In the Swedish newspaper 'Svenska Dagbladet' of Monday, March 20th, there's an article on Beck's tour date in Sweden. In it, Beck is compared to Prince. The article says, in rough translation:



"Beck's lyrics might not strike you as straightforward, making sense, but they catch the listener. He entertains with thought provoking and provokative words, music that exceeds the boundaries of genre, in the same way that the early Prince did (before he took himself too seriously and renamed himself The Artist). Just like The Artist Beck mixes sex and soul."