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Discuss “Worth listening to: Beck”

Throughout his remarkable recording career, Beck Hansen has embraced many roles as a musician: lo-fi indie slacker, pop-culture miner, noise rocker, R&B loverman, and on his most recent outing ? 2002?s [ITAL]Sea Change/IATL]? heartbroken balladeer. Admired by critics and hipsters alike, his abstract lyricism and range of musical styles have produced a body of work characterized by a steadfast refusal to settle into a single style for long. With this week?s release of his latest effort, [ITAL]Guero/ITAL], however, Beck for the first time seems to have settled into the role of simply being Beck. The result is an album that, while not quite on par with his groundbreaking mid-?90s masterpieces, is still a fine listen full of the stylistic changes...

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