2006-10-30
Approximately 1,000 albums later, Beck still has it. Well, he’s got something at least, it’s just definitely matured. This album is jam-packed with as much sound as Mr. Hansen could possibly stuff in it. The Information is a much more groove-based album than Sea Change or even the underrated Guero. Out of all his past albums, the most comparable would be Midnite Vultures, but even that doesn’t do it justice. His beats, grooves, hooks, and rhymes come alive as he goes back to the “junkyard pop”; he certainly explores his talents and tests the boundaries of music in his latest, and in my mind, one of his greatest, albums. Almost all the tracks are solidly playable, but some that stick out are 2 “Think I’m In Love,” 4 “Strange Apparition,” 9 “We Dance Alone,” 10 “No Complaints,” and the title track 13 “The Information.” -Jake BurrittNick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
THE NAYSAYERS
Come Into Focus
A. SINCLAIR
Pretty Girls EP
THE BRIDGE
BLIND MAN'S HILL
THE POSTMARKS
The Postmarks
Jamie Leonhart
The Truth About Suffering
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