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The Information

by Beck

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Overall Rating: 2.9157 The Information is ranked overall as 2.9157 out of 4 stars
Avg. Critic Score: 2.7861 The Information has an avg. critic score of 2.7861 out of 4 stars

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E! Online
Along the way, it scores a lot of points, thanks to Nigel Godrich's earthy but twisted production. ...more
Drowned In Sound
Despite the album’s plethora of stylistic shifts and breakdowns, there’s a solid coherency to The Information that allows it to flow from beginning to end without the listener losing interest. ...more
Rolling Stone
One of the best albums Beck has ever made. ...more
Dot Music
He's turned his gaze back on himself and created a record that brilliantly summarises and even critiques his own past. ...more
The New York Times
[A] darkly intelligent album. ...more

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musicOMH.com
Fun, fresh and (mainly) utterly listenable, The Information is the most diverse and, at times, thrilling album you'll hear all year. ...more
PopMatters
Impeccably sequenced and incessantly engaging. ...more
New Musical Express
If Beck gets better as he gets madder, this is definitely his best since 'Midnite Vultures' - maybe even since 'Odelay'. ...more
Drowned In Sound
Beck 2006 isn’t the Beck of 1996, of Odelay and all the wonders that followed it. This Beck is mellow and mature, a father and believer in strange alien worms that brought life to the Earth. He’s no longer perceived as an out-there maverick; ...more
All Music Guide
If you give it time, The Information eventually reveals itself as Beck's tightest, most purposeful album yet. ...more
Slant Magazine
His latest album plays like a subdued collection of greatest hits, dropping in on the sounds and themes of each preceding album with graceful brevity. ...more
Pitchfork
Although The Information contains some of his most aware, intriguing lyrical head-scratchers yet, the familiar musical settings are something of a letdown from an artist famous for complete reinvention. ...more
The Daily Vault Album Reviews
If it’s true that Beck is the Bob Dylan of Generation X, then Beck must be in the same funk that Dylan was in during the late ‘70s.Just least year, he teamed up with the Dust Brothers to releaseGuero, an album that was said to be a return ...more
Austin Chronicle
What The Information lacks in Sea Changemanship it makes up for in Midnight Vultures, hats be damned. ...more
Stylus Magazine
More than with either Mutations or Sea Change, you can hear Godrich’s rich instrumental layering beneath the rhythms.... Still, at fifteen tracks and over an hour, perhaps Beck needed a stiff editor more than the comfort of a familiar producer. ...more
ShakingThrough.net
What sounded fresh and spontaneous a decade back now seems labored and wearying. ...more

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