MellowGold was somewhat adventurous, my favorite track is Beercan. With the exception of that track, and Loser, and a few others, it just kind of sounds like a typical indie album.
What I was trying to say was that following Beck's somewhat successful MellowGold, and Radiohead's somewhat successful Pablo Honey, they could have really just faded off like a lot of bands, and gone a little more commercial, made a terrible album, and faded off.
However, both of their follow-ups were neither commercial or terrible, and in Beck's Odelay and Radiohead's The Bends, they really solidified themselves as genuine artists who were here to stay. It seems true that with all great art, the artist has to ultimately be out to please themself, and not the indolent masses.
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