Odelay
Encyclopedia
Odelay is the fifth studio album
by American alternative rock
artist Beck
, originally released on June 18, 1996, by DGC Records
.
After the mainstream success of "Loser", Odelay featured several hit singles
, including "Where It's At
", "Devils Haircut
", and "The New Pollution
". The album peaked at #16 on the Billboard 200
chart and eventually sold over 2 million copies in the United States
. It was also Beck's first hit album in the United Kingdom
, making #17; it has since gone platinum in the UK.
On January 29, 2008, Odelay was reissue
d as a two-disc package featuring a number of bonus tracks. As of July 2008, the album had sold 2.3 million copies in the United States. Since its release, the album has appeared in numerous publications' lists of the greatest records of the 1990s and of all time.
affair. In 1994, Beck started to record tracks for his follow-up to Mellow Gold
with Bong Load producers Tom Rothrock
and Rob Schnapf
. Hansen had recently experienced a number of personal tragedies (including the death of his grandfather, Al Hansen
), and the tone of the songs as well as their production were considerably somber. Only a handful of tracks from these sessions have been released: "Ramshackle", "Feather in Your Cap", and "Brother". All three of these songs are acoustic, sparse, and melancholic, and have a haunting sound very different from the more upbeat, "party" style of Odelay. Beck would eventually return to this Downbeat
style with his 1998 album, Mutations.
He would eventually abandon work with Rothrock and Schnapf, opting to work with the Dust Brothers
instead. The Dust Brothers' production style was notably more upbeat and hip-hop-focused; their résumé included work with Beastie Boys
and Tone Lōc
.
slang
interjection "órale
." The phrase "odelay" is repeated in the lyrics during the outro of the song "Lord Only Knows". However, according to Stephen Malkmus
, the title is actually a play of words on Oh Delay, since the album took very long to record.
The album's unusual cover is a real photo of a Komondor
, a rare Hungarian
breed of dog with thick matted hair. The image was chosen at the last minute after Beck failed to decide on an album cover. The image was presented to him by his girlfriend and was chosen almost out of desperation. The typeface was chosen by a record company worker.
for Album of the Year
and won a Grammy Award
for Best Alternative Music Album
in 1997, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
for "Where It's At'. It was ranked 16 in Spins
"100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005". It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice
Pazz & Jop
critics poll, and also in the NME
's annual critics poll. In 1998, Q magazine
readers voted Odelay the 51st greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 305 on Rolling Stone
magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
. Voters in Channel 4
's 2005 "100 Greatest Albums" poll placed it at number 73. The music website Pitchfork Media
ranked it at #19 on their top 100 albums of the 1990s.
, except where noted.
All tracks produced by Beck Hansen and The Dust Brothers, except where noted.
and the transcript of 15 high school students interviewed by Dave Eggers
.
"Diskobox", which appeared on the original Japanese pressing of Odelay, was not included on the deluxe edition for unknown reasons. The Odelay sessions version of "Debra" (later re-recorded for Midnite Vultures
) is also absent, despite initial rumors to the contrary.
Some of the bonus tracks on the Deluxe Edition (specifically "Deadweight" and "Clock") appear to be from lossy (e.g. MP3
) sources. Some of the tracks included have been altered beyond simple remastering. No official explanation for these changes has been given. Some of these alterations are listed below:
First CD:
Bonus CD:
Disc 1
Disc 2
"Hotwax"
"Lord Only Knows"
"The New Pollution"
"Derelict"
"Novacane"
"Jack-Ass"
"Where It's At"
"Sissyneck"
"Readymade"
"High 5 (Rock the Catskills)"
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by American alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
artist Beck
Beck
Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
, originally released on June 18, 1996, by DGC Records
DGC Records
DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...
.
After the mainstream success of "Loser", Odelay featured several hit singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, including "Where It's At
Where It's At
"Where It's At" is the first single from Beck's 1996 album, Odelay. Beck wrote the song in 1995. He premiered it at Lollapalooza 1995, in a version very similar to its incarnation on Odelay...
", "Devils Haircut
Devils Haircut (song)
- Music video :The music video for the song is directed by Mark Romanek. It features Beck walking through various New York City locations, wearing cowboy attire and carrying a boombox. At some points, the action freezes and the camera zooms in on Beck in tableau...
", and "The New Pollution
The New Pollution
"The New Pollution" is a single by Beck, taken from his album Odelay.-Music video:The music video, directed by Beck himself, features 1960's-style dancing and background...
". The album peaked at #16 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart and eventually sold over 2 million copies in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was also Beck's first hit album in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, making #17; it has since gone platinum in the UK.
On January 29, 2008, Odelay was reissue
Reissue
A reissue is the repeated issue of a published work. In common usage, it refers to an album which has been released at least once before and is released again, sometimes with alterations or additions....
d as a two-disc package featuring a number of bonus tracks. As of July 2008, the album had sold 2.3 million copies in the United States. Since its release, the album has appeared in numerous publications' lists of the greatest records of the 1990s and of all time.
Musical style
The sessions for what would become Odelay originally began as a subdued, acousticAcoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
affair. In 1994, Beck started to record tracks for his follow-up to Mellow Gold
Mellow Gold
Mellow Gold is the third studio album by American alternative rock musician Beck, as well as his major label debut. Mellow Gold was released on March 1, 1994 on the strength of the surprise hit "Loser"...
with Bong Load producers Tom Rothrock
Tom Rothrock
Tom Rothrock is an international record producer, composer and musician. Tom Rothrock has produced albums with James Blunt, Badly Drawn Boy, R. L. Burnside, Yonder Mountain String Band, Athlete, Sloan and Roman Carter....
and Rob Schnapf
Rob Schnapf
Rob Schnapf is an American record producer and musician. He was the co-producer of Elliott Smith's albums Either/Or, XO , Figure 8 and From a Basement on the Hill, for which he was recruited by Smith's family to complete after Smith's death.Schnapf, along with Rothrock and partner...
. Hansen had recently experienced a number of personal tragedies (including the death of his grandfather, Al Hansen
Al Hansen
Alfred Earl "Al" Hansen was an American artist considered as one of the most important Fluxus figures. He was a Norwegian American....
), and the tone of the songs as well as their production were considerably somber. Only a handful of tracks from these sessions have been released: "Ramshackle", "Feather in Your Cap", and "Brother". All three of these songs are acoustic, sparse, and melancholic, and have a haunting sound very different from the more upbeat, "party" style of Odelay. Beck would eventually return to this Downbeat
Beat (music)
The beat is the basic unit of time in music, the pulse of the mensural level . In popular use, the beat can refer to a variety of related concepts including: tempo, meter, rhythm and groove...
style with his 1998 album, Mutations.
He would eventually abandon work with Rothrock and Schnapf, opting to work with the Dust Brothers
Dust Brothers
The Dust Brothers are the Los Angeles, California based, Grammy Award winning producers, E.Z. Mike and King Gizmo , famous for their sample-based music in the 1980s and 1990s, and specifically for their work on the albums Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys, Odelay by Beck, and the soundtrack to...
instead. The Dust Brothers' production style was notably more upbeat and hip-hop-focused; their résumé included work with Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
and Tone Lōc
Tone Lōc
Anthony Terrell Smith , better known by his stage name Tone Lōc, is an American rapper and actor.-Early life and career:...
.
Title and artwork
The title is a phonetic English rendering of the MexicanMexican Spanish
Mexican Spanish is a version of the Spanish language, as spoken in Mexico and in various places of Canada and the United States of America, where there are communities of Mexican origin....
slang
Slang
Slang is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's language or dialect but are considered more acceptable when used socially. Slang is often to be found in areas of the lexicon that refer to things considered taboo...
interjection "órale
Órale
Órale is a common interjection in Mexican slang with varying connotations, including an affirmation that something is impressive, an agreement with a statement , or a simple greeting...
." The phrase "odelay" is repeated in the lyrics during the outro of the song "Lord Only Knows". However, according to Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Joseph Malkmus is an indie rock musician and icon, and a member of the band Pavement. He currently performs with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks.-Early years:...
, the title is actually a play of words on Oh Delay, since the album took very long to record.
The album's unusual cover is a real photo of a Komondor
Komondor
The Komondor is a large, white-colored Hungarian breed of livestock guardian dog with a long, corded coat....
, a rare Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
breed of dog with thick matted hair. The image was chosen at the last minute after Beck failed to decide on an album cover. The image was presented to him by his girlfriend and was chosen almost out of desperation. The typeface was chosen by a record company worker.
Reception
Odelay was nominated for the Grammy AwardGrammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Album of the Year
Grammy Award for Album of the Year
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammys. It has been awarded since 1959 and though it was originally presented to the artist alone, the award is now presented to the artist, the producer, the engineer and/or mixer and the mastering engineer...
and won a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Alternative Music Album
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums in the alternative rock genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards...
in 1997, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to male recording artists for works containing quality vocal performances in the rock music genre...
for "Where It's At'. It was ranked 16 in Spins
Spin (magazine)
Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...
"100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005". It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
Pazz & Jop
Pazz & Jop
The Pazz & Jop critics' poll is a poll of music critics run by The Village Voice newspaper. It is compiled every year from the top ten lists of hundreds of music critics...
critics poll, and also in the NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
's annual critics poll. In 1998, Q magazine
Q (magazine)
Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...
readers voted Odelay the 51st greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 305 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is the title of a 2003 special issue of American magazine Rolling Stone, and a related book published in 2005.Related news articles:...
. Voters in Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's 2005 "100 Greatest Albums" poll placed it at number 73. The music website Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
ranked it at #19 on their top 100 albums of the 1990s.
Original issue
All songs written by Beck, John King and Michael SimpsonDust Brothers
The Dust Brothers are the Los Angeles, California based, Grammy Award winning producers, E.Z. Mike and King Gizmo , famous for their sample-based music in the 1980s and 1990s, and specifically for their work on the albums Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys, Odelay by Beck, and the soundtrack to...
, except where noted.
All tracks produced by Beck Hansen and The Dust Brothers, except where noted.
- "Devils Haircut" – 3:14
- "Hotwax" – 3:49
- "Lord Only Knows" (Beck Hansen) – 4:14
- "The New PollutionThe New Pollution"The New Pollution" is a single by Beck, taken from his album Odelay.-Music video:The music video, directed by Beck himself, features 1960's-style dancing and background...
" – 3:39 - "Derelict" – 4:12
- "Novacane" – 4:37
- "Jack-AssJack-Ass (song)"Jack-Ass" is a single by Beck, taken from the album Odelay. The song is based on a sample of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", performed by Them, from their 1966 album Them Again....
" – 4:11 - "Where It's AtWhere It's At"Where It's At" is the first single from Beck's 1996 album, Odelay. Beck wrote the song in 1995. He premiered it at Lollapalooza 1995, in a version very similar to its incarnation on Odelay...
" – 5:30 - "Minus" (Beck Hansen) – 2:32
- Produced by Beck Hansen, Mario Caldato Jr. and Brian Paulson.
- "SissyneckSissyneck"Sissyneck" is a single by Beck, taken from the album Odelay. For the bass line of the song, the Dust Brothers sampled "A Part of Me" by the band Country Funk. The whistling in the introduction comes from The Moog and Me by Dick Hyman. The organ line is from "Life" by Sly & the Family Stone...
" – 3:52 - "Readymade" – 2:37
- "High 5 (Rock the Catskills)" – 4:10
- "Ramshackle" (Beck Hansen) – 7:29
- Produced by Tom Rothrock and Tom Schnapf.
- Includes a hidden track called "Computer Rock"
- Some non-U.S. versions contain "Diskobox" and/or "Clock" as bonus tracks.
Deluxe Edition
On January 29, 2008, Odelay - Deluxe Edition was released. The two-disc set contains the original album, plus 19 b-sides, remixes and previously unreleased songs. The liner notes feature complete lyrics and artwork as well as an essay from Thurston MooreThurston Moore
Thurston Joseph Moore is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside of Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label...
and the transcript of 15 high school students interviewed by Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is known for the best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and for his more recent work as a screenwriter. He is also the co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia.-Life:Eggers was born in Boston, Massachusetts,...
.
"Diskobox", which appeared on the original Japanese pressing of Odelay, was not included on the deluxe edition for unknown reasons. The Odelay sessions version of "Debra" (later re-recorded for Midnite Vultures
Midnite Vultures
Midnite Vultures is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock artist Beck, released in November 1999 by Geffen Records...
) is also absent, despite initial rumors to the contrary.
Some of the bonus tracks on the Deluxe Edition (specifically "Deadweight" and "Clock") appear to be from lossy (e.g. MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
) sources. Some of the tracks included have been altered beyond simple remastering. No official explanation for these changes has been given. Some of these alterations are listed below:
First CD:
- - "Hotwax" has a more double tracked vocal during the verses
- - "The New Pollution" has the same synthesized beeps from the original version, but played at a different pitch
- - "Sissyneck" has a slightly extended 'breakdown' part at around 2:00
Bonus CD:
- - "Thunderpeel" is reduced to mono from the regular stereo version
- - "Electric Music And The Summer People" is an alternate mix
- - "Erase the Sun" runs at a faster speed (the original may be slowed down)
- - "Trouble All My Days" is reduced to mono from the regular stereo version
- "Devils Haircut" - 3:15
- "Hotwax" - 3:49
- "Lord Only Knows" - 4:15
- "The New PollutionThe New Pollution"The New Pollution" is a single by Beck, taken from his album Odelay.-Music video:The music video, directed by Beck himself, features 1960's-style dancing and background...
" - 3:39 - "Derelict" - 4:13
- "Novacane" - 4:37
- "Jack-AssJack-Ass (song)"Jack-Ass" is a single by Beck, taken from the album Odelay. The song is based on a sample of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", performed by Them, from their 1966 album Them Again....
" - 4:12 - "Where It's AtWhere It's At"Where It's At" is the first single from Beck's 1996 album, Odelay. Beck wrote the song in 1995. He premiered it at Lollapalooza 1995, in a version very similar to its incarnation on Odelay...
" - 5:30 - "Minus" - 2:32
- "SissyneckSissyneck"Sissyneck" is a single by Beck, taken from the album Odelay. For the bass line of the song, the Dust Brothers sampled "A Part of Me" by the band Country Funk. The whistling in the introduction comes from The Moog and Me by Dick Hyman. The organ line is from "Life" by Sly & the Family Stone...
" - 3:57 - "Readymade" - 2:37
- "High 5 (Rock the Catskills)" - 4:11
- "Ramshackle" - 4:47
- "Hidden Track (Computer Rock)" - 0:43
- "DeadweightDeadweight (song)"Deadweight" is a single by Beck, taken from the soundtrack to the film A Life Less Ordinary. The song was nominated for Best Song from a Movie at the 1998 MTV Movie Awards, but lost out to Will Smith's "Men in Black". The song can also be found on the Deluxe Edition of Odelay.-Music video:This...
" - 6:12 - "Inferno" (previously unreleased) - 7:03
- "Gold Chains" (previously unreleased) - 4:59
Disc 2
- "Where It's At" (U.N.K.L.E. remix) - 12:26
- "Richard's Hairpiece" (remix by Aphex TwinAphex TwinRichard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...
) - 3:19 - "American Wasteland" (remix by Mickey P.) - 2:42
- "Clock" - 3:17
- "Thunderpeel" - 2:40
- Different version than the one on Stereopathetic SoulmanureStereopathetic SoulmanureStereopathetic Soulmanure is the second studio album by American alternative rock musician Beck, released on Flipside in 1994, a week before the appearance of his Geffen debut Mellow Gold. The album comprises mostly home demos, live performances, and abstract noise experiments...
.
- Different version than the one on Stereopathetic Soulmanure
- "Electric Music and the Summer People" - 4:38
- "Lemonade" - 2:21
- "SA-5" - 1:53
- "Feather in Your Cap" - 3:46
- "Erase the Sun" - 2:56
- Sped up from the originally released length of 3:16.
- "000.000" - 5:25
- "Brother" - 4:47
- "Devil Got My WomanDevil Got My WomanDevil Got My Woman is an album by American blues singer Skip James, released in 1968. It was his last record before his death in 1969.-Reception:...
" - 4:34 - "Trouble All My Days" - 2:25
- "Strange Invitation" - 4:06
- "Burro" - 3:13
Sampled music
"Devil's Haircut"- "I Can Only Give You Everything" by the MC5MC5The MC5 is an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan and originally active from 1964 to 1972. The original band line-up consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson...
(Re-played by Beck) - "Out of Sight" by ThemThem (band)Them were a Northern Irish band formed in Belfast in April 1964, most prominently known for the garage rock standard "Gloria" and launching singer Van Morrison's musical career...
- "Soul Drums" by Pretty Purdie.
"Hotwax"
- "Song for Aretha" by Pretty Purdie
- "Dookey Shoe" by Rasputin's Stash
- "Universal Rhythms" by MandrillMandrill (band)Mandrill is an American funk band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1968. The band was formed by three brothers: Carlos Wilson , Lou Wilson and Ric Wilson . The brothers were born in Panama and grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn...
"Lord Only Knows"
- "Lookout for Lucy" by Mike Millius
- "When It Comes" by Edgar WinterEdgar WinterEdgar Holland Winter is an American musician. He is famous for being a multi-instrumentalist. He is a highly skilled keyboardist, saxophonist and percussionist. He often plays an instrument while singing. He was most successful in the 1970s with his band, The Edgar Winter Group, notably with their...
"The New Pollution"
- "Venus" by Joe ThomasJoe Thomas-Cleveland Browns:Thomas signed a 6-year contract worth $43 million, $23 million guaranteed, including a voidable year, with the Browns. Thomas won the starting left tackle job, with previous Browns left tackle Kevin Shaffer moving to right tackle. He made his NFL debut versus the Pittsburgh...
"Derelict"
- "I Just Want to Celebrate" by Rare EarthRare Earth (band)Rare Earth is an American rock band affiliated with Motown's Rare Earth record label , who prospered in 1970-1972. Although not the first white band signed to Motown, Rare Earth was the first big hit-making act signed by Motown that consisted only of white members...
.
"Novacane"
- "Get Up and Dance" by FreedomFreedom (band)Freedom was a psychedelic rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, formed initially by members of Procol Harum.Ray Royer and Bobby Harrison, who had performed on the hit Procol Harum single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", were kicked out of the Harum by vocalist Gary Brooker, and replaced by...
"Jack-Ass"
- "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" by ThemThem (band)Them were a Northern Irish band formed in Belfast in April 1964, most prominently known for the garage rock standard "Gloria" and launching singer Van Morrison's musical career...
"Where It's At"
- "Sex for Teens (Where It's At)" by Dr. Stanley Z. Adams
- "Needle to the Groove" by MantronixMantronixMantronix was an influential 1980s hip hop and electro funk music group founded by DJ Kurtis Mantronik , and rapper MC Tee...
- "I Don't Care If U Disrespect Me (Just So You Love Me)" by The FrogsThe Frogs (band)The Frogs are an American rock music band founded in 1980, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion. The brothers mainly write and perform short, catchy pop songs, but they are also known for their improvised home recordings which are delivered in a comedic style, and often...
- "Military Scratch - Scratch Mix" by Grand Wizard TheodoreGrand Wizard TheodoreGrand Wizzard Theodore , is an American hip hop DJ. He is widely credited as the inventor of scratching.Born Theodore Livingston in Bronx, New York, his brother, Mean Gene, was Theodore's mentor, and began teaching him DJing before Theodore was even a teen...
- "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Lee DorseyLee DorseyLee Dorsey was an African American pop/R&B singer during the 1960s. Much of his work was produced by Allen Toussaint with instrumental backing provided by the Meters.-Career:...
"Sissyneck"
- "The Moog and Me" by Dick HymanDick HymanRichard “Dick” Hyman is an American jazz pianist/keyboardist and composer, best-known for his versatility with jazz piano styles. Over a 50 year career, he has functioned as pianist, organist, arranger, music director, and, increasingly, as composer...
- "A Part of Me" by Country Funk
- "Life" by Sly & The Family StoneSly & the Family StoneSly and the Family Stone were an American rock, funk, and soul band from San Francisco, California. Active from 1966 to 1983, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk, and psychedelic music...
"Readymade"
- "Desafinado" by Laurindo AlmeidaLaurindo AlmeidaLaurindo Almeida was a Brazilian virtuoso guitaristand composer who made many recordings of enduring impact in classical, jazz and Latin genres...
and The Bossa Nova All Stars
"High 5 (Rock the Catskills)"
- Symphony no. 8 "Unfinished"Symphony No. 8 (Schubert)Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B minor , commonly known as the "Unfinished Symphony" , D.759, was started in 1822 but left with only two movements known to be complete, even though Schubert would live for another six years. A scherzo, nearly completed in piano score but with only two pages...
(first movement) by Franz SchubertFranz SchubertFranz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music... - "Mr. Cool" by Rasputin's Stash
- Part of the noise section of "Novacane" can be heard.
- "Inside-Looking OutInside-Looking Out"Inside-Looking Out", often written "Inside Looking Out", is a 1966 single by The Animals. It was a substantial hit in their native land, reaching number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, number 21 in Canada, but was at best a minor hit in the United States, reaching number 34 on the U.S...
" by Grand Funk RailroadGrand Funk RailroadGrand Funk Railroad is an American rock band that was highly popular during the 1970s. Grand Funk Railroad toured constantly to packed arenas worldwide. A popular take on the band during its heyday was that, although the critics hated them, audiences loved them...
Personnel
- BeckBeckBeck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
– organ, acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica, percussion, celeste, drums, electric guitar, keyboards, electric piano, vocals, clavinet, slide guitar, art direction, design, mixing, producer - Mike Boito – organ, trumpet
- Mario Caldato, Jr. – producer, mixing
- Charlie HadenCharlie HadenCharles Edward Haden is an American jazz musician. He is a double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman...
– bass - Greg LeiszGreg LeiszGreg Leisz is an American multi-instrumentalist, playing lap and pedal steel guitars, guitar, mandolin, and bass.- Biography :Leisz was influenced early on by the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers, especially pedal steel player "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow...
– pedal steel - Bob LudwigBob LudwigBob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....
– mastering, photography - Mike Millius – screams
- Brian PaulsonBrian PaulsonBrian Paulson is a musician, record producer and audio engineer from Minnesota, best known for recording albums by Slint, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt and Wilco....
– producer, mixing - Tom RothrockTom RothrockTom Rothrock is an international record producer, composer and musician. Tom Rothrock has produced albums with James Blunt, Badly Drawn Boy, R. L. Burnside, Yonder Mountain String Band, Athlete, Sloan and Roman Carter....
– producer, mixing - Rob SchnapfRob SchnapfRob Schnapf is an American record producer and musician. He was the co-producer of Elliott Smith's albums Either/Or, XO , Figure 8 and From a Basement on the Hill, for which he was recruited by Smith's family to complete after Smith's death.Schnapf, along with Rothrock and partner...
– producer, mixing - Joey WaronkerJoey WaronkerJoseph "Joey" Waronker is an American drummer and music producer. He is the son of record producer Lenny Waronker and singer/actress Donna Loren; his younger sister is musician Anna Waronker; and his grandfather is record executive and professional violinist Simon Waronker. He has three other...
– percussion, drums - Dust BrothersDust BrothersThe Dust Brothers are the Los Angeles, California based, Grammy Award winning producers, E.Z. Mike and King Gizmo , famous for their sample-based music in the 1980s and 1990s, and specifically for their work on the albums Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys, Odelay by Beck, and the soundtrack to...
– producer, mixing - Robert Fisher – art direction, design
- Nitin Vadukul – photography
- Zarim Osborn – artwork, collageCollageA collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
- Al HansenAl HansenAlfred Earl "Al" Hansen was an American artist considered as one of the most important Fluxus figures. He was a Norwegian American....
– artwork, collage - Shauna O'BrienShauna O'BrienShauna O'Brien is a model, actress in B-movies and an erotic actress.She is sometimes credited as Steve Jean, Shana O'Brien or Shawna O'Brien....
– coordination, production coordination - Manuel OcampoManuel OcampoManuel Ocampo is a Filipino artist. His work fuses sacred Baroque religious iconography with secular political narrative. His works draw upon a wide range of art historical references, contain cartoonish elements, and draw inspiration from punk subculture.-Background:Manuel Ocampo was born in the...
– artwork, paintings, collage - David Brown – saxophone
- Ross HarrisRoss HarrisRichard R. Harris , better known by his nickname, Rossie Harris is an American actor, artist, and musician.-Acting career:...
(The Enchanting Wizard of Rhythm) - David Campbell - arranger
- Brian Hewitt (DJ Smash) - turntables