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Promo disk, made in EU Germany
Cd4+

Studio album by Beck
Released November 15, 1999 (international)
November 16, 1999 (US)[1][2]
Recorded July 1998–June 1999
Studios Soft Studios and PCP Labs (Los Angeles)
Genres
Funk rock[3]R&B[4]alternative rockhip hop[5]disco[5]
Length 58:52
Labels
DGCBong Load
Producers
Beck HansenThe Dust BrothersTony HofferMickey Petralia
Beck chronology
Mutations
(1998) Midnite Vultures
(1999) Stray Blues
(2000)

Midnite Vultures is the seventh studio album by American musician Beck, released on November 16, 1999, by DGC Records. While similar to most of Beck`s previous albums in its exploration of widely varying styles, it did not achieve the same blockbuster success as his breakthrough album Odelay, but was still critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

Recording
Working titles for the album included Zatyricon (the name of a song released in 2000 as a B-side on the `Nicotine & Gravy` single and later included on the Beck EP) and I Can Smell the V.D. in the Club Tonight (a line from `Milk & Honey`).[6]

Influences
Several songs were directly inspired by other songs: `Get Real Paid` features a spiraling sequencer motif reminiscent of Kraftwerk`s `Home Computer`; a synth breakdown in `Milk & Honey` echoes a similar riff in Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five`s `The Message`; `Beautiful Way` came about after listening to The Velvet Underground`s `Countess from Hong Kong`; and `Debra` was inspired by both Prince`s song `Adore` and the David Bowie song `Win`.

Original compact disc release
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `Sexx Laws` 3:39
2. `Nicotine & Gravy` 5:13
3. `Mixed Bizness` 4:10
4. `Get Real Paid` ([note 1]) 4:44
5. `Hollywood Freaks` Hansen, John King, Michael Simpson 3:59
6. `Peaches & Cream` 4:54
7. `Broken Train` 4:11
8. `Milk & Honey` Hansen, Buzz Clifford 5:18
9. `Beautiful Way` 5:44
10. `Pressure Zone` ([note 2]) 3:14
11. `Debra` (includes hidden track[note 3]) Ed Green, Hansen, John King, Michael Simpson 13:46
Total length: 58:52

Personnel
Beck – vocals; keyboards (tracks 1, 6, 7, 10), guitar (tracks 2, 6, 7, 9, 10), synthesizers (track 2, 4, 8), piano (track 2), vocoder (track 3, 8), choir vocals (track 4), bass synthesizer (track 5), backing vocals (tracks 6, 7, 10), handclaps (track 6), marimbas (track 7), harmonica (tracks 7, 9), acoustic guitar (track 8), bass guitar (track 9), programming (tracks 1–4, 6–8, 10), horn arrangements (tracks 1, 3, 6)
Justin Meldal-Johnsen – bass guitar (tracks 1–8, 10), synthesizer (track 2), backing vocals & shaker (track 3), percussion (tracks 6, 7), handclaps (track 6), guitar (track 8), noise (10), upright bass (track 11)
Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – synthesizers (tracks 1–8, 10), piano (tracks 1, 2, 8, 10), tambourine (tracks 1, 9, 10), shaker (tracks 1, 10), clavinet (tracks 2, 7, 8), vocoder (track 3, 8), backing vocals (track 3, 10), choir vocals (track 4), organ (track 6, 11), percussion (tracks 6, 7), handclaps (track 6), acoustic guitar (track 7), guitar & electronic drums (track 8), keyboards (track 9), Fender Rhodes electric piano (track 11)
Smokey Hormel – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 8, 11)
Joey Waronker – drums (tracks 3, 7, 8, 10, 11), percussion (track 10)
David Arthur Brown – tenor sax (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6)
Jon Birdsong – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6)
David Ralicke – trombone (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6)
Tony Hoffer – programming (tracks 3, 4, 5, 8, 10), guitar (track 3, 8)
David Campbell – viola, string arrangements & string conductor (track 2)
Larry Corbett – cello (track 2)
Joel Derouin – violin (track 2)
Greg Leisz – pedal steel (track 9)
Jay Dee Maness – pedal steel (tracks 1, 9)
Johnny Marr – guitar (track 8)
Herb Pedersen – banjo (tracks 1, 2)
Fernando Pullum – horn (track 11)
Joe Turano – horn (track 11), backing vocals (track 11)
Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5)
Beth Orton – backing vocals (track 9)
The Dust Brothers – scratching & programming (track 5)
Steve Baxter – horn (track 11), backing vocals (track 11)
Valerie Pinkston – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5)
Mickey Petralia – programming (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9)
DJ Swamp – scratching (track 2)
Eve Butler – violin (track 2)
Arroyo Bombers – gang chorus (track 5)
Arroyo Tabernacle Men`s Chorale – choir (track 6)
Technical:

Beck - production; mixing (tracks 1–6, 8)
Mickey Petralia – production (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9), engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9), mixing (track 1, 2, 6–10)
The Dust Brothers – production (tracks 5, 11), engineer (track 5)
Michael Patterson – mixing (tracks 1–6, 8, 11)
Tony Hoffer – co-production (tracks 3, 4, 8, 10), mixing (tracks 3, 4, 8, 10), sound design (4, 10), engineering (track 3, 4, 8, 10)
Derek Carlson – second engineer
Steve Mixdorf – second engineer
Chris Bellman – mastering
Brian Gardner – mastering
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Robert Carranza – string engineer (track 2)
Eye – artwork, art direction, design, collage
Charlie Gross – photography
Shauna O`Brien – project manager
Gimbop – layout direction
Michel Gondry – collage
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