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Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Beck’s music is known for its pop-junk culture collage of musical styles, ironic lyrics, samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and heady sound effects.

Beck was born in Los Angeles, California, to David Campbell (a musician and son of a Presbyterian minister) and Bibbe Hansen (a former dancer for The Velvet Underground, founding member of satirical band Black Fag, and visual artist). When his parents separated, Beck stayed with his mother and brother in Los Angeles, where he was influenced by that city’s diverse musical offerings—everything from hip-hop to latin music—and his mother’s art scene – all of which would later reappear in his recorded and published work.

Although Beck’s work defies easy description, his eclecticism and genre experiments have sparked comparisons with Prince, though Beck was undoubtedly a less prolific artist, and drew on an absurdist, free-flowing lyrical style totally original when first exposed to mainstream audiences (indeed, some critics labeled him and his breakthrough single “Loser” as novelties - see below). Despite this individualism, Beck’s music was very much a product of the 90s and the media age in general, with hip hop, indie/underground rock, electronic music and genre-benders like the Beastie Boys as notable touchstones; in addition, some critics could not resist likening his head-spinning lyrical aesthetic to a post-modern Bob Dylan sensibility.

1	Gamma Ray full track	8,758
2	Chemtrails	7,367
3	Orphans full track	7,331
4	Modern Guilt full track	7,235
5	Youthless full track	7,019
6	Walls full track	6,269
7	Replica full track	6,071
8	Soul of a Man full track	5,989
9	Profanity Prayers full track	5,780
10	Volcano full track	5,586
11	Loser full track	5,137
12	Girl	3,963
13	E-Pro	3,321
14	Lost Cause full track	2,914
15	Where It's At full track	2,443

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HerrSalami wrote:
23 minutes ago

i'm writing my will on a three dollar bill 8-)

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blurkom wrote:
38 minutes ago

can't believe I didn't start listening to Beck earlier (4)

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Arantxa90 wrote:
5 hours ago

Join to the "1001 best songs of the last century"! http://www.lastfm.es/group/1001+best+songs+of+last+century

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Afghanidan wrote:
11 hours ago

can't believe I didn't start listening to Beck earlier (3) >_>

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Batize wrote:
yesterday morning

can't believe I didn't start listening to Beck earlier (2)

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dddwreck wrote:
yesterday morning

Mellow Gold is AWESOME!

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Lunnny wrote:
yesterday evening

Just got Odelay, so awesome, can't believe I didn't start listening to Beck earlier

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myimaginaryline wrote:
yesterday afternoon

30,017,079 plays yay :DDDD!!!!!

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zuryka wrote:
Thursday morning

me encantan uuuu!!!!!

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NASc wrote:
Thursday morning

Loser, best song hand's down.

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ayeayes wrote:
Wednesday evening

THANK YOU TERICK!!!!! Although if all goes well, we'll only have...*counts* twelve more posts until it's off the front page :)

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terick_g wrote:
Wednesday evening

STOP dropping the "S" word here, please!

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andrealcubo wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

+bIeN ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

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Bolshevized wrote:
Wednesday morning

Sea Change is his most overrated, IMO. It's just kind of boring and put-on. I give it about 6 or 6.5/10.

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maddsurgeon wrote:
Wednesday morning

Yugman: Midnite Vultures is great if you like his funky side. If you want to hear more of his folky side, check out Mutations or One Foot in the Grave.

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licoricepizza wrote:
Tuesday evening

Once you have your heart ripped out, you'll have no qualms about saying that "Sea Change" is his best by far. Just wait... you'll see. :)

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ayeayes wrote:
Tuesday evening

I agree with R0cket, I want a Bectionary!

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beatfanatic wrote:
Tuesday morning

is anybody else having problems with getting the free digital modern guilt album using the access code you get when you purchase the vinyl???it tells me to go to www.beck.com/vinyl but i get an error message on that page. any help would be appreciated.

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HakuSan wrote:
Monday afternoon

Mutations is probably my favorite album from Beck followed very closely by Sea Change and Midnite Vultures. I'm freakin' loving Modern Guilt was well though. Haven't felt this excited about Beck - one of my favorites - in a very long time. I humbly bow to thee again.

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laureleaf wrote:
Monday afternoon

He makes much, much, much better music then a lot of typical musical non-scientologists too...

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