it Beck's "most inviting, least off-putting work in years", praising its "slightly broader emotional range". Browne stated that the album felt "simultaneously familiar and new" and was "the first record on which the many moods and sides of Beck coexist". Andy Gill of The Independent observed that "Beck darts around the musical map like an animated flea," and praised the album's "judicious blends of beats, riffs, songs and raps spiralling off in a variety of directions". Gill highlighted the song "Missing" and its "reflections on the essential patchwork incompleteness of life", comparing it to Beck's work on the whole, "which typically makes unorthodox wholes from diverse fragments." Conversely, Rob Mitchum of Pitchfork gave the album a mixed review and compared the album extensively to Odelay, stating, "one wonders whether Mr. Hansen's heart is in the proceedings, as many of the songs appear to be little more than weak echoes of their similar predecessors". Mitchum concluded that "the final result feels rote and calculated." The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Track listing Sample credits Personnel Musicians Beck – vocals (tracks 1–13), guitar (1–3, 5–6, 9–10, 13), bass guitar (1, 3, 5, 7–9, 12–13), additional sounds (2), slide guitar (3, 11, 13), intro programming (3), percussion (4, 11-13), tambourines (5), acoustic guitar (6, 8, 12), electric guitar (6, 12), harmonica (7, 9), vocoder (7), piano (8, 11), celesta (8), drums (8), beats (8, 11), keyboards (10), handclaps (10, 12–13), kalimba (11), 12-string guitar (12, 13), stomp (13) The Dust Brothers – beats (1-7, 10, 12), handclaps (10) Paolo Díaz – "dude" (2) Charlie Capen – additional sounds (2) Sean Davis – bass guitar (4) Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – Clavinet (6, 12) Money Mark – organ (6) Justin Meldal-Johnsen – bass (6, 12), guitar sounds (12) Joey Waronker – drums (6) Smokey Hormel – electric guitar (6) Christina Ricci (as Kurisuti-na) – girl (7) Jack White – bass guitar (10) Petra Haden – vocals (12) Technical Beck – co-producer (1–13), engineer (1–13), mixing (1–13), string arranger (4, 13), art direction, design The Dust Brothers – co-producers (1–7, 9–10, 12–13), engineers (1–7, 9–10, 12–13), mixing (1–7, 9–10, 12–13) Danny Kalb – engineer (1–7, 9–10, 12–13) Mark Branch – assistant engineer (1–7, 9–10, 12–13) Mike Laza – assistant engineer (1–7, 9–10, 12–13) Brad Breeck – sound designer (1–7, 9–10, 12–13) Nigel Godrich – mixing (3)