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not as good as odelay or mutations but still better than most of the crap out there. It can get annoyingly like prince at times and hollywood freaks is pure pretentious lame-rap garbage. however nicotine and gravy is amazing and is worth as much as the whole album.

Rating: 4 out of 5

midnite vultures has good and bad songs. milk and honey stands out while hollywood freaks is pure pretentious crap. in short a good album but with some setbacks.

Rating: 4 out of 5

Whilst Mutations was predominantly acousitc based, Midnite Vultures is a much more 80s hip-hop style of music. As ever, Beck has written some wonderful lyrics and this can be seen from the likes of Sexx Laws to Beautiful Way. There are shades of Prince in songs like Nicotine and Gravy and Peaches & Cream and Beck fans get treated to the song Debra making its way onto an album. Definitely one to add to any Indie collection

Rating: 5 out of 5

This, I think, is still Beck's finest musical excursion to date. I've read a lot of the other reviews, and I understand some people's reservations about it, and that they prefer other Beck records, but this one is just a maze of audacious musical twists and turns. The attention to detail is just astounding. A while ago I read that Beck would spend 8 hours making just 16 seconds of the music on this record. It shows. It's so intricate, there are so many sounds and frequencies intertwining yet never getting lost, never growing confused, never sounding out of place that I can't help but be amazed.

When I heard comparisons to Prince on it's release I wasn't thrilled. But you don't have to like that style of music to enjoy this record. This record transcends genre, and is thrilling to those who are fascinated by the possibilities of music. It contains some of the most creative music I have ever heard, but don't worry if you don't like it - it's ok, you're just wrong. Criticising Beck (like criticising the Beastie Boys or Neil Young), is like saying to God, "yeah, I like mountains, trees and rivers... but wasps!?! They're just crap!"

Rating: 5 out of 5