(PR) Beck's major label debut, "Mellow Gold," introduced him to the world in 1994 but it was 1996's "Odelay" that became a bellwether for the alternative rock movement. Now, a dozen years after its original release, "Odelay" has been expanded into a two-CD Deluxe Edition with the addition of two never-before-released tracks from the original sessions, a soundtrack contribution, and 16 b-sides and compilation tracks never-before-released in the U.S. "Odelay - Deluxe Edition" (Geffen/UMe), released January 29, 2008. Forging a sound from the roots of folk, blues, rock and hip hop with the sensibilities of D.I.Y., noise, experimental music and the possibilities of modern technology, "Odelay" stands (as discussed in the All-Music Guide) as "a dense, endlessly intriguing album overflowing with ideas...a fluid, creative, and startlingly original work."
Disc One of "Odelay - Deluxe Edition" adds to that original album two never before heard Dust Brothers-produced tracks from the "Odelay" sessions, "Inferno" and "Gold Chains," and "Deadweight" from the film "A Life Less Ordinary."
Disc Two's 16 selections include "Thunder Peel," co-produced by Mario Caldato Jr.; the U.N.K.L.E. (featuring James Lavelle) remix of "Where It's At," and Aphex Twin and Mickey P. remixes of "Devil's Haircut" (titled "Richard's Hairpiece" and "American Wasteland," respectively). Also heard are the once international-only b-sides "Clock," "Electric Music and The Summer People," "Lemonade," "SA-5," "Feather In Your Cap," "Erase The Sun," "000.000," "Brother," "Trouble All My Days," "Strange Invitation," "Devil Got My Woman," (a cover of the Skip James classic recorded at the original Sun Studios in Memphis before they closed their doors) and "Burro" -- a Spanish language version of "Jackass" recorded with a mariachi band.
