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Beck - Stereopathetic Soulmanure (1994)

Date: 22 Nov 2015 04:36:10

Stereopathetic Soulmanure is the 1994 album by Beck Hansen, who is commonly known as Beck. This was the independent album he released after the major label album Mellow Gold, and is closer to the spirit that made people interested in him in the first place. Released by Flipside Records, there were two versions of the CD but this is the original version. The MP3's also has an additional track created exclusively for Avaxhome. It consists of an excerpt of the unlisted final track, "Bonus Noise", as there's a portion with another unlisted song in bettween called "Bend Over In The Clover". This portion has parts of the slow either slowed down or in reversed. This portion "fixes" it so it sounds as close to as he recorded it before tinkering around with the audio.

When Beck signed to Geffen Records and released his bristling, humorous, and crazy eclectic debut Mellow Gold he also managed to finagle a rather rare perk in the process. He convinced the major label to allow him to continue to release independent projects via smaller labels on the side. Hence his "sophomore" effort, Stereopathetic Soulmanure.

While not a "true" sophomore effort in terms of delivering brand new material, this album was a collection of recordings the artist had made between the years 1988 and 1993. Contrary to the somewhat polished avant funk/pop/folk/blues of his debut, the majority of the songs here eschew any sheen in favor of down-n-dirty, feedback heavy squonk. Hell, one only need go as far as the first track, "Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus)" to get the gist of where Beck was at back in the day.

For the most part nob twiddling and basic, all-American wonking is the norm for much of the music on this album, Beck does dip into his folk encrusted roots from time to time, such as on the fairly straight forward "Rowboat," which showcases his devotion to the more traditional country infused folk idiom. Everything from the steel guitar to Beck's lonesome croon is spot on and damn near reverent. But everything is not as true to the roots as this. "Thunder Peel" starts out like a twangy boot stomper before unraveling into a fuzz-drenched, falsetto treated skirl of gale force sludge.

"Waiting For A Train" is a bunch of recorded hoo-hah about aliens and railroad bums. It leads into "The Spirit Moves Me," in which Beck returns to get a fix on his country jones. "Crystal Clear (Beer)" continues the down tempo, campfire strangeness that erratically jumps into the ping-pong electro intro of "No Money No Honey," which again sounds like another slice of recorded hoo-hah, this time of a busker strumming while Beck accompanies him on the chorus.

"Total Soul Future (Eat It)" is an off-key splurge that sounds like Beck coddled a grip of the Crystal Clear, detuned his guitar, and pushed "record." Then it's into the mutant Blues on "One Foot In The Grave." The harmonica is inspired, but Beck's delivery is a bit off and fully exudes a sense of off-the-cuff improv (which means that sometimes it works, but most of the time it doesn't). "Aphid Manure Heist" is a left turn blitz that begins like a string quartet and then drifts into drunken country folk sing-a-long. The poorly recorded shenanigans continue on "Today Has Been A F@#cked Up Day" which meanders clumsily from back room echo to banjo bravado, complete with recorder f@#k-ups and all, while "Jagermeister Pie" is a syncopated polka fling, and "Satan Gives Me A Taco" seems to be channeling Mojo Nixon (and predates the arena folk hubris of Tenacious D., to boot).

While there are some bona fide keepers strewn throughout Stereopathetic Soulmanure's 23 tracks ultimately deliver an extremely mixed aural bag that provides some insight into the cavernous genius of Beck. In fact the increased number of tape recorder snafus and "off-the-cuff" spiels like "Dead Wild Cat" tend to detract from the overall flow of the album. That said, in the end this is strictly an album for Beck diehards and lo-fi curiosity seekers only.

01. Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus)
Anna-bass
Rachel-drums
Tom Grimley-Recording '96

02. Rowboat
Lisa-drums
Leo LeBlanc-pedal steel

03. Thunder Peel
Dallas-drums

04. Waitin' For A Train
Ken on vocal

05. The Spirit Moves Me
Dallas-drums
Leo LeBlanc-pedal steel

06. Crystal Clear (Beer)

07. No Money No Honey
Ken on guest vocal

08. 8.6.82

09. Total Soul Future (Eat It)
Dallas-drums
Bobby Hecksher-giotar

10. One Foot In The Grave

11. Aphid Manure Heist

12. Today Has Been A Fucked Up Day

13. "Rollins Power Sauce"

14. Puttin It Down

15. 11.6.45

16. Cut ½ Blues
Dallas-drums
Bobby-guitar

17. Jagermeister Pie
Tommy Recording

18. Ozzy

19. Dead Wild Cat

20. Satan Gave Me A Taco
Dallas-drums
Johnny Cashmachine on backup vocal

21. 8.4.82

22. Tasergun
Dallas-drums
Bobby-Co-Bassplosion

23. Modesto
Lisa-drums
Leo LeBlanc-pedal steel

Tracks 24 and 25 are unlisted, but EAC listed them as:
24. Ken
25. Bonus Noise

AVAXHOME EXCLUSIVE
26. Bonus Noise (Bend Over In The Clover)
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Recorded '88-'93 U.S.A.

Released almost immediately after Beck's first album Mellow Gold, Stereopathetic Soulmanure is a noisier record than his debut, flaunting the experimental rock influences that Mellow Gold only hinted at. For the most part, the record is a nonstop attack of noise and fragmented songs, recalling the mid-'80s records of Sonic Youth and Pussy Galore, yet the occasional pop and folk-oriented song creeps in (though none of them are as well-constructed as those on the debut or his third album, One Foot in the Grave, which followed a few months later).

I remember hearing this album way back in the mid 90s when it was originally released and I wasn’t so keen. I mean, Mellow Gold had just come out and Beck’s curious lo-fi country ramblings had not yet been cemented into my young mind. However, listening to ‘Stereopathetic Soulmanure’ now it makes more sense to me than most of Beck’s most recent output. A lazy and haphazard mix of styles, the album sounds like a collection of random taped experiments, rock, metal, blues, country and random noisy skits are thrown together with a total disregard for any kind of coherence, and this is exactly what makes it good. It’s quite funny how similar I find this stuff now to the other records we’re stocking – Fonal, Last Visible Dog, Soft Abuse, Secretly Canadian, and yet Beck is considered ‘pop’. It only takes one hit I suppose doesn’t it – and he had two biggies with ‘Loser’ and ‘Where It’s At’, so his status was cemented, and these little oddities in his backcatalogue have kept on re-surfacing ever since. If you were a little disappointed by his recent releases then check this out, Beck’s unique take on country, folk and classic rock is still endearing, and this record is a lot more than just a blast from the past.

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