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{{Infobox album | {{Infobox album | ||
| name | | name = Odelay | ||
| type | | type = studio | ||
| artist | | artist = [[Beck]] | ||
| cover | | cover = Odelay.jpg | ||
| alt | | alt = | ||
| released | | released = {{Start date|1996|06|18}} | ||
| recorded | | recorded = 1994–95 | ||
| studio | | studio = *PCP Labs (Los Angeles) | ||
*G-Son (Los Angeles) | *[[G-Son Studios|G-Son]] (Los Angeles) | ||
*The Shop ([[Arcata]]) | *The Shop ([[Arcata]]) | ||
*[[Sunset Sound Factory|Sunset Sound]] (Los Angeles) | *[[Sunset Sound Factory|Sunset Sound]] (Los Angeles) | ||
*[[Conway Recording Studios|Conway]] (Hollywood) | *[[Conway Recording Studios|Conway]] (Hollywood) | ||
| genre | | genre = * [[Alternative rock]] | ||
* [[Alternative rock]] | |||
* [[sampledelia]] | * [[sampledelia]] | ||
* [[alternative hip hop]] | * [[alternative hip hop]] | ||
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* [[folk rock]] | * [[folk rock]] | ||
* [[neo-psychedelia]] | * [[neo-psychedelia]] | ||
| length | | length = 54:06 | ||
| label | | label = * [[DGC Records|DGC]] | ||
* [[DGC Records|DGC]] | |||
* [[Bong Load Records|Bong Load]] | * [[Bong Load Records|Bong Load]] | ||
| producer | | producer = {{flatlist| | ||
* Beck Hansen | * Beck Hansen | ||
* [[Dust Brothers|The Dust Brothers]] | * [[Dust Brothers|The Dust Brothers]] | ||
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* [[Rob Schnapf]] | * [[Rob Schnapf]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
| prev_title = [[One Foot in the Grave (Beck album)|One Foot in the Grave]] | | prev_title = [[One Foot in the Grave (Beck album)|One Foot in the Grave]] | ||
| prev_year | | prev_year = 1994 | ||
| next_title = [[Mutations (Beck album)|Mutations]] | | next_title = [[Mutations (Beck album)|Mutations]] | ||
| next_year | | next_year = 1998 | ||
| misc | | misc = {{Singles | ||
| name = Odelay | | name = Odelay | ||
| type = studio | | type = studio | ||
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==Recording== | ==Recording== | ||
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The sessions for what would become ''Odelay'' originally began as a subdued, [[Acoustic music|acoustic]] affair. In 1994, Beck started to record tracks for his follow-up to ''[[Mellow Gold]]'' with [[Bong Load]] producers [[Tom Rothrock]] and [[Rob Schnapf]]. | Beck approached ''Odelay'' with trepidation. "I thought ''Odelay'' might be the last time I got a chance to make a record,” he told ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in 2008.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Gavin |date=2008-02-21 |title=Beck's 'Odelay': The Secret History |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/becks-odelay-the-secret-history-238957/ |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
The sessions for what would become ''Odelay'' originally began as a subdued, [[Acoustic music|acoustic]] affair. In 1994, Beck started to record tracks for his follow-up to ''[[Mellow Gold]]'' with [[Bong Load]] producers [[Tom Rothrock]] and [[Rob Schnapf]]. Together, they recorded the melancholy album-closer "Ramshackle."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-17 |title=Inventing the Post-Genre World: Beck’s ‘Odelay’ at 25 |url=https://tidal.com/magazine/article/beck-odelay-at-25/1-79409 |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=TIDAL Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> He would eventually abandon work with Rothrock and Schnapf, opting to work with the [[Dust Brothers]] instead. Most of the album was recorded in 1995 at the Dust Brothers' home recording studio in [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles]].<ref name=":0" /> The Dust Brothers' production style was [[hip-hop]]-focused but layered; their résumé included work with [[Beastie Boys]], [[Tone Lōc]] and [[Young MC]]. Their small recording room was filled with records, many of which provided samples for the album.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
==Title and artwork== | ==Title and artwork== | ||
The title is a phonetic English rendering of the [[Mexican Spanish|Mexican]] [[slang]] interjection "''[[órale]]''", which translates roughly to "cool" or "ok"{{ | The title is a phonetic English rendering of the [[Mexican Spanish|Mexican]] [[slang]] interjection "''[[órale]]''", which translates roughly to "cool" or "ok"{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}. The phrase "odelay" is repeated in the lyrics during the [[Conclusion (music)|outro]] of the song "Lord Only Knows". According to [[Stephen Malkmus]], the title is a pun on ''Oh Delay'', since the album took very long to record.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2011-07-07|url= https://www.spin.com/2011/07/qa-stephen-malkmus-new-lp-beck-more/ |title=Q&A: Stephen Malkmus on New LP, Beck + More|date= 6 July 2011 }}</ref> The album's cover is a photo of a [[Komondor]], a rare [[Hungary|Hungarian]] breed of dog with a heavy, corded coat, jumping over a hurdle. The original photo was shot by canine photographer Joan Ludwig (1914–2004) for the July 1977 issue of the [[American Kennel Club]]'s ''Gazette''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thefutureheart.com/2016/06/18/odelay-dog-akc-kennel-ludwig-komondor-beck-cover/|title=Beck's "All Original Collage" – the Artwork of 'Odelay' and How It Matches the Music within|date=18 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
==Tour== | ==Tour== | ||
The promotional tour for the album began in May–June 1996, appearing in several record stores and radio stations in the [[United States|U.S.]] Throughout the rest of the year followed numerous U.S. tours and European festival dates. | The promotional tour for the album began in May–June 1996, appearing in several record stores and radio stations in the [[United States|U.S.]] Throughout the rest of the year followed numerous U.S. tours and European festival dates. | ||
As the tour continued into 1997, Beck began playing larger venues in America. The tour unofficially ended on September | As the tour continued into 1997, Beck began playing larger venues in America. The tour unofficially ended on September 5, 1997, with a taped band performance at "Sessions at West 54th" in [[New York City|New York]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Beck - Sessions At West 54th Sep 5th 1997 Complete | date=17 May 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ8AsbddEN4 |language=en |access-date=2022-10-09}}</ref> after over 150 shows from July '96 until September '97.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hijacked Flavors - A Beck Concert Database |url=https://whiskeyclone.net/hijacked/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=whiskeyclone.net}}</ref> | ||
It was on the ''Odelay'' tour that Beck earned a wide reputation as an energetic and impeccable performer, and his profile rose after multiple appearances on [[MTV]], ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'',<ref>{{Citation |title=Beck "Novacane" on the Howard Stern Show (1997) | date=14 November 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qsuSq1JBDA |language=en |access-date=2022-10-09}}</ref> the [[39th Annual Grammy Awards|1997 Grammys]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Watch Beck Win Best Male Rock Performance For "Where It's At" In 1997 {{!}} GRAMMY Rewind | date=9 July 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_c4WKqBsp8 |language=en |access-date=2022-10-09}}</ref> ''[[Later... with Jools Holland]]''<ref>{{Citation |title=Beck Devil's Haircut Later With Jools Holland 1997 | date=February 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvCjWRgZyNY |language=en |access-date=2022-10-09}}</ref> and more. | It was on the ''Odelay'' tour that Beck earned a wide reputation as an energetic and impeccable performer, and his profile rose after multiple appearances on [[MTV]], ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'',<ref>{{Citation |title=Beck "Novacane" on the Howard Stern Show (1997) | date=14 November 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qsuSq1JBDA |language=en |access-date=2022-10-09}}</ref> the [[39th Annual Grammy Awards|1997 Grammys]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Watch Beck Win Best Male Rock Performance For "Where It's At" In 1997 {{!}} GRAMMY Rewind | date=9 July 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_c4WKqBsp8 |language=en |access-date=2022-10-09}}</ref> ''[[Later... with Jools Holland]]''<ref>{{Citation |title=Beck Devil's Haircut Later With Jools Holland 1997 | date=February 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvCjWRgZyNY |language=en |access-date=2022-10-09}}</ref> and more. | ||
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| rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/06/27/becks-whimsical-odelay-a-musical-smorgasbord/ |title=Beck's Whimsical 'Odelay' A Musical Smorgasbord |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=June 27, 1996 |access-date=October 24, 2015 |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot}}</ref> | | rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/06/27/becks-whimsical-odelay-a-musical-smorgasbord/ |title=Beck's Whimsical 'Odelay' A Musical Smorgasbord |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=June 27, 1996 |access-date=October 24, 2015 |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot}}</ref> | ||
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | | rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | ||
| rev3score = A−<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1996/06/21/odelay/ |title=''Odelay'' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=June 21, 1996 |access-date=January 29, 2015 |last=Smith |first=Ethan}}</ref> | | rev3score = A−<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1996/06/21/odelay/ |title=''Odelay'' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |issue=332 |date=June 21, 1996 |access-date=January 29, 2015 |last=Smith |first=Ethan |page=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926163740/https://ew.com/article/1996/06/21/odelay/ |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' | | rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' | ||
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Beck: ''Odelay'' (Epic) |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=June 21, 1996 |last=Romney |first=Jonathan}}</ref> | | rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Beck: ''Odelay'' (Epic) |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=June 21, 1996 |last=Romney |first=Jonathan}}</ref> | ||
| rev5 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' | | rev5 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' | ||
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url= | | rev5score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-06-16/entertainment/ca-15488_1_beck-hansen |title=Beck Takes Quirkiness to New, High-Tech Level |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 16, 1996 |access-date=October 24, 2015 |last=Scribner |first=Sara |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917221516/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-06-16/entertainment/ca-15488_1_beck-hansen |archive-date=September 17, 2016 |url-status=deviated}}</ref> | ||
| rev6 = ''[[NME]]'' | | rev6 = ''[[NME]]'' | ||
| rev6score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000088reviews.html |title=Mr Boho Rising |magazine=[[NME]] |date=June 22, 1996 |access-date=August 27, 2015 |last=Cameron |first=Keith |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001016061425/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000088reviews.html |archive-date=October 16, 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | | rev6score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000088reviews.html |title=Mr Boho Rising |magazine=[[NME]] |date=June 22, 1996 |access-date=August 27, 2015 |last=Cameron |first=Keith |page=54 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001016061425/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000088reviews.html |archive-date=October 16, 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | | rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | ||
| rev7score = 9.8/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/beck/odelay.shtml |title=Beck: ''Odelay'' |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=June 1996 |access-date=January 29, 2015 |last=Schreiber |first=Ryan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021003143657/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/beck/odelay.shtml |archive-date=October 3, 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | | rev7score = 9.8/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/beck/odelay.shtml |title=Beck: ''Odelay'' |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=June 1996 |access-date=January 29, 2015 |last=Schreiber |first=Ryan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021003143657/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/beck/odelay.shtml |archive-date=October 3, 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | | rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | ||
| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/odelay-204617/ |title= | | rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/odelay-204617/ |title=Surrealistic Pillar |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=736 |date=June 13, 1996 |access-date=August 27, 2015 |last=Kemp |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Kemp |pages=77–78}}</ref> | ||
| rev9 | | rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' | ||
| rev9score = 10/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dTM_D4UWqXQC&pg=PA87 |title=Beck: ''Odelay'' |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=12 |issue=4 |date=July 1996 |access-date=August 27, 2015 |last=Norris |first=Chris |page=87}}</ref> | |||
| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]'' | |||
| | | rev10score = A−<ref>{{cite news |url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv996-96.php |title=Consumer Guide |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=September 17, 1996 |access-date=January 29, 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref> | ||
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Upon release, ''Odelay'' received almost unanimous critical acclaim. At the [[39th Annual Grammy Awards]] in 1997, it was nominated for the [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and won for [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Music Album]], as well as [[Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance|Best Male Rock Vocal Performance]] for "Where It's At".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/39th-annual-grammy-awards |title=39th Annual GRAMMY Awards |website=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref> ''Odelay'' was named | Upon release, ''Odelay'' received almost unanimous critical acclaim. At the [[39th Annual Grammy Awards]] in 1997, it was nominated for the [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and won for [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Music Album]], as well as [[Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance|Best Male Rock Vocal Performance]] for "Where It's At".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/39th-annual-grammy-awards |title=39th Annual GRAMMY Awards |website=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref> ''Odelay'' was named the best album of the year in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Ten Best Albums |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=752 |date=January 23, 1997 |page=44}}</ref> ''[[The Village Voice]]''{{'}}s [[Pazz & Jop]] critics' poll,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres96.php |title=The 1996 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=February 25, 1997 |access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref> and ''[[NME]]''{{'}}s annual critics poll.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nme.com/features/1996-2-1045366 |title=NME's best albums and tracks of 1996 |magazine=[[NME]] |date=October 10, 2016 |access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref> | ||
In a retrospective review for [[AllMusic]], [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] observed that, like ''Mellow Gold'', ''Odelay'' incorporated elements from various genres, including "[[Folk music|folk]] and [[Country music|country]], [[grunge|grungy]] [[garage rock]], stiff-boned [[electro (music)|electro]], louche [[exotica]], [[Old-school hip hop|old-school rap]] and [[noise rock]]."<ref name="allmusic"/> ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s [[Rob Sheffield]] noted [[punk rock]], [[bossa nova]], [[Latin soul]] and [[Contemporary R&B|mainstream R&B]] as additional influences.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/odelay-deluxe-edition-181875/ |title=''Odelay'' – Deluxe Edition |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 7, 2008 |access-date=January 29, 2015 |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield}}</ref> | In a retrospective review for [[AllMusic]], [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] observed that, like ''Mellow Gold'', ''Odelay'' incorporated elements from various genres, including "[[Folk music|folk]] and [[Country music|country]], [[grunge|grungy]] [[garage rock]], stiff-boned [[electro (music)|electro]], louche [[exotica]], [[Old-school hip hop|old-school rap]] and [[noise rock]]."<ref name="allmusic"/> ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s [[Rob Sheffield]] noted [[punk rock]], [[bossa nova]], [[Latin soul]] and [[Contemporary R&B|mainstream R&B]] as additional influences.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/odelay-deluxe-edition-181875/ |title=''Odelay'' – Deluxe Edition |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 7, 2008 |access-date=January 29, 2015 |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield}}</ref> | ||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
In 1998, [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]] readers voted ''Odelay'' the 51st greatest album of all time.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} It was voted as one of the top 10 pop albums of the 1990s by the music writers of [[The Associated Press]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/Jam1999/top10_cds_ap_dec.html|title=Albums of the 1990s|date=December 24, 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040123100631/http://jamshowbiz.com/Jam1999/top10_cds_ap_dec.html |archive-date=23 January 2004 }}</ref> It was ranked No. 16 in [[Spin (magazine)|''Spin'''s]] "100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005".<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=SPIN 100 Greatest Albums 1985-2005 |date=July 2005 |magazine=SPIN |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p6-UYTO7l1MC&pg=PA75 |last=Itzkoff |first=Dave |page=75 |access-date=July 15, 2024}}</ref> The music website ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' ranked it at No. 19 on their top 100 albums of the 1990s in 2003<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/ |title=Top 100 Albums of the 1990s |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=November 16, 2003 |access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref> and No. 93 in their updated Top 150 list in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-albums-of-the-1990s/ |title=The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked the album No. 306 in their list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 greatest albums of all time]] in 2009,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/beck-odelay-2-33274/ |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=May 31, 2009 |access-date=September 9, 2019}}</ref> and later ranked it No. 424 in the 2023 edition,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/beck-odelay-5-1062809/ |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 31, 2023 |access-date=November 4, 2020}}</ref> as well as No. 9 on its 2019 list of the 100 best albums of the '90s.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-90s-152425/beck-odelay-4-168300/ |title=100 Best Albums of the '90s |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=October 4, 2019 |access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref> Voters in [[Channel 4]]'s 2005 "100 Greatest Albums" poll placed it at No. 73.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |url=https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=3 |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=BestEverAlbums.com |language=en}}</ref> | In 1998, [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]] readers voted ''Odelay'' the 51st greatest album of all time.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} It was voted as one of the top 10 pop albums of the 1990s by the music writers of [[The Associated Press]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/Jam1999/top10_cds_ap_dec.html|title=Albums of the 1990s|date=December 24, 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040123100631/http://jamshowbiz.com/Jam1999/top10_cds_ap_dec.html |archive-date=23 January 2004 }}</ref> It was ranked No. 16 in [[Spin (magazine)|''Spin'''s]] "100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005".<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=SPIN 100 Greatest Albums 1985-2005 |date=July 2005 |magazine=SPIN |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p6-UYTO7l1MC&pg=PA75 |last=Itzkoff |first=Dave |page=75 |access-date=July 15, 2024}}</ref> The music website ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' ranked it at No. 19 on their top 100 albums of the 1990s in 2003<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/ |title=Top 100 Albums of the 1990s |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=November 16, 2003 |access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref> and No. 93 in their updated Top 150 list in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-albums-of-the-1990s/ |title=The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked the album No. 306 in their list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 greatest albums of all time]] in 2009,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/beck-odelay-2-33274/ |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=May 31, 2009 |access-date=September 9, 2019}}</ref> and later ranked it No. 424 in the 2023 edition,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/beck-odelay-5-1062809/ |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 31, 2023 |access-date=November 4, 2020}}</ref> as well as No. 9 on its 2019 list of the 100 best albums of the '90s.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-90s-152425/beck-odelay-4-168300/ |title=100 Best Albums of the '90s |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=October 4, 2019 |access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref> Voters in [[Channel 4]]'s 2005 "100 Greatest Albums" poll placed it at No. 73.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 100 Greatest Music Albums |url=https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=3 |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=BestEverAlbums.com |language=en}}</ref> | ||
In 2000, ''Odelay'' was ranked No. 54 in [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book |title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]] |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |date=2000 |edition=3rd |isbn=0-7535-0493-6 |page=60}}</ref> It was also included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]'' in 2010.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dimery |first1=Robert |last2=Lydon |first2=Michael |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition |date=March 23, 2010 |publisher=Universe |isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}</ref> | In 2000, ''Odelay'' was ranked No. 54 in [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book |title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]] |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |date=2000 |edition=3rd |isbn=0-7535-0493-6 |page=60}}</ref> It was also included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]'' in 2010.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dimery |first1=Robert |last2=Lydon |first2=Michael |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition |date=March 23, 2010 |publisher=Universe |isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}</ref> | ||
==Track listing== | ==Track listing== | ||
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| all_writing = Beck Hansen, [[Dust Brothers|John King and Michael Simpson]], except where noted. | | all_writing = Beck Hansen, [[Dust Brothers|John King and Michael Simpson]], except where noted. | ||
| title1 = [[Devils Haircut]] | | title1 = [[Devils Haircut]] | ||
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*[[Beck|Beck Hansen]] – vocals (1–13), guitar (1–2, 4, 6, 8–12), bass guitar (1–4, 6–12), harmonica (1–2, 6–7), organ (1, 4–6, 8, 10), [[slide guitar]] (2–3), [[clavinet]] (2, 4), [[Moog synthesizer]] (2, 5–6, 9, 12), electric guitar (3, 7), acoustic guitar (3, 7, 13), [[mbira|thumb piano]] (5), drums (5), [[marímbula|rhumba box]] (5), tambourine (5), [[shaker | *[[Beck|Beck Hansen]] – vocals (1–13), guitar (1–2, 4, 6, 8–12), bass guitar (1–4, 6–12), harmonica (1–2, 6–7), organ (1, 4–6, 8, 10), [[slide guitar]] (2–3), [[clavinet]] (2, 4), [[Moog synthesizer]] (2, 5–6, 9, 12), electric guitar (3, 7), acoustic guitar (3, 7, 13), [[mbira|thumb piano]] (5), drums (5), [[marímbula|rhumba box]] (5), tambourine (5), [[shaker (musical instrument)|shakers]] (5), electric piano (6–8), [[xylophone]] (7), [[turntablism|turntables]] (9), [[conga]] (10), [[echoplex]] (12), percussion (12) | ||
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*[[Joey Waronker]] – drums (3, 6, 9, 13), percussion (3, 9, 12–13), [[tubular bells|chimes]] (9) | *[[Joey Waronker]] – drums (3, 6, 9, 13), percussion (3, 9, 12–13), [[tubular bells|chimes]] (9) | ||
*Mike Millius – scream (3) | *Mike Millius – scream (3) | ||
*Paolo Diaz – [[ | *Paolo Diaz – [[tabla]]s (5) | ||
*Mike Boito – clavinet (6), trumpet (8), organ (8, 10, 12) | *Mike Boito – clavinet (6), trumpet (8), organ (8, 10, 12) | ||
*David Brown – saxophone (8) | *David Brown – saxophone (8) | ||
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==Charts== | ==Charts== | ||
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Odelay is the fifth studio album by American musician Beck, released on June 18, 1996, by DGC Records. The album featured several successful singles, including "Where It's At", "Devils Haircut", and "The New Pollution", and peaked at number sixteen on the Billboard 200. As of July 2008, the album had sold 2.3 million copies in the United States, making Odelay Beck's most successful album to date.[1] Since its release, the album has appeared in numerous publications' lists of the greatest of the 1990s and of all time.
Recording
Beck approached Odelay with trepidation. "I thought Odelay might be the last time I got a chance to make a record,” he told Rolling Stone in 2008.[2]
The sessions for what would become Odelay originally began as a subdued, acoustic affair. In 1994, Beck started to record tracks for his follow-up to Mellow Gold with Bong Load producers Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf. Together, they recorded the melancholy album-closer "Ramshackle."[3] He would eventually abandon work with Rothrock and Schnapf, opting to work with the Dust Brothers instead. Most of the album was recorded in 1995 at the Dust Brothers' home recording studio in Silver Lake, Los Angeles.[2] The Dust Brothers' production style was hip-hop-focused but layered; their résumé included work with Beastie Boys, Tone Lōc and Young MC. Their small recording room was filled with records, many of which provided samples for the album.[2]
Title and artwork
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Tour
The promotional tour for the album began in May–June 1996, appearing in several record stores and radio stations in the U.S. Throughout the rest of the year followed numerous U.S. tours and European festival dates.
As the tour continued into 1997, Beck began playing larger venues in America. The tour unofficially ended on September 5, 1997, with a taped band performance at "Sessions at West 54th" in New York,[6] after over 150 shows from July '96 until September '97.[7]
It was on the Odelay tour that Beck earned a wide reputation as an energetic and impeccable performer, and his profile rose after multiple appearances on MTV, The Howard Stern Show,[8] the 1997 Grammys,[9] Later... with Jools Holland[10] and more.
Deluxe edition
On January 29, 2008, Odelay – Deluxe Edition was released. The two-disc set contains the original album, plus 19 B-sides, remixes and previously unreleased songs.[11] The liner notes feature complete lyrics and artwork, as well as an essay from Thurston Moore and the transcript of 15 high school students interviewed by Dave Eggers.[12]
Critical reception
Upon release, Odelay received almost unanimous critical acclaim. At the 39th Annual Grammy Awards in 1997, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and won for Best Alternative Music Album, as well as Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Where It's At".[13] Odelay was named the best album of the year in Rolling Stone,[14] The Village VoiceTemplate:'s Pazz & Jop critics' poll,[15] and NMETemplate:'s annual critics poll.[16]
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine observed that, like Mellow Gold, Odelay incorporated elements from various genres, including "folk and country, grungy garage rock, stiff-boned electro, louche exotica, old-school rap and noise rock."[17] Rolling StoneTemplate:'s Rob Sheffield noted punk rock, bossa nova, Latin soul and mainstream R&B as additional influences.[18]
Legacy
In 1998, Q magazine readers voted Odelay the 51st greatest album of all time.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was voted as one of the top 10 pop albums of the 1990s by the music writers of The Associated Press.[19] It was ranked No. 16 in Spin's "100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005".[20] The music website Pitchfork ranked it at No. 19 on their top 100 albums of the 1990s in 2003[21] and No. 93 in their updated Top 150 list in 2022.[22] Rolling Stone ranked the album No. 306 in their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2009,[23] and later ranked it No. 424 in the 2023 edition,[24] as well as No. 9 on its 2019 list of the 100 best albums of the '90s.[25] Voters in Channel 4's 2005 "100 Greatest Albums" poll placed it at No. 73.[26]
In 2000, Odelay was ranked No. 54 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[27] It was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die in 2010.[28]
Track listing
- Track 13 includes a minute-long hidden track of noise.[29]
Personnel
Credits adapted from 2008 "Deluxe Edition" CD liner notes.[12]
- Beck Hansen – vocals (1–13), guitar (1–2, 4, 6, 8–12), bass guitar (1–4, 6–12), harmonica (1–2, 6–7), organ (1, 4–6, 8, 10), slide guitar (2–3), clavinet (2, 4), Moog synthesizer (2, 5–6, 9, 12), electric guitar (3, 7), acoustic guitar (3, 7, 13), thumb piano (5), drums (5), rhumba box (5), tambourine (5), shakers (5), electric piano (6–8), xylophone (7), turntables (9), conga (10), echoplex (12), percussion (12)
Additional musicians
- Dust Brothers – turntables (1–2, 6, 8, 12), 808 drum machine (6, 12)
- Ross Harris – wizard (2), child (2)
- Joey Waronker – drums (3, 6, 9, 13), percussion (3, 9, 12–13), chimes (9)
- Mike Millius – scream (3)
- Paolo Diaz – tablas (5)
- Mike Boito – clavinet (6), trumpet (8), organ (8, 10, 12)
- David Brown – saxophone (8)
- Money Mark – organ (8)
- Eddie Lopez – outro talking (8)
- Greg Leisz – pedal steel (10)
- Charlie Haden – upright bass (13)
Technical
- Beck Hansen – producer, mixing (1–12); art direction, design
- Dust Brothers – producers, mixing (1–8, 10–12)
- Mario Caldato, Jr. – producer, mixing (9)
- Brian Paulson – producer, mixing (9)
- Tom Rothrock – producer, mixing (13)
- Rob Schnapf – producer, mixing (13)
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Shauna O'Brien – project coordinator
- Robert Fisher – art direction, design
- Ludwig – cover photo
- Nitin Vadukul – Beck photos
- Charlie Gross – Beck photos, collage images
- Alison Dyer – Beck photos
- Manuel Ocampo – inlay paintings, collage images
- Al Hansen – collage images
- Zarim Osborn – collage images
Charts
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