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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} [[File:beck_1177.jpg\|frame\|He's upset because someone misplaced his [[Futurama\|Becktionary]]...]] '''Beck''' (a.k.a Beck Hansen, born in 1970 as Bek David Campbell) is an American [[Alternative Rock]] musician and singer-songwriter [[Sampled Up\|with two turntables and a microphone]]. He first rose to popularity with his underground works, gaining a hit with his breakthrough single "Loser" in 1993. Afterwards, he earned great critical acclaim and commercial success with the album ''Odelay'', escaping the threat of becoming a [[One-Hit Wonder]].▼ Since then, he has released ~~six~~eight more albums, his latest<ref>As of November 2018</ref> being ~~2008~~2017's ''~~Modern Guilt~~Colors''. During this time, he had become noted for the [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly\|large variety of genres]] his work takes in.▼ ▲Beck (a.k.a Beck Hansen, born in 1970 as Bek David Campbell) is an American [[Alternative Rock]] musician and singer-songwriter [[Sampled Up\|with two turntables and a microphone]]. He first rose to popularity with his underground works, gaining a hit with his breakthrough single "Loser" in 1993. Afterwards, he earned great critical acclaim and commercial success with the album ''Odelay'', escaping the threat of becoming a [[One-Hit Wonder]]. Please don't confuse him with [[Jeff Beck]], [[Glenn Beck]], or [[Beck (~~Anime~~manga)\|the anime]].▼ ▲Since then, he has released six more albums, his latest being 2008's ''Modern Guilt''. During this time, he had become noted for the [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly\|large variety of genres]] his work takes in. {{Discography:}}▼ ▲Please don't confuse him with [[Jeff Beck]], [[Glenn Beck]], or [[Beck (Anime)\|the anime]]. ▲Discography: * ''Golden Feelings'' (1993) * ''Stereopathetic Soulmanure'' (1994) - these two albums comprised largely lo-fi, country- and folk-influenced material, quite different from what he made his name with. Line 16 ⟶ 15: * ''Odelay'' (1996) - returning to the [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly]], produced by the [[Dust Brothers]] (with some contributions from [[Beastie Boys\|Mario Caldato]], Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf). Widely considered his masterpiece, sometimes compared to ''[[Beastie Boys\|Paul's Boutique]]'' due to being produced by the same team of the Dust Brothers and Caldato. * ''Mutations'' (1998) - a Tropicalia-influenced mellow album. * ''Midnite Vultures'' (1999) - upbeat, [[~~New Wave (Music)\|~~New Wave]], [[Synth Pop]], and especially [[Funk]]-influenced, and highly danceable material. * ''Sea Change'' (2002) - super-depressing material, produced by [[Radiohead\|Nigel Godrich]]. Considered his second masterpiece after ''Odelay''. * ''Guero'' (2005) - a return to the ''Odelay'' sound and a reunion with the Dust Brothers. * ''The Information'' (2006) - Nigel Godrich-produced [[Alternative Rock]]. * ''Modern Guilt'' (2008) - produced by [[~~Danger~~Brian ~~Mouse (Music)~~Burton\|Danger Mouse]]. Highly influenced by [[Psychedelic Rock]] and [[Surf Rock]] from [[The Sixties]] and [[The Seventies]]. * ''Morning Phase'' (2014) * ''Colors'' (2017) ---- {{creatortropes}} ~~=== Tropes demonstrated by Beck include: ===~~ * [[Arc Words]]: While they're more used in pre-''Odelay'' albums, a few words are unusually common in his [[Word Salad Lyrics]], such as: ** Plastic Line 47: * [[Indecipherable Lyrics]]: The vocals to "Sweet Sunshine" are so distorted that even 15 years after the fact, many fansites have different interpretations of the lyrics. ** Fans still disagree as to what the chorus of "Girl" is. It's either "my cyanide girl," "my sun-eyed girl," or "my cyan-eyed girl". * [[Intercourse ~~With~~with You]]: Pretty much every song on ''Midnite Vultures''. * [[Last-Note Nightmare]]: "Earthquake Weather", arguably. ** Also [[Inverted Trope\|inverted]] in "Lord Only Knows", which begins with a startling scream that is either terrifying or comical. Line 73: * [[Take That]]: His first single, "MTV Makes Me Want To Smoke Crack." * [[Take That Me]]: "Loser". Also, "Hotwax"'s [[Gratuitous Spanish]] chorus translates to "I'm a broken record/I've got chewing gum in my brain". And we can't forget his ''[[Futurama]]'' appearance. * [[Three Chords and ~~The~~the Truth]]: Depends on the album, as his more recent output seems more polished and albums like ''Odelay'' hide it under attention-deficit-style [[Sampling]] and genre-mixing, but his earlier albums and basically any of his folk, blues, or punk influenced songs fall under this. ** Most of ''Sea Change'' fits this trope, mixing fairly simple song arrangements and direct lyrics about heartbreak. * [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: Though ''now'' it's over a decade in the past, "Whiskeyclone, Hotel City 1997" was recorded in 1994. 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