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Track Listing
1. Elevator Music
2. Think I'm in Love
3. Cellphone's Dead
4. Strange Apparition
5. Soldier Jane
6. Nausea
7. New Round
8. Dark Star
9. We Dance Alone
10. No Complaints
11. 1000bpm
12. Motorcade
13. Information, The
14. Movie Theme
15. Horrible Fanfare / Landslide / Exoskeleton
| Details | | Producer: | Nigel Godrich | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: DJ Z-Trip, David Campbell , Greg Kurstin, Harvey Mason, James Gadson, Jason Falkner, Joey Waronker, Justin Stanley, Alex Acuna, Nigel Godrich, Roger Manning Jr., Sean Davis, Smokey Hormel, Steve Black, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Brian Lebarton.
Recording information: Ocean Way, Hollywood, California (2006).
Over a decade of criss-crossing genres makes it easy to forget that Beck's first big hit was, essentially, a rap song. It's not surprising, then, that about half of the songs on 2006's THE INFORMATION are some shade of hip-hop dance-floor funk. And while no one's going to mistake Beck for Young Buck, he brings his own brand of intelligent, laid-back confidence to every track, from the stuttering brilliance of "1000 BPM" to the lolling funk of "Elevator Music" to the lo-fi breakbeat grooves of "Cellphone's Dead" to the 10 minutes of atmospheric chill-out that close the album.
But the presence of Nigel Godrich--who produced both the most beloved (MUTATIONS) and underrated (SEA CHANGES) of Beck's albums--insures that this isn't going to be a one-note affair. Godrich shapes the more pop-leaning songs into low-gloss gems, exercising both imagination and restraint: the intensity of "New Round" comes not from big, fancy production but from multiple layers of the same insistent vocal line. "Think I'm in Love" is a sticky little garage-rocker with a hyper bass line, while "Strange Apparition" is a bit of Laurel Canyon folk-rock amidst all the funk & crunk. It's reassuring to know that on his seventh full-length album, neither Beck nor his best collaborator have run out of fresh ideas.
Industry Reviews
3 stars out of 5 -- [I]t's nice to hear the first half of this album continues in na earthy, upbeat and funk vein...
[T]his collision of dirty loops and polished pop is INFORMATION you need.
3 stars out of 5 -- [A]n other-worldly, psychedelic hip hop mix...
[A] swarming, psychedelic set...It's a sonic tour de force, and Beck seems comfortable in the info-storm... -- Grade: A-
Ranked #10 in Spin's The 40 Best Albums of 2006 -- [A] talking-points primer on just about every phase of his career...
3.5 stars out of 5 -- Beck's twitchy pop-funk has rarely come across as this confident. Consider THE INFORMATION his reanimation.
Ranked #24 in Rolling Stone's The Top 50 Albums Of 2006 -- [T]here is a moving clarity to Beck's cleverness...
4 stars out of 4 -- [O]ne of the best albums Beck has ever made....Dense in its rhyme games, rhythmic details and overdub antics.
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