Stereopathetic Soulmanure

Stereopathetic Soulmanure
Studio album by Beck
Released	22 February 1994
Recorded	1992–1993
Genre	Country, anti-folk
Length	64:35
Label	Flipside
Producer	Tom Grimley, Beck Hansen, Gus Hudson
Beck chronology
A Western Harvest Field by Moonlight (1994) Stereopathetic Soulmanure (1994) Mellow Gold (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	B+

Stereopathetic Soulmanure is the second studio album by American alternative rock musician Beck, released on Flipside in 1994, a week before the appearance of his Geffen debut Mellow Gold. The album comprises mostly home demos, live performances, and abstract noise experiments. Although a lo-fi recording of largely anti-commercial nature, Stereopathetic Soulmanure is actually Beck's third official recording, released before the success of "Loser." Beck would soon return with another independent release, the plaintive and mostly acoustic One Foot in the Grave—his third album of 1994—before recording his major label follow-up Odelay.

Johnny Cash would cover the track "Rowboat" on his 1996 album Unchained.

As of July 2008, Stereopathetic Soulmanure has sold 146,000 copies in the United States.

Track listing

All songs were written by Beck, except where noted.

1. "Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus)" – 2:57
2. "Rowboat" – 3:45
3. "Thunder Peel" – 1:48
4. "Waitin' for a Train" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 1:08
5. "The Spirit Moves Me" – 2:10
6. "Crystal Clear (Beer)" – 2:29
7. "No Money No Honey" – 2:13
8. "'8.6.82'" – 0:37
9. "Total Soul Future (Eat It)" – 1:48
10. "One Foot in the Grave" – 2:14
11. "Aphid Manure Heist" – 1:29
12. "Today Has Been a Fucked Up Day" – 2:34
13. " "Rollins Power Sauce" " – 1:54
14. "Puttin It Down" – 2:23
15. "'11.6.45'" – 0:30
16. "Cut 1/2 Blues" – 2:37
17. "Jagermeister Pie" – 1:07
18. "Ozzy" – 2:05
19. "Dead Wild Cat" – 0:25
20. "Satan Gave Me a Taco" – 3:46
21. "'8.4.82'" – 0:26
22. "Tasergun" – 3:51
23. "Modesto" – 3:27
24. "Ken" (unlisted) – 0:12
25. "Bonus Noise" (unlisted) – 16:40
    • This is included on most discs, but not all. This track is also "locked".

Alternate tracklisting

There was an alternate pressing that separates "No Money No Honey" over tracks 7 and 8 and breaks parts of "One Foot in the Grave" and "Aphid Manure Heist" over tracks 12, 13 and 14; this caused all tracks after "Crystal Clear (Beer)" to be off from the track listing on the back cover. This pressing also omits the short snippet of dialog called "Ken", yet keeps "Bonus Noise" on the same track as "Modesto". This pressing causes some online tracklistings, such as the one at Allmusic, to be incorrect. The actual tracklisting of this pressing is as follows:

1. "Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus)" – 2:57
2. "Rowboat" – 3:45
3. "Thunder Peel" – 1:48
4. "Waitin' for a Train" – 1:08
5. "The Spirit Moves Me" – 2:10
6. "Crystal Clear (Beer)" – 2:29
7. "Noise 1" (start of "No Money No Honey") – 0:05
8. "No Money No Honey" – 2:07
9. "8.6.82" – 0:37
10. "Total Soul Future (Eat It)" – 1:48
11. "One Foot in the Grave" – 1:57
12. "Noise 2" (end of "One Foot in the Grave") – 0:17
13. "Noise 3" (start of "Aphid Manure Heist") – 0:31
14. "Aphid Manure Heist" – 0:57
15. "Today Has Been a Fucked Up Day" – 2:34
16. " "Rollins Power Sauce" " – 1:54
17. "Puttin' It Down" – 2:23
18. "11.6.45" – 0:30
19. "Cut 1/2 Blues" – 2:37
20. "Jagermeister Pie" – 1:07
21. "Ozzy" – 2:05
22. "Dead Wild Cat" – 0:25
23. "Satan Gave Me a Taco" – 3:46
24. "8.4.82" – 0:26
25. "Tasergun" – 3:51
26. "Modesto" (includes "Bonus Noise", but not "Ken") – 20:07

Notes

• "Bonus Noise" contains a reversed song called "In the Clover".
• The track "Waitin' for a Train" is a cover of a Jimmie Rodgers song. It opens with a soundbite (spoken by Ross Harris) from Steve Hanft's film Normal. Hanft and Harris are both longtime friends and collaborators of Beck.
• The track "Thunder Peel" was re-recorded for Odelay, and later appeared on the deluxe version of that album.

External links

• Stereopathetic Soulmanure at MusicBrainz