Beck Eyeing Fall For Next Album


Katie Hasty, N.Y.

Beck has finished recording his next studio album and will release it this fall via Interscope. While there is no official street date for the as-yet-untitled effort, it comes only a year-and-a-half after his last full-length set, "Guero," hit stores.

According to Beck's Web site, the new album was produced by Nigel Godrich, who has been behind the boards for such prior releases as 1998's "Mutations" and 2002's "Sea Change."

Beck will be previewing new material this month during a 10-date North American tour, which also visits Tennessee's Bonnaroo festival. In August, he will hit the European festival circuit and open two dates for Radiohead in Edinburgh and Dublin.


"Guero" gave Beck the highest chart position in his career when it opened at No. 2 on The Billboard 200. It has sold 800,000 copies in United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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@ Beck n Nigel Godrich

Yeah.. Nigel been workin hard lately...


I bet it's gonna be an interesting album..

i'm excited

good news. when i was listening to guero all i could think was "boy this record would be so much better with a whole lot of extraneous whooses and bleeps"

i didn't know godrich did 'mutations'...so does this mean another mellow album? if it's as good as 'sea change', bring it on.

How I wish Prince would "[preview] new material" on a small club tour.

Anx said:

But I still don't have Mutations.

minneapolisgenius said:

Pick it up, girl. There's some good stuff on there.

Cloudbuster said:

I know. I'm lazy though.

minneapolisgenius said:

If I set fire to you would that help you move any quicker?

Cloudbuster said:

No.

It's really that bad.

Have you been nailed down?

I could understand that.

Cloudbuster said:

No. Just lazy.

minneapolisgenius said:

Wtf? Was that neccessary?

Cloudbuster said:

Most definitely.

minneapolisgenius said:

Ok.

beck rules

pkidwell said:

theghostoftonym said:

Good observation. How pretentious your idea of his production is.. obviously you think Radioheads ideas.. are in fact nigels..



Obviously you don't know much about his production.
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It's good to know Guerro sold 800 thousand copies. That's imressive. I thought it flopped. This, along with "With Teeth" from NIN is validation that an album doesn't have to go over to the masses to be successful. The fans will find you.

I absolutely loved Guero. That album really made me appreciate Beck more. If he would have came to my town during that tour, I would have definitely seen it.

Glad to hear we're gettin' some of Beck in 2006.

UndercovaBrotha said:

I read a few months ago that he has i think (total with this album) two albums finished.

so i'm glad he is releasing of some of it.

I LOVE BECK

Guero sold 800,000? That's better than "3121", and I thought "Guero" must have been an outstanding commercial flop. I never knew it debuted so high either.

I'm gonna make the guess that this probably will be mellow.. but I think its gonna contain some upbeat stuff..

or this could be the very modern album he was referring to... he did say that one of his new'er albums will contain some abstract music..