Odelay
by Beck

Album
Odelay by Beck
Year: 1996
Release date: 1996-06-18
Overall rank: 267th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 1,328 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1996 (5th)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 1990s (53rd)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (267th)

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Odelay is ranked as the best album by Beck.

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Odelay track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Devils Haircut
Average Rating: 87 (259 votes)Comments: View 1
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Hotwax
Average Rating: 84 (203 votes)Comments: View 2
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Lord Only Knows
Average Rating: 81 (202 votes)Comments: View 1
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The New Pollution
Average Rating: 85 (227 votes)Comments: View 1
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Derelict
Average Rating: 80 (187 votes)Comments: View 1
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Novacane
Average Rating: 80 (187 votes)Comments: View 1
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Jack-Ass
Average Rating: 84 (205 votes)Comments: View 0
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Where It's At
Average Rating: 87 (251 votes)Comments: View 3
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Minus
Average Rating: 79 (173 votes)Comments: View 1
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Sissyneck
Average Rating: 81 (180 votes)Comments: View 1
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Readymade
Average Rating: 78 (174 votes)Comments: View 0
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High 5 (Rock The Catskills)
Average Rating: 78 (178 votes)Comments: View 1
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Ramshackle
Average Rating: 82 (185 votes)Comments: View 1

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Odelay rankings

Odelay rankings summary
Overall rank: 267th | 1990s rank: 53rd | 1996 rank: 5th  Overall chart history
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Odelay forum mentions

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From 02/03/2013 16:45 | #63784 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
For years, I thought the cover was a bale of hay jumping over a hurdle, an image I thought perfectly captured the dada-ist vibe of the music and lyrics. When I read on wikipedia that it is actually a dog (a Komondor) and Beck was uncertain of the cover right through pressing, it made me wonder. But the image still captures the strangeness and indeterminacy of the music. Yeah... this album is a mopdog clearing a hurdle, whatever that means to you. (Edited)
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From 01/09/2012 20:59 | #34900 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Beck's everyman genre-blender is on full-tilt with "Odelay". Lyrically impenetrable and nonsensical, it's really about the groove and feel of his pop/rock/hip-hop/punk/alt hybrid.
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From 08/28/2017 11:58 | #196833 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Great samples collage. Nice hiphop grooves. Cool use of 'redneck' sounds. And unpretentious! Just a mellow fool messing with sounds and music. Although experimental and eclectic, this album does not neglect songwriting quality.
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From 11/17/2012 12:28 | #55304 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
If Mellow Gold was the sound of Beck opening a spring-loaded can of worms, then this is the sound of those worms taking up arms against their oppressors... and having immense fun into the bargain!
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From 05/03/2012 00:43 | #41412 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Beck's best. One of my all-time favorites. A party album as well as an arty album. Belongs in any car.
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Best Albums of  1996
1. If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle And Sebastian
2. Pinkerton by Weezer
3. Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow
4. Ænima by Tool
5. Odelay by Beck
6. Long Season by フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans]
7. Soundtracks For The Blind by Swans
8. Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers
9. ATLiens by OutKast
10. Tigermilk by Belle And Sebastian