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One Foot in the Grave

Beck. CD - 2009 CD Rock Beck One 4 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.2 out of 5

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Call Number: CD Rock Beck One
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch

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Includes previously unreleased tracks.
Compact disc.
Program notes, including lyrics, inserted.
He's a mighty good leader ; Sleeping bag ; I get lonesome ; Burnt orange peel ; Cyanide breath mint ; See water ; Ziplock bag ; Hollow log ; Forcefield ; Fourteen rivers fourteen floods ; Asshole ; I've seen the land beyond ; Outcome ; Girl dreams ; Painted eyelids ; Atmospheric conditions -- Unreleased tracks. It's all in your mind ; Whiskey can can ; Mattress ; Woe on me ; Teenage wastebasket ; Your love is weird ; Favorite nerve ; Piss on the door ; Close to God ; Sweet Satan ; Burning boyfriend ; Black lake morning ; Feather in your cap ; One foot in the grave ; Teenage wastebasket ; I get lonesome.
Performed by Beck, vocals, guitar, drums, bass ; with assisting artists.
Recorded before his breakout album Mellow Gold, One Foot in the Grave shows a side of Beck that is stripped down with plenty of emotion and unforgettable melodies. Now the album has been expanded to include 13 previously unreleased songs.
" ... its crudely recorded ballads and occasional bursts of gnarly distortion are clear precursors to the beats-based folk-hop of 'Loser.'"--Rolling Stone.

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If only history could have had it that submitted by jibkidder on June 24, 2022, 10:28pm Beck Hansen, instead of becoming the celebrity Scientologist he became, became a shack dwelling day drinker on the island of Anacortes and made, over the years, not just one album like this, but yearly albums like this, drifting into the studio, Calvin wearing a labcoat, gathering up anyone nearby able to inhabit the headspace... well we live in the worse world. Time to at least dig into these expanded cuts...

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PUBLISHED
Glendale, CA : Iliad Records, p2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: CD

SUBJECTS
Alternative rock music.
Rock music -- 2001-2010.