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by: Beck

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Average Rating: Rating: - The young acoustic Beck One Foot In The Grave is a taste of what Beck & friends played in the early days before Mellow Gold & Odelay although "Ramshackle" from Odelay could have easily been on One Foot In The Grave. All of the songs arem played with more or less simple instruments, and the lyrics are poetic, intangled and sometimes down right weird. There is also a great change of mood throughout the cd. The song "Burnt Orange Peel" and "Ziplock Bag" are examples of boyish fun and chaos, while "See Water" is most depressing and slow. But Beck also uses music types such as Delta Blues, Appalachian Folk and other old traditionel American music styles and he mixes them with new and fresh lyrics. This cd might not be totally proffesionel and up to trot (in "Outcome" you can hear someone coughning in the background) but it's totally original and enjoyable, it's a cd one can always come back to and listen again and again. Rating: - Great Beck Enough can't be said about the amazingly cheap sound this CD has. When I bought it the only Beck I had heard was Odelay, Mutations and Midnite Vultures and was more or less shocked at the quality of recording. It was recorded (probably on a 4-track) in a basement and sounds like it. That being said, this is a great album full of all the great, heartfelt, weird lyrics and creative instrumentation that marks Beck as a musical genius. Any Beck fan should have this CD if for nothing more than background to his later greater works. If you're not a Beck fan, you'd be better advised to grab a more "made for mainstream" album with curbed edges like Odelay or Midnite Vultures for an introductory album. Rating: - worth the price of admission for Cyanide Breathmint alone 1 Foot is a record w/ a lot of soul that should appeal to a lot of people & not be pigeonholed as 'merely an indie record' not worthy of promotion. Largely acoustic except for the more electrified stomp of Burnt Orange Peel ["I got work to do" 1 minute, "I got time on my hands" the next] & the squeal of Ziplock bag. Sleeping Bag, Painted Eyelids & Girl of My Dreams are all as charming as any other song ever written. Cyanide Breathmint is an especially beautiful view of life, "when they want you to cry leap into the sky, when they suck yr mind, like a pigeon you'll fly, I know I know it's the positive people running from their times looking for some feeling" seemingly unrelated to the title. A couple of the tunes here, the opener & I've seen the Land Beyond are actually traditional folky tunes which sit well w/ Bek's originals. The title track is of course not here but a highlight of the more chaotic but equally worthy Stereopathetic Soul Manure. I recommend both albums & Mellow Gold & if you can find it the It's All in yr mind single from these same sessions. Other players here include Calvin Johnson, Sam Jayne & Chris Ballew. swingin' in yr swing...

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