Beck would soon return with the mostly acoustic One Foot in the Grave and Mellow Gold before recording his major label follow-up Odelay (1996).

Following the release of his first two recordings, Golden Feelings and A Western Harvest Field by Moonlight, Beck would sign to major label DGC following the success of the 1993 single "Loser".

He managed to get a deal to release independent music on the side, compiling recordings from between 1988 and 1993 onto Stereopathetic Soulmanure.

Overall, they believed the record was a "bid for indie credibility that may have scared away fans who discovered Beck through Mellow Gold, Stereopathetic is as uncompromising and as unlistenable as Sonic Youth or their many imitators at their most extreme.

Other highlights include the "cathartic punk" of "Tasergun" and "Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus)" to the "gorgeous Deadhead country" of "Modesto".

This pressing also omits the short snippet of dialog called "Ken," yet keeps "Bonus Noise" on the same track as "Modesto."