Mellow Gold (400) Artist: Beck Far more than a novelty jester, Beck is a musical anarchist and bummed-out street prophet whose audience will squirm and thrill to the slacker delta blues of 'Whiskeyclone' and urban ... read more
Meteora (Dig) (310) Artist: Linkin Park Linkin Park’s second studio effort (not counting the 2002 remix album Reanimation ) overflows with glossy production values and Big Rock oomph, fully embracing the pop instincts of their ... read more
Midnite Vultures (400) Artist: Beck When Beck mangles folk, hip-hop, country, blues, and lo-fi rock into a unique sonic species, he pays homage to his influences in a way that is utterly entertaining. Indeed, the alt-rock ... read more
Mutations (400) Artist: Beck It's unfortunate how much attention has been paid to how this album was recorded--quickly, without the same level of studio fuss that marked Beck's breakthrough album, Odelay . That's a ... read more
Odelay (400) Artist: Beck Beck brags here that he's 'got two turntables and a microphone.' He also has a sweeping aesthetic that sees no reason why musical allusions to hip-hop, the Beatles, James Brown, punk, Gram ... read more
One Foot in the Grave (400) Artist: Beck Before 'Loser' skyrocketed him into the pop-star stratosphere, Beck recorded this album of lo-fi tunes and ballads in the basement of K Records founder Calvin Johnson. This largely acoustic ... read more
