Guero
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| Studio album by Beck | |||||
| Released | March 29, 2005 | ||||
| Recorded | September 2003 – August 2004 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 49:58 | ||||
| Label | Interscope | ||||
| Producer | Beck Hansen, Dust Brothers | ||||
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Guero is the sixth major-label studio album by Beck, first released in March 2005. It debuted on Billboard's Top 200 Album chart at #2 (where it went gold), and in the UK at #15 (where it went silver). To date, this is Beck's highest charting CD. It is seen by many reviewers as a return to the style of Odelay, his 1996 album, mainly because this album, like Odelay, utilizes production duo the Dust Brothers. It also recalls Mutations in places with its Brazilian influences. "E-Pro" was the album's first single, with "Girl" as the follow-up. Guero sold 800,000 units in the US as of June 2006.
Guero means white person in urban hispanic populations.
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[edit] Background
An unmixed and un-mastered version of Guero was leaked in January, under the title Ubiquitous. The track listing differed slightly from the officially announced track listing of Guero. The album was released simultaneously in two formats: a standard 13-track CD with none of the bonus tracks or remixes, and a DVD/CD combo pack. The CD included all the above listed tracks while the DVD featured a 5.1 surround sound mix of the 13 album tracks along with abstract, multi-angle videos by visual artists D-Fuse as well as other videos and special features.
The track "E-Pro" was remixed by Paza Rahm and released on the Hell Yes EP as "Bad Cartridge". The EP was released on vinyl, as an iTunes Music Store download, and in CD format for college radio. "E-Pro" was Beck's first number 1 since his debut single "Loser".
Jack White of The White Stripes plays bass on "Go It Alone". Money Mark, solo artist and keyboardist for the Beastie Boys, plays the organ on "Earthquake Weather". Petra Haden, formerly of that dog and The Rentals, provides an intricate backing vocal track for "Rental Car". Christina Ricci provides the cameo voice in "Hell Yes".
Güero (pron. IPA ['wero] sounds like "Wher-roh" in English) is a Mexican slang term in Spanish for a pale-skinned or blonde-haired person. Beck cites having been referred to as a "guero" throughout his childhood, lending the title of the album and the track "Qué Onda Guero [sic]". (In Mexican slang, ¿Qué onda güero? means "what's up, blond boy?" or "hey, white boy". See List of Chicano Caló words and expressions)
Beck released an album of Guero remixes called Guerolito later in 2005.
The song "Black Tambourine" was featured in the David Lynch film Inland Empire.
[edit] Track listing
- "E-Pro" (Beck Hansen, Dust Brothers, Beastie Boys) – 3:22
- "Qué Onda Guero" (Hansen, Dust Brothers) – 3:29
- "Girl" (Hansen, Dust Brothers) – 3:30
- "Missing" (Hansen, Dust Brothers, Marcos Vinicius de Moraes, Carlos Eduardo Lyra) – 4:44
- "Black Tambourine" (Hansen, Dust Brothers, Eugene Blacknell) – 2:46
- "Earthquake Weather" (Hansen, Dust Brothers, Mark Adams, Steve Washington, Daniel Webster, Mark Hicks) – 4:26
- "Hell Yes" (Hansen, Dust Brothers) – 3:18
- "Broken Drum" (Hansen) – 4:31
- "Scarecrow" (Hansen, Dust Brothers) – 4:16
- "Go It Alone" (Hansen, Jack White, Dust Brothers) – 4:09
- "Farewell Ride" (Hansen) – 4:19
- "Rental Car" (Hansen, Dust Brothers) – 3:05
- "Emergency Exit" (Hansen, Dust Brothers) – 4:02
[edit] Bonus tracks on limited edition DVD release
- "Send a Message to Her" (also a bonus track on the UK release, Australian release and Japanese tour edition) – 4:31
- "Chain Reaction" (also a bonus track on the UK release and Japanese tour edition) – 3:28
- "Clap Hands" (also a bonus track on Japanese tour edition) – 3:18
- "Girl" (Octet remix)
- "Broken Drum" (Boards of Canada remix)
- "Still Missing" (Röyksopp remix of "Missing")
- "Fax Machine Anthem" (Dizzee Rascal remix of "Hell Yes")
[edit] Personnel
- Beck – vocals, guitars, bass guitars, additional sounds, percussion, slide guitar, 12-string guitar, clapping, stomping, programming, tambourines, harmonica, vocoder, piano, celeste, drums, beats, keyboards, kalimba, strings arranger, art direction, design, producer, recording, mixing
- The Dust Brothers – beats, claps, producers, recording, mixing
- Paolo Díaz – "dude" (speaks in the background of "Qué Onda Guero")
- Charlie Capen – additional sounds
- David Campbell – strings arranger
- Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – clavinet
- Justin Meldal-Johnsen – bass, guitar sounds
- Money Mark – organ
- Joey Waronker – drums
- Smokey Hormel – electric guitar
- Christina Ricci – forehead slap solo on "Hell Yes"
- Jack White – bass on "Go It Alone"
- Petra Haden – vocals
- Danny Kalb – engineer
[edit] Related links
- Guero at MusicBrainz (standard edition)
- Guero at MusicBrainz (limited edition)
- D-Fuse
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