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Beck to Reissue One Foot in the Grave

On the "Do I Really Need This?" reissue scale-- with Chris Brown's near-instant Exclusive re-release on one side and Springsteen's Born to Run redo on the other-- the second coming of Beck's One Foot in the Grave (out April 14 on Interscope) safely resides near Bruce's corner. Exhibit A: It's a very solid record-- a must for those into Beck's acoustic busker side. Exhibit B: Though originally released on K Records in 1994, it has been out of print since 2005. Exhibit C: The reissue is packed with 16 bonus tracks, most of them Grave-era outtakes that have never been officially released.

Talking to Japanese newspaper The Daily Yomiuri a few weeks ago, Beck gave up some details about the Grave redo: "I've actually been working on this for the past two or three years. [On] the original tapes there were an extra maybe 30 songs that weren't on the record and I picked the best. So it's got about a little over a dozen extra tracks that no one's heard before." And, according to a press release, there's 13 previously unreleased tracks. ("Teenage Wastebasket" appears twice-- once solo acoustic and once full band.) That's practically an entire new album's worth of Beck songs. Not bad.

Beck also told The Daily Yomiuri about some recent studio sessions with Charlotte Gainsbourg for her next LP.

Tracklist:

One Foot in the Grave (Expanded Edition):

01 He's a Mighty Good Leader
02 Sleeping Bag
03 I Get Lonesome
04 Burnt Orange Peel
05 Cyanide Breath Mint
06 See Water
07 Ziplock Bag
08 Hollow Log
09 Forcefield
10 Fourteen Rivers Fourteen Floods
11 Asshole
12 I've Seen the Land Beyond
13 Outcome
14 Girl Dreams
15 Painted Eyelids
16 Atmospheric Conditions
17 It's All in Your Mind **
18 Whiskey Can Can **
19 Mattress *
20 Woe Unto Me *
21 Teenage Wastebasket *
22 Your Love Is Weird *
23 Favorite Nerve *
24 Piss on the Door *
25 Close to God *
26 Sweet Satan *
27 Burning Boyfriend *
28 Blake Lake Morning *
29 Feather in Your Cap **
30 One Foot in the Grave *
31 Teenage Wastebasket *
32 I Get Lonesome *

* previously unreleased
** bonus track
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One of Beck's finest. Excited to hear the bonus tracks.

Hixx

Awesome, excellent album, can't wait to hear the bonus tracks!

orangecrush

I am very excited about this. I do enjoy Beck + Guitar.

macnorton

One of the few Beck albums I don't have...so very cool.

The Bus

This is, far away, Beck's best album. To think that there's now another album showcasing a style he's not going back to (and honestly, probably can't return to) is amazing.

feenst

Wow, there are songs on there I've never even heard of. I'll definitely be getting this.

Damfino

Wow, my first reaction before opening the thread, was "been there, done that". I never expected there would be this much new stuff that hadn't been released before. I'll be getting it.

Gdrlv

My first reaction was, "Wow. This is completely unnecessary." Luckily, I quickly realized that I was mixing up One Foot in the Grave with Stereopathic Soul Manure. I will be buying this.

Chaza

I lost my disc for this, so I'll be picking it up. I'm glad it's got a lot of unreleased songs, unlike the recent Paul's Boutique rerelease.

The Bus

Stereopathetic Soul Manure has a lot of weird stuff but at least it gave us:

"Rowboat"
"Thunder Peel"
"Crystal Clear (Beer)"
"No Money No Honey"
"One Foot in the Grave"
"Puttin' It Down"
"Satan Gave Me a Taco"
"Modesto"

auto

No one can dispute the awesomeness of "Satan Gave Me Taco".

The Bus

Well... anyone else get it? Haven't given it a proper listen but from the few tracks I've heard, it's already worth the purchase (for me, at least).

If you've never gotten this album and you like his folkier/stranger side, this is indispensable.

The Bus

Here's one of my favorite of the expanded tracks:


Beck — "Woe on Me"