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SPIN Magazine's Top 90 Albums of the 90s
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The freaky brainchild of Michael Ivey, Basehead's music is deep semiotics disguised as slacker hip-hop. On his debut album, Ivey mumbles through songs about heartbreak, the meaning of life, and beer (several years before Beck, mind you) over a foundation of funky backbeats, one-note guitar grooves and scratchy lo-fi samples. Cleverly constructed skits woven throughout the songs add musical texture and layers of meaning: a changing radio dial mood-swings "Not Over You" from pretty and melancholic to comical, while the conversation that bookENDs "Ode to My Favorite Beer" turns it into a simultaneous examination
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Manufacturer: Imago Records
Release date: 23 July 1996
EAN: 0727872300624 UPC: 727872300624
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Release date: 23 July 1996
EAN: 0727872300624 UPC: 727872300624
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