Beck

Born Beck Hansen on July 8, 1970 in Los Angeles, California USA, Beck is undoubtly one of the most original and distinctive alternative music artists; as a teenager inspired by Blues, he learned to play the guitar; quitting the school at the age of 16, the young Hansen focused on his music career, in 1988 self-released a cassette called "The Banjo Story" and then relocated to New York where made his stage bones by gigging around the city's Punk scene; the next year he returned to California and continued to perform live frequently.

In early 1993, Beck issued his official debut single, "MTV Makes Me Want To Smoke Crack", which was followed by the release of an indie 12-inch titled "Loser", the track was well received on L.A.'s Alternative radio stations and landed him an unusual contract with Geffen Records. In fact, in February 1994 the artist released "Stereopathetic Soulmanure" on Flipside, only a week later appeared "Mellow Gold" on Geffen and in June another label, K Records, released his third full-length disc, "One Foot In The Grave".
"Mellow Gold" was obviously the most successful LP, it peaked at #13 on The Billboard Top 200 chart trailed by national release of the now staple "Loser", the track quickly hit #1 on The Modern Rock chart and later smashed into the top 10 of The Billboard Hot 100; the second single cut, "Beercan", reached the #27 spot on The Modern Rock chart.
The summer of 1995, after a promotional tour, saw Beck perform as part of the traveling alt-Rock festival Lollapalooza.
The following year, he returned with "Odelay" which debuted at #16 on The Billboard 200 Albums chart spawning an endless string of Modern Rock charting singles: "Where It's At" shot to #5, "Devils Haircut" hit the top 30, "The New Pollution" peaked at #9 and "Jack-Ass" reached the #16 position propelling the album to double-platinum status; in February of 1997 "Odelay" picked up the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Performance and Beck took home honor also for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Where It's At".
Before the year's end, he released the single "Dead Weight", taken from the soundtrack of the film "A Life Less Ordinary"; the track hit #16 on The Modern Rock chart.
Released in November 1998, "Mutations", reached the top 20 in the U.S. Albums chart and cracked the top 10 in Canada; the record won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance, it contained the Brazilian-influenced track "Tropicalia" which rose to #21 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart.
Almost exactly one year later, Beck issued the Soul-oriented "Midnite Vultures", this album didn't rise higher than #34 on The Billboard Top 200 list and both its two singles, "Sexx Laws" and "Mixed Bizness", failed to enter the top 20 of The Modern Rock Tracks chart.
In September of 2002 appeared "Sea Change", which crashed into the top 10 in the North-American albums charts and also broke into the top 20 in Britain, but the main single, "Lost Cause", scraped the bottom of The Modern Rock top 40 chart; he supported the album with an extensive unusual tour: The Flaming Lips doubled as the opening act and as Beck's backing band.
In late March 2005 Beck released his eighth studio album, "Guero", which rose to #2 on The Billboard 200 list while the opening track, "E-Pro", climbed to the top slot on The Modern Rock chart; it was followed into the same chart by the second single, "Girl", which peaked at #8.
His next album, "The Information", arrived in October 2006 and quickly bulleted into the top 10 on both U.S. and Canada music charts; the album had two Hot Modern Rock top 30 hit, "Nausea" peaked at #13 and "Think I'm In Love" reached #22.
One yaer later Beck released online, on iTunes and elsewhere, a new single titled "Timebomb", the song was nominated for a Grammy, making it the first-ever iTunes-only release to snag that honor.

The 38-year-old singer+songwriter will release his tenth studio full-length effort, "Modern Guilt", this summer; the album was produced by Danger Mouse and is comprised of 10 tracks including the new single "Chemtrails".

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Stereopathetic Soulmanure

(1994)

1. Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus)
2. Rowboat
3. Thunder Peel
4. Waitin' For A Train
5. The Spirit Moves Me
6. Crystal Clear (Beer)
7. No Money No Honey
8. 8.6.82
9. Total Soul Future (Eat It)
10. One Foot In The Grave
11. Aphid Manure Heist
12. Today Has Been A Fucked Up Day
13. Rollins Power Sauce
14. Puttin It Down
15. 11.6.45
16. Cut 1/2 Blues
17. Jagermeister Pie
18. Ozzy
19. Dead Wild Cat
20. Satan Gave Me A Taco
21. 8.4.82
22. Tasergun
23. Modesto
24. Ken [hidden track]
25. Bonus Noise [hidden track]

 

Mellow Gold

(1994)

1. Loser
2. Pay No Mind (Snoozer)
3. Fuckin With My Head (Mountain Dew Rock)
4. Whiskeyclone, Hotel City 1997
5. Soul Suckin Jerk
6. Truckdrivin Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat)
7. Sweet Sunshine
8. Beercan
9. Steal My Body Home
10. Nitemare Hippy Girl
11. Mutherfuker
12. Blackhole

 

One Foot In The Grave

(1994)

1. He's A Mighty Good Leader
2. Sleeping Bag
3. I Get Lonesome
4. Burnt Orange Peel
5. Cyanide Breath Mint
6. See Water
7. Ziplock Bag
8. Hollow Log
9. Forcefield
10. Fourteen Rivers Fourteen Floods
11. Asshole
12. I've Seen The Land Beyond
13. Outcome
14. Girl Dreams
15. Painted Eyelids
16. Atmospheric Conditions

 

Odelay

(1996)

1. Devils Haircut
2. Hotwax
3. Lord Only Knows
4. The New Pollution
5. Derelict
6. Novacane
7. Jack-Ass
8. Where It's At
9. Minus
10. Sissyneck
11. Readymade
12. High 5 (Rock The Catskills)
13. Ramshackle

 

A Life Less Ordinary
[soundtrack]

(1997)

INCLUDES:

- Dead Weight

 

Mutations

(1998)

1. Cold Brains
2. Nobody's Fault But My Own
3. Lazy Flies
4. Canceled Check
5. We Live Again
6. Tropicalia
7. Dead Melodies
8. Bottle Of Blues
9. O Maria
10. Sing It Again
11. Static
12. Diamond Bollocks [hidden track]

 

Midnite Vultures

(1999)

1. Sexx Laws
2. Nicotine And Gravy
3. Mixed Bizness
4. Get Real Paid
5. Hollywood Freaks
6. Peaches And Cream
7. Broken Train
8. Milk And Honey
9. Beautiful Way
10. Pressure Zone
11. Debra

 

Sea Change

(2002)

1. The Golden Age
2. Paper Tiger
3. Guess I'm Doing Fine
4. Lonesome Tears
5. Lost Cause
6. End Of The Day
7. It's All In Your Mind
8. Round The Bend
9. Already Dead
10. Sunday Sun
11. Little One
12. Side Of The Road

 

Guero

(2005)

1. E-Pro
2. Que Onda Guero
3. Girl
4. Missing
5. Black Tambourine
6. Earthquake Weather
7. Hell Yes
8. Broken Drum
9. Scarecrow
10. Go It Alone
11. Farewell Ride
12. Rental Car
13. Emergency Exit

 

The Information

(2006)

1. Elevator Music
2. Think I'm In Love
3. Cellphone's Dead
4. Strange Apparition
5. Soldier Jane
6. Nausea
7. New Round
8. Dark Star
9. We Dance Alone
10. No Complaints
11. 1000 BPM
12. Motorcade
13. The Information
14. Movie Theme
15. The Horrible Fanfare / Landslide / Exoskeleton

 

Timebomb
[single]

(2007)

Timebomb

 

Modern Guilt

(2008)

INCLUDES: Chemtrails

 

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