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Modern Guilt
List price: $13.98
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Artist(s): Beck
Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517754416
Label: Interscope Records
List Price: $13.98
Manufacturer: Interscope Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Package Dimensions:
Height: 0.54"
Width: 4.97"
Length: 0.54"
Weight: 0.18 lbs.
Product Group: Music
Publisher: Interscope Records
Release Date: 2008-07-08
Studio: Interscope Records
UPC: 602517754416
Tracks:
- Orphans
- Gamma Ray
- Chemtrails
- Modern Guilt
- Youthless
- Walls
- Replica
- Soul of A Man
- Profanity Prayers
- Volcano
Editorial Reviews
People en Español:
In the last few years, Beck has freely sailed the seas of electronic and alternative music, but he is now back on land with Modern Guilt, an album that gravitates mostly toward electronic music and that, unfortunately, only has a couple of songs that really stand out ("Modern Guilt," "Orphans"). The problem has nothing to do with the fact that this CD is more electronic than acoustic. The sound is poor, and it sounds as if Beck were actually singing out of a barrel. Also, the beat doesn't change from one song to the next, and if you don't listen carefully to each song, you could not tell when tracks change. Despite Beck being one of the most creative and versatile musicians in recent years, the songs of this album have no depth. Let's just hope that Beck surprises with his next. --Ernesto Sánchez (People en Español  ) En los últimos años, Beck ha navegado libremente por las aguas de las música electrónica y la alternativa, ahora está regreso al mundo de la música con Modern Guilt, un disco que se inclina más hacia la música electrónica y que desgraciadamente sólo tiene un par de canciones que se destacan como "Modern Guilt" y "Orphans." Y el problema no tiene nada que ver con el hecho de que sea un disco más electrónico que acústico, el sonido del disco es muy pobre, pareciera que Beck está cantando dentro de una cubeta, y el beat no parece cambiar de una canción a la otra. Si no se pone extrema atención a cada canción no se dará cuenta del momento en que cambian los tracks. Si bien Beck es uno de los músicos más creativos y versátiles de los últimos años hay que decir que este es un disco en el que los temas carecen de profundidad. Esperemos que Beck realmente nos sorprenda con su siguiente producción. --Ernesto Sánchez (People en Español )
Amazon.com:
Beck's new album Modern Guilt, produced with Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton, will be released July 8, 2008.
The new album contains 10 new songs, and with the exception of last year's Grammy-nominated, digital-only single "Timebomb", Modern Guilt is the first new material Beck has written since the prolific stretch that produced 2005's platinum Guero and 2006's universally acclaimed The Information.
Modern Guilt is a tightly assembled group of songs that range in lyrical tone from introspection and social commentary to off the cuff wordplay and lighthearted humor. Musically, the album's ten tracks vacillate between economy and experimentation, hybrid and pop classicism, while consistently manifesting Beck and Danger Mouse's shared interest in psych-rock, folk, electronic minimalism and orchestration.
Beck is about to embark on a tour of the UK and Europe, followed by a number of US headline and festival appearances, culminating in Beck's biggest hometown headline show to date, September 20, 2008 at the Hollywood Bowl. Beck Photos
Album Description:
Modern Guilt is the tenth studio album by musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Beck. Modern Guilt features two contributions by Cat Power and co-produced by Danger Mouse. The hit track 'Chemtrails' is a genre-bending tour de force that showcases Beck and producer Danger Mouse's shared affection for late '60s Psych-Pop. The album releases on July 8, 2008, his 38th birthday.
Customer Reviews Average rating - 4.0
Rating - 5 Date: 2008-10-01
Content: ...In hindsight, we now see that he was essentially beefing up his production rate in the years between Mutations and Modern Guilt to complete his contract with Geffen. However, it's with Modern Guilt that he crafted perhaps his most graceful maneuver. Commandeering Dangermouse for the rhythm section to accompany his next set of serious melodic songs was a brilliant move. Having Dangermouse on board allowed Beck to challenge notions of loosing relevance in modern times, but also to set the stage for an awesomely anti-climactic farewell to his label, because Dangermouse applies a decidedly more meek and much different overall approach than the Dust Brothers, although equally sample driven and not dominated by the synthesizer sound of Midnight Vultures or The Information. In essence we are afforded the opportunity to look back at Guero and to see how Beck perhaps imagined it being more like this and would have preferred to just play his simple folk songs to an ample rhythm section. Though I am sure he ultimately has no regrets, it must have been satisfying to fulfill his contract with something so simple, devoid of elaborate orchestration and devoid of grandiose live bands. All along Beck just wanted to be a great songwriter, more than some kind of hit machine that Geffen wanted him to be. As a result, Modern Guilt is a rich album that prioritizes lyrical meaning over quasi-rap absurdity, musical subtlety over textural kitsch, and as such it is a living and breathing record that evolves with each listen and in each environment and company that you listen to it in. Beck seemingly walked into the studio with just his acoustic and a handful of songs from his living room, and came back with the most modest and even-handed accompaniment of his career. Though few may say so, I also feel this is among Dangermouse most spot-on production since "The Good, The Bad and The Queen" or the first Gnarls Barkley (though I enjoy all of DM's work). Maybe if we are lucky, then Beck will really throw us for a loop now that he is independent, and return to the sound of "Stereopathetic Soulmanure." For the dogs tracking him, that just might throw us off his scent.
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Summary: Best Beck yet!
Rating - 5 Date: 2008-09-30
Content: Beck never disspoints and since his break through Odelay, he continues to change and produce good music.
His newest record conitnues his traditiion. Electronic with grooves and cool playing or real instruments. Gamma Ray, Modern Guilt (with its groove) and Replica are three of my favorite tracks.
Also if this is the first time you have heard of Beck, make sure to get Odelay, which remains my favorite Beck record.
Summary: Talented Musician Shines Again
Rating - 5 Date: 2008-09-29
Content: For anyone put off for any reason, cast that aside. Beck has crafted another solid, incredible album. Chemtrails is one of his best songs ever.
Summary: Beck continues to impress
Rating - 1 Date: 2008-09-27
Content: I forget buying this, but when I was reviewing other stuff there it was. Now how did that one song go? That's right I quit listening 20 secs in.
Summary: I Forget buying this
Rating - 3 Date: 2008-09-24
Content: Like all Beck albums there are some catchy tunes and a few experimental tunes, in my opinion crafted to balance his artistic sensbilities while maintaining his pop appeal. At face value most of the songs are enjoyable to listen to, they will make your head nod, or your hips shake :) Though for the more discerning listener you may be left feeeing a bit dissapointed after 5-10 listens by the "single" dimensionality of many of the tracks. That is why I give this album theree 3 stars where most every other Beck album is an easy 4-5 star effort. Stand out tracks "Youthless, Replica, Soul of a Man, and Volcano."
Summary: solid though uninspired
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