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Universal acclaim- based on 176 Ratings
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Positive: 158 out of 176
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Mixed: 8 out of 176
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Negative: 10 out of 176
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MikeA.Sep 23, 2002Pure brilliance, Beck has climbed to a new level, in my opinion Sea Change is the best album of the year to date...
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YuvalApr 17, 2003Superb album, completely connected both musically and spiritually.
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WillTFeb 24, 2007Great album. I was never a big Beck fan but this album won me over.
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BobRAug 10, 2007This one's a grower... it's great
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GeoffH.Apr 5, 20089/10 average from 97 users says it all to me. This is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. Affecting, deep and wonderfully haunting, I wonder what some of the critics were thinking but then I'll never work music critics out. They're from a world so full of their own importance things like love affairs and break ups don't exist.
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BrunoJun 27, 2008I really loved this album, and its amazing to find that beck produces perfect music in such different ways.
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KristineNNov 6, 2002Fabulous production that's spare and raw when needed makes this album incredibly hard NOT to listen to - when I heard it was so mellow I thought I might be bored after a number of tunes, but the effect is the polar opposite: spellbinding.
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SamDec 31, 2002Beck hurts and portrays it with something we can all enjoy. Unlucky bastard makes us very lucky indeed.
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CartlandDec 30, 2002This is one of the very best albums I've heard. Hopefully he'll continue making such haunting melodies. I can only compare this to the Beatles' best work. Genius!
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bobdDec 6, 2002beck confounds and annoys the ordinary listener by being absolutely unconcerned with their expectations. "Sea Change" is sonically breathtaking (play it LOUD!), lyrically labyrinthine (one has to pay attention to parse the actual narratives here), and emotionally searing. Not for the average debased attention span.
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HenryAOct 4, 2002Sea change is a brilliant 'low' album. Forget springstein, young and etc's 9/11 spam offerings, get this instead. VVoice what were you thinking?
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TheresaSOct 6, 2002Saw him in concert before the CD even came out and I loved it! Such a personal album, and as he said it's been 7 years in the making. Well worth the wait. I have all his CDs and this one just blows my mind! It's been on repeat for 4 hours now!
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bobjSep 22, 2002pretty damn good
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AndyJ.Sep 22, 2002Best Beck album yet... dont be suprised if "Sea Change" pulls an upset over Bruce Springsteen's new album at the next grammys...
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JohnL.Sep 25, 2002Excellent album. Lyrically and melodically his best work.
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JoshT.Sep 27, 2002An immensely personal and heartwrenchingly sad record full of understated beauty; the year's best album.
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JasonG.Sep 30, 2002Almost as good as nick drake
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JimmyMMar 9, 2005This is a darn god album and i would love it even if it was made by a fat irishman. so eat that.
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TeejaAug 18, 2005A beautiful deeply moving album.
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NickHAug 28, 2005It's a damn masterpiece. There aren't enough these days. Hats off to Beck, who seemingly can't make bad (let alone average) albums. This is his best album, out of a sea of great albums.
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LucPDec 22, 2006Touched my soul
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PaulFOct 8, 2006Easily the best album ever. Yes really, it's like that. If art's supreme purpose is to provoke and disarm, then this album is the epitome of art. Well composed, well produced and extremely sincere, emotional and personal. Thanks for sharing, Beck!
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WesF.Jun 15, 2007Was not a huge fan of Beck until I heard this record on a long trip with my brother. Sea Change is simply one of my favorite albums of all time, and I still listen to it 5 years later.
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JakeJun 24, 2008Just a great album. Pick it up.
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LouisA.Sep 24, 2002one of beck's greatest. masterfully done, he pours his heart and depression into and comes through
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AGoijeSep 26, 2002Beck has once again proved that he is a genius.
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ElizabethR.Sep 28, 2002A wave of trance music you want to listen to over and over again, but oddly unmawkish, considering the subject matter. A fully realised effort, integrating new (for him) directness in lyrics, and the lush but still restrained multi-track arrangements. Controlled emotionalism in a new form--beautifully constructed and intelligently executed.
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RatatouilleStrychnineSep 29, 2002This isn't the best Beck album but this is equally flawless as other albums he did. This album cements Beck's legacy as one of the greatest and most versatile artists in pop culture. "I Guess I'm Doing Fine", "Lost Cause", and "Already Dead" are my personal favorites. These songs are very. very sad and beautiful at the same time.
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scottJul 29, 2006The best album Beck has made up until now.
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Oct 3, 2010This album rules, I would recommend Paper tiger and little one. Beck is so underated. I mean every song made my pants tight. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Awards & Rankings
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MojoSea Change aches too thoroughly to be mere career shift. It's the kind of album that at times seems too sad for the singer's own good. [Album of the Month, Oct 2002, p.90]
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One of his finest efforts to date.
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Many of these harrowing tunes, like "Lonesome Tears" and "Guess I'm Doing Fine" have the lonely blues feel of Beck's similar-sounding Mutations, and they definitely get better with repeated play.