If the imagery works for you, then you can probably fathom Jeff Beck’s latest release, You Had It Coming. Defying comparison, Beck successfully fuses electronica and Moby-like dance beats with the alternatively weeping or screaming tones of the electric guitar. The album’s opener, “Earthquake,” is a guitar-driven club anthem, backed by a drum track that practically lifts you out of your seat. In contrast, “Blackbird” evokes the sad song of a bird, accompanied by Beck’s guitar.

You Had It Coming is a club mix for the rockers of the new millennium reluctant to bring out Jennifer Lopez at their next party but nonetheless long for a formula to keep things moving. Like Moby, Beck makes electronica cool again.