Beck: The Information

CML call number: CD/ROCK/Beck
Contents: Elevator Music, Think I'm in Love, Cellphone's Dead, Strange Apparition, Soldier Jane, Nausea, New Round, Dark Star, We Dance Alone, No Complaints, 1000BPM, Motorcade, The Information, Movie Theme, The Horrible Fanfare / Landslide / Exoskeleton.
Personnel: 36 musicians are listed with credits ranging from "String Players" to "Speak 'n Spell." The credit for Beck himself reads in part, "Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, melodica, piano, organ, keyboards, programming, effects, scratching, sitar, bass, harmonica. …"
Wired wrote: "Beck and longtime producer Nigel Godrich laid the groundwork for this fun, funky album during some 2003 jam sessions. They shaped the best material into songs, and the results feel both sharp and spontaneous. (Bonus points for the accompanying DVD and stickers that let CD buyers create their own customized covers.)" ("Play: Reviews," 10/06, p. 88).
We decided to leave the stickers inside the jewel case and see if the patrons who borrowed the album would use them to customize the covers for us. They did a wonderful job!