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Midnite Vultures
by Beck
Beck's "official" follow-up to 'Odelay' is an even more eclectic mix of soul, electro, funk, folk, rock, and hip-hop, including more than one song that sounds an awful lot like Prince.
| LABEL: |
DGC |
| RELEASE DATE: |
16 November 1999 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Alternative, Rock, Electronic |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
E! Online
Beck's best when he's tweaking music he has a genuine interest in, giving new humor and affection to his nasty grooves.

91
Entertainment Weekly
He's given us the year's most relentless gas--laughing or otherwise--of a party album.

90
MTV.com
Think of this sultry record as the night to Odelay's day.

85
Nude As The News
This album's not a joke. It's too damn good.

85
Pitchfork
His most consistent and playful album yet.

80
The Onion (A.V. Club)
An entertainingly excessive album, its libidinous funk mosaic finds Beck coming on like a master of ceremonies overseeing a sci-fi orgy.

80
Armchair DJ
From start to finish, "Midnite Vultures" is a total party romp of an album.

80
Sonicnet
Midnite Vultures is the album of a great entertainer, not a great artist.

80
Dot Music
The startling musical variety amplifies the fact that no matter how aloof, how diffident, how cartoon Beck might be, he's so extravagantly talented that he's already lapped everyone else on that strength alone.

80
Ink Blot Magazine
It's pretty much just a silly, goofy, fun record.

80
Rolling Stone
For all Beck lifts from the Seventies, the album never sounds like a period piece; there's always something extra in the mix, stray elements that are both goofy and strangely apropos.

80
Village Voice
It's a pastiche festival that works in the interest of groove every bit as hard as it does for knowingness and yuks.

80
New Musical Express
Narrower in scope than 'Odelay' but more immediate in impact, it's clearly been conceived as an accompaniment to our hedonistic habit of choice, the last great party album of the millennium.

80
CDNow
Unlike Odelay, the mix-and-match pastiche of Midnite Vultures doesn't show its seams.

80
Q Magazine
As musically dazzling as Midnite Vultures often is, the one criticism that can be still levelled at Beck is that his songs remain strangely soulless, failing to ever really grip the emotions or stir the soul.

78
Austin Chronicle
After the acerbic, introspective detour of Mutations, Mr. Hansen has decided it's time to get his freak on.

60
Almost Cool
Midnite Vultues kind of sounds like an album Prince would have made if he were more interested in being a geek than carressing his own ego.

60
All Music Guide
Musically, Midnite Vultures is filled with wonderful little quirks, but these are undercut by the sneaking suspicion that for all the ingenuity, it's just a hipster joke.

60
Launch.com
He's got the beat rate up and lots of faux funk happening.


The average user rating for this album is 9.1 (out of 10) based on 17 User Votes
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