Musical Obsession of the Week

So I have decided that every Wednesday I will post a little review of whichever album has been occupying my Now Playing screen the most. Don’t expect too much in-depth analysis. I like to listen to music, not put it under a microscope.

This week’s musical obsession happens to be:

Beck – Odelay

I never said I was only going to cover new music…

Anyways, I have listened to Modern Guilt and Sea Change but I was never a huge fan of Beck. He was a solid artist, but I just couldn’t really get into it. I found Odelay laying around in my house Monday, recognized the artist, and popped it in. I subsequently fell in love with it. (Apparently my dad had good taste in music at one point…)

The entire album is great, but here are my favorites.

Highlights

It opens with Devil’s Haircut which is one of my favorite songs on the album. It’s a great opener, I love the beat and Beck does a great job with the vocals (as usual).

Next track is another favorite of mine, Hotwax. I’m not going to try to describe it’s awesomeness, because not even I can fully comprehend it.

New Pollution is most excellent. I love the intro to the song. Also it’s an easy song to sing along with. Yea, I’m a car singer. Guilty pleasure.

Novacane is solid.

Probably one of the most commonly heard songs on the album, Where It’s At, is a fun song. Yes fun, that’s the word I will use.

Ramshackle is great. Perfect way to end an energetic album like Odelay.

Final Thoughts

Time to listen to the other 12 (?) albums he has. Eventually. Someday.

~ by Kyle on October 15, 2008.