Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Reviews8 (out of 10) - "...it's a warm, slow, understated downer of a record, all about death and depression, and therefore totally in line with Beck's fascination and comfort with folk blues...", 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...a loose, thrown-together selection of oddities and missahpes which he dreamed up and scribbled down while out on the road. He calls the album 'parenthetical.' Most artists would kill to be able to casually marginalise material as marvellous as this...", Ranked #32 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "An eerie update of roots from back porch to Brazilian, pushed through a dark, Beatlesy filter...", "...the songs are still quite fully fleshed out and sweet....MUTATIONS is an exploration of more classic 60's Brit-pop structures and arrangements...", "...Beck's Complicated Work Reminds Listeners of Their Own Complications and Contradictions...", 5 stars out of 5 - "...Beck settles down to some good ol' bluegrass strummin'. And it might just be his best album yet....Retro or not, it sound sperfect at 4 in the morning...", "...the intimate, colorful, occaisionally creepy themes of this stop-gap effort and the sheer diversity of its songs make it a beautifully complex album, as instantly rewarding as any in his catalog...", "...MUTATIONS is a colleciton of tumblin'-tumbleweeds, mellow-Acapulco-gold melodies on which Beck's drowsy voice and strummed guitar are framed by the lazy whine of a pedal steel, the wheeze of a harmonica, the occasional trumpet, and the bleeps and burps of old-school synthesizers..." - Rating: B