The Information
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The Information
The Information is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock musician Beck, released in October 3, 2006 on Interscope Records. It was produced and mixed by Nigel Godrich, with whom Beck had previously recordedMutations (1998) and Sea Change (2002). Recording took place from 2003 to 2006, with Beck concurrently working on another album, 2005's Guero, with The Dust Brothers. The album received positive reviews from critics and made several publications' year-end lists.-Wikipedia
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NME
Beck’s gone electro. And it’s brilliant
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Rolling Stone
one of the best albums Beck has ever made
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All Music
if you give it time, The Information eventually reveals itself as Beck's tightest, most purposeful album yet
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Pitchfork
Nearly every word on The Information has a distinct purpose.
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Sputnik Music
The album follows very closely to the style of Odelay! in that almost every song has very hip hop inspired elements
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AV Music
The Information makes for a much more satisfying return to past Beck sounds, and one that points the way to the future.
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The Guardian
The Information is a bracing reminder that Beck's musical imagination has survived his fall from fashion.
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Slant Magazine
Beck has spent 12 years deconstructing musical genres, using samples and beats to bring together the future and the past, and listening to him pick apart himself is just as exhilarating.
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Drowned in Sound
The Information could well be regarded as one of its maker’s classics in a year or two; it certain warrants slipping onto a shelf beside the aforementioned hit-spawning ’96 long-player.
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The Crimson
The grooves and rhymes often are not different enough to be interesting and will probably result in skipping through many tracks to reach the few real gems here.
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Spin
The Information isn’t the much-awaited watershed sequel to Odelay — it’s about three songs too long and a little all over the place.
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