Guero by Beck

Pros: Amazing songs, great musical diversity, and entertaining...
Cons: Um. Uh. No.

My relationship with Beck has lasted over a decade. He and I have been through a lot together. We’ve driven down the expressway with windows down and stereo cranked in the summer. We’ve been on the beach together, just he and I, with wet ...

Pros: Uniquely Beck
Cons: The seventh track grated on me for some reason.

*Guero, $9.99 US, finds new father *Beck Hansen in some musically familiar territory – that repurposed pastiche of SoCal Pop Noir that only he can successfully blast onto wax. This much-anticipated album kicks off with E-Pro, a ...

Pros: Great album, quality tracks
Cons: Not as great as previous Beck efforts, The single "E-pro"

Beck Guero Geffen 4 out of 5 Stars Beck is his own breed of musical artist. His music comes from a world of rhythms that many have tried to enter, but no one has truly succeeded. After exploding onto the music scene with his 1994 buzz clip ...

Pros: Beck doing that all-ver-the-place thing he does so well.
Cons: I can't figure out what he says before "girl" in the chorus of "Girl".

Show of hands. How many of you thought that the guy who made "Loser"-the definitive anthem for the slacker generation-would maintain a successful career for a decade? Since his arrival onto the mainstream music scene at the beginning of '94, Beck ...

Pros: Lots of variety; return to Beck's fun side
Cons: Still no Odelay (but he set the bar high with that one)

Beck's past few albums have been successful experiments in delving into other sounds, but with his latest, Guero, Beck has returned to what we've all secretly been wanting from him: deliciously inconsistent goofballery. Yes, ...

Pros: Almost totally faultless from start to finish; simply some terrific songs
Cons: People expecting something identical to 'Odelay' may be a little disappointed

Well, Beck Hansen has done it. He has entered the pantheon of the musical greats with this, his sixth perfect album. Beck has produced some truly spectacular albums over the years, all of them of equally excellent quality, and this addition to his ...

Pros: Some songs are classic Beck, 'Girl' is interesting and new
Cons: Mostly inferior to Odelay and thematically mismatched

You could be forgiven for calling Guero a "return to form." This is exactly the sort of thing reviewers usually mean when they play this card: an artist/band returning to what made him/her/them so beloved in the first place. Problematically, Beck ...

Pros: lots of great songs, variety, writing, and fun!
Cons: a few moments where you might think something isn't as good

Imagine a leaky faucet. You're annoyed already. Does anyone like leaky faucets? It just gets to you too easily. Little drops of water keep splashing in rhythm and you can't do anything about it. Now, what would make it worse is if the water was yours and ...

Pros: Sexy, groove-heavy album, somewhat reminiscent of Odelay, yet stands on its own without comparisons.
Cons: Beck's married.

Much has been made about Beck's supposed return to ironic, sample-heavy Dust Brothery form. But those with a working knowledge of Beck's M.O. since, at least, Odelay , and an affinity for simple pattern recognition will greet Beck's Guero ...

Pros: Hell yes!
Cons: Hell no!

Listening to Guero, Odelay or Mellow Gold is the equivalent of seeing a nerd shuffling through his album collection and picking out his favorite snippets and sections of tracks. But since this is Beck of the land of the one ...

Pros: Very Beck sound, more upbeat, will please almost everyone
Cons: No experimentation/risks, almost feels organized and passive, No classic songs

Beck Hanson has been around for almost veinte años now, and that in itself seems almost amazing for a man who's first attention getting song (MTV MAKES ME WANT TO SMOKE CRACK) and album (MELLOW GOLD) seemed to make him destined for the one-hit ...

Pros: Return to form following 'Sea Change' Standout tracks - 'E-Pro', 'Girl', 'Rental car'
Cons: Some tracks have big similarities between them

In 2002, Beck Hansen wasn’t having the best of times, the primary reason being a split from his long-term girlfriend. The result of this break-up was the album ‘Sea Change’ described by many as ‘melancholy’, ‘beautiful’ and ‘heartfelt’. I just found the ...

Pros: E-Pro. Rental Car.
Cons: Very mellow feel to the album. Many of the songs to close to being rap.

Note: To anyone who thinks this review looks familiar, that is because it was formerly under the account of weisbuesing. This account was comprised of two people, myself being one of them, who have decided to end their partnership and do solo reviews ...

Pros: Great funky sound, interesting throughout
Cons: Too much like Odelay? I think not, some might.

Over ten years ago, a strange avant-folk hipster made his way in to the national spotlight with a ridiculously obscure and catchy song called "Loser." Miraculously, Beck Hansen overcame his seemingly assured one-hit wonder status to become a veritable ...

Pros: + Great beats + Amazing songs, anyone?
Cons: + Occasional slowness. But really. That's it.

Pretty much amazing. Though there are some things that are left to be desired--some songs seem to drag, though perhaps it is just because they become more ambient than the beat-filled Beck I love--this CD is awesome. Highlights: "Que Onda Guero?": ...