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Though 1998's MUTATIONS was the closest Beck had come at the time to conventional (read: non-ironic) troubadourisms, he quickly declared the album a detour and swiftly followed it up with the Prince-influenced about-face of MIDNITE VULTURES. It comes as something of a surprise, then, that he should focus his subsequent efforts on an unprecedentedly earnest singer-songwriter album like SEA CHANGE, which finds him purposefully peeling away his multiple levels of irony. Trumpeted in the press as a post-breakup album, SEA CHANGE has been called Beck's BLOOD ON THE TRACKS, and it's true that he'd never been anywhere near this emotionally naked before.
Sonically, he seems to have (at least momentarily) laid aside his R&B/hip-hop aspirations in pursuit of a late-'60s/early-'70s folk-rock aesthetic. Several cuts have a lazy, Gram Parsons-like country-rock tinge. On "Round the Bend," he delivers a moody, string-swathed lament obviously modeled on Nick Drake's "River Man." While some might lament the departure of the word-spinning wiseguy, SEA CHANGE still seems an inevitable and important step in Beck's artistic maturation.
SEA CHANGE was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album.
Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.103) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002" Rolling Stone (10/3/02, pp.97-9) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...A perfect treasure of soft, spangled woe sung with a heavy open heart. It's the best album Beck has ever made....This is his BLOOD ON THE TRACKS." Spin (1/03, p.70) - Ranked #3 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year" Spin (10/02, p.111) - 9 out of 10 - "...A supremely dainty-assed achievement that jerks real tears..." Entertainment Weekly (9/27/02, p.85) - "...A beautiful mournful hymn of love won and lost....For the first time, Beck is playing himself..." - Rating: B+ Q (12/02, p.65) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2002" Q (10/02, pp.98-9) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Very nearly a very great album....brooding atmospherics, reflective acoustic settings, a desert road movie conducted at a snail's place..." Uncut (1/03, p.94) - Ranked #8 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year" - "...SEA CHANGE is Beck's BLOOD ON THE TRACKS..." The Wire (10/02, p.51) - "...The mood is muted, constant, studiously introverted..." CMJ (12/30/02, p.10) - Ranked #3 on CMJ's "Top 10 of 2002" CMJ (10/7/02) - "...Truly soulful songs....this record is really a spotlight on a man and his guitar....there is a beauty inherent in sadness. Beck is quite clearly intimately familiar with it..." Vibe (11/02, p.154) - "...Steeped in gorgeous, tear-stained country ballads..." Mojo (Publisher) (1/03, p.73) - Ranked #7 in Mojo's "Best Albums of 2002" Mojo (Publisher) (10/02, p.90) - "...There's no trickery here, only transformation..." NME (Magazine) (9/21/02, p.38) - 6 out of 10 - "...A rainy afternoon album--quietly affecting, occasionally sublime..."
Paper tiger this is just so amazing, relaxing and beautiful, my fave beck album, and i have it on now actually 'guess im doing fine' get this album for when life is just gettin u down, or just get it n e way and chill, its just so good Submitted by zebutwiceactually (UK UK UK) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 2 of 2 found this helpful.
Amazing!! By far, the best album from Beck to date! Submitted by jturley763 (Ogden, UT, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 1 found this helpful.
A Different Beck Not being a huge Beck fan I was proned to buying this CD since I read a review which mentioned that Beck fans would probably not like this, whereas non-Beck fans would. I will have to agree that I do like this sound of Beck compared to his other uplifting stuff. My favorite tracks are Sunday Sun and Little One. Submitted by sfdodsworth (San Francisco, CA, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
stunning his obvious musical & lyrical genius continues. plus, his voice makes me melt. agree with many comparisons to Dylan. these tracks elicit a soulfulness & sensations i experience when listening to other greats like Neil Young (acoustic) and Emmylou Harris, or my favorite "new"-er artist Beth Orton. Submitted by grace (chicago, IL) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Sad But Great By far the saddest Beck album, maybe one of the saddest albums ever. The songwriting here is very mature for Beck and beautiful. A complete 180 turn from MIDNIGHT VULTURES. I think he's pulling a "ziggy stardust" with this album. His next album will be back to the days of "flashdance/ass-pants" and poppy sample-filled jams. Submitted by Heavymark7 (Lutherville, MD, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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