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Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck. With a pop art collage of musical styles, oblique and ironic lyrics, and postmodern arrangements incorporating samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and sound effects, Beck has been hailed by critics throughout his musical career as being amongst the most creative and idiosyncratic musicians of 1990s and 2000s alternative rock. The four-time platinum artist rose to underground popularity with his early works, which combined social criticism (as in "MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack" and "Deep Fried Love") with musical and lyrical experimentation. He first earned wider public attention for his breakthrough single "Loser", a 1994 hit. Two of Beck's most popular and acclaimed recordings are Odelay (1996) and Sea Change (2002). Odelay was awarded Album of the Year by the American magazine Rolling Stone and by UK publications NME and Mojo. Odelay also received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. Both Odelay and Sea Change appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
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Discography
- The New Pollution, 1997
- Beck in Session
- One Foot in the Grave, 2009
- Sea Change, 2002
- Hollywood Sunset Clinic Benefit
- 1996-09-01: Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, USA
- Total Paranoia
- Nicotine & Gravy, 2000
- Select Magazine: Beck, 1997
- 2000-11-03: KCRW, Santa Monica, CA, USA
- Midnite Vultures, 1999
- Gamma Ray, 2008
- Where It's At, 1996
- Loser, 1994
- 2000-04-01: NPA, Paris, France
- Modern Guilt, 2009
- 2002-08-08: Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN, USA (disc 2)
- Guerolito, 2005
- Banjo Story, 1988
- 1997-02-13: Freeborn Hall, Davis, CA, USA
- A Brief Overview, 2005
- Electric Music for the Kool People
- Beercan, 1994
- Cellphone's Dead, 2007
- 1996-08-28: WXRK-FM, New York, NY, USA
- Odelay, 2006
- Sexx Laws, 1999
- 2002-11-12: Bass Concert Hall, Austin, TX, USA (feat. The Flaming Lips)
- Pulling Up Roots
- Gameboy Variations (Hell Yes EP), 2005
- The Mutations Conversations, 1998
- Mutations, 2006
- 2003-04-18: Hamburg, Germany
- Hit Singles
- Cirkus, 2005
- 2005-09-22: Detroit, MI, USA
- Mellow Gold, 1994
- The Information, 2006
- Jack-Ass, 1997
- Buck Fuck Iowa, 1992
- It's All in Your Mind, 1995
- Nobody's Fault But My Own
- O Menina, 2006
- Stereopathetic Soulmanure, 1994
- E-Pro, 2005
- 2003-04-22: Paris, France
- 2002-11-25: Star 98.7, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 2002-11-11: Austin City Limits, Austin, TX, USA
- 2006-06-17: What Stage, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Manchester, TN, USA
- Guero, 2005
- Youthless, 2008
- 2006-10-31: KCRW-FM, Santa Monica, CA, USA
- 2006-10-22: Angel Orensanz Center, New York, NY, USA
- Maximum Beck: The Unathorized Biography of Beck, 2000
- Midnite Vultures (bonus disc: Salt in the Wound), 1999
- 2002-08-22: Westlake High School Performing Arts Center, Austin, TX, USA
- Sissyneck, 1997
- Golden Leftovers, 1993
- Beck, Like the Beer, 1992
- Orphans, 2008
- Frontin' on Debra, 2004
- 2002-10-17: Live at Orpheum Theater
- Beck.com B-Sides, 2001
- 2000-11-26: Petra Haden Benefit Concert, The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 1995-01-06: KCRW, Santa Monica, CA, USA
- 2002-08-11: Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Unreleased
- 1997-09-05: Sessions at West 54th, Sony Studios, New York, NY, USA
- Nausea, 2006
- Quodlibet, 1995
- 2008-08-31: The Independent, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Mixed Bizness, 2000
- 1994-03-30: Axis, Boston, MA, USA
- 1994-03-01: KCRW, Santa Monica, CA, USA
- Metal Demos, 1992
- Devils Haircut, 1996
- Stray Blues: A Collection of B-Sides, 2000
- Deadweight, 1997
- Daydreamer
- 2000-07-02: This Ain't No Picnic: Oak Canyon Ranch, Irvine, CA, USA
- 2002-09-24: Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW, Santa Monica, CA, USA
- Lollipop
- Pay No Mind / Green Light, 2009
- Steve Threw Up, 1994
- Sunday Morning, 2009
- The New Pollution and Other Favorites, 1997
- Chemtrails, 2008
- Don't Get Bent Out of Shape, 1992
- Cold Brains, 1999
- Kill Any/All Spin Personnel, 1998
- Girl, 2005
- Mellow Gold Tour Sampler, 1994
- Where It's At Budokan
- 1997-12-16: El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Golden Feelings, 1993
- Sea Change Album Sampler, 2002
- Hi Fi Pollution
- Outtakes and Oddities
- 2002-12-24: KCRW Session, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 2006
- 1996-03-18: Noorderligt, Tilburg, Netherlands
- Timebomb, 2007
- 1994-11-05: The Revolver, Madrid, Spain
- 1993-07-23: KCRW, Santa Monica, CA, USA
- 1994-10-24: I'm a Schmoozer Baby: The Middle East, Boston, MA, USA
- 1993-07-07: Santa Monica, CA, USA
- 2001-07-01: Olympia, Paris, France
- 1998-10-10: Old FMC Defense Factory, San Jose, CA, USA
- Sexxlaws, 1999
- 2006-10-13: City Hall, Nashville, TN, USA
- A Western Harvest Field by Moonlight, 1995
- 2000-05-06: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Fresh Meat and Old Slabs, 1993
- 2002-11-24: Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Bizarre Brain
- Beck Remix EP #1, 2005
- Pay No Mind (Snoozer), 1994
- The Brixton Tape
- Swinging London, 2000
- Remix EP #2, 2005
- 2002-08-20: Robert Ferst Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA, USA (disc 2)
- Tropicalia, 1998
- The New Pollution (remix by Mickey P.), 1997
- Acid & Lollipops
- 2002-10-14: Claremont, CA, USA
- 1996-11-24: Lollipop Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
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| Song | Paper Tiger |
| Artist | Beck |
| Album | Sea Change |
| Label | Geffen/UMA |
| Year | 2002 |
| Song | Debra |
| Artist | Beck |
| Album | Midnight Vultures |
| Label | Geffen Records |
| Year | 1999 |
| Song | Sexx Laws |
| Artist | Beck |
| Album | Midnight Vultures |
| Label | Geffen Records |
| Year | 1999 |
| Song | Loser |
| Artist | Beck |
| Album | Mellow Gold |
| Label | Geffen Records |
| Year | 1994 |
| Song | Where It's At |
| Artist | Beck |
| Album | Odelay |
| Label | Geffen Records |
| Year | 1996 |
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