Mutations
by Beck
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Beck bestography
Mutations is ranked 7th best out of 21 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 6,165.
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Mutations track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/06/2026 22:01 | mrmcrook | 1,028 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 18:20 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2025 05:38 |  Kingturtle | 7,530 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2025 14:31 |  Taka | 1,061 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/28/2025 02:37 |  Purplepash | 4,777 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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Good brand of alt folk. This would be my favorite album I've heard from him. His style can take a few listens to warm too though.
teague 07/16/2020 07:46 | #255668
Better than I was expecting it to be. I've once again learned my lesson to never judge an album by its cover.
Wonderful.
Sandrof1969 02/19/2018 21:08 | #208850
Il Beck di "Mutations" è una sorta di folksinger proiettato nel futuro, dove le chitarre acustiche e le pedal steel ( vere o artificiali che siano ), invece che rimandare al passato puntano a qualcosa di nuovo. Atmosfere quasi sempre rilassate anche se mai pacificate: oggettivamente non è male, ma gli ho sempre preferito il successivo "Midnight vultures".
RoundTheBend 05/15/2016 05:13 | #165998
Nobody's Fault But My Own is possibly one of Beck's best. I agree this is album is underrated. But that's as a Beck fanboy...
Listen to Bottle of Blues. Repeat a few dozen times.
sszwalbenest 09/10/2013 00:31 | #85588
I was disappointed with this one. Sadly the hidden track was the highlight.
drivebytornado 03/02/2013 04:59 | #66633
Beck followed up Odelay with this one, which didn't sound anything like what he'd released to this point. Very mellow, lots of acoustic guitar, but it sounds great.
"Cold Brains" and "Lazy Flies" are my favorites here.
tbakeman 02/16/2013 16:02 | #65243
I'm impressed by Beck's songwritting, but for the first time, not the songs.
junodog4 05/03/2012 02:50 | #41435
This was supposed to be a B-Sides or EP. The album didn't even want to release it. It is subdued, varied, and less accessible than Odelay. It is a preview of the melancholy of Sea Change, and the funk of Midnight Vultures. An underrated album in a brilliant catelogue.
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