Mellow Gold
by Beck

Album
Mellow Gold by Beck
Year: 1994
Release date: 1994-03-01
Overall rank: 1,376th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 552 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1994 (38th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (241st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,376th)

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Beck bestography

Mellow Gold is ranked 5th best out of 22 albums by Beck on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Beck is Odelay which is ranked number 266 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,047.

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Mellow Gold track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Track pick (890 - 273 votes)
Loser
Average Rating: 89 (273 votes)Comments: View 5
2.
Pay No Mind (Snoozer)
Average Rating: 83 (96 votes)Comments: View 1
3.
Fuckin' With My Head (Mountain Dew Rock)
Average Rating: 83 (94 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
Whiskeyclone, Hotel City 1997
Average Rating: 78 (81 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Soul Suckin' Jerk
Average Rating: 77 (78 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Truckdrivin' Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat)
Average Rating: 79 (83 votes)Comments: View 1
7.
Sweet Sunshine
Average Rating: 72 (78 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
Beercan
Average Rating: 84 (94 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Steal My Body Home
Average Rating: 78 (79 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Nitemare Hippy Girl
Average Rating: 79 (81 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
Mutherfuker
Average Rating: 75 (78 votes)Comments: View 0
12.
Blackhole
Average Rating: 82 (83 votes)Comments: View 0

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Mellow Gold rankings

Mellow Gold rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,376th | 1990s rank: 241st | 1994 rank: 38th  Overall chart history
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 !		09/04/2026 18:19 xhitmanx  Ratings distribution  1,60475/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.


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From BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements
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75/100
From 10/25/2025 22:37 | #311475
One that can take a while to warm to. An Alt Grunge Folk hybrid. 'Loser' is worth the admission price alone though. (Edited)
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From 10/06/2025 10:26 | #311226
Album Rating: 74.75
(897/12)

01.03.1994

Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Mellow Gold

Like most of Beck's albums (even Odelay) there is some shite to wade through amongst the brilliance.

1.Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Loser 94
2.Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Pay No Mind (Snoozer) 81
3.Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Fuckin' With My Head (Mountain Dew Rock) 70
4.Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Whiskeyclone, Hotel City 1997. 85
5.Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Soul Suckin' Jerk 61
6.Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Truckdrivin' Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat) 73
7.Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Sweet Sunshine 63
8.Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Beercan 70
9.Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Steal My Body Home 84
10.Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Nitemare Hippy Girl 77
11.Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Mutherfuker 62
12.Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Blackhole 77

Bonus Track:

13.Beck (MG Bonus - USA - Mar 94) - Analog Odyssey n/a (20) n/a

Ranked in order of preference:

* Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Loser 94
* Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Whiskeyclone, Hotel City 1997. 85
* Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Steal My Body Home 84
* Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Pay No Mind (Snoozer) 81
* Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Nitemare Hippy Girl 77
* Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Blackhole 77
* Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Truckdrivin' Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat) 73
* Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Beercan 70
* Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Fuckin' With My Head (Mountain Dew Rock) 70
* Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Sweet Sunshine 63
* Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Mutherfuker 62
* Beck (MG - USA - Mar 94) - Soul Suckin' Jerk 61
* Beck (MG Bonus - USA - Mar 94) - Analog Odyssey n/a (20) n/a (Edited)
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Rating:  
95/100
From 08/04/2021 17:05 | #272247 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Love this album! What would happen if the Beastie Boys dropped acid. Hilarious lyrics, coupled with a great use of sampling. Overall a fun time:) (Edited)
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From 03/25/2021 01:12 | #267729
Fun stuff. Saw him a couple years ago.
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70/100
From 03/22/2021 20:43 | #267632
very cool experimental album, "loser" is great, wish there were more tracks like that on the album. Overall a bit overrated tho (Edited)
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