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Beck is known as one of rock’s most party-minded entertainers, but his text has always been troubled. The world he sees in “The Information” is a psychic wasteland of blasted dreams and lost bearings. Hip-hop is Beck’s primary vehicle, but the album ranges widely, with Stones/Parsons country-rock, “Odelay”-reminiscent songs, the syncopated Doors homage “Nausea,” sound collages and an atmospheric lullaby. All the while, Armageddon might be around the corner, but for Beck, whimsy remains a sustaining life force.
