0509. Beck
Guero

You remember Beck, right? No? The guy with the giga-hit Loser, who sort of disappeared after the masses realized he didn't keep to just that sound in his songs? Okay, now I see you're following.
So, here goes: for his ninth release he's (kind of) abandoned his most chaotic/spontaneous impulses which gives a more focused sound than on many of the previous.

The result is an album of semi-catchy alternative rock, where our favourite scientologist, with the help of the Dust Brothers (who, as you may recall also produced the Beastie Boy's Paul's Boutique - the 'Boys themselves gets sampled on the track E-Pro), gives us a thematically inclined album about (among other things) growing up in L.A.

Quite listemble and probably one of the best albums he's released this far.

…and then this was removed from the list.

Replaced by:

Justice
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So, if you take house and just run with it for a while, maybe remove all the annoying elements (well, mostly at least) and borrow some stuff from cooler genres, and you're set for life.

Let's just call this album Cross for ease of reading, shall we? This might be nominated for the longest streak of single releases as the first one came out on 2005 and the fifth hit the stores in 2009 (with the album out in 2007). Honestly? I can't stand the kids singing in D.A.N.C.E. - they just sound so almost in pitch (sort of like child versions of the strained vocals in the hook of DVNO).

Things get heavier and a whole lot better in Phantom Pt II, and this is where they should have stayed. This is where everyone ought to be dancing if the party's right. But why the hell they brought in Uffie to …rap? on Tthhee Ppaarrttyy will forever be beyond my radar.