POLL Beck albums in the '00s.

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His last great full-album hurrah was probably Midinite Vultures in 1999, but he's still been on his game at points throughout the last ten years. Which album you like?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Sea Change	24
Guero	8
The Information	5
Modern Guilt	2

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 16:30 (fifteen years ago)

Sea Change, even though I don't think there are too many on ILM that share my love for that album. Guero probably a very close second with The Information not terribly far behind. That last one though? Stunk up the place.

― 3 mods 1 banhammer (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 16:35 (fifteen years ago)

I liked Sea Change a lot more at the time than I do now, it seems. Melancholy Beck has a shelf life, I guess. Guero probably takes it for me... best combo of weirdness and pop sense without going completely over the edge (which is where The Information goes). Modern Guilt isn't all bad, but it definitely drags in spots.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 16:37 (fifteen years ago)

sea change by a mile as far as that lot goes. in fact 'lonesome tears' is up there with my very favourite beck tunes.

― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 16:42 (fifteen years ago)

Sea Change v. The Information for me. Sea Change is a more solid album, but I love a handful of songs on The Information, especially the woozy, piano-driven, 70s West-Coast rock-sounding Strange Apparition.

― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 8 September 2009 17:25 (fifteen years ago)

I love Guero to death.

― Photo needs a Jamiroquai hat (HI DERE), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 17:26 (fifteen years ago)

Sea Change

Came at a really appropriate time for me

― gman59, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 17:31 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 13 September 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Guero. Put off Sea Change by his acting like a monumental prick when I interviewed him at the time - it strikes me as a pastiche of a heartbreak record rather than the real thing, albeit with some extraordinarily gorgeous arrangements. I suspect I might be the only person in the world other than Beck or Danger Mouse who loved Modern Guilt.

― Dorian (Dorianlynskey), Monday, 14 September 2009 19:48 (fifteen years ago)

Nah, my friend Charles likes Modern Guilt a lot too. I'm not wild about it, but I do really like a few of the songs.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 September 2009 19:51 (fifteen years ago)

i can't even remembering listening to the Information (which i probably did anyway)

Guero was sorta fun.

― Ludo, Monday, 14 September 2009 19:56 (fifteen years ago)

Sea Change was my favorite Beck album for years, one of those albums that comes out right when you're looking for something that sounds exactly like it—the creation and fulfillment of a desire at the same moment. The same thing happened with Kid A for me. Now that I've had a few years to get out of that head space, it's not nearly as genius as I thought it was then, but it's still by far my favorite Millennial Beck.

― Giorgio Marauder (I eat cannibals), Monday, 14 September 2009 21:52 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 14 September 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Didn't see this poll, but I am content with the result :)

― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Monday, 14 September 2009 23:53 (fifteen years ago)

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