This is Peanut Gallery. You are the crowd. Every Wednesday, we pick two classic albums from the same iconic band or artist and leave it up to you… the smart, savvy, sometimes dastardly and devious social miscreants of Ology.com… to argue amongst yourselves and decide which album reigns supreme. Favorite songs, lyrics, music videos, album covers—everything's on the table. Give us your best argument in the comments section below; we'll tally up the votes and announce the winner at the start of next week's Peanut Gallery face-off. Sound good? Okay, let's do this.
Last Week's Winner:
We pitted two of Metallica's biggest albums, Master of Puppets and The Black Album, up against each other in a battle to the... well, not death, but something definitely painful. Guessing the choice between two of the most iconic (and best) heavy metal albums of all time left you all about as helpless as the Vietnam veteran from "One" because, well… you guys didn't vote. It's okay, we've been stood up before. It's never easy… sniffle… but it does get easier. Sniffle. Sniffle.
This Week's Match-Up:
In the time of chimpanzees, we're asking you to choose between Beck's two best albums— Odelay (1996) and Sea Change (2002).
"Loser" and Mellow Gold put Beck Hansen on the map, but it was his kaleidoscopic collaboration with The Dust Brothers (the cut and paste craftsmen behind the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique) that established him as a permanent voice of the burgeoning alternative rock generation. A whirlwind of different samples, loops, sounds and ideas, Odelay married its experimental sound design to some of Beck's best, most memorable songs to date, from the post-grunge two-step of "Devils Haircut" through the lounge hip-hop groove of "Where It's At" and bustling pop-jazz free-for-all of "The New Pollution."
Classic Songs: "Where It's At," "Devils Haircut," "The New Polution," "Jack-Ass" and "Sissyneck."
His second collaboration with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Beck's post-millennial folk masterpiece (written in the wake of a painful split from his longtime fiancée) is the breakup album to end all others. Where his previous efforts were purposefully ironic or elusive, Sea Change is devastatingly direct, its aching, personal lyrics married brilliantly to a gentle, comforting and warm classic folk pop/rock sound. From the deceptive optimistic swell of "The Golden Age" through the funereal lurch of "Little One" and beyond, Sea Change is an undisputed classic and arguably Beck's finest album to date.
Classic Songs: "Guess I'm Doing Fine," "Lost Cause," "It's All In Your Mind," "Lonesome Tears" and "Round The Bend."
Okay, ladies and gentlemen... it's in your hands now. Hit up the comments section below and let us know which Beck album deserves to take home the glory; we'll declare a winner this time next week. See you all then!
stanmemake3 :
Hands down, Sea Change is the more memorable, mature and relevant. Odelay is brilliant but the taste leaves your mouth so quickly, like bubblegum whereas Sea Change leaves a lasting affect on the listener. And, seeing as though I'm the only comment on this page - Sea Change wins!
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