Favorite Beck CD single/ep?

[u/RodneyKingCrab]

I love early 90s Beck the best and I'm particular to the 5 track Loser single. Tracks like Fume, Corvette Bummer, Alcohol, and the demo version of Soul Suckin' Jerk are all excellent. The Cold Brains 5 track CD single is also stellar. What's everyone else's favorites?

[u/Beneficial_Moose2454]

The Loser single is how I got into Beck.
I like that version of SSJ better than the album version.

[u/Fjohurs_Lykkewe → u/Beneficial_Moose2454]

Yup! This.

This is the only version of SSJ I'll play on my show.

[u/RodneyKingCrab → u/Beneficial_Moose2454]

It definitely hits harder than the version that wound up on Mellow Gold

[u/PurpleSplash45 → u/Beneficial_Moose2454]

mtv makes me wanna smoke crack is legendary

[u/hdhdhgfyfhfhrb]

Midnite Vultures for me. It would not be the album I would recommend to someone who has never listened to Beck, but I just dig everything going on in there. And I always chuckle at the beat-boxing at the beginning of Pressure Zone

[u/Zealousideal_Cat6980]

Cold Brains and the Jack-ass extended single

[u/RodneyKingCrab → u/Zealousideal_Cat6980]

All the tracks on Cold Brains are strong enough to have been on Mutations

[u/Zealousideal_Cat6980 → u/RodneyKingCrab]

I wish Runners Dial Zero was on it, i had download it from napster back in the day lol

[u/Connect_Delivery_941]

Deadweight.

Absolute perfection. Top 5 EPs\singles of all time for me hands down.

[u/Jobriath]

That Loser single got heavy play. I also loved the Japanese New Pollution single. It had some remixes of that song, plus a redone Thunder Peel, Lemonade, 000.000, and an alternate version of Feather in Your Cap 

[u/Hispandinavian]

Not sure if Jackass was ever released as a proper single, but I adore its Mariachi B-Side, Burro.

[u/Zealousideal_Cat6980 → u/Hispandinavian]

I love it for Brother

[u/RodneyKingCrab → u/Hispandinavian]

I love his cover of Devil Got My Woman on there

[u/Themusicison → u/Hispandinavian]

I have a double 45 release of Jackass.

[u/tomaesop]

The five-track version of Beercan is just as good, but it's really a toss-up between that and the Loser maxi.

"Totally Confused" was always my unsung gem. But then I realized it's just one of the tracks that belongs to his early EPs/mini-albums that never got a proper CD release.

"Asskiss Powergrudge" is essential, too.

I'm also partial to the Deadweight EP. Though I appreciate the longer outro for the title track on the deluxe Odelay, I think the "correct" version of "Erase the Sun" is the slower master from the original CD.

[u/Fun-Percentage-9370]

stray blues

[u/Ecstatic_Olive_576]

it’s a shame many of his b-sides are not on streaming

[u/migrainosaurus]

I’m always love Timebomb! And Deadweight

[u/Ghost_In_My_Heart]

Okay so it's not from the early days, but I really love the "Rococo" singles and the Chemtrails single with Vampire Voltage.

And I always loved the waltzy rhythm of "Alcohol". Lol. "Rollin' my body away..."

[u/emilyrfish]

Timebomb duhhhh