Article: Release puts Beck at a crossroads

Dave Itzkoff The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
07-08-2008
Release puts Beck at a crossroads
Byline: Dave Itzkoff The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: FEATURES

LOS ANGELES --

Several months ago Beck Hansen finally fulfilled a promise he'd made to himself: to archive the heap of personal recordings in his closet. It was a chore that reacquainted him with the performer he had been early in his career and the artist he has since become, and as he wandered through more than a decade's worth of unreleased music, he found himself feeling nostalgic, relieved and occasionally mortified.

"It is a bit random, what ends up getting released and what stays in the ...

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