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Mellow Gold

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Released
  
March 1, 1994

Length
  
47:36

Release date
  
1 March 1994

Recorded
  
1993

Artist
  
Beck

Label
  
Geffen Records

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Producer
  
Beck Hansen Tom Rothrock Rob Schnapf Carl Stephenson

Mellow Gold (1994)
  
One Foot in the Grave (1994)

Genres
  
Alternative rock, Lo-fi music, Anti-folk, Noise rock, Neo-psychedelia

Similar
  
Beck albums, Alternative rock albums

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Mellow Gold is the official debut studio album, third album overall, and major label debut by American alternative rock musician Beck. Mellow Gold was released on March 1, 1994, following the surprise success of "Loser". Critics noted the album's hybrid of various styles including rock, hip hop, folk, psychedelia, and country, and ironic, witty lyrics. The decidedly anti-commercial attitude of Mellow Gold became an unexpected commercial success and went platinum.

Contents

In an effort to get the album into stores such as Wal-Mart and Kmart, which do not stock albums with a "parental advisory sticker", a clean version of the album was released. Nonetheless, Wal-Mart carried the explicit version of the album, though the move is believed to have been an unintentional oversight.

Mellow Gold reached #13 in the United States and #41 in the United Kingdom. As of July 2008, Mellow Gold has sold 1.2 million copies in the US.

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Reception

Mellow Gold received general acclaim from music critics. AllMusic and Rolling Stone gave it five out of five stars (the latter originally giving it only three and a half.)

Guitar World magazine ranked Mellow Gold at number four in the "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" list.

Track listing

All tracks written by Beck, except where noted.

"Loser"

  • "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" by Johnny Jenkins
  • Kill the Moonlight dialogue

    • "Fuckin' with My Head (Mountain Dew Rock)"

  • "Save the World" by Southside Movement

    • "Soul Suckin' Jerk"

  • "The Big Beat" by Billy Squier

    • "Sweet Sunshine"

  • "Save the World" by Southside Movement

    • "Beercan"

  • "Hog Leg" by the Melvins
  • Care Bears dialogue

    • Personnel

  • Beck – vocals, guitars, bass, harmonica, percussion, synthesizers, music box, producer
  • Mike Boito – organ (track 8)
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Tom Rothrock – producer, mixing
  • Rob Schnapf – producer, mixing
  • Carl Stephenson – producer, beats, sampling, sitar (track 1)
  • Petra Haden – violin (track 12)
  • David Harte – drums (tracks 2, 10, 11)
  • Rob Zabrecky – bass (track 12)
  • Robert Fisher – art direction, design
  • Ross Harris – photography
  • Mike O'Connor – drums

    • Additional personnel

  • DJ Smash – turntables

    • Songs

    1Loser3:56
    2Pay No Mind (Snoozer)3:15
    3Fuckin With My Head (Mountain Dew Rock)3:41

    References

    Mellow Gold Wikipedia
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