Released: Mar 29, 2005. Genre: Rock. Styles: Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Dance. Number Of Tracks: 13. Three years after the critically acclaimed and heartwrenching opus "Sea Change," Beck returns with his most diverse, accomplished and compelling work to date: "Guero."

POSTED: 04/08/2005 - 04:05 am

Release Date: Mar 1994. Label: DGC. Genres: Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Rock, Experimental Rock. Number Of Tracks: 12. By blending boundaries so thoroughly and intoxicatingly, Mellow Gold established a new vein of alternative rock, one that was fueled by ideas instead of attitude.

POSTED: 08/26/2006 - 02:43 am

Released: Nov 16, 1999. Label: DGC. Genre: Rock. Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Dance, Indie Rock. Number Of Tracks: 11. Musically, it's filled with wonderful little quirks, but these are undercut by the sneaking suspicion that for all the ingenuity, it's just a hipster joke.

POSTED: 09/02/2005 - 07:07 am

Release Date: Jul 8, 2008. Label: Interscope. Genres: Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Neo-Psychedelia. Number Of Tracks: 10. The whole album is very laid back and in essence retro sounding. It would make great driving music or background music at a chill party.

POSTED: 07/10/2008 - 02:56 am

Released: Nov 3, 1998. Genre: Alternative Rock, Alternative Country. Label: DGC. Number Of Tracks: 11. This album makes a good soundtrack to a quiet day or evening. It's very good background noise.

POSTED: 09/15/2010 - 03:54 am

Release Date: Jun 18, 1996. Label: DGC. Genres: Club/Dance, Singer/ Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Rock. Number Of Tracks: 13. Odelay's rich collage of sound may very well prove a prediction of the future.

POSTED: 04/01/2006 - 03:02 am

Released: Aug 1994. Genre: Rock. Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Rock. Number Of Tracks: 16. It's a gentle record, and its collection of small gems are every bit as impressive as the songs on Mellow Gold or its 1996 follow-up, Odelay.

POSTED: 04/22/2005 - 03:42 am

Released: Sep 24, 2002. Genre: Alternative Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Country Rock, Folk Rock, Indie Folk. Label: Geffen. Number Of Tracks: 12. As "Sea Change" is playing, it feels as if Beck singing to you alone, revealing painful, intimate secrets that mirror your own. It's a genuine masterpiece in an era with too damn few of them.

POSTED: 04/09/2005 - 04:44 am

Release Date: 1988. Genres: Alternative Rock. Number Of Tracks: 12. The album is largely divided between despairing, guitar-driven blues, bizarre skits, light-hearted banjo jams, such as "Let's Go Moon Some Cars", and "Bottle Of Wine", and stream-of-consciousness talking blues.

POSTED: 07/26/2006 - 06:50 am

Release Date: Oct 3, 2006. Label: Interscope. Genres: Indie Rock, Alternative Dance, Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock. Number Of Tracks: 15. The Information is far more of a proper album than Guero, coming fully equipped with recurring themes and motifs, feeling every bit the concept album Sea Change was.

POSTED: 11/18/2006 - 03:30 am