Beck "Guero"
this guy is just a genius. i'm glad i get to see him live in 2 weeks. this album is tight! i've been a fan since mellow gold and he's always been trying something new on his albums, mostly concept albums. with the help of the dust brothers (and jack white for 1 song "go it alone", jack white on bass, thank god!) beck put out a current sounding electronic groove album with much more ferocity than SEA CHANGE. his last album was awesome, but it was what he said it was, an album people could fall asleep to (cuz he said he never had that mellow of an album). anyways, "Guero" has many badass songs, basslines, vocal melodies, and comical lines. some songs r a bit 2 slow for me sometimes, but i think if i was tring to sleep, they'd rock. check out tracks "earthquake weather, missing, go it alone, send a message to her, clap hands, etc". i heard the automator was working on this album but was saddeningly misinformed. hopefully he was hangin' out with him though! it is an upbeat album that has many phenomenal beats (thanks dust bros) and catchy funky songs. beck said he was hangin out with will ferrell and jack black when the album came out. tell me he ain't livin it? 5 out of 5 thumbs