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"E-Pro" kicks off the festivities with a heavy guitar riff and a Beastie Boys-sampled beat, while "Que Onda Guero" revels in a sunny Latin vibe, with Beck rapping (surprisingly well) in Spanish. However, this outing also offers up MUTATIONS-worthy melodic pop, particularly on "Girl," a brilliantly catchy tune carried along by acoustic guitar, handclaps, and lush vocal harmonies. Beck's reunion with sound sculptors Mike Simpson and John King (the Dust Brothers) breathes plenty of life into these tracks, including the heavily percussive "Black Tambourine" and the '70s-inspired "Earthquake Weather." Jack White (of the famously bass-less White Stripes) lends a bluesy bass line to "Go It Alone," while many of Beck's longtime musicians (guitarist Smokey Hormel, bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen) turn up throughout the record. An album that features Beck energetically jumping back into his renowned cut-and-paste aesthetic, GUERO is sure to please longtime fans, and may win over young listeners who thought that he was primarily a sad-sack folkie.

Beck's sixth major-label album is a stunning return to the anything-goes format of 1996's ODELAY. Standing in sharp contrast to its predecessor--the quiet, somber SEA CHANGE--2005's GUERO is the sound of the Los Angeles singer/songwriter cutting loose and getting back to the slacker funk that won him legions of fans in the 1990s.

Personnel: Beck (vocals, guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, slide guitar, harmonica, piano, celesta, Moog synthesizer, vocoder, bass guitar, kalimba, tambourine, hand claps, percussion); Petra Haden (vocals); Smokey Hormel (guitar); Money Mark (organ); Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (keyboards); Jack White , Sean Davis, Justin Meldal-Johnsen (bass guitar); Joey Waronker (drums); John King , Mike Simpson , The Dust Brothers (programming); Paolo Diaz (unknown instrument); Tony Hoffer, Charlie Capen.

Rolling Stone (pp.67-68) - 4 stars out of 5 - "The rhythmic jolt makes the malaise more compelling and complex, with enough playful musical wit to hint at a next step....On GUERO, he finds a way to revitalize his musical imagination..."
Spin (p.64) - Ranked #11 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "Los Angeles plays itself: the noise of traffic, boom boxes, curbside Spanglish, mariachi music -- the sound of what it's like to be an outcast even in an outsider's hood."
Spin (pp.97-98) - "[A] return to his most popular trick: digging up cool grooves and noises from far-flung neighborhoods and throwing a party where the whole city can get down and make out." - Grade:B
Entertainment Weekly (p.140) - Ranked #2 in Entertainment Weekly's 'Top Ten Records of the Year' -- "[H]e's learned that kaleidoscopic music that digs deep into blues, bossa nova, and electro keeps everything marvelously grounded too."
Entertainment Weekly (No. 813, p.66) - "[GUERO] is the first record on which the many moods and sides of Beck co-exist, and it's about time." - Grade: A-
Uncut (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Here, again, is where fat dusty beats meet keening bottleneck scrapes....As another installment in the guy's ongoing dialectics, it's as welcome as anything he's done."
Alternative Press (p.132) - 5 out of 5 - "'Rental Car' has a dilapidated bass line that's White Stripes-worthy....And let's not overlook 'Hell Yes,' which brings Beck together with Neptunes-ish beats for a broken hip-hop revival. Long live the king of hip."
Magnet (p.85) - "Remarkably, the shifts in tone and mood only serve GUERO in the end, proof that stepping back to enjoy the broad picture can be just as rewarding as focusing on one detail at a time."
Vibe (p.142) - "[E]ssentially a sequel to his '96 sample-heavy opus."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.92) - 3 stars out of 5 - "'Missing' with wistful melody, swooping Melody Nelson strings, beautifully minimal bass and bossa nova guitar, is a jewel that takes Beck's sonic kleptomania to a new realm."
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List Price $13.96 (You save $0.97)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Alternative CDs, Rock, Enhanced CD
Label Geffen
Orig Year 2005
All Time Sales Rank   996  
CD Universe Part number 6839934
Catalog number 000348102
Discs 1
Release Date Mar 29, 2005
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer The Dust Brothers; Beck
Personnel Joey Waronker - drums
Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. - keyboards
Smokey Hormel - guitar
Beck - vocals, guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, slide guitar, harmonica, piano, celesta, Moog synthesizer, vocoder, bass guitar, kalimba, tambourine, hand claps, percussion
John King
John King
Dust Brothers - programming
Tony Hoffer
Mike Simpson
Sean Davis
Charlie Capen.
Ever since his thrilling 1994 debut with Mellow Gold

Paolo Diaz - unknown instrument

Also: Jack White, Money Mark, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Petra Haden
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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.E-Pro  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Que Onda Guero  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Girl  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.Missing  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Black Tambourine  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Earthquake Weather  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.Hell Yes  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.Broken Drum  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.Scarecrow  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.Go It Alone  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample11.Farewell Ride  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample12.Rental Car  $0.99
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4 stars Simply
Guero is, by no means, a true return to his old style.Guero is at once hectic to the listener, but surprisingly focused, confirming that Beck has found his niche and can be described as nothing else but himself.After 10 "albums," Beck seems to have lost nothing. He may have picked up some style and notoriety along the way, allowing him to play around with more than just a 4-track, but he will never forget where his music originally came from. Guero seems like a retrospective album. It covers all the ground that Beck has walked in the past 16 or so years, and gives it all an updated flavor, partially thanks to the returning Dust Brothers. Beck will not always be able to keep up his fast pace and spontaneous nature when it comes to creating music, but his style and image will remain in the world of music forever.
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4 stars Good CD
Not all of it is my favorite, but it's a good CD.
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5 stars Beck at his best
This was the first Beck music I heard and I was completely wowed by it. I thought who is this guy?! Since then I have obtained all of his CDs but this one is still my favourite. The music on this CD (well, all of his CDs) is engaging, complex, catchy and what I love about listening to it is recognizing all his influences, a little Stones here, and a little Clapton there, kind of thing. I think he is a genius!
Submitted by JWASH07 (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)
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5 stars Music to chill to
I love this CD... Beck is a musical genius...Farewell Ride is a relaxing song...being from the south the backroad here seem like they were made for this song...i love it...
Submitted by Jesus Conrad (Nowhere, AR)
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5 stars Fantastict! Great Music! Thank Goodness!
Ya know, I was boron in the 70's and have had much disppointment with contemporary music artists. However... Beck is wonderfully diverse and refreshing.. Does anyone know any tour dates for Beck??????
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