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...vocally Beck is more than up to the challenge of flowing from bass and drum grooves into atmospheric vocal melodies and back again...
...there’s still the feeling that Beck is reliant on his old tricks. Opening track “Elevator Music” is pure “Odelay”-style funk, featuring Beck’s signature off-key rhyming and a raw drum beat. On tracks like this one Beck seems afraid to stretch out, sticking with what he’s done before and throwing in some digital sounds for decoration...
...Movie Theme,” a solid combination of synthesized strings and soft-spoken vocal lines reminiscent of “Sea Change.” Other highlights include “Nausea,” built on a raw acoustic guitar and bass riff, with Beck doing his best Brit-pop vocal imitation. “Strange Apparition” is loveable piano-driven ’90s pop with a nice half-time breakdown at the end of the track...
...album’s final track, an extended medley of trippy melodies and off-kilter vocals and spoken word, Beck says “If the soul is a symptom, the condition is you.” Beck’s vocals offer a little of something for everyone—disillusionment and indictment of society (or something) for the doomsdayers, and random bits of absurdity for those who share Beck’s sense of humor...
Fans of Beck’s previous albums will enjoy this one, but those new to Beck should first check out classics like “Odelay” and “Sea Change” before digging into this new (but strikingly familiar) material...