Guero

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Since introducing himself to the world in 1994 with his genre-defying, multi-platinum debut,Mellow Gold,Beckhas blazed a path into the future while simultaneously foraging through the past. Throughout his singular career he has utilized all manners and eras of music, blurring boundaries and shattering expectations with each album. From the world-tripping atmospherics of 1998’sMutationsand the florescent funk of 1999’sMidnite Vulturesthrough the somber reflections of 2002’sSea Change, 2005’s platinum tour de forceGueroand 2006’s sprawlingThe Information, noBeckrecord has ever sounded like its predecessor.

In the fall of 2016, UMe will begin to reissueBeck’sentire envelope-pushing DGC/Geffen/Interscope catalog on vinyl, beginning in October with the trifecta of his 1996 Grammy Award-winning game-changer,Odelay, 2002’s beautiful, brokenhearted,Sea Change, and 2005’sGuero, which sawBeckreunite with the Dust Brothers.Sea Changewill be released as a double LP whileGuerowill be made available for the first time ever as a single LP.Mellow Gold,Mutations,Midnight Vultures,The InformationandModern Guiltwill follow at a later date.

Beckkept fans and critics guessing about how he’d follow upSea Changeand in 2005 released the genre-mashingGuerowhich shot to No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 – his highest charting album to date.Beck’seighth album saw him reuniting with theDust Brotherswith an assist from producerTony Hoffer(Midnite Vultures), for a tour de force of Latin rhythms, rhymes, guitars, beats, samples, 8-bit electronics, turntables and vocoder for a fun and freewheeling ride through rock, hip-hop, boss nova, country-blues and soul.

Album opener and lead single, “E-Pro” went to No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart, while “Girl,” “Hell Yes,” “Go It Alone” (featuringJack Whiteon bass) and more became instant fan favorites. The album was a hit with critics as well withNew Yorkmagazine enthusing, “Beck integrates his personae into a fairly seamless whole, and his knack for synthesizing disparate musical elements (hip-hop, robot funk, blues, country, jazz, garage rock, etc.) extends beyond samples and individual tracks. The songs migrate smoothly from one to the next; there aren’t any throwaway numbers to sabotage the album’s momentum; the whole thing coheres,” whileRolling Stonedubbed it “his liveliest and jumpiest music in years.”

1. E-Pro
2. Qu Onda Guero
3. Girl
4. Missing
5. Black Tambourine
6. Earthquake Weather
7. Hell Yes
8. Broken Drum
9. Scarecrow
10. Go It Alone
11. Farewell Ride
12. Rental Car
13. Emergency Exit