McCarthy of PopMatters felt The Information suffered from being overly long and was Beck's least interesting album, although he praised "Think I'm in Love," "Cellphone's Dead" and the title track. Track listing Deluxe version Disc one contains the original 15-track album re-sequenced with "New Round" moved from track 7 to 14, "Dark Star" moved from track 8 to 7 and "Movie Theme" moved from track 14 to 8. The disc also includes all three Japanese bonus tracks from above for a total of 18 tracks. The third disc contains the following music videos. Most of them homemade by Beck. Sample credits "The Horrible Fanfare" section uses a sample of "Cellphone's Dead". "Landslide" section uses a sample from the song "Requiem pour un con" by the French singer Serge Gainsbourg. Personnel Beck – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, melodica, piano, organ, keyboards, programming, effects, scratching, sitar, bass guitar, harmonica, kalimba, percussion, drums, drum effects, glockenspiel, Game Boy Nigel Godrich – keyboards, programming, effects, scratching, tambourine, percussion, background vocals, Speak 'n Spell, whistle, Tote-A-Tune, kalimba, drums, Game Boy Jason Falkner – bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, African bass, Moog bass, background vocals, percussion, drums James Gadson – drums, percussion, background vocals Joey Waronker – drums, percussion, background vocals Smokey Hormel – intro sounds Justin Meldal-Johnsen – intro sounds Roger Manning Jr. – intro sounds Alejandro "Alex" Acuna – percussion, background vocals Brian LeBarton – Speak 'n Spell Justin Stanley – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals, percussion, flute Greg Kurstin – keyboards, berimbau, piano, bass keyboard, synthesizer, background vocals, acoustic guitar DJ Z-Trip – scratching Stevie Black – cello, percussion, background vocals Lucia Ribisi – girl on "Cellphone's Dead" Cosimo Hansen – talking Harvey Mason – drums Sean Davis – bass guitar Rachel Shelley – shipping forecast Suzie Katayama – strings Charlie Bisharat – strings Joel Derouin – strings Charlie Bisharat – strings Larry Corbett – strings Roberto Cani – strings Gerardo Hilera – strings Natalie Leggett – strings Tereza Stanislaw – strings Josefina Vergara – strings Armen Garabedian – strings Rudolph Stein – strings Brianna Bell – background vocals on "The Information" Tiffani Fest – background vocals on "The Information" Sage Mears – background vocals on "The Information" Kimi Reichenberg – background vocals on "The Information" Elisha Skorman – background vocals on "The Information" Spike Jonze – talking on "Exoskeleton" Dave Eggers – talking on "Exoskeleton" Technical David Campbell –