Sea Change

Enjoyed the blend of traditional countrified acoustic guitars with synths and spacey effects. Strong 3.5

I feel like this album strikes a nice balance of being sad but not gloomy or self-pitying. I would put this firmly over Beck's other more laid back albums.

Ah well.

The easiest Beck record I have listened to. A way more melodic approach was used. Really liked it.

Kendte det meste, men blev draget tilbage til at høre albummet igen og igen og igen. Det kan helt sikkert noget særligt som album!

Når Becks hjerte knuses sender han en musikalsk gave til verdenen. Heldigvis/desværre er det kun sket et par gange. Men både Sea Change og dets senere søster-album Morning Phase er smukke mesterværker.

I put in on and sat down to listen. I remember nothing of that hour. Soporific.

me encantó, muy chill, profundo, deep pero no tanto. no lo conocía, lo volvería a escuchar

No wonder Loser was his only song that took off, his vocals are BOOOOOOOOOOORING

white man music....

It wasn't bad but after listening to the whole album I can't say anything really stood out...

All of Beck’s stuff is pretty interesting but I have to be in the mood to enjoy his slower stuff. I’m not today so this one was a slog to get through but on the right day I genuinely enjoy all of these songs. Rating: 2.4

2026.04.03

Ah man I love this album. It’s such a gentle experience, but there’s so much mood and texture to it. Beck’s voice is simply sublime. I was lucky enough to see him at the Royal Albert Hall last year, along with an 80-piece orchestra (!) and it was one of the best gig’s I’ve ever seen. Naturally he mined quite deeply from this album. Going in, I was very much looking forward to them getting into the ending of ‘Lonesome Tears’ and it did not disappoint. Spine shivers! It's also worth pointing out that thanks to this 1001 project I can now also identify how much ‘Melody Nelson’ influenced the track Paper Tiger (in particular). The bass and strings are completely on-point. I think you can charitably call it an homage. I love this. And mad props to the guy for putting out such a vast array of music in all sorts of styles, and doing all of them so well. He’s a true artist.

This is gonna take more listens to really get

Tenés que estar en un mood muy específico para realmente disfrutarlo. La música lenta, no pretenciosa y triste me parece preciosa, aunque ahora no estoy en un momento de mi vida en que me identifique. Es por eso que le daré otra oportunidad en el futuro.

Not his best but a very good album nonetheless

Perdonn

The whole album flows like a great and lush soundscape.

Whenever I listen to Beck – which is rare, I confess – I find myself thinking that I ought to listen to more of his music. Or that it just doesn’t move me. This album is certainly one of his best. Beautifully sad, a love child of the Velvet Underground’s debut and early Radiohead, slightly drunk, introvert and definitely depressive. And yes, I understand why he was (or is?) such an important figure during the decline of rock music, and I do like what I hear. But even this album doesn’t quite resonate with me. Maybe I'm getting too old for this kind of music. Or I just have enough of this music in my collection. Still, I’ll put it on my to-listen-again list.

First track was a good start to the album. Melancholic record.

not my type of music but i could see the hype

Pleasant, but not a single standout song

Sounds like ghosts haunting a pop country ballad album. it ok.

Meh roots/country album

it was okay, they have better songs

Track one is gentle and lovely. Like the xylophone touches. Track two takes it a step further with lovely string production. 3 is a powerful one lyricaly. Great guitar work. I'm very impressed so far. 4 is another great reflective tune. I enjoye his singing more than I expected. 5 is the most mainstream one here but so beautiful again. Xylophone comes back. 6 is another one with stunning production from Nigel Godrich, whom I love dearly from his work with radiohead. 7 Is a small self incorouging song. Lovely. I was waiting for a dark-dark song on here, which came in the form of 8. A massive song. One of my favorites here. 9 is back to the acoustic vibe with some great vocal and guitar lines 10 has a bit of beatles in India sound to it. Refreshing in this track list. Some great piano touches here and there. 11 is the most "American" track here, I don't know how to explain it really. Strange harmony in the verses and a powerful chorus. A grower. 12 is a perfect closing track. What can I say. A gorgeous album. From the albums I heard for the first time on the generator, this is one of my favorites. The songs are incredible and very moving. The production is incredible. Very influential but also restrained. Nigel has an incredible ear. It has to be 5.

Good; pleasant listen but maybe a bit dull

Me gustó Sunday sun, relaxing Oregon vibes

It was alright, nothing I'd play again. It was like background music, but even as that I didn't really enjoy it. Pretty meh.

Outstanding, like radiohead minus inconsistency

<3 lindisimo

like the site autoplay and didn't know when Beck ended and other artists started.

meh

Þessi er aftur á móti stórfengleg í allri sinni melankólíu. Var falleg og góð 2002 og er það enn í dag.

A tad boring, to be honest.

Not really a fan of Beck, a little too run at the mill. Composition and production quality is redeeming though

Solid stuff.

A nice chill salve for a stressful day. Beck is cool as

vibe

I gotta listen to more Beck.

While at first I thought it would be a sad and whiny album, it was not bad at all. But it still was sad and whiny. I particularly Paper Tiger, found myself listening to it quite a few times.

I sometimes find it hard to put into words why I really like an album. The feeling and emotion are hard to describe. I just really enjoyed this and will definitely come back to it a lot.

It's an interesting turn for Beck to just make a breakup album that barely even resembles his other work. It sticks out, but mostly in a good way. Surprisingly cohesive and I always got the impression of it being honest and genuine.

Was OK but a bit slow and mellow for me.

I liked it and I wasn't expecting to. The songs were mellow and developed and I got into them.

Pretty chill album with some good moments

Atmospheric

Pretty boring. It gets your attention at the start, but doesn’t really take it anywhere, making the experience fall flat. 2/5

It starts off a bit plain but by 'Round The Bend' I started to get into it more. There was one song that sounded almost like it could have been a Nick Drake song. I only owned 'Odelay' so that's really all I know of Beck outside of 'Loser'

Pretty calming, It's All In Your Mind was my stand out. Don't remember a lot though. 5.5/10.

Beck has never been an artist I've been particularly interested in. Sure, everyone talks about 'Loser', how seamlessly it fused gnarly hip hop with dirty rock, and while I can appreciate its uniqueness, it's not a sound I'm naturally drawn to. I just don't get that 'white boy swag'. That being said, 'Mutations' entered my consciousness because of Nigel Godrich's production work, which I've obviously known from Radiohead, and the indie hymn 'Nobody's Fault But My Own'. With the much less sample-driven, more band-orientated sound I enjoyed Beck's motionless crooning a little more, so I dived into his discography a little more. 'Sea Change', I think, is one of his better albums, and certainly one that's gaining from its dense atmosphere. This is a break-up album, so everything reeks with tearjerking melancholy, juxtaposed with Beck's vocals – an indifferent voice, almost as if he's given up on even trying to put any effort into it all. This is the sound of a man that's been overtaken by the unpredictability of life: love and heartbreak. Usually, that's right up my alley, but something keeps me from really being emotionally attached to this. From the American avant-indie, I much prefer The Flaming Lips or the Eels' eccentricities. But this is still a solid album, with lovely pearly melodies and great songwriting.

Meh. It's all downtempo. Not a fan. Boring.

For some reason I was convinced that I wasn't going to like this, but I actually really enjoyed it. I don't know how often I would revisit this album, however there's several songs that I would listen to again.

It's incredibly somber throughout... which I did kind of love, though I do usually sting an album for not holding much emotional variation. That criticism, if I am to keep any amount of integrity, still holds. Despite this, Hansen's voice is incredible from track to track and the instruments all hit the melancholic feelings perfectly. Stand out tracks for me were "Golden Age", "Lonesome Tears", "End of the Day", "It's all in your mind", "Round the Bend", Especially with "Round the Bend", the strings and soft guitar made for something both beautiful and horrifically tense for Hansen's voice to slalom around. Listened twice in a row; 3:17 is when that flood of relief feeling kicked in for me as the tension gave way to a warm wave of major notes. Overall a beautiful album, though with not a single upbeat or mood shifted song from the humdrum keeps it from the 5.

Not my bag really but certainly not a bad album

Hmmm. I’m torn. This is a beautiful album (Lonesome Tears such a great song!) but it has none of the quintessential Beck jaggedness and quirkiness. Beck needs to be weird, not a seasoned singer songwriter. It’s a great record but not the Beck you must listen to (probably Odelay or Midnight Vultures). Oh drum work on some of these songs is mind boggingly good, especially considering how this type of music doesn’t leave a lot of room for percussion. four stars.

Myeh it was ok

Certainly an album. Not outright bad but it just washed over me. No particular song stood out and the soundscape didn’t really engage me.

I could take it or I could leave it or I could could it or take could take it

Top of the class …

Was a very boring album. Didn't really like it and I like Beck. Favorite: the golden age Least: its all in your mind

Albums to fall asleep to.

When this album came out I was mesmerized and it’s good. But I don’t think it’s as great as I once thought. The second half in particular really trails off. That said, for Beck to do this after albums like Odelay and Midnight Vultures made him a household name, it’s a true test of artistry to go out in a limb like this. Stripped back, beautifully done, somgs of love and despair are a far cry from Loser and that’s what makes this a must listen.

was alright i guess

Lots of very pretty songs.

2 Stars (5/15)

Boring

Melancholic but not gloomy Nice production A little overlong given the fact that the subject matter and overall sound of each song is fairly similiar. Overall, worth hearing but not going to be in my regular rotation.

Cynically, I can't help but feel that a big reason this is acclaimed is because it's a "weird" artist making an introspective album. But not only is Beck's earlier work more interesting than this, there are plenty of better downcast folk albums than this. The album opens strong. "The Golden Age" is a beautifully lush country song. "Paper Tiger" almost feels like a deconstruction of a folk song, with strums here and there mixed with big strings. After that the cracks start to show. "Guess I'm Doing Fine" is pretty, but as the album goes on it's clear there's very little variety in the songwriting. By the end, the songs offer nothing that earlier songs haven't already tried. I'm also not a fan of the vocals, they don't fit the mood at all. While there is some beauty and emotion here, there's too much uninteresting stuff in between.

Sad melancholic, but good

Good music, interesting, hangs together very well as an album.

Très difficile de noter, ce n'est pas mon style mais je n'ai pas détesté donc on va dire 3, c'était chouette à découvrir dans tous les cas !

I never really paid much attention to Beck. I suppose because he was just such a staple of 90’s-00’s radio rock. This is a decent record but I don’t know if I’d placed it in the top 1001. But I’m not really in the mood for something like this today so it’s worth a relisten.

I really enjoy Beck’s voice. I think this album set the stage for what he would record with morning phase which is a phenomenal record.

If you ever want to wallow in heartache, this is the album to listen to. And I mean that as a compliment. A total gut punch and so different from what Beck had done before. A masterpiece in misery. Favorites: The Golden Age, Guess I’m Doing Fine, Lost Cause, End of the Day Would I listen to it again: Yes

It was okay

Not my favorite Beck album. I prefer his faster material, but this is still good. I wouldn't listen to this over Guero, Odelay, Midnite Vultures, or Colors though.

Sometimes I wonder if the guy who made this list put some albums on it as a joke. This would then be certainly one of them. Yes, Beck can make music. Yes, he is a fine musician, although I am not a fan of his music. Yes, I am sure he has a lot of fans. But, no, never ever is this an important album to hear. And certainly not one of the albums you need to hear before you die!!!!!!!!!

Boring

This feels like a very intimate and vulnerable album, with the vocals sounding as if they were recorded quite close to the microphone. I've not heard this artist's other music, but I have heard that this album is quite different in mood to the rest... I think it's a really nice sound. However, I feel like you have to be in a very specific mood to listen to it. As individual songs, they work really well, but listening to it top to bottom as an album in one sitting, I can see how it would drag on slightly, with no real variation of genre throughout. I did, however, really enjoy the use of strings within the instrumentation. Standouts: The Golden Age Guess I'm Doing Fine It's All In Your Mind End Of The Day

A melancholy, acoustic album of break-up songs, a change of direction for Beck at the time, or so it seems, I don't know because I've never really listened to him. Anyway it's a pleasant enough listen.

First I was not into it, it grew on me, even to the point that I found it fantastic

This is beautiful. I also love the album cover. So vivid

16/03/2026 *1. the golden age - nice guitar... slide guitar!!!! wowowowow! immediately this is right up my street! kindof shoegazey? love how dreamy it is! love the backing vocals... absolutely gorgeous <3 *2. paper tiger - love the opening drums... bass is great! loving the strings!!!! it's like this song was made in a lab for me!!! aaarjgh!!!! guitar with the strings is phenomenal!! *3. guess i'm doing fine - lovely guitar... love the kindof country sound? also the very 60s chamber pop vibe... his hair on the cover reminds me abit of scott walker. loving the piano on this!! beautiful! *4. lonesome tears - loooooving the start!! wowowoow!! the strings are beautiful <3 5. lost cause - reallly sweet guitar. absolutely lovely :) *8. end of the day - really love the two guitars together... wow! 7. it's all in your mind - really beautiful <3 *8. round the bend - loving the start! very atmospheric... more like a soundtrack... fantastic!! 9. already dead - more acoustic again. really lovely :) great! *10. sunday sun - ooo liking it immediately! very psychedelic... great! looove the ending! *11. little one - love it! bridge is fantastic!!! *12. side of the road - lovely... very sweet <3 wasn't sure what to think going into this based off of the cover and loser being the only beck song i've listened to before, but absolutely loved it!!! incredibly beautiful <333

Pleasent but unremarkaebel

Is this a whole album of ballads?

нє це шомь ніто

top adoreis

Not my cup of tea, que decirles.

I liked it! Nothing much to say other than it made me feel like I was back in high school and I think Beck has better stuff than Sea Change

A very chill, melancholy, sad album. Not really any songs in particular that stood out but it was a vibe for a rainy, relaxing night.

Surprisingly U2-ish in a lot of places. Beck is almost always a vibe. This is probably some of the more approachable, wider appeal Beck music I have heard. That said, I think it's a bit sad sack and can fade into the background. This is great moody music, great background music. Will I remember any major point as sticking out? I don't think so, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's bad. Very solid music and I like the influences of regular Beck towards the end infused with the almost post-rock minimalism of a lot of the rest of it.

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I didn't have high hopes for this but I'm enjoying it - a slow burn of a rocker to start, almost country vibes but there's muscle under the twang of the guitars and spacey synths. Paper Tiger is all strings and cinematic atmosphere, with a solid low end holding things up. Then we're back to more country-folk influence but the clear, punchy production keeps me engaged. Lonesome Tears is my favourite so far, steady drums and a power string arrangement. Building in energy, there's urgency here and an anthemic quality as it comes to a climax. We need a breath, and Lost Cause provides it - more restrained, acoustic and quite pretty. End Of The Day closes the first half, an interesting rhythm and melodies. It's all a bit dreamlike in a good way. Now I'm curious to see what's next. It's All In Your Mind - at least, that's the next song. More sad now, but not desolate, and Round The Bend keeps it darker and slower, back in movie soundtrack territory. I hope that doesn't sound like a bad thing, because it's not. This back half is definitely lower energy though. A couple tracks later, Sunday Sun stands out to me. Deeper voice for most of it, I almost think this sounds like U2 or something. There's power to it anyway and the music is excellent, especially the keys. Little One brings the energy back up just enough. Overall this album is hard to summarize, it feels like it exists in its own bubble outside of a specific time. Sometimes it could be the 70s, sometimes the 90s, or something else entirely. Certainly worth interacting with though, even if the first half is stronger for me.

Wait…this isn’t a pearl Jam album?

molto bello, soprattutto verso la fine

Non l’ho finito ma le canzoni che ho sentito sono addirittura da 5, quindi nel dubbio do 4

Was not expecting Beck to sound like this, good stuff

3/5

Nu-i rău fainut

Beck’s least silly but probably best album.

The first 6 songs are arguably the best ‘Sad Dad’ songs ever written. They’re easily 5 star. The back half is a drag at times but on the strength of those first 6 I can’t give lower than 4 stars.

soem good some pretty common nothing special though

Utterly beautiful sounding album. Richly produced with some lush string arrangements and lovely arrangements backing an intimately recorded Beck. But what a misery. 12 slow to medium tempo ballads with more sadness than a country and western album. And yes, he had just broken up with his long term partner and his heart was broken, but an hour of it is a bit of a trial to listen to. The comedian Bill Bailey said, "I wrote a song for Adele called, I Broke Up with My Boyfriend, But I'm Not Going to Go On About It" and really you could make the same joke about Beck. I would certainly listen to individual songs again but sitting through the whole thing seems too much to ask.

I liked early Beck better, never been a huge fan. Most of this wasn't good, (some was fairly damn dreadful) at it's best, it sure didn't make me want to listen to it again. I keep waiting for these slower more 'mature' albums to start resonating with me, but I'm damn near 50 and still find them boring. Maybe next decade.

Maybe too much Zoloft doesn't interfere with one's ability to write lyrics; but it definitely seems to interfere with one's ability to write and perform music. Musically, this is one BORING album. Lonesome Tears became interesting after he stopped singing and Lost Cause is a decent song. But beyond that, nada.

Liked Lost Cause but the rest didn’t stand out to me.

As Willow says in episode 20, "Villains", of Season 6 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Bored Now" I'm sorry about his breakup but he really just made a much worse version of Blood on the Tracks

Didn’t do much for me, and was expecting much more I like his early stuff - this was a bit nothing?

Mid wanna be indie john lennon. Its bland to me. Dont see the appeal at all.

Moody country-like record. None of those things are my thing. It's good music, but my kinda music 6/10

When I got Odelay, an earlier album by Beck, I said it was good in concept but didn't stick the landing and felt a bit rough/off. This album feels the exact opposite, Beck found out to make some really nice music, but here it all sounds so safe while I feel like it wants to be experimental and different. I feel like Beck polished Odelay so hard to make this album that he sanded of what made it special, and now it feels like a regular softpop/country album, or maybe a porcupine tree album when porcupine tree would be made by some major pop label who don't actually want to experiment. tl;dr the quality of the songs might be better, but it is a lot less musical.

Can't believe Stampylonghead makes music. Pretty slow and depressing, which is usually the sort of music that I gravitate toward but this didn't work for me. Rating: 2.5.

Not good

Chill background music, sorry Beck

Holy depression, Batman, this dude needed a hug in 2002. This is my first listen of an entire Beck album, and it’s a sad one. He apparently wrote this after his long-term relationship ended, which makes complete sense thinking back to the music. There’s some really neat arrangements on here, lots of big, loud string sections that elevate the material. The music was good, but I wasn’t in love with the vocal style or the 52 straight minutes of sadness. 3/5

Cool album. Was just talking about it with friends

Got it already

I don’t mind a little Beck but this isn’t his best work. He’s like David Bowie’s was less talented cousin who makes less fun songs

Wasn’t bad, but didn’t stand out

I like Beck, but I’ve never listen to or heard any songs on this album before. I feel like this album was a lot different than the type of music I associate Beck with. Very much enjoyed listening to it!

More chilled than I recall it being. Also liked it a lot more than I remember.

- Sound: Sparse, minimal production. Acoustic guitar, piano, strings. Very intimate vocals. Little to no drums. - Mood: Introspective and melancholic throughout. Lots of empty space. - Instrumentation gradually builds through the middle of the album, then pulls back at the end.

Favorite Beck album that takes me back to a very specific few months in my life. .

I never had a thing for Beck; he just doesn't work for me. Although this album is a bit different, it still didn't leave any impression on me. It was ok-ish, but that's it.

Folk rock, country rock, chamber pop.

Felt like a good listen but I think I need to relisten to truly appreciate it

Look this album is fine. It's quite good. But it is really one of the least interesting and ambitious of Beck's storied catalogue. Mellow Gold, Odelay, Midnite Vultures and basically everything he did after this - not necessarily better, but more interesting. Fave Tracks: The Golden Age, Lost Cause, Already Dead 3.4/5

I like Beck. I've listened to this album at least 3 times previously. I couldn't tell you anything about it. Dull.

3.8 maybe? Nice atmosphere but ig atp its nothing new, or maybe im not as depressed as i once was

I have a pretty instant aversion to Beck but this one grew on me with time. Whiny gave way to sincere

Fine if Beck is your thing .

The name Beck did not ring a bell at all, but even apart from this album he has some very cool popular songs.

Quel grower cet album. 4.49 étoiles

Strangely I don't remember ever listening to this album and yet almost all of the songs felt quite familiar. Unexpectedly great. I've sworn off sad guy music - a la Ryan Adams or Nick Drake - but I think what makes this great is that Beck is such a fun guy in his other music that this feels like a fully balanced human portrait, not just a depressive/suicidal dude. Musicianship and songwriting is A+ from start to finish even if it does blend together. May have to get this on vinyl.

My least favorite Beck album. But, it’s still Beck…

fine. very atmospheric

What a long, dragging album, that 52 minutes felt like it stretched on forever. I kept waiting for something like 'Loser,' 'Where It's At,' or 'Devils Haircut,' but it never showed up. I haven't really kept up with Beck's stuff over the years, so I'm genuinely curious: what ever happened to him? This feels like a completely different artist.

Decent album.

Like it

I feel like when I listened to this I wasn’t in mood that this wants me to be in, and I still really liked it so this is great

The first proper surprise of this list. I didn’t know what to expect with this album but it’s a collection of beautiful songs, I thoroughly enjoyed it

2 stars On a few occasions in the past I ventured out to listen to this record, looking for a bleak album to feel sad feels to. But I cannot tell you if I ever listened to this whole record before this exercise because it’s long, mostly one note and just kind of blends together. There is some good use of strings and dramatic orchestration, but the songs don’t really do much for me. I think I can leave this one on the shelf moving forward.

Ok

4.5/5 great somber album full of texture

Bit boring

Absolutely amazing. The songwriting is superb. The production is excellent, with great arrangements, instrumentation, and effects. Love his voice on this album — so confessional, vulnerable, and simple. Can’t quite put my finger on who he sounds like here. A 5 without question.

Album som handler om brud, sorg og kærlighed og hvordan man dealer med det. det er Barouqe Pop som man kan høre på strygerne osv, som giver den der lidt orkestrale filmiske lyd. Nogen synes det er et godt samlet værk, andre synes det går lidt for langt væk fra hans eksperimentelle lyd. Jeg synes mange af sangene er virkelig gode. Er faldet i søvn til det en del gange efterhånden og jeg kan virkelig godt lide hans vokal. Jeg synes den er blød på en eller anden måde. Der er nogle sange hvor jeg føler der er en del reverb på hans stemme som gør det minder mig meget om in rainbows. Produceren er åbenbart en som har arbejdet sammen med Radiohead også.

Bææææck Bænger album Dette er kanskje tidenes beste breakup album, hørte myyyyyye på det i sommer :'))

cool

(98/100)

no es mi estilo

Forgettable. Like a toned down version of Bowie and Lord Huron.

I do really like a lot of Beck’s work. Overall this is a very moody album, so I have to be in the correct head space to get the most out of it.

its like listening a song repeats 'uuhhh uuuuhhh' in the background

A profoundly beautiful downer.

Not what I was expecting from Beck, pretty depressing... and I like it!

nah bro este si no va, el otro álbum de beck estaba re chimba pero este está es pero aburrido, de buena que maluco, si me daño ahí la imagen de beck por que yo pensaba q le metía mucho pero bueno

This is different from the Beck I’m used to, but still enjoyed it

Sea Change es un disco para escuchar un domingo a la mañana, cuando la casa todavía descansa. Preparás el café, ponés play y el día empieza despacio. Hay algo en esas canciones que no empuja, acompaña. Beck canta como quien acepta que la melancolía también puede ser una forma de calma.

Some beautiful stuff but the low energy kind of made me drag at certain points in the listening experience.

It's good. Sort of like John Martyn and Radiohead but with none of the sardonic reprieve occasionally shared by either. Depressing and melodic and I don't think I'd listen again unless I massively wanted to come down. Would imagine it's best when walking hungover on a bright spring day.

Oh wow!! The Beck breakup album!! Haha, I did NOT expect to get this one. Or to ever even listen to this one actually. But now that I am and I have… this is a real doozy. Because it’s obviously very breakup-ey but… none of the emotions are actually that big. Much of the album’s merit comes from its attitude of crushing resignation. Beck doesn’t sound devastated, or distraught, he just sounds broken. There’s no passion behind his emotion, it’s all replaced with a bitter surrender. Just listen to the lyrics: “I don’t even try” “it’s only you I’m losing, guess I’m doing fine” “I’m done fighting for a lost cause” “there’s no other ending,” I could go on. Furthermore, listen to the chord progressions, they’re all formulaic… to a weird amount. “Golden Age,” the clear stand out, is a simple 1-2-4, and the rest of the album follows suit. Even Round the Bend, a song noted to sound much like Nick Drake’s River Man, one of his most famously complex songs, reads as a pale imitation in its much hollower, less dynamic chords and arrangements, but that’s sort of what makes it work. He doesn’t even try. He shoehorns the occasional psychedelic touch here and there, but it only ever serves to push the listener into more of an inattentive stupor, as they become the music, and feel nothing but the reluctant acceptance of a bleak personal status quo. Even when the music crescendos, in songs like Sunday Sun, or Lonesome Tears, it never feels like the crescendo of Beck’s emotion, but the weight of the situation itself bearing down on him. Even on the cover, it feels like he’s just looking into the distance, baffled by his own circumstance, a sentiment that feels like it lingers on the closer, where Beck just sounds bewildered at everything in his life. It occurs after the 5 stages of grief, as a mumbling, exhausted acceptance period, in which Beck accepts that his life is fundamentally worse following his breakup. It’s an incredibly original, beautiful, and masterfully made work that I will definitely return to frequently. 9.6/10

5/10

this is pretty good, but nothing super special.

Off of the first song I’m under the impression there’s going to be a lot of acoustic guitar-remind me of ok computer by Radiohead Slower and more mellow

Before listening, I already know a total of three Beck songs, and none of them are from this album. I like those songs, so I'm looking forward to checking it out. • The Golden Age is a lot quieter than the Beck songs I know • Paper Tiger is too, but it has a bit more going on. I like the drums and the strings that are brought in • Lost Cause is a good song, it reminds me of Jack Johnson • The album is really struggling to hold my attention, every song feels built off the same template. • I do like how the lead guitar in Already Dead gets a little microtonal, it's something unique • Little One is a nice song While I didn't hate this album, I did find it pretty boring. The more mellow take on Beck's music is nice for a couple of tracks, but doing it over a whole album is pretty draining. The album feels fairly devoid of what makes Beck's music unique, and it doesn't really stand out as a singer songwriter album. I see a couple of other Beck albums on the list, including the one Devil's Haircut is from, so I hope those will click with me more Favourite song: Little One

Great

I actually liked this one more than the other one. More ballads. Good album!

Just a nice vibe

This sadly didn’t work for me. Now this is my first Beck album, and I am aware that this is a very different album tonally for him, and from what I heard I may actually like his other stuff but this felt just to bare for me. The calm and reflective tone is pleasant but I wouldn’t say there is anything that grabs my attention or sucks me in. This being a breakup album the mood is very low and that is clear through the delivery, but this to me came across much more flat than emotional. I felt no real emotional arc through this, and the meditative moments just weren’t pulling through for me. I think in time I will revisit this as I am aware there may be something I’m missing. I really hope I enjoy his other stuff.

Liked the hell out of it

Beautiful production and acoustic centered arrangements. His lyrics about his relationship coming to an end, in my interpretation at least, made my own relationship anxietys flare up

Yes! Beck is so awesome he made an LP that was sheet music and you had play it to hear it.

I only knew Beck from the song Loser so this was not what I expected at all and far exceeded those expectations. Really wonderful instrumentals with amazing strings from guitar to cello. The melodies were also very beautiful and even while a bit repetitive at times, still maintain this cool atmosphere and chill vibe overall. The vocals are very stripped back and work so well in that context. Altogether just a great listening experience.

Hands down my favorite Beck album and one of my favorite albums in general. Haunting and beautiful, I could listen to this all day. Not a single song I would skip. Just like Quebec by Ween, I am a sucker for breakup albums. Pain and heartbreak makes the best music. Mourning Phase won the Grammy and this album should have won.

Another artist that I like the idea of more than their actual work.

Really beautiful. Slow, passionate, and intricately recorded. I will absolutely listen to this again and again, a top find.

Honk shoo to this

I expected it to be more finger pick guitar folky but it was kinda boring and repetitive

A whole album of Beck does not a good time make. I like individual songs well enough when I hear them but a whole album just turns into a slightly dreary background hum to me.

One or two tracks that interested me but generally a bit dull. However, I didn't dislike any of it but I doubt I will remember it in a weeks time.

Boring

Ok at times but often a bit boring. I preferred his earlier album midnight cultures with more energy. 3.4 stars

Olin kuullut Beckiltä varmaan vain kaksi biisiä (Loser ja Devil's Haircut), joten tämän albumin melankolinen ja akustinen tunnelma tuli yllätyksenä. Kyseessä on melko hyvä levy, joka sijoittuu jonnekin kolmen ja neljän tähden välimaastoon. Mutta mennään nyt tällä kertaa kolmosella.

Me lo esperaba mas cañero, probablemente porque mi unica referencia de beck (al menos que yo recuerde) es "Loser", pero esta versión suya también me ha gustado. Hay que decir que no parece muy destacable por nada en concreto, pero la paz y tranquilidad que me ha transmitido es suficiente. Me recuerda ligeramente a Mac DeMarco y bastante a Nirvana en varias canciones, como "Little One".

לא אהבתי

Really loved it! It's not very flashy at all, but it's a really beautiful album nonetheless. The instrumentals were lovely and his voice matched the mood perfectly. With albums like this, they tend to bore me after the first five or so songs since they tend to get boring, but this was really enjoyable! Lost Cause and Sunday Sun were definitely my favourites.

I like this album and I like Beck, but this isn't my favourite album. I like it's sad and mournful feeling up to a point, but then I wanted it to pick up or approach these feelings in a different way, which never really happened. A good album though.

Lots of string instruments. Kind of a soft, quiet vocals. Chill, but not really my thing.

A fantastic thumbsucking/breakup album. Really mellow but Becks sad vocals and catchy melodies make this really something unique.

Never been a Beck fan, but this ain’t half bad

Easy Sunday listening Fave track: Guess I'm Doing Fine

Didn’t need to hear this right now, Jesus wept. 3.5/5

Bland.

Sea Change feels very samey. It feels devoid of emotion and it just ends up sounding monotonous. The songs themselves aren't bad by any means, but their entirety as an album ends up being too repetitive and just fails to convey any emotion specially considering the overall theme and lyrics of loneliness, heartbreak and depression. Not a fan, 2/5.

I like golden age but didn’t like the whole album much at all

8.0/10 Great quiet album to play on a lazy Sunday

Kind of a vibe but also didn’t love

nice and chill

Too slow

I like depressed white guy music A little frontloaded

Relaxing but nothing special

Not a Beck album I listen to frequently as I really need to be in the mood for it, but it is incredibly beautiful and among some of his best. Though admittedly I consider most everything prior to The Information as some of his best.

Not for me. Reminded me of a 5th grader first learning chords on their instrument and a moody teenager whining about the woes of life.

nice safe beck sound ..nothing new

I have a funny relationship with Beck's music where I find some of his more acclaimed albums to be kind of overrated and I prefer some of the less popular ones. With Sea Change my issue is that its melodrama runs a bit long throughout the whole thing. The production, which is usually fun and vibrant on his albums, is very stripped back and acoustic here. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but it makes some of the songs like End of the Day, Round the Bend and Side of the Road sound a little thin. As for Beck, it's a very sad and personal album and I certainly appreciate that. Problem is, it doesn't have the emotional power of let's say an Elliott Smith album. Beck doesn't really have the ability to make words resonate with me as much as some other artists do. The album does have a fair amount of beautiful ballads - The Golden Age is majestic with its beautiful, rich instrumentation and amazing chord changes and it contrasts beautifully with the minimal but groovy Paper Tiger that has amazing string sections in the back half. There is also Lost Cause which is the most heart wrenching ballad on the whole album. While not my favorite from Beck, I can at least take away a few songs from it that I really enjoy. Maybe it would hit harder if I was miserable and crying myself to sleep every night.

zo anders dan al zijn muziek, zo puur

Sea Change has been one of my favorite albums for more than 20 years, but I realized it’s been a long time since I really listened through the whole thing. The experience was like visiting an old friend and realizing you’d actually grown together, in parallel. What an emotionally complete experience this is! I found myself profoundly moved by tracks that hadn’t even been favorites before like End of the Day and It’s All In Your Mind. The opening and closing tracks are perfect bookends to enjoying this on a long drive and just letting your mind wander. Special shout to the bass playing on Paper Tiger too. Nigel Godrich and Beck are a match made in heaven. The Information is a stellar follow-up for the partnership, but Sea Change is the pinnacle. Perfection.

There isn't anything I dislike on this but it does feel a bit redundant. Some of the string arrangements reminded me of Nick Drake! End of The Day was quite catchy, liked it a lot, I liked many other songs, but they all blended together a bit too much. Great voice! Oh and... Lost Cause is great!

Decent

I wasn't sure to start with. Not my usual style but there is a definite sense of music and art. I got flavours of Chris Cornell, Steven Wilson, a little bit of Kurt Cobain. I'll add it to my list, I think with repeated listens this could actually become a favourite, there is a lot to unpack from more than a single listen.

Lost Cause seems based on such a universal feeling and is also such a burn for a loved one. A nice departure for an artist known for goof. Love love love.

It’s good, but I prefer a more experimental, funkier Beck on Odelay or Guero. I liked “it’s all in your mind”

No bangers.

Beck goes country. This album shares the very same DNA as the most sorrowful country album you can find. Gone are Beck's signature music collages, replaced with somber songs about a break up. It's wonderful but sad. Not nearly as fun as his other albums but that's the point. 3

I like it. Far more ballady than I was expecting, but it was good.

What standouts is the great production on this album. A lot of the songs blended together but I really liked the sound and general vibe. Will need a re-listen.

Niet echt boeiend. Saaie stem

Ihan jees, mutta tuskinpa kuuntelisin uudestaan. 2/5.

Love this album, one of my favorites and probably my favorite Beck album. Every song is good. The album has a stripped down feel compared to most Beck albums. The lyrics are emotional, lonely and starkly sad. Again, every song is notable.

Folk rock. 1st track, The Golden Age is a bit too slow and melancholy for me. Paper Tiger has interesting instrumentals that complement the vocal delivery Rather than getting old, the slow melancholy style gets nicer and easier to listen to Some very nice moments and I like the overall feel, but it doesn't grip me. Best track - Paper Tiger, End Of The Day 3 stars, but a high 3

Beck is very talented and went for a specific mood. Liked it, didn't love it.

Beck's Sea Change is a bit of a hidden audiophile gem. Once you get into the hi-fi hobby, it doesn't take long before you see this album listed alongside other essential recordings such as Rumours and Aja. And while it may not quite reach the heights of the true S-tier albums, Sea Change is beautifully recorded. This is OAD #163 for me. Just a few days ago, I had First Band on the Moon by The Cardigans as OAD #158. In that review, I wrote about seeing The Cardigans open for Beck on the Odelay tour in the mid-90s. I described Beck's performance as one of the most energetic I'd ever seen. Keeping that in mind, it's hard to imagine that this sad breakup tome was released roughly five years later. There are a lot of breakup albums, but this is perhaps the one that I relate to the strongest. It's not just that it's sad; Sea Change speaks from a male Gen-X perspective with all its raw honesty, authenticity, and introspection. The arrangements and recording are spectacular, if not perfect. The production is pretty thick, which is characteristic of rock recordings of the time. I listened to both the MFSL Gold disc and the Geffen 24/88 files, which are both fantastic, but I can't compare them to any other release. I don't know if other masters are brickwalled, but the two that I've heard sound great. As much as I would like to hear more air and separation between the instruments, especially in the orchestral swells, I have to admit that I sat in the garage a few minutes this morning just to let the warm bass notes of "Lonesome Tears" wash over me in the car. Sea Change is an album that has worked its way into my regular rotation and into my heart. Four stars.

It’s incredible to me the way he can reinvent himself.

Amazing album and one of my favorite change-of-pace albums that's outside the artist's usual style. Beck's always been a favorite and saw him at the 2006 Bonnaroo back-to-back with Tom Petty! "The Golden Age" and "Lost Cause" are perfect songs, and "Lost Cause" has gotten a lot of people through breakups. Beck can do it all. This album proves it.

Beck er kvalitet, men krever konsentrasjon og tid til å lytte på.

BEST SONGS: - Paper Tiger - Guess I'm Doing Fine - Lost Cause - Side of The Road

A little too sad for my tastes.

Reasonable vibes.

Ja prima

Pleasant but unremarkable on first listen, but kept pulling me back and really grew on repeats

Man this was dull.

love Beck

Beck is very very talented. Very relaxing music, great vocals. I think I would have to listen to it again and look at the lyrics fully grasp it.

Oh Beck - you complete me

Mostly pretty meandery but Lonesome Tears is good; same epic and ever-building feel as She's So Heavy. Lost Cause is quite nice too; a nice soft counter right after Lonesome Tears. Round The Bend and Already Dead are nicely dreamy too. In fact album was growing on me in general from Lonesome Tears on, so deserves a second listen now that I'm used to the style. Whole thing sounds quite like a dreamier softer version of Nirvana, both musically and voice-wise.

Just a beautiful raw record that opened up a whole other side of him as an artist.

95

I’d love to hear from someone whose been to a Friendsgiving with Beck.

Great album Song I like: the golden age, Lost Cause,

Surprisingly cool

Lush arrangements, beautiful and catchy arrangements. Great songs.

was soll das?

благодаря этому альбому зародилась ненависть к акустической гитаре

Don't remember much from it. Kind of boring but not bad

грустный Бек = скучный Бек

I really like Beck. I tend to lean more toward Odelay and the one after that, however I really enjoy his ability to change styles up so seamlessly. This was a great album and a natural "next step" for him in a career that is always looking for something different.

A great Beck album to go to sleep to (2.5/5)

Not unpleasant but a bit monotonous and faded into the background

I’m pretty disappointed with this one because the first two songs surprised me and got me excited for the rest of the album, but then I found that all of the songs sounded so similar to each other, in less of a cool and consistent way and in more of a dull and boring way. I get that it sounds this way because it’s a breakup album, but even that aspect didn’t get through to me. Maybe on their own the songs are good, because I did enjoy the production, but I think it’s a case where the whole is less than the sum of its parts.

pretty chill, nothing too crazy about it.

Amazing

Kinda sounds like Pearl Jam + Pink Floyd + Elton John

Decent, but this one had never clicked for me.

Melancholy and introspective, good album

So he may or may not be a Scientologist??? Either way this album's pretty boring

this was actually really good

I prefer Beck's 90s output, but Lonesome Tears and Round the Bend have some very good synth sounds for the early 2000s.

Found this a little slow, dull and samey. If maybe enjoy it more in a different mood.

I enjoy Beck, but I had never really encountered this album before. I feel like It's the most stripped down of his works. I can feel the emotion and heartbreak, very melancholic. The guitar work really stands out and is front and center. I really like Lost Cause, I connected with is most. It's not my favourite Beck, and it was a little too chill for my vibe this morning. Liked it, didn't love it though.

Good, kinda reminded me of Nick Drake.

Ah Beck, one of the artists who's had the most smoke blown up their ass in the last 30 years and most often proved to be totally overrated. Heck, he even had Willie Nelson sprinkle gold dust over him on a video. This is one of his better albums, but still strangely leaves me cold. He's a head artist for me rather than heart, so this being a slow contemplative work there's something hollow to the exercise. However it still exudes far more charm than most of his work. It's produced by Nigel Godrich and has his signature depth and richness but even back in more depressed self absorbed days this didn't tick my boxes, with a constant glacial feeling that drags you down, the opposite of catharsis. Today I prefer to listen to more upbeat joyous music so this was hard to get through.

I enjoyed this. A consistent album with some nice arrangements and interesting progressions.

Possibly my favourite Beck album. I do like some of the more oddball songs and albums he has released but I like the avoidance of the goofy side in favour of something more melancholy and sincere here. Some nice chords progressions, and some of the orchestral arrangements really help support it in places or provide a nice counter-melody in others.

Decent album. Standout songs: Guess im doing fine End of the day Already dead

4/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/beck/sea-change/ Don't listen to this side of Beck enough. I should, it's nice.

ni me fijé tanto en la letra pero me dio tanta pena no sé sjkdkd

This is an incredibly frustrating album, because when I read the lyrics, some of them are actually heartbreakingly beautiful, like 'Already Dead'. But Beck does this 90s/2000s indie rock thing of refusing to enunciate anything clearly, so the lyrics just turn into 12 tracks of sonic mush. Great poetry collection, terrible album. Fuck you for pairing such great lyrics with such garbage music.

I like it, but i don't love it. It's got some nice hooks, but his voice grates on me a bit.

Consistently down-tempo, dreamy, & one-note.

Unoffensive, and beautiful parts.

Muy bueno

This was indeed a big change for Beck, and one he clearly, fully committed to. It's basically all ballads. Seems like he just decided he wanted to fully explore this slow contemplative space, without worry about balance. Credit to him. His singing gets mumbly at times, and I wish it were more clear. But other times, he sounds a lot like Nick Drake, and it's beautiful.

I love this album.

It was a pretty good album. I would definitely listen to it again. I think because I listen to these albums while working, I sometimes miss some of the lyrics, and I think this album is really lyric-heavy. The opening song on the album, "The Golden Age," was my favorite. I'd give it 2.5 stars if I could.

Imagine you're overwhelmed and need to cry. Imagine you're driving down the highway in a movie montage and crying while the rain peels down. Imagine you're driving away from something and not mad about it. Beck is the bittersweet soundtrack to crying in the rain while driving. If that's a mood for you, you'll probably enjoy this. If you don't enjoy that kind of sound ever this will probably sound dull.

Beautiful

Touches of psychedelia and country. First time I’ve heard this and quite enjoyed it

Album was so boring it generated twice and I listened to the first three tracks before realizing the website glitched lol

Competent but the deeper meaning eluded me

It's OK but very mood-specific and I'm not in it, which makes it monotone. Very good engineering.

7/10 Good songwriting, and Beck is very good at creating an intimate and warm sound on his music.

I like Beck fine enough, but the songs sound too familiar and bleed into each other a bit. Still a very listenable album.

Ok album with loads of interesting things in there. Not my go to music but would not mind listening to this if it comes up. I would rate this 2,5 stars but I quess I'll round it up to 3.

meh, not my fav genre

A little bit too somber for me …..

love beck but a little too depressing. not his best

8/10

Nice slow morning album

I generally like Beck, but this isn't his best work. Sorry about the breakup bud

Beautiful. Great headphone album for walking around aimlessly.

Helt greit?

I've only been a casual fan of Beck, but this album was a lovely listen!

Well, Beck. "Singer/songwriter" in a way.

I like Beck and his kind of offbeat and absurd take on styles. THIS is not that at all, and yet, I still really like this album. Straightforward and wonderfully rich sounding, musically feels like a lazy summer afternoon. Maybe a sad summer afternoon, when you take the lyrics into account.

Love it

- a good album to dissociate/ugly cry to - meilleure chanson: the golden age

Very mellow. Too mellow even. Sounds good, but has no energy.