This album could almost be perfect. Nothing as unique as Beck had ever been seen before and has yet to be seen again. If you were to isolate 70% of the tracks, you'd hear nothing but disturbing sounds. But, every song on this album takes all these ugly sound effects or whatever they are and transforms them to an incredible folky hip-hop alternative masterpiece. Every song on this is brilliantly composed and produced to make one of the most "out there" records of all time. Too bad it steps just over the line at some places. Like at the end of the song "Novacane", there's an ear piercing screeching noise that goes on for almost the same time as the actual song. You just want to turn that shit off, ask the person who put it on what the hell is wrong with them and tell them to get the other record. If it weren't for these unnecessary moments of the album, this would be my favorite album by a landslide. Beck has proven himself to be the most creative artist of the generation.