This album is a disjointed and cluttered mix of hog-wash, one might say. One might also say it is a priceless window into the early years of Beck, when he didn't much care what he sounded like, what his style was, and who was going to buy it. As a pretty die-hard fan of Beck myself, this album is a true GEM. Anyone who has heard One Foot in the Grave (the album) will know what to expect to a degree, but Stereopathic Soulmanure is a bit rougher, scattered, and diverse than that. Uber raunchy grunge parodies are studded throughout, but seem to be faithfully followed with down-home bluesy tunes that are of an immense musical quality. Beck is a great composer, but is also a wild one. This album catches both of those aspects and, for the Beck fan, delivers genuine material from the cherished and unpolished early days of Beck, which are most definitely a thing of the past, as Beck skyrockets across the genres with an ever-modern and produced, but still original, sound. O . Baughman
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