Stray Blues

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{{Infobox album

| name = Stray Blues: A Collection of B-Sides

| type = compilation

| artist = Beck

| cover = strayblues.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|2000|06|13}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Anti-folk, alternative rock, alternative country, alternative hip hop, hipster hop

| length = 29:05

| label = {{hlist|Geffen|Universal Music Japan}}

| producer =

| prev_title = Midnite Vultures

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Beck

| next_year = 2001

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000382948|pure_url=yes}}|title=B Side Collection: Stray Blues - Beck|last=Phares|first=Heather|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=2012-09-13}}

|rev2 = Robert Christgau

|rev2score = {{rating-Christgau|neither}}{{cite web|url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=beck|title=CG: Beck|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|publisher=RobertChristgau.com}}

|rev3 = Pitchfork

|rev3score = 7/10{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/616-stray-blues-a-collection-of-b-sides/|title=Beck: Stray Blues: A Collection of B-Sides|website=Pitchfork}}

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Stray Blues: A Collection of B-Sides is a compilation album by Beck, released in 2000.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=beck|title=TrouserPress.com :: Beck|website=www.trouserpress.com}} It is a collection of B-sides that was only released in Japan.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fjlVMqXlYXQC&q=Stray+Blues+beck+2000&pg=PA98|title=Beck: The Art of Mutation|first=Nevin|last=Martell|date=June 15, 2002|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9780743424486|via=Google Books}} It features "Burro," a Spanish version of "Jack-Ass," and a cover of Skip Spence's "Halo of Gold."

Track listing

All songs written by Beck, except where noted.

  1. "Totally Confused" – 3:30
  2. "Halo of Gold" (Skip Spence) – 4:29
  3. "Burro" – 3:13
  4. "Brother" – 4:48
  5. "Lemonade" – 2:24
  6. "Electric Music and the Summer People" – 3:35
  7. "Clock" (Beck, John King, Michael Simpson) – 3:19
  8. "Feather in Your Cap" – 3:45

References

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Category:Beck albums

Category:B-side compilation albums

Category:2000 compilation albums

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