Review: CD Of The Week: Beck Modern Guilt Beck's back

The Scotsman;  July 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Modern Guilt assuaged in 30 minutes **** BECK: MODERN GUILT XL, GBP 10.99 A FEW months ago, Beck's tenth album was...things simple, speedy, and direct. Every element of Modern Guilt, from the music to the minimal artwork, has been put...

Modern Guilt

Monterey County Weekly;  August 7, 2008 ;     244 words ...BECK Modern Guilt DGC Records Produced by hot beatmaker...bearing an ominously portentous title, Modern Guilt raises expectations that its creator...consumed Beck in this new century, Modern Guilt is the shortest album of his almost-15-...

Beck's 'Modern Guilt': Downbeat, but Catchy

The Washington Post;  July 8, 2008 ;     584 words ......indecipherability. On his morose new album, "Modern Guilt," the musician known simply as Beck...orphans in a tidal wave's wake." On "Modern Guilt," Beck sounds disillusioned, paranoid...gloomy breakup album "Sea Change." "Modern Guilt" isn't a relationship album, though...

Coming first to a jukebox near you: Beck's `Modern Guilt'.(Arts and...

The Boston Herald;  July 1, 2008 ;     494 words ......jukebox company, added Beck's album Modern Guilt to 10,000 digital jukeboxes - one week...fit any demographic. Before loading Modern Guilt on to about 30 percent of its 35,000...Wyclef Jean, Billy Joel and others. But Modern Guilt marks the first pre-release of an entire...

Beck gloomy in'Guilt'; Memorable, catchy hooks lighten album.(ARTS...

The Washington Times;  July 8, 2008 ;     434 words ......Mazmanian, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Beck Modern Guilt DGC Records Clocking in at a little more than a half-hour, Modern Guilt, Beck's wisp of an album, seems...perhaps overextend the comparison, Modern Guilt is Beck's Diamond Dogs - downbeat...

MUSIC: BECK WHERE HE BELONGS; CD OF THE WEEK BECK Modern Guilt...

The Mirror (London, England);  July 4, 2008 ;     358 words ......electropop production, the sound of Modern Guilt is nicely skewed, wonderfully inventive...epic Volcano that closes the album, Modern Guilt is Beck in excelsis, covering the full...small part. It's their delivery, and Modern Guilt's teeming variety and imagination, that...

WHERE'S IT AT, BECK? CD OF THE WEEK

The Sunday Herald;  July 6, 2008 ;     293 words ...BECK Modern Guilt (XL) *** FOR almost a decade, starting...expect, well, more of the different. Modern Guilt goes some way in serving up more of...out for the stratosphere. As it is, Modern Guilt is a good album - the fine, winsome...

Beck: Rambling Grandfathers And 'Modern Guilt'

NPR Morning Edition;  August 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ......08-26-2008 Beck: Rambling Grandfathers And 'Modern Guilt' Host: RENEE MONTAGNE Time 10:00-11...have become more serious. His latest, "Modern Guilt," may be his darkest yet. When Beck...HANSEN: Yeah. MONTAGNE: The title track, "Modern Guilt," it really exemplifies that. (Soundbite...

A master of change is at it again with `Modern Guilt'

The Boston Globe;  July 8, 2008 ;     558 words ......collection of tech-age fever dreams. "Modern Guilt," as the title of Beck's new album suggests...another great Beck record. Out today, "Modern Guilt" was co-produced by Brian "Danger Mouse...songs clocking in at just 33 minutes, "Modern Guilt" feels fleeting, even temporal, and...

Hammond debut leads CDs

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  August 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ......The Loner Nils Sings Neil" (Vision Music) *** BECK; "Modern Guilt" (DGC) *** 1/2 THE OFFSPRING; "Rise and Fall, Rage...Alternative Music Performance. His eighth studio album, "Modern Guilt," continues Beck's creative evolution. Co-produced...and rhythm & blues producer Danger Mouse and Beck, ...

Beck / Modern Guilt (Universal)

Winnipeg Free Press;  July 12, 2008 ;     215 words ...Beck Modern Guilt (Universal) With Danger Mouse handling production duties, one might...Gnarls Barkley prankster is the star of the show, though, filling Modern Guilt with skittery beats, elastic bass lines, stuttering shuffles and...

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Dayton Daily News;  July 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Tomorrow" -- ALEXIS LARSEN rock Beck MODERN GUILT Beck Hansen's 10th album was co-produced...like a pawn piece in a human shield. Modern guilt is all in our hands." He ends saying...helplessness, walking away with the modern guilt of knowing you played your part and...

Release puts Beck at a crossroads

International Herald Tribune;  July 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ......38th birthday, Beck was to release "Modern Guilt," his eighth major- label studio album...Beverly Boulevard where he created "Modern Guilt." He was dressed in a designer T-shirt...every performer's worst nightmare." On "Modern Guilt," Beck's goal was to split the difference...

All grown up, and still going strong

The Independent on Sunday;  July 6, 2008 ;     211 words ...Beck Modern Guilt XL CDs POP Everyone's favourite Scientologist boy genius is all grown...backing vocals, but I can barely hear her.) At 30 minutes long, 'Modern Guilt' is a short and sweet treat. Not a patch on his first few albums...

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 11, 2008 ;     94 words ...BECK Modern Guilt (Geffen) On Modern Guilt, his aptly named eighth studio album, Beck sighs with the sentiment of a 21st-century man whose fantasies have lapsed into frustration. Tunes range from catchy to meandering, even with most songs pared...