Stereopathetic Soulmanure

Infobox Album
Name = Stereopathetic Soulmanure
Type = studio
Artist = Beck


Released = 22 February 1994
Recorded = 1988–1993
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 64:35
Label = Flipside
Producer = Tom Grimley, Beck Hansen, Gus Hudson
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kz6jtroqkl3x link]
*Review-Christgau|B+|artist=113
Last album = "A Western Harvest Field by Moonlight" (1994)
This album = "Stereopathetic Soulmanure"
(1994)
Next album = "Mellow Gold"
(1994)

"Stereopathetic Soulmanure" is the 1994 debut full-length album by alternative rock musician Beck, released on Flipside in 1994, a week before the appearance of his Geffen debut "Mellow Gold". The album comprises mostly home demos, live performances, and abstract noise experiments. Although a lo-fi recording of largely anti-commercialistic nature, "Stereopathetic Soulmanure" is actually Beck's third official recording, released before the success of "Loser." Going completely unnoticed on its release, the album remains an interesting and sometimes bizarre curio for hardcore Beck followers. Beck would soon return with another independent release, the plaintive and mostly acoustic "One Foot in the Grave"—his third album of 1994—before recording his major label follow-up "Odelay".

As of July 2008, "Stereopathetic Soul Manure" has sold 146,000 copies in the United States. [cite web|accessdate=2008-07-18|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/ask_bb/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003829442|title=Ask Billboard|publisher=Billboard|date=2008-07-18]

Track listing

All songs were written by Beck, except where noted.

# "Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus)" – 2:57
# "Rowboat" – 3:45
# "Thunder Peel" – 1:48
# "Waitin' for a Train" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 1:08
# "The Spirit Moves Me" – 2:10
# "Crystal Clear (Beer)" – 2:29
# "No Money No Honey" – 2:13
# "'8.6.82'" – 0:37
# "Total Soul Future (Eat It)" – 1:48
# "One Foot in the Grave" – 2:14
# "Aphid Manure Heist" – 1:29
# "Today Has Been a Fucked Up Day" – 2:34
# "Rollins Power Sauce" – 1:54
# "Puttin It Down" – 2:23
# "'11.6.45'" – 0:30
# "Cut 1/2 Blues" – 2:37
# "Jagermeister Pie" – 1:07
# "Ozzy" – 2:05
# "Dead Wild Cat" – 0:25
# "Satan Gave Me a Taco" – 3:46
# "'8.4.82'" – 0:26
# "Tasergun" – 3:51
# "Modesto" – 3:27
# "Ken" (unlisted) – 0:12
# "Bonus Noise" (unlisted) – 16:40
#* This is included on most discs, but not all. This track is also "locked".

There is also an alternate pressing that separates "No Money No Honey" over tracks 7 and 8 and breaks parts of "One Foot in the Grave" and "Aphid Manure Heist" over tracks 12, 13 and 14, which causes all tracks after "Crystal Clear (Beer)" to be off from the track listing on the back cover. This pressing also omits the short snippet of dialog called "Ken" and keeps the bonus noise on the same track as "Modesto". This pressing causes some online track listings, such as the track listing at Allmusic, to be incorrect. The way the track listing should be, on the alternate pressing, is as follows:

# "Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus)" – 2:57
# "Rowboat" – 3:45
# "Thunder Peel" – 1:48
# "Waitin' for a Train" – 1:08
# "The Spirit Moves Me" – 2:10
# "Crystal Clear (Beer)" – 2:29
# "Noise 1" (start of "No Money No Honey") – 0:05
# "No Money No Honey" – 2:07
# "8.6.82" – 0:37
# "Total Soul Future (Eat It)" – 1:48
# "One Foot in the Grave" – 1:57
# "Noise 2" (end of "One Foot in the Grave") – 0:17
# "Noise 3" (start of "Aphid Manure Heist") – 0:31
# "Aphid Manure Heist" – 0:57
# "Today Has Been a Fucked Up Day" – 2:34
# "Rollins Power Sauce" – 1:54
# "Puttin' It Down" – 2:23
# "11.6.45" – 0:30
# "Cut 1/2 Blues" – 2:37
# "Jagermeister Pie" – 1:07
# "Ozzy" – 2:05
# "Dead Wild Cat" – 0:25
# "Satan Gave Me a Taco" – 3:46
# "8.4.82" – 0:26
# "Tasergun" – 3:51
# "Modesto" (includes "Bonus Noise", but not "Ken") – 20:07

External links

*MusicBrainz album|id=e25dafa3-dc2e-47e4-99dc-dc3d460042ca|name=Stereopathetic Soulmanure

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