- rock, alternative rock, alternative and punk
- 68 min
- 17 tracks
- Interscope Records
The Information is the tenth studio album by American musician Beck, released on October 3, 2006 by Interscope Records. It was produced and mixed by Nigel Godrich, with whom Beck recorded Mutations (1998) and Sea Change (2002). Recording took place from 2003 to 2006, with Beck concurrently working on 2005's Guero with the Dust Brothers. The album received positive reviews from critics and made several publications' year-end lists.
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Character
Spare, contemporary, character-led and cool.
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 73/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- The Independent5/5 ★
- MSN Music (Consumer Guide)B+
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork6.9/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin3.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Elevator Music3:38
- 2Think I'm in Love3:19
- 3Cellphone's Dead4:46
- 4Strange Apparition3:48
- 5Soldier Jane3:59
- 6Nausea2:56
- 7New Round3:26
- 8Dark Star3:45
- 9We Dance Alone3:57
- 10No Complaints3:00
- 111000 BPM2:29
- 12Motorcade4:15
- 13The Information3:46
- 14Movie Theme3:53
- 15The Horrible Fanfare / Landslide / Exoskeleton10:37
- 16Inside Out3:43
- 17This Girl That I Know2:44
17 tracks, 68 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Beck
- Label
- Interscope Records
- Released
- October 2, 2006
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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