| Product Summary | | Label: Flipside (revolver) | | UPC: 00759528066028 | | Release Date: 10/10/2000 | | Buy.com Sku: 60429840 | | Item#: MFJLKY | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus) ~ Beck |  | | 2. Rowboat ~ Beck | | | 3. Thunder Peel ~ Beck | | | 4. Waitin' For A Train ~ Beck | | | 5. Spirit Moves Me, The ~ Beck | | | 6. Crystal Clear (Beer) ~ Beck | | | 7. No Money No Honey Pt. 1 - (hidden track) ~ Beck | | | 8. No Money No Honey Pt. 2 ~ Beck | | | 9. 8.6.82 ~ Beck | | | 10. Total Soul Future (Eat It) ~ Beck | | | 11. One Foot In The Grave ~ Beck | | | 12. Aphid Manure Heist Pt. 1 ~ Beck | | | 13. Aphid Manure Heist Pt. 2 - (hidden track) ~ Beck | | | 14. Aphid Manure Heist Pt. 3 - (hidden track) ~ Beck | | | 15. Today Has Been A Fucked Up Day ~ Beck | | | 16. Rollins Power Sauce ~ Beck | | | 17. Puttin It Down ~ Beck | | | 18. 11.6.45 ~ Beck | | | 19. Cut 1/2 Blues ~ Beck | | | 20. Jagermeister Pie ~ Beck | | | 21. Ozzy ~ Beck | | | 22. Dead Wild Cat ~ Beck | | | 23. Satan Gave Me A Taco ~ Beck | | | 24. 8.4.82 ~ Beck | | | 25. Tasergun ~ Beck | | | 26. Modesto ~ Beck | |
| ***Stereopathetic Soulmanure is Beck’s very first recording. Spin hailed it immediately: “His folk music sounds most sincere when he piles on the Star Wars and other galactic funk . . . a far richer album, fitting folk, new wave, and punk together.”
Culled from recording sessions between ’88 and ’94 on live two-track, demo four-track, and 16-track, ending months before the Mellow Gold sessions (which launched him into instant fame with the single “Loser”), this album documents Beck’s first connections with greatness, and it hasn’t eroded one grain in the interim. Stereopathetic is filled with slide guitars, banjo damage, wacked-out country, folk, blues, and endless references to alcohol, broken hearts, and tacos. It captures the spirit of the West in a way that no one had ever done before, wrestled far away from traditional musical convention.
Beck’s status as a cultural icon has offically reached “Voice of a Generation.” The awards keep on coming. The albums keep on selling at incredible rates. He was named “Artist of the Year” by Spin in 1996; for three years in a row (’98 through ’00) he’s won “Best International Male” at the UK Brit Awards; and more recently he snagged “Best Alternative Performance” in the Grammys 2000.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Contains a hidden track "No Money No Honey Pt.1" right before "No Money No Honey Pt. 2 and 2 hidden tracks after "Aphid Manure Heist Pt. 1." | | Personnel includes: Beck (vocals, various instruments, programming); Bobby Hecksher (guitar); Leo Le Blanc (pedal steel); Anna (bass); Lisa, Rachel, Dallas (drums); Johnny Cashmachine (background vocals). | | Recorded between 1988 and 1993. | | When Beck made the major-label deal that resulted in his 1994 debut album MELLOW GOLD, his contract stipulated that he be allowed to release his less commercial projects on indie labels. The tireless troubadour took full advantage, releasing both STEREOPATHETIC SOUL MANURE and ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE in the same year as MELLOW GOLD. Like its companion album ONE FOOT... STEREOPATHETIC SOUL MANURE is a combination of wacky 4-track antics, bizarre electronic sounds, and primitively recorded, postmodern takes on traditional folk/blues styles. | | While many of the cuts are little more than sonic gags and absurdist audio collage (Beck's dada streak goes back to his grandfather, a member of the Fluxus art movement), some memorable songs peek out of the chaos. "Rowboat," a folk/country prayer for redemption, was covered by no less a figure than Johnny Cash. "Today Has Been a Fucked Up Day" could be a folk anthem of existentialism. Though this isn't the best place to encounter Beck's myriad talents, SOUL MANURE accurately represents both Beck's reckless, experimental side and his traditional leanings. |
Engineer: Rusty Cusak; Tom Grimley |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/10/2000 | | Original Release Date : 1994 | | Catalog ID : 660 | | Label : Flipside Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00759528066028 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Spin (12/94, p.104)
- Highly Recommended - "His folk music sounds most sincere when he piles on the star wars and other galactic funk....a far richer album, fitting folk and new wave and blues and punk together..." |
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