Midnite Vultures - Beck
  • Band Name: Beck
  • Record Label: DGC
  • Release Date: Nov 16, 1999
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83 out of 100

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  • Summary: 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.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. E! Online
    100
    Beck's best when he's tweaking music he has a genuine interest in, giving new humor and affection to his nasty grooves.
  2. Sonicnet
    80
    Midnite Vultures is the album of a great entertainer, not a great artist.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    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.
  4. Almost Cool
    60
    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.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. MKCyrax
    10
    This album is full of ..... awesomeness
  2. mpshea28
    10
    the 3 modern albums that really do it for me: Radiohead-Kid A Mr. Bungle-California Beck-Midnight Vultures
    Seriously, it doesn't get much better than this.    … Expand
  3. beckrules
    10
    genius
  4. j30
    8
    Midnight Vultures is probably Beck's most diverse set to date, but sometimes diversity doesn't always feel rewarding. However, in this album's case the rewards come from repeated listens.… Expand

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