Modern Guilt
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| Studio album by Beck | ||||
| Released | July 8, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 at Anonyme Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 33:33 | |||
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DGC XL (UK, EU) |
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| Producer | Danger Mouse, Beck | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (77/100) |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | B |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| The Guardian | |
| The Independent | |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| PopMatters |   |
| Pitchfork | (7.0/10) |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | (7/10) |
Modern Guilt is the eighth official studio album and eleventh overall by American alternative artist Beck. It was released on July 8, 2008, fulfilling Beck's recording contract with Interscope Records, along with Geffen as well. The album lasts 33 minutes, making it the shortest album by Beck to date.
Modern Guilt features two contributions by Cat Power and was produced by Beck and Danger Mouse.
A vinyl record of the album, including download codes for the 320-kbit/s digital version of the album direct from the master vinyl, was released on July 22, 2008.
The album received generally positive reviews upon release, earning a rating of 77 out of 100 on Metacritic.Filter said of the album "Beck is somehow more aware while puffing out his waves of broken poetry as opposed to the casual seed-spitting he has been known to turn to," and Allmusic said that it was "an effective dosage of 21st century paranoia." Some negative reviews, such as PopMatters, said that the album "lacks the unique resonating timbres one is accustomed to with Beck," and The Guardian called it "a vanity project". In December 2008, Modern Guilt was nominated for Best Alternative Album at the 51st Grammy Awards, but it later lost to In Rainbows by Radiohead.
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