unofficial import reissue on colored vinyl, includes all the remixes - Beck began work on 2006's The Information after Sea Change but before he reunited with the Dust Brothers for 2005's Guero, eventually finishing the album after Guero was generally acclaimed as a return to Odelay form. So, it shouldn't come as a great surprise that The Information falls somewhere between those two records, at least on sonic terms. Musically, it's certainly a kindred spirit to Guero, meaning that it hearkens back to the collage of loose-limbed, quirky white-boy funk-rock and rap that brought Beck fame at the peak of the alt-rock revolution, with hints of the psychedelia of Mutations and the folk-rock that was the basis for Sea Change. Since this is a Nigel Godrich production, it's meticulous and precise even when it wants to give the illusion of spontaneity, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, since it also pulls the album into focus, something that the generally fine Guero could have used. - Stephen Thomas ErlewineA1 Elevator Music 3:37
A2 Think I'm In Love 3:18
A3 Cellphone's Dead 4:45
A4 Strange Apparition 3:48
B1 Soldier Jane 3:58
B2 Nausea 2:54
B3 Dark Star 3:44
B4 Movie Theme 3:53
C1 We Dance Alone 3:56
C2 No Complaints 2:58
C3 1000bpm 2:29
C4 Motorcade 4:14
D1 The Information 3:45
D2 New Round 3:25
D3 The Horrible Fanfare / Landslide / Exoskeleton 10:33
D4 Inside Out 3:43
E1 This Girl I Know 2:43
E2 O Menina 2:01
E3 Cellphone's Dead (Ellen Allien Remix) 5:35
E4 Cellphone's Dead (Jamie Lidell Limited Minutes Remix) 4:29
F1 Cellphone's Dead (Ricardo Villalobos Remix) 14:37
F2 Nausea (Bumblebeez Remix) 2:27
F3 Nausea (The Chap Remix) 3:55
F4 Dark Star (David Andrew Sitek Remix) 3:59
