Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
Jeff Beck has never shied away from following trends, at least as far as the musical styles he uses to back up his signature guitar sound. Back in 1969, in a sleeve note on Beck-Ola, he noted that he hadn't come up with "anything totally original," and instead made an album "with the accent on heavy music" at a time when the "heavy music" of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Led Zeppelin was all the rage. In 1975, at the height of the jazz fusion movement, he made a jazz fusion album, and a good one, too. In both cases, however, the fashionable genres only provided a contemporary-sounding context in which his playing could flourish. If anyone has ever needed to be inspired to work, it's this recluse. So on his first regular studio album of new material in ten years, Who Else!, Beck, on at least a few tracks, solos over heavily percussive techno tracks reminiscent of Prodigy. But whether he's piercing such a rhythmic wall, rearranging the blues on the live "Blast From the East," or floating over an ambient soundscape on "Angel (Footsteps)," it's the same old Beck, with his stinging and sustained single-note melodies, his harmonics, his contrasting tones, his drive. And the man who played "Greensleeves" straight on Truth in 1968 is the same one who is faithful to the Irish air "Declan" here. Older fans who haven't been spending time at raves in recent years may want to program their CDs to avoid the electronica, but they should at least give those tunes a listen -- are they any heavier than the "heavy music" of 1969?
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From $17.49/month
Jeff Beck, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist - Tony Hymas, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Producer - Jennifer Batten, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Jeff Beck, Producer - Chris Sheldon, Mixing Engineer - Steve Alexander, Drums - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Randy Hope-Taylor, Bass
(P) 1999 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jeff Beck, Associated Performer, Guitar, Main Artist, Producer - Tony Hymas, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Producer - Jennifer Batten, Guitar - Chris Sheldon, Mixing Engineer - Manu Katché, Drums, Percussion - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Pino Palladino, Bass
(P) 1999 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jeff Beck, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Tony Hymas, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Producer - Jennifer Batten, Guitar - Chris Sheldon, Mixing Engineer - Steve Alexander, Drums - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Randy Hope-Taylor, Bass
(P) 1999 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jeff Beck, Associated Performer, Guitar, Main Artist, Producer - Tony Hymas, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Producer - Jennifer Batten, Guitar - Chris Sheldon, Mixing Engineer - Steve Alexander, Drums - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Randy Hope-Taylor, Bass
(P) 1999 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jeff Beck, Associated Performer, Guitar, Main Artist, Producer - Tony Hymas, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Producer - Jennifer Batten, Guitar - Chris Sheldon, Mixing Engineer - Steve Alexander, Drums - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Randy Hope-Taylor, Bass
(P) 1999 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jeff Beck, Associated Performer, Guitar, Main Artist, Producer - Tony Hymas, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Producer - Jennifer Batten, Guitar - Chris Sheldon, Mixing Engineer - Steve Alexander, Drums - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Randy Hope-Taylor, Bass
(P) 1999 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jeff Beck, Associated Performer, Guitar, Main Artist, Producer - Tony Hymas, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Producer - Jennifer Batten, Guitar - Chris Sheldon, Mixing Engineer - Steve Alexander, Drums - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Randy Hope-Taylor, Bass
(P) 1999 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jeff Beck, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Tony Hymas, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Producer - Jennifer Batten, Guitar - Chris Sheldon, Mixing Engineer - Steve Alexander, Drums - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Randy Hope-Taylor, Bass
(P) 1999 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jeff Beck, Associated Performer, Guitar, Main Artist, Producer - Tony Hymas, Keyboards, Producer - Jan Hammer, Composer, Drums, Keyboards, Lyricist - Jennifer Batten, Guitar - Chris Sheldon, Mixing Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Randy Hope-Taylor, Bass
(P) 1999 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jeff Beck, Associated Performer, Guitar, Main Artist, Producer - Tony Hymas, Keyboards, Producer - Donal Lunny, Composer, Lyricist - Jennifer Batten, Guitar - Chris Sheldon, Mixing Engineer - Simon Wallace, Guitar, Synthesizer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Mark John, Acoustic Guitar - Steve Alexander, Drums - Bob Loveday, Flute, Violin - Randy Hope-Taylor, Bass - Clive Bell, Flute
(P) 1999 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jeff Beck, Associated Performer, Guitar, Main Artist, Producer - Tony Hymas, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Producer - Jennifer Batten, Guitar - Chris Sheldon, Mixing Engineer - Steve Alexander, Drums - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Randy Hope-Taylor, Bass
(P) 1999 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Jeff Beck has never shied away from following trends, at least as far as the musical styles he uses to back up his signature guitar sound. Back in 1969, in a sleeve note on Beck-Ola, he noted that he hadn't come up with "anything totally original," and instead made an album "with the accent on heavy music" at a time when the "heavy music" of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Led Zeppelin was all the rage. In 1975, at the height of the jazz fusion movement, he made a jazz fusion album, and a good one, too. In both cases, however, the fashionable genres only provided a contemporary-sounding context in which his playing could flourish. If anyone has ever needed to be inspired to work, it's this recluse. So on his first regular studio album of new material in ten years, Who Else!, Beck, on at least a few tracks, solos over heavily percussive techno tracks reminiscent of Prodigy. But whether he's piercing such a rhythmic wall, rearranging the blues on the live "Blast From the East," or floating over an ambient soundscape on "Angel (Footsteps)," it's the same old Beck, with his stinging and sustained single-note melodies, his harmonics, his contrasting tones, his drive. And the man who played "Greensleeves" straight on Truth in 1968 is the same one who is faithful to the Irish air "Declan" here. Older fans who haven't been spending time at raves in recent years may want to program their CDs to avoid the electronica, but they should at least give those tunes a listen -- are they any heavier than the "heavy music" of 1969?
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:47
- Main artists: Jeff Beck
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Epic
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Improve album informationWhy buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.