I am Kyle's self-indulgence

I bought Beck's latest album last week and have been listening to it repeatedly, trying to develop a firm opinion of it. I don't have much time, but I wanted to at least write a few words about what I think.

It's really pretty good. I love the production style that Danger Mouse brought to the record, especially on Chemtrails and Walls. There's enough going on to keep things interesting, but not so much that it's overproduced, leaving a rough, edgy quality to it that I love. A few of the songs on the album are a little forgettable, but the two tracks I mentioned are amazing, and the rest of the album is generally solid as well.

Right now I think I place Modern Guilt at about the same level as Sea Change, which didn't wow me at first, but grew on me over time.

Here, then, is my ranking of Beck's albums in order from greatest to least:

Mellow Gold
One Foot In The Grave
Odelay
Mutations
Midnite Vultures
Sea Change
Modern Guilt
The Information
Guero
Stereopathetic Soulmanure
A Western Harvest Field By Moonlight
Golden Feelings