在《Mellow Gold》发行后不久，Beck在两个不同的独立厂牌下便发行了两张不同风格的专辑：一张是更躁、更实验化的《Stereopathetic Soul Manure》、另一张是展现其民谣根源的《One Foot in the Grave》，尽管是在独立厂牌下发行，但其发行数字依然相当不错。 by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Within months of the release of Mellow Gold, Beck released his second album, Stereopathetic Soul Manure, a schizophrenic collection of lo-fi recordings from between 1988 and 1993. Much of the music on the album draws from the noisy, experimental post-punk of Sonic Youth and the dirty, primitive junk rock of Pussy Galore; his absurdist sense of humor surfaces only rarely, and only in the guise of such sophomoric cuts as "Jagermeister Pie" and "Satan Gave Me a Taco," while his sense of songcraft is inaudible. Essentially, the record was both a palate cleanser, one designed to scare away the "Loser" fans, and a bid for indie credibility, since the music on Stereopathetic is equally as uncompromising and as unlistenable as Sonic Youth or their many imitators at their most extreme.