Odelay (studio album) by Beck
Condition: New
Condition: Used
Beck bestography
Odelay is ranked as the best album by Beck.
Upcoming concerts






Listen to Odelay on YouTube
Odelay track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Odelay rankings
Latest 20 charts that this album appears in:
You can include this album in your own chart from the My Charts page!
Odelay collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 693 members
Odelay ratings

where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 1,268 ratings for this album.
Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
95/100 ![]() | 08/30/2023 12:22 | Ranger | ![]() | 87/100 |
95/100 ![]() | 08/29/2023 12:20 | mash | ![]() | 87/100 |
90/100 ![]() | 08/09/2023 17:03 | Robmc70 | ![]() | 79/100 |
85/100 ![]() | 08/06/2023 15:19 | platus | ![]() | 73/100 |
70/100 ![]() | 08/04/2023 08:00 | Aramis | ![]() | 67/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.8/100, a mean average of 79.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating
Odelay favourites
Showing latest 20 members who have added this album as a favourite | Show all 243 members
Odelay comments
Showing latest 10 comments | Show all 63 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Maximum Rated First |
Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
I remember seeing Beck at a festival concert maybe a year or so after this album came out. What I remember from his live act was that none of the songs really mattered…it was all about the vibe and the showmanship. Same with the record, I suppose. It’s probably not a great set of songs, but it’s definitely a platform for Beck to be Beck.

For my ears a very uneven album stylistically, not very cohesive. Too many songs that I did not like.
Album Rating: 78.92
(1,026/13)
1. "Devils Haircut" 3:14 - 87
2. "Hotwax" 3:49 - 85
3. "Lord Only Knows" Beck Hansen 4:14 - 85
4. "The New Pollution" 3:39 - 89
5. "Derelict" 4:12 - 71
6. "Novacane" 4:37 - 77
7. "Jack-Ass" 4:11 - 96
8. "Where It's At" 5:30 - 70
9. "Minus" Beck Hansen; produced by Beck Hansen, Mario Caldato Jr. and Brian Paulson. 2:32 - 86
10. "Sissyneck" 3:52 - 65
11. "Readymade" 2:37 - 70
12. "High 5 (Rock the Catskills)" 4:10 - 51
13. "Ramshackle" Beck Hansen; produced by Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf - 94
Unique. Enjoyable but not one I'd have on high rotation.

A pegada de Hip Hop é puro brilhantismo!
What genre is this? The answer: Beck. It's a collage of everything Beck ever experienced and made his own thing. It's like an art student did a scrapbook of things he like and end up made a fresh work. Beck had no one particular style and THAT is Beck's style.

Beck can be brilliant in passages, but I just don't like very many of these songs.
I don't find it that enjoyable, but this is an artistic statement, effortlessly blending so many different genres of music that is admirable at the very least.

Highlights:
Where It's At
Devils Haircut
The New Pollution
Jack-Ass
Hotwax

Listening this back, I really enjoy the Dust Brothers' intermezzos, after which I have to sit through verses and choruses of Beck's mediocre, occasionally okay songwriting. It makes me wonder why they settled as producers and didn't just go solo as their Chemical nephews. "But Beck also produced this", yeah, I've heard Mellow Gold, and that ain't this.
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment
Your feedback for Odelay

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.