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Title: Sounds too clever for its own good
Review: I'm sure Beck is talented. I saw him open up for Dylan with a solo acoustic set. But by covering everything in layers of electronic music, and using synthesizers like it was the early eighties, he makes himself sound quite average. I'm not even sure the songs on this album are up to standard. I think he spends too much time worrying about what sound effect or musical genre he wants to cover, rather than writing the outstanding songs he is capable of. This album sounds a little too silly, and Beck is completely unbelievable as a soul singer
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