ELO "Telephone Line"

I declare this to be the greatest song for tonight and tonight only. July 17, 2014.

There is absolutely no reason other than it has a magical chorus.

Also, it reminds me of Billy Madison.

"Dry Bones" Bascam Lamar Lumsford

"I saw, I saw the light from heaven

A-shinin' all around.
I saw the light come shining,
I saw that light come down."

"Fatty Fatty" Clancy Eccles

"Broken Bottle" Alejandro Escovedo

"Love is a scar that I wear for you,
like a crown of thorns, like a bad tattoo.
I wear sin like a ring of beauty
just to find you've gone."

Beck's Albums From WORST to BEST

"Modern Guilt" 2008

Beck and Danger Mouse. Together. Meh. I wasn't 

excited for this when it came out. It didn't help that the

 lead single was the snoozer, "Chemtrails." 

Best track: Gamma Ray

"Stereopathetic Soulmanure" 1994

This is the randomest (and least good) of Beck's three 1994 albums.

But it still shows wild Beck lighting up the magic that was the possibility

of alternative music in the 1990s. Even though no radio station would go

anywhere near anything off of this record.

Best Track: Rowboat

"The Information" 2006

The whole There-Goes-Rhymin-Simon-Choose-Your-Own-Album-Cover

 idea was pretty mediocre. Beck explores some interesting sounds here, 

but overall, this record doesn't leave much of an impression.

Best track: Cellphone's Dead

 "Morning Phase" 2014

A gorgeous record companion to Sea Change. The problem 

here is that while Morning Phase matches the shine and

 production of Sea Change, Beck is unable to recapture the

 emotion that drives Sea Change's songs.

Best track: Country Down

"Midnite Vultures" 1999

Beck's end of the century party album has grown on me.

But it still lives here. Middle of the pack.

Best track: Get Real Paid 

"Guero" 2005

This was supposed to be Beck getting back to Odelay.

He didn't get there, but still a strong batch of songs. 

Best track: Earthquake Weather

"Mellow Gold" 1994

Beck's breakthrough success. This is alternative nation.

This is the 1990s. 

Best track: Beercan

"Mutations" 1998

I'm running out of things to say. This is a superb album.

Not a bad song on here.

Best track: We Live Again

"Sea Change" 2002

One of the most beautiful, moving, break-up

albums ever. A Blood On the Tracks for 

Generation X.

Best track: Guess I'm Doing Fine

"One Foot in the Grave" 1994

Some might think I'm crazy, or just trying to be difficult,

 by saying this is my second favorite Beck album. 

But I'm not. And it is. 

Best Track: Asshole

"Odelay" 1996

Poor Beck. He will never make anything better than Odelay. 

But he shouldn't feel bad. Not many other people will even 

come close. It's the perfect incarnation of post-modernism 

on the turntables, mixing everything that's great about American

 music and spinning it into something immaculate. And new.

 Best album of the entire 1990s? Maybe.

Best track: Jack-Ass