Midnite Vultures [Extra tracks] [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Japanese edition of the hit alternative rocker's 1999 album with 'Arabian Nights' added as a bonus track. 12 selections in all, also featuring the single 'Sexxlaws'. 1999 release.

Tracks:

Sexx Laws
Nicotine & Gravy
Mixed Bizness
Get Real Paid
Hlwd. Freaks
Peaches & Cream
Broken Train
Milk & Honey
Beautiful Way
Pressure Zone
Debra

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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 vagabond is responsible for some of the 1990s' most indispensable music. In his lesser moments, however, Beck's attempts at emulating his preceptors fall flat, creating only B-grade versions of the genuine articles. Midnite Vultures splits down the middle between the great Beck and the not-so-great Beck. About half the album gorges on retro pulp fiction, a "Becksploitation," if you will, where his relatively straightforward impersonations shortchange his influences. On the slow-burn soul tracks "Peaches and Cream" and "Debra" or the 808-driven tributary "Hlwd. Freaks," he lacks the pipes, heart, and history to pass as a legitimate double-breasted soul man or old-school rapper. The other half, finding Beck in his element, is exhilarating. His unfaltering studio mastery is especially evident on standouts such as the horn-punched "Sexx Laws," the steamy, slap-bass-blasted "Nicotine and Gravy," and the wah-wah bombast of "Mixed Bizness." The album proves that Beck playing the straight-up funkateer will never match ranks with the raw talents of Marvin Gaye, George Clinton, or Prince, but as long as he adheres to more inventive genre splicing, he remains compelling in his own right. --Beth Massa

Album Details

Special Very Limited CD Digipak.

Customer Reviews:

A different side of Beck.......2007-06-27

This album was designed to be a little more out there than some of his other projects. It's got some great upbeat tunes that will get stuck in your head, but look for Guero or Odelay first.

Terrible.......2007-05-01

I like Beck...a lot. Loved mellow gold, mutations, sea change, guero (showing that I'm cool with his experimenting). This album is just not good. I don't like a single track on the album. It sounds cheap and arranged at the last minute.

One of the worst albums I have ever heard.......2007-03-26

This album is seriously a joke. It has to be a joke, because Beck's voice has no soul. Yeah, it supposed to be funky, but adding ________ noises to a beat that already sounds ambysal is like mixing matches with gasoline.

It's not funky, it dosent have soul, and the album is a turd. I haven't figured out if I like Beck instead. This album has no rythem and is a slapped together lego set that looks liek a piece of _____. If you want real cool music, try Trout Mask Replica instead. Guero was better. I haven't tried anything else, although Paper Tigers didn't sound very promsiing.

Avoid this train wreck. The song Broken Train represents everything this flaming turd is.

One of Beck's finest works!.......2007-02-27

Well what can I say this one of my favorite Beck CD's ever put out. It's great and it can satisfy any one's taste of music. The overall mood of this album is great, party like it's 1999. A great composer, a great album and and great album art to go with it.

Beck's Most Eccentric, Enthralling and Mystifying Disc to Date.......2006-10-20

When lil' Beck Hansen stumbled into stardom with his quirky white-boy raps and sitar-haunts in 1994's "Mellow Gold", none could have foreseen his progression as a musician, entertainer and artist. With "Odelay" Beck molded a compelling stew of rock, country and hip-hop; sampling Bob Dylan and screaming about having a "Devil's Haircut" in his mind. It's a classic to be sure, as is his low-fi, majestic followup; "Mutations". Yet no one could have foreseen what was to come out of Beck's fascinating noggin next...

"Midnite Vultures" is Beck's most adventurous album ever. It is a funk, soul, electronica and rap album all in one. It is loud. It is energetic, and it is the complete polar opposite of its predecessor; "Mutations". After the simple recording process of "Mutations", Beck opted to take his next album completely in his own hands, self-producing the entire record in a custom home studio... and it shows. Beck's manic fantasies of "defying the logic of all sexx laws" and dropping "lobotomy beats" are ideally realized in sheer instrumental complexity and truly mesmerizing vocal presence. It is as if Beck lost himself in the late nights of disco nightclubs, cheap hotels and funky electronica somewhere between the 70's and 80's. Beck bends and bounces his voice like never before (or after) in his career on this album, opting for a laughable yet potent falsetto in the album's most progressive numbers. The songs initially sound so ridiculous that you may think it's a comedy album, and as the album progresses, the pace slows down a tad,and yet it never becomes dull. Repeat listens only further reveal the album's layered complexity and soul.

"Vultures" is difficult to easily describe. It traverses horn-ripping funk, blazing funk guitar and high-pitched Beck falsetto with "Sexx Laws" and "Mixed Bizness". "Get Real Paid" is somewhat of an electronica beat-fest, initially a seemingly repetitive and soulless meld of computer-speak and sexy double-entendres just as it dawns upon a rapid-fire sing-along chorus and a glorious harmony between every component it contains. It's odd yet compelling. Just like "Hollywood Freaks", which is a true departure; a sort of gangsta-rap parody with Beck cheesily rapping about expensive jeans and " hot dogs, no doz and hot sex in back rows". It will attract some listeners and alienate others. "Pressure Zone" and "Peaches and Cream" find Beck in a rockin' mood, while "Beautiful Way", with its building piano melody, country guitar and harmonized vocals, is perhaps the slowest and most heartfelt track on the album. "Debra" ends the party with a bit of a slow-jam, it's funky horns slowly unveil a screaming falsetto from Beck as he muses over gettin' it on with the sister of a chick he met at JC Penny's. It's a fan favorite, and there's a reason for that.

If you are curious, buy it. It is a masterpiece in its own right. Many listeners find it too much a departure and a joke to be considered a worthy effort from the Bard of the Barrio, but repeat listens will mine the glittering gold this album has to offer. It is easily the most fun you shall have singing along with any Beck album and that's for sure! But all jokes aside, "Midnite Vultures" is another reason you can tack on the blackboard attributing Beck as one of the most skilled, visionary and fascinating musicians of our time. It is fun, raucous, complicated and beautiful. It is mystifying, eccentric and addictive. If you like Beck, it is a must-buy... Really, if you like music it is a must-buy. "Midnite Vultures" is a mesmerizing and utter triumph.

(Note) If you are new to Beck, try "Mellow Gold" or "Odelay" first, they make the transition to this album a bit more confusing and fun.

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Midnite Vultures

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ASIN: B0000QX10U
Release Date: 2004-01-13

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arabian nights is ok, but not worth the extra $$$

Midnite Vultures
Beck
Manufacturer: Universal Japan
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ASIN: B00003CX18
Release Date: 1999-12-22

Tracks:

Sexx Laws
Nicotine & Gravy
Mixed Bizness
Get Real Paid
Hollywood Freaks
Peaches & Cream
Broken Train
Milk & Honey
Beautiful Way
Pressure Zone
Debra
Arabian Nights

Album Description

Japanese edition of the hit alternative rocker's 1999 album with 'Arabian Nights' added as a bonus track. 12 selections in all, also featuring the single 'Sexxlaws'. 1999 release.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: Arabian Nights.

Customer Reviews:

arabian nights is ok, but not worth the extra $$$.......2000-06-19

I guess the extra track has the funk, but not much else. Thats what you are really paying extra for is the bonus track. But, nonetheless, if you are a hardcore beck fan, this one's a keeper. But, if your not, just buy the regular cd.

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Midnite Vultures
Beck
Manufacturer: Universal
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000F6YPAK
Release Date: 2006-05-22

Tracks:

Sexx Laws
Nicotine & Gravy
Mixed Bizness
Get Real Paid
Hollywood Freaks
Peaches & Cream
Broken Train
Milk and Honey
Beautiful Way
Pressure Zone
Debra
Arabian Nights [*]

Album Description

Japanese edition of his 1999 album including 'Arabian Nights' a bonus track. The album features such Beck favorites as 'Sexx Laws', 'Hollywood Freaks' and 'Nicotine & Gravy'. 12 tracks Geffen. 2006.

Album Details

Part of the 'my Generation, My Music' Series of Rock Reissues from Universal. Originally Released in 1999. Includes the Bonus Track 'arabian Nights'.

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