Modern Guilt - Beck
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77 out of 100

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  • Summary: The 10th album for the Los Angeles artist was produced by Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. The Boston Phoenix
    100
    Modern Guilt is a hot thing of indefinite course.
  2. Under The Radar
    80
    Modern Guilt adds Danger Mouse and Cat Power to Beck's roster of collaborators, with spectacular results. [Fall 2008, p.79]
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  3. Dot Music
    80
    Modern Guilt takes that album's insecurity in the face of technology running away with us, to a tightly-written 10 songs that in part seem to focus on what, precisely, we have done to the world; and how on earth are we meant to get back in touch with it?
  4. PopMatters
    60
    This unpretentious attitude permeates the album’s writing and terse production whose results are self-evident: it lacks the unique resonating timbres one is accustomed to with Beck.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 45
  3. Negative: 1 out of 45
  1. Tab
    10
    The trick is to let this work of brilliance stand on its own. When album this genuine and passionate happens, recognize what went into it. That's where you'll find what to get out.… Expand
  2. Vampire25
    8
    At a brisk 33 minutes, this albums cranks out some of Beck's best tunes. The first four tracks are brilliant and the rest are great. The production is great also no thanks to Danger Mouse/ All In All, Beck's headed down a more mature path and It shows in Modern Guilt.… Expand
  3. thehamster
    5
    This album was for sure a letdown after The Information....Modern Guilt has a couple of good moments but it suffers from being WAY overproduced. I sorely missed his band on these songs and would think a little more life could have went into this if they were present. Danger Mouse for sure brought some ideas, but 10 songs of them in a row sounded a lot alike. Not horrible, but not up to normal Beck standards. What made the Information so good is what is missing here.....variety. Back to the drawing board Beck.....remember to bring the band next time.… Expand
  4. RioG.
    4
    Very disappointing. If it wasn't Beck I wouldn't give it a second listen. Boring.

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