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Tracklist
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▼ CD 1 | |||
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# | Title | Rating | Length |
1 | Totally Confused
| 3 | 3:31 |
2 | Halo of Gold
| 3 | 4:29 |
3 | Burro
| 3 | 3:13 |
4 | Brother
| 3 | 4:48 |
5 | Lemonade | 3 | 2:24 |
6 | Electric Music and the Summer People
| 3.5 | 3:35 |
7 | Clock
| 4 | 3:19 |
8 | Feather in Your Cap
| 3 | 3:46 |
Credits
CD 1
acoustic guitar, bass guitar and piano: | |
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bass guitar: | Justin Meldal‐Johnsen (tracks 2, 6) |
membranophone: | |
organ, piano and synthesizer: | Roger Joseph Manning Jr.(power pop/electronic musician, sometimes credited simply as Roger Manning) (track 6) |
guitar and keyboard: | |
guitar, organ, sitar and synthesizer: | Beck Hansen (track 6) |
bass, guitar and piano: | |
percussion and timpani: | Joey Waronker (track 6) |
keyboard: | Roger Joseph Manning Jr.(power pop/electronic musician, sometimes credited simply as Roger Manning) (track 2) |
background vocals: | Roger Joseph Manning Jr.(power pop/electronic musician, sometimes credited simply as Roger Manning) (track 6) |
co-producer: | |
composer: | Beck Hansen (tracks 1, 8) |
engineer: | Beck Hansen (track 2) |
guest violin: | Petra Haden (track 1) |
guest membranophone: | |
guest keyboard: | Roger Joseph Manning Jr.(power pop/electronic musician, sometimes credited simply as Roger Manning) (track 2) |
guest background vocals: | Rachel Haden (track 1) |
guest performer: | Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano (track 3) |
lyricist: | Alexander “Skip” Spence (track 2) |
producer: | Rob Schnapf (tracks 4, 8) |
programming: | Beck Hansen (track 2) |
recording engineer: | Joe Chiccarelli (track 3) |
vocals: | |
writer: | John King(US producer, The Dust Brothers) (tracks 3, 7) Mike Simpson(member of The Dust Brothers) (tracks 3, 7) |
publisher: | Cyanide Breathmint (track 1) |
mash-ups: | Clock Beat by Panzah Zandahz (track 7) |
cover recording of: | |
recording of: | Burro (track 3) Feather in Your Cap (track 8) |
Release
ASIN: | JP: B00004SZLT[info] |
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Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/1395865[info] |
Beck's Japanese eight-song B-sides collection Stray Blues is a short but sweet reminder of all the different sounds and styles he's capable of embodying and combining. It's especially refreshing after the somewhat forced, funk-soul-brotha vibe of Midnite Vultures to hear reflective, stoner-folk epics like 'Totally Confused' (which features three-quarters of That Dog on violin and backing vocals), 'Brother,' and 'Feather in Your Cap' next to noisy workouts like 'Lemonade,' the deadpan hipster-hop of 'Clock,' and a surprisingly straight mariachi version of 'Burro.' His groovy, Odelay-style pastiche is in full effect on the '60s pop send-up 'Electric Music and the Summer People' and the rambling, ultra-psychedelic cover of Skip Spence's 'Halo of Gold,' which originally appeared on the Spence tribute More Oar. Impressively, most of these songs were recorded years apart from each other and with different musicians, but Stray Blues holds together nearly as well as any of Beck's proper albums, proving that he's at his best when he's at his most eclectic. The album's Japanese-only release (and corresponding priceyness) is frustrating because Stray Blues deserves to be heard by more people than just die-hard fans (who may already own most of this material anyway). Not only is this collection a reminder of Beck's impressive diversity but of how necessary a domestic B-sides collection is to his discography.
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream |
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1 | 03:30 | Amazon | ||
2 | 04:29 | Amazon | ||
3 | 03:13 | Amazon | ||
4 | 04:48 | Amazon | ||
5 | 02:23 | Amazon | ||
6 | 03:35 | Amazon | ||
7 | 03:19 | Amazon | ||
8 | 03:45 | Amazon |