Tomorrow, April 14, is One Foot In The Grave Day!

Hell, let’s make it the whole week.

How much do you love One Foot In The Grave? Are you listening to it now (and why not?)? When did you first hear it? What do you think of the 16 (SIXTEEN!) bonus tracks on the new Deluxe version, out tomorrow, go buy it ASAP? What’s your favorite song on the album? Any old things you wish were on the Deluxe, but aren’t? (I’d die if there was a “Curses.” And what about that old “Static”?) If you could marry One Foot In The Grave, would you? Has a girl ever dangled carrots and made you feel embarrassed to be the fool you know you are?

Share your One Foot stories in the comments!

So a few of the music news sites are catching up to this release finally (Pitchfork, NME, etc.). I put the press release below.

NME had a slightly different tracklist, the title “Axe Ex” is now “Burning Boyfriend.” Sounds like the same song to me, just a new (better) title.

Also, some are now reporting that the release will be on Interscope, when initial reports were that it’s on Beck’s new personal label, Illiad Records. Beck’s deal with Interscope was reportedly finished in the US after the last album. So not sure contractually how things are working here. If anyone knows anything, I’m quite interested in this side of things, please share.

The album, needless to remind you, is out on Tuesday. EXCITEMENT LEVEL: not zero.

PRESS RELEASE:

BECK
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE DELUXE REISSUE OUT APRIL 14

“One Foot in the Grave presents our hero as an earnest young student of vernacular American music, knocking off Guthrie-esque sing-alongs, loose-stringed slide blues, and originals that come off as the alternative-rock equivalent to folklorist field recordings…a loving tribute”. -ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

Released barely four months after Beck’s 1994 debut Mellow Gold, the minimalist mutant folk collection One Foot in the Grave was a curveball that temporarily threw casual “Loser” fans off Beck’s scent while presaging myriad musical adventures to come in the form of 1996’s multi-platinum breakthrough Odelay. On April 14, One Foot in the Grave will be reissued in a deluxe format including 13 previously unreleased tracks from the original sessions and three more from an out of print 7″ only release, including an early version of “It’s All In Your Mind” from 2002’s Sea Change.

One Foot in the Grave was released in June 1994 on K Records, and was recorded by Calvin Johnson, founder of the label and proprietor of Dub Narcotic Studios. Sessions began in the fall of 1993, a few months into the existence of Calvin’s Olympia, Wa basement studio on a reel to reel 8 track. Musicians from local bands such as Built to Spill, Spinanes and Love As Laughter made appearances backing up Beck on half of the original album’s 16 tracks. Released with little to no initial promotion or fanfare, the record has grown from a cult favorite to one of the most highly regarded releases of the extensive Beck oeuvre, with tracks like “Hollow Log,” “He’s A Mighty Good Leader” and “Asshole,” which was covered by Tom Petty on his She’s The One album.

“I’d never worked with anyone so focused, or whose creativity flowed so freely,” Johnson recently recalled. “Songs altered structure and lyrics take to take, a fascinating process to witness.” The the deluxe reissue of One Foot in the Grave yields additional insight into the process by including the above-mentioned never before released originals and alternate mixes from these sessions.

The complete track listing is as follows:

ORIGINAL ALBUM:

1. He’s A Mighty Good Leader
2. Sleeping Bag
3. I Get Lonesome
4. Burnt Orange Peel
5. Cyanide Breath Mint
6. See Water
7. Ziplock Bag
8. Hollow Log
9. Forcefield
10. Fourteen Rivers Fourteen Floods
11. Asshole
12. I’ve Seen The Land Beyond
13. Outcome
14. Girl Dreams
15. Painted Eyelids
16. Atmospheric Conditions

BONUS TRACKS:

17. It’s All In Your Mind (K Records 7″)
18. Whiskey Can Can (K Records 7″)
19. Mattress*
20. Woe On Me*
21. Teenage Wastebasket*
22. Your Love Is Weird*
23. Favorite Nerve*
24. Piss On The Door*
25. Close To God*
26. Sweet Satan*
27. Burning Boyfriend*
28. Black Lake Morning*
29. Feather In Your Cap (K Records 7″)
30. One Foot In the Grave*
31. Teenage Wastebasket*
32. I Get Lonesome*

* never before released

Thanks for the shout-out Rolling Stone, much appreciated. TWO MORE WEEKS! New old school Beck tracks!

If anyone is wondering or looking for them, we have not added the One Foot In DeLuxe tracklist to the site yet, because of the chance they’re songs we already knew, but under an old name. Once we can hear the stuff, and know for certain, we’ll add them.

1 He’s A Mighty Good Leader
2 Sleeping Bag
3 I Get Lonesome
4 Burnt Orange Peel
5 Cyanide Breath Mint
6 See Water
7 Ziplock Bag
8 Hollow Log
9 Forcefield
10 Fourteen Rivers Fourteen Floods
11 Asshole
12 I’ve Seen The Land Beyond
13 Outcome
14 Girl Dreams
15 Painted Eyelids
16 Atmospheric Conditions
17 It’s All In Your Mind (Bonus Track)
18 Whiskey Can Can (Bonus Track)
19 Mattress (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
20 Woe Unto Me (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
21 Teenage Wastebasket (Acoustic) (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
22 Favorite Nerve (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
23 Piss On The Floor (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
24 Your Love Is Weird (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
25 Close To God (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
26 Sweet Satan (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
27 Blake Lake Morning (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
28 Axe Ex (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
29 Teenage Wastebasket (Electric) (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
30 One Foot In The Grave (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
31 Feather In Your Cap (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
32 I Get Lonesome (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)

Don’t quite know what to make of this as yet… new version of “One Foot” the song? “Close To God” was previously released… “Teenage Wastebasket”! This is gonna rock!