Beck's Odelay earned a Metacritic score of 91 and sold 5 million copies, making it one of the most inventive records of the 1990s. Its lo-fi blend of folk, hip-hop, and rock defied genre boundaries, with Grammy nomination for Album of the Year in 1997. While more eclectic than #6 Jagged Little Pill, it lacks the same commercial power—33 million fewer sales—but its experimental spirit ranks it among the decade's most influential albums, with 40% of its tracks sampled by later artists.

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