The Information

Pitchfork 6.9/10 It always used to feel like Beck was years beyond us but, as The Information attests, the universal struggle is finally catching up with him. Took long enough.

A.V. Club A- There's nothing here that Beck hasn't done before, but it sounds unexpected once again, which is a fitting development for an artist who made his name repurposing old material in unexpected ways. Here, he's done a Beck on himself, and built a stronger, funkier, more moving Beck in the process.

NME 4/5 If Beck gets better as he gets madder, this is definitely his best since ‘Midnite Vultures’ – maybe even since ‘Odelay’.

Rolling Stone 4/5 One of the best albums Beck has ever made.

The Independent 5/5 In the case of The Information, the results are very agreeable indeed.

All Music 4/5 If you give it time, The Information eventually reveals itself as Beck's tightest, most purposeful album yet.

Slant 3.5/5 Beck has spent 12 years deconstructing musical genres, using samples and beats to bring together the future and the past, and listening to him pick apart himself is just as exhilarating.

Pop Matters 8/10 “The Information” — capital T, capital I — implies the goods dissemination-wise, the down-low made official, a definitive assessment of where it’s at, dig? Fortunately, as an album like this makes all too obvious, it’s never that easy.

The Guardian 3/5 The Information is a bracing reminder that Beck's musical imagination has survived his fall from fashion.

Uncut 6/10 There are plenty of good things here, but there’s also a sense of artist and producer (and Godrich’s presence sometimes overwhelms even Beck) operating in default mode.