.
- Includes a hidden track of electronic music.
- Some non-U.S. versions contain "Diskobox" and/or "Clock" as bonus tracks.
- "Sissyneck" (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- ""Sissyneck" by Beck (1996)
- Problems playing the files? See media help.
- Beck - Organ, Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Harmonica, Percussion, Celeste, Drums, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Clavinet, Producer, Slide Guitar, Art Direction, Design, Mixing
- Mike Boito - Organ, Trumpet
- Mario Caldato, Jr. - Producer, Mixing
- Charlie Haden - Bass
- Greg Leisz - Pedal Steel
- Bob Ludwig - Mastering, Photography
- Mike Millius - Screams
- Brian Paulson - Producer, Mixing
- Tom Rothrock - Producer, Mixing
- Rob Schnapf - Producer, Mixing
- Joey Waronker - Percussion, Drums
- Dust Brothers - Producer, Mixing
- Robert Fisher - Art Direction, Design
- Nitin Vadukul - Photography
- Zarim Osborn - Artwork, Collage
- Al Hansen - Artwork, Collage
- Shauna O'Brien - Coordination, Production Coordination
- Manuel Ocampo - Artwork, Paintings, Collage
- David Brown - Saxophone
- Ross Harris
Beck guest-stars in an episode of the TV series Futurama. In the episode, Bender says that he will write a song with "Real words, not phoney ones like 'Odelay'." Beck replies, "Odelay is a word. Just look it up in the Becktionary."
| Beck |
| Discography |
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| Major label albums: Mellow Gold | Odelay | Mutations | Midnite Vultures | Sea Change | Guero | The Information |
| Remix albums: Guerolito |
| Independent releases: Stereopathetic Soulmanure | One Foot in the Grave |
| Unofficial releases: Golden Feelings | A Western Harvest Field by Moonlight Singles: Loser | Pay No Mind (Snoozer) | Beercan | It's All In Your Mind | Where It's At | Devils Haircut The New Pollution | Sissyneck | Jack-Ass | Deadweight | Tropicalia | Cold Brains Nobody's Fault But My Own | Sexx Laws | Mixed Bizness | Nicotine & Gravy | Lost Cause E-Pro | Girl | Hell Yes | Nausea |
| Related articles |
| Nigel Godrich | Dust Brothers | Bendin' in the Wind |