30 Years Later: Beck’s Kaleidoscope Artistry Makes ‘Odelay’ One Of The Decade’s Finest Moments (opens in new tab)

“I thought Odelay might be the last time I got a chance to make a record,” explains Beck in a 2008 interview with Rolling Stone. While we can all thankfully say the multifaceted fusion mastermind made it out the other side of his daring fifth studio effort, the weight of living up to expectations set by people who never personally met you was weighing heavily on the Los Angeles native. Beck was fresh off becoming a phenomenon with the runaway success of his 1994 breakthrough LP Mellow Gold, w...