Sea Change

Good album but I am sad this morning and this made it worse so thank you 1001albumsgenerator.com for not even giving me a chance for a good day

Fint men ganska tråkigt. Några fina låtar, främst Lost Cause.

Burde få kjærlighetssorg bare for å høre på dette albumet i rett modus.

The instrumental parts are nice but overall whiny and meh

Behagligt och allt men inget som sticker ut alls. Lite coola gitarrgrejer i sluten och ett skönt sound. Men det är inget jag kommer att vara särskilt sugen på att slå på igen. Åker inte in på iPoden. 2/5

643/1101? (There's a new edition now!) - Paper Tiger through Lost Cause is incredible with Lonesome Tears being a highlight. I realize this is a concept album but I think the songs being a similar subject matter and tempo cause them to blend together in an unoptimal way. I might like it better if there was slightly different tempo/drums or maybe even a different track listing. My ordering of Beck albums I've heard so far is: Odelay>Mutations>Modern Guilt>Midnite Vultures>Guero>Sea Change>Stereopathetic Soulmanure>Ride Lonesome>Mellow Gold. I still have a lot more Beck to explore! On another note, I saw Beck live recently and it was fun to hear a song and be like "oh neat! I heard this live." Great performer, great songs.

Super acoustic and twangy. Songs are endless

Very sad and melancholy Production was great loved the super clear acoustic guitar but didn’t connect with the songs

Hmm, it is nice, but a bit long. It could become a sad album of mine, and maybe the lyrics are beautiful, but I didn't notice them.not quite my singing style. Bit too repetitive.

Whaaaaaaa My life sucks so listen to me and yours will too. No thanks. 2.

Pretty good

A bit meandering. I like beck well enough but this is all very slow. Hard time giving this more than a 3. Each track is good enough, but its all too similar.

It's not that I don't like singer song writers, and it's not that I don't understand their pain. It's just sometimes...like this case, I don't care. Not sure why anyone does here. It's not offensively bad but there is better music

Beck is boring in a whole new genre, groundbreaking.

He’s no Nick Drake, is he?

The only Beck album I've listened to previously was the 2017 one that no one liked, so I wasn't sure what to expect going into this. There was some lovely orchestration on this and while it was definitely a bit miserable, it wasn't as miserable as I was expecting, which was nice.

A bit too soft and boring for me. "Already Dead" was a good one.

I had no idea what I was getting into with this. Apparently I've never listened to Beck or at least this version of him. Borderline country, but more like singer/songwriter Americana. Pretty good.

Amazing record. Such a departure from Beck's earlier stuff, but in a brilliantly unexpected way. Sounds ahead of it's time.

A bit slow and repetitive for my liking, though it's a good album to play when you want to just doze off a little.

Every Beck album I hear is a different genre, but it's always good. This ones a downer, though. 3.5

Good album by a great artist

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Slow

Some real gems here. I don't 100% get it, but I am getting there.

Good light and easy album with good lyrics. He’s a bit of a chameleon.

I only know Beck from "Loser" so this was different. It's fine.

I haven’t the patience for this level of mope.

Not a fan overall. Interesting production tho. Cool sound. Clean.

Its orite but depressing

I mean its not what i want from Beck. Frankly it's boring. Odelay and Midnite Vultures amblow it out the water Firgettable. Disappointed.

Scientologist controlled by father and devoid of own identity after being rescued by church from real life makes the first of many boring records. There is no doubt that Beck has talent but the church has extinguished the life force and each album from this one forward to the latest release, Ride Lonesome contain elements of a man trapped in another galaxy of his own mind looking for escape. Sea Change was a sea change as we get serious Beck which is also boring Beck. Great voice but if you actually listen to the record there are Steely Dan moments where all life is extinguished from the song. The second half of the record after Lost Cause, which is by far the best track in this record, is a tough slog. Hard to get through the last 6 tracks. But I did. 2/5

This is hard bc it’s a good album, but I do find myself bored and wanting to jump ahead. I don’t love his voice, and the lack of tempo or textural changes gets a bit much. But I think if I was in a different headspace then this would hit much harder. First real experience with Beck besides Loser. I respect it as a whole body of work, but it’s not something I’d come back to as a whole unless I was going through a divorce and remembered it existed…and even then idk if this would help lol But I did like many songs, which I’m using as my gauge for star ratings.

Utterly forgettable. Elevator music with someone mumbling next to you.

No surprise here. This is fantastic. Everything Beck does is fantastic. I love how he can be so dynamic and timeless at the same time. This record could came out yesterday or in 70s. It'd be good either way. I love the introspective songwriting of each song. I like how he add kind of cinematic epic to a lot of the songs. They're simple, but then there is this kind of synth and big nature "wall of sound" element that makes everything bigger in this record, but never overbearing. It still feels true to its singer songwriter roots.

This album didn’t blow me away at first but really won me over. It’s just really nice to listen to and hard not to like. This might be a 3 but I’ll give it the 4

Oh this could be surprising. The first song was so calming. Lets see where this goes. Has potential. I know absolutely nothing about this artist. The background/synths are amazing on this. The singer sounds bit bored to me. Instrumentation is great. Kinda gives me bit of James Bond in some tracks.

Nothing special here

I don't really know Beck, but this album is haunting. It's sad and ballady. Not my typical thing (give me sad emo songs with faster tempos) but I can appreciate the musicianship. Didn't realize that he'd been a lot more experimental before this. I can highly respect someone getting cheated on and writing an entire album out of it. I didn't really enjoy listening to it.

This may come as a shock, but I've never listened to a Beck album before. When he first came out, I was put off by the "Loser" video enough to keep me from really seeking out his work. Most of his stuff doesn't seem to get airplay (that should have clued me in I suppose) and what did ("Two Turntables and a Microphone", anyone?) was fine but didn't sway me to change course with him. So I put on "Sea Change" and sat in stunned silence as the beauty of "The Golden Age" swept over me. How could I have missed this for 15 years? Next "Paper Tiger" started and I smugly thought to myself "see, this is the kind of lo-fi crap I knew he must be making and I hate it". Then the orchestrations came in. All of the sudden it went from Jesus and Mary Chain to Elton John's great albums with Paul Buckmaster writing the charts. The album never lost me again from that moment. I felt like I had been transported to another plane. To my shock, the only thing I could think of that the album recalled was the 70s pop-prog of bands like Supertramp or 10CC (high praise indeed). All of the great melody of a pop song with all of the virtuosity of prog rock. I'm still not blown away by his voice, but when the tracks are as wonderful as these, it can be overlooked.

4/5

Хороший звук. Сопливо, но мило

Sad but good

Decent album. I liked The Golden Age, Lonesome Tears, and Lost Cause. I got a little less invested with the back half of the album.

I love you Nigel Godrich. Cliche, but really does remind me of a Radiohead record, just with Beck's silky smooth deeper vocals. Love how full it sounds, despite the stripped back instrumentation. Definitely front-loaded, but tbf the first 7 tracks are almost perfect. Favourite (so far) of Beck's records. 9/10

Nice. Low impact

Alr

Нытье какое то душное Чисто 12 треков polly

Lovely music, sad-sack boy. I’m sure he has a better album on this list, this is mid.

ok paused my listening project cause i went away for a week on the cruise. Just getting around to listening to this one now. Literally know 1 Beck song. This is already starting as slow as hell. ok yeah this is SLOWWWWWWWW. should i abandon this project completely because it just keeps giving me slow stuff, or should i keep going in case i find good stuff? I mean, it hasn't all been slow, but it just seems like a lot. This is too moody for my tastes tbh. Also, the music app says this album came out in 2001, and this says 2002. So which is it? I'm going to be honest, I do not want to finish this. I legitimately cannot listen to this because it reminds me of the music I used to listen to when I was sad/legitimitely depressed, and I do not want to feel like that. I'm trying to catch a fricking VIBE, not CRY. Alright, I'm going to FINISH this shit and go back to the new album a day thing. kinda wish I kept track of where I left off, but I guessed. Still slow and boring as shit. Maybe I'll just skip some songs; not sure. I am not listening fully to any of these songs. So I listened to 4 or 5 full songs from this, and I didn't like any of them. Do not recommend it unless you want to harm yourself.

7/10 Buen album, bien depre. Acompaña perfecto el momento de ser el dia después del retiro de la selección de Leo. Además del dia nublado y lluvioso que toco

It was a perfect breezy autumn day to listen to this. I see a lot of people complaining about how slow and sad it is, but i really liked the calm. (3.8/5)

I was expecting such a different sound than what was captured on Sea Change. The album feels intimate, sad and vulnerable. Not the look I would imagine for the guy who sang Loser. I enjoyed it, though. This is a great album to work to and a great album to have on for a rainy day (which is today!). I really enjoyed the strummy guitar and the strings. Beck's voice complemented the vibe very well. Favorite Tracks: Paper Tiger Lost Cause Little One

Let The Golden Age Begin 1001 Albums Generator 364 (10/5/2026) Interesting to hear Beck in such a somber mood when I'm used to hearing him on things like Loser and E-Pro. Some of the orchestral elements work really well, I can hear a Phil Spector/Beach Boys influence in the production. However, the second half of the album has a lot of sleepy tunes that fail to stick out. 3.5/5, rounded up to 4. Favs: The Golden Age Paper Tiger Already Dead Least Fav: Side of the Road

3,5 stars

3 stars is average. Average has begun to lose a bit of meaning for me at album 45 because so much has been skewed toward 1s and 2s for me. But yeah, this is nice and average. Songs that stuck out: Already Dead, Little One

With Beck releasing a new album this year (2026), what was an interesting introspective album is now really the pinnacle of his sad sack schtick, 24 years ago. Rating would have been higher before, but still a solid 3 stars

Me gustó, capaz escuchándolo más veces le pongo un 4

No conozco Beck, me gusta Beck. Este álbum no decepcionó, medio depre, tremenda guitarra acústica. Muy bueno, aunque no me destacó ninguna canción en especial quizá “Already dead”

It was okay. Nothing really memorable.

In highschool this was a great breakup album. In adulthood this is an ok singer songwriter album. Overall the songwriting is good, but many tracks sound similar. Beck also wears his influences blatantly on his sleeve, with a few too many on-the-nose Serge Gainsborough nods. Not a bad album, but some more variety would have elevated this. 3.3/5 -> 3/5

Fine

still a great album.

It's OK.

Nicest sounding Beck, Nigel Godrich producing carries this album (the strings!). The songwriting can drag a bit but a nice vibe overall. Rating: light 8/10

SEA CHANGE - Beck (2002) - 8/1001 damn does this guy ever be happy

Had absolutely no impact on me at all aside from being slightly annoying

I thought this was pretty good, but a little boring.

chill opener! moany voice in the second one. actually chill/ maudlin all of them. never listened to Beck beyond the singles and I was expecting more 'whacky'. was enjoying it for a bit, thought yeah, I'd listen to this for a chill but got a bit wearing. on track for a 4 but downgraded.

Interesting, some very good songs. Voice sounds faintly like geese: 3.5

Occasionally pleasant in places (especially some of the orchestrations) but nothing really memorable.

Very downbeat, didn't like it.

Well done, just not in the mood.

Un disco excelente, calmado con toques country, pop y sobre todo con la calidad y elegancia de Beck. Tanto este como Morning Phase de 2014 son otro modo de descubrir a Beck más cercano Nick Drake o Lambchop. Produce Nigel Godrich que aporta un sonido muy rico en matices sin perder el sentido. Completa la trilogía en 2026 con Ride Lonesome. En sea Change, Beck, que venía del funk de Midnight vultures y el folk de Mutations, con este disco recuperó un rumbo un tanto errático que había mantenido, una síntesis de ambos, cun una voz más grave y profunda. The Golden Age marca los parámetros. It's All in Your Mind y Side of the road apuntan al folk intimista de NIck Drake Paper tiger con violines y una guitarra afilada, un tono influenciado por Histoire de Melody Nelson de Serge Gainsbourg. Guess i´m doing fine otra canción reconfortable. Lonesome tears que crece con ese psicodélico final. Sunday sun es otro cálido ejercicio musical. A destacar otra pequeña joya como es Ship in the Bottle, incluida posteriormente en reediciones.

8/10 This is Beck’s eighth album and, as per the title, is a fairly dramatic change from his previous work. Written in the wake of the end of a nine year relationship after infidelity from his partner, the bulk of these songs were written within the space of a week, with an understandably more sombre tone and a more stripped back and open approach to both music and lyrics. While the more acoustically focused, stark edges of the composition can still be heard within the music, it’s safe to say that during the recording and production process, there was a definite broadening and thickening of the musical content. It still feels honest and open, but there’s enough sonic sorcery and broad orchestration to move this away from being the stripped back festival of morosity it could have become. While it would have perhaps been interesting to hear this record in that form, I think the work to expand the sonic palette and introduce more flavours of producer Nigel Godrich’s influence into the record has paid of excellently. That combination of styles means we end up with something that falls somewhere between Nick Drake and Radiohead, with dips into the folktronica sounds of bands like Múm. It’s an impressive and engaging sound and one that I wasn’t really expecting from Beck. By opening up his personal grief into his songwriting, he creates a sensation of honesty that chips away at the cool indie boy persona that he had always cultivated before. At its best, this album is a phenomenal piece of work, with beautiful melodies woven into a rich tapestry of sound design. I ended up using the term “nice” a lot writing my track by track assessment, but that’s not meant dismissively. Even in its weaker moments, this was a thoroughly enjoyable listening experience (yes, I find sorrow to be a beautiful thing when expressed in art). I do feel like the intensely personal nature of the work may have meant that Beck was less of a brutal editor than he could have been, and there were times when things lulled just a little. But I also feel like this is a record that I’ll be back to again and, with repeat listening, might be one that improves on its already solid rating, in that special way that some albums get their claws into your soul. The Golden Age - It’s a laid-back start that has echoes of the quirky folktronica sound of artists like Múm and Bibio. It’s very pretty and patient with excellent, wide open production. At its core, it’s a simple song, but the arrangements and sound design take it to another level and add a sense of progression. Melodically, it’s lovely, but in a fairly understated way. A very nice start. Paper Tiger - There’s a great sense of subtle groove to the drumming here and an interesting dynamic approach to the arrangement, with the strings being the main source of that dynamic. They overwhelm a bit too much in places, to be honest, and I think there’s stuff near the end in which the strings are very overwritten. At its core, there’s quality here, but it feels oddly cluttered and disorganised, which detracts from the quality underneath. There are some banging moments in there, so it’s a shame this doesn’t feel a bit more coherent. Guess I'm Doing Fine - This is much better. The groove doesn’t have the same quality, being a little more on the nose, but it still serves the song well. The melodic work is beautiful and there’s some gorgeous heavily affected guitar that gives this great depth and a shimmering vibe. It’s a very patient and sombre composition, but it’s incredibly well performed, with some stunning moments that flicker in and out of the work. The production is lovely too. Lonesome Tears - Not sonically, but there’s something in the composition here that brings Pearl Jam to mind for me. It’s another very pretty presentation of grief in music. The bass is super powerful and it feels like there are moments when the swelling orchestration starts to swamp Beck a little, which in context of the oppressive sadness that he appears to be experiencing, works incredibly well. Another lovely track. Lost Cause - The sound design is really interesting and very pretty here. The vocal melody is lush and I think the alternating between single and dual-tracked vocals is really effective. There’s a lot of harmonic movement in this song, which is very nice. Beck’s vocal delivery is great too. At its core, this is a simple enough song, but the instrumentation and production give it bags of range. Another gorgeous piece of work. End Of The Day - You can hear when James Gadson takes over on the drums (tracks 2, 4 and this one so far), because the subtlety of his playing is beautiful. The rest hasn’t been bad, but this is great. The descending cadence of the chord structure is a great effect and there are some lovely instrumental flourishes, particularly from the guitar. There’s a floating tension to this and a reluctance of progression that I think is interesting. It’s a bit less musically interesting, but the vibe still sells it. It's All In Your Mind - This is another super laid back, almost lethargic track that builds really nicely as it goes. It’s got great melodies in the vocal and works with repetition effectively. Some of the synth work is really nice and again, it conjures up a memory of Múm. It really takes its time to do its thing, but the sound blend is such a pretty world to inhabit that I don’t mind that at all. Round The Bend - This reminds me a great deal of Nick Drake. Not just the vocal delivery, but the melodic composition of the vocal too. The shimmering wash of harmony in the background has a wonderfully on-edge feel to it and has a dense beauty too, especially during the moments of drifting dissonance. The smoothness of that backing against the organic punch of the guitar and bass is a great juxtaposition. This is so slow and considered, but very beautiful. Already Dead - Oooh, the counterpoint between the two panned guitar parts here is lush and gives this great width in the stereo field. Beck’s vocal is incredibly strong too. Melodically, this really reminds me of something that I can’t put my finger on. Some of the chord changes into the different movements of the piece are incredibly pretty, and the subtle use of electronics adds superb depth. Again, really nice. Sunday Sun - This is a bit of a weird one. I feel like, while there is something of a thread connecting this to the rest of the album, there’s a sharpness to it in places that makes it feel a bit jarring. It also feels a bit obvious in terms of the orchestration and almost like a sketch rather than a completed song in certain sections. The chorus is very pretty though and, while it doesn’t necessarily stand up to what’s come before, it’s still decent. Little One - This is another that vocally brings Pearl Jam to mind for me. Strange but true. Some of this is incredibly strong, but I feel like the drums are a touch too forceful and a more subtle approach would have worked better with the tonal choices. That being said, it’s nice to have a bit of rhythmic range. It’s another good one, but I’m not sure at has the strength of the earlier work. Side Of The Road - Now we strip back again to something more considered and subtle. It shows great restraint and the interwoven lines between the guitars are very nice, augmented wonderfully in places by the electric piano. The slightly deliberate slop to some of the bass and guitar playing is incredibly effective and the dragging groove is perfect. An incredibly nice way to round out the album.

Sea Change is an album I guess I like more for the idea of it than the actual content. There's three great songs here - "It's All in Your Mind", "Lost Cause" and "Guess I'm Doing Fine" - surrounded by a ton of songs that support their atmosphere and avoid going overboard into trite, divorcee novelty. I'd be fine adding "Paper Tiger" to that small list as well, "Round the Bend" for it's swell Nick Drake appropriation. But it's a testament to Nigel Godrich and Beck that all it takes is those three standouts to carry an entire album, their atmosphere and mood is just so potent and well-played. Beck's vocals on this album aren't much to write positive about. They're definitely some of his most mumbled ever, and a big part of what makes Sea Change a deceptively difficult sell. But as a lyricist I do happen to like this Beck a lot. Sure, one might wonder why Beck couldn't have had his trademark style of language fun with his sadness (I'm thinking of, say, Dagha's The Divorce here) rather than do his best Leonard Cohen or, uh, Trent Reznor impression. Really, there's enough faults present on Sea Change that any variety of scores are appropriate for it. It's one of those albums I'm not surprised when it gets a 2, not surprised when it gets a 5. It's just so up and down, you know? The way "Lonesome Tears" totally saps all the energy with that lame string crescendo...I mean, really? All I know is, by the end of the album I like it, and like a lot of Nigel Godrich-helmed projects it meant a fair deal to me as a blossoming music listener. I'm not willing to turn my back on that completely even as I've grown beyond Sea Cahnge in some ways; I'm not big on change.

Never heard it before. Not bad. Not really heard a lot of Beck before. It was decent....I especially liked Golden Age and Sunday Sun. Will give another go at some point!

My man was in the Down Bad Hall of Fame when he recorded this huh. Some really good tracks on here like Lost Cause or Paper Tiger, but I just prefer ironypilled Beck to sadboi Beck.

I appear to be in the minority here, but this did very little for me. I found it to be slow, mumbly, and uninteresting. A few somewhat bright spots, but mostly a miss. Sorry. Beck's appeal is a mystery to me.

I liked this more than I expected. More of a Guerolito guy, I did not think I would want bigger cinematic Beck but this is good!

This whole album sounds kinda mopey. I don't love how the synths sound given the mood of the album, seems a bit incongruous. Overall this album is about as interesting as a bowl of clear jello.

What a lovely, special set of songs. Strong lyrically and really good orchestration. A great album😁

quite warm but wears thin by the end

Wow, for en overraskelse. Gikk inn med ekstremt lave forventninger etter Odelay, men dette digget jeg. Sår og nostalgisk vibe med et hint av håp. Fyren kan visst lage god musikk allikevel.

Kanskje det var forventningene som var skrudd ned til et bunnivå før jeg begynte å lytte. Kanskje det er en annen Beck enn forrige gang. Uansett synes jeg ikke dette var så gærent.

Største comebacket siden Lazarus. Sterk 3-er

Sikkert et vanlig navn, så dette er vel en annen. Ganske decent

Love the Ziggy Stardust inspired album cover.

Buenas cancionesss.

Ну как круто, что в день выхода нового, первого за 7 лет альбома Бэка нам выпадает именно он, еще и с одним из лучших своих альбомов. Всего-то нужно было расстаться с девушкой, чтобы написать свой самый спокойный и меланхоличный на тот момент материал. Песни типа Lost Cause и Guess I'm Doing Fine прям отдают этим пост-брейкап вайбом. Ну и сама музыка очень приятная и успокаивающая. End of the Day вообще обожаю, красотища. Как всегда у Бэка, альбом не супер ровный, но хороших композиций хватает.

Почему-то он мне нравится. Даже в ноющем варианте. Любила этот альбом в колледже.

Сколько бы альбомов бэка я не слушал (это третий), вот прям не могу зацепиться. Вроде моё, грустный мужик под гитару, но всё никак. Несмотря на то, что он написал один из моих любимых саундтреков

слишком спокойный для меня альбом, слушается приятно, но не цепляет - 3.5

Beautiful sound. Very slow and sad though. More for a certain mood.

This was nice. Cool album that I never really got into before

Not rocking my world.

01) The Golden Age - 7,5 02) Paper Tiger - 7,0 03) Guess I'm Doing Fine - 7,0 04) Lonesome Tears - 6,5 05) Lost Cause - 7,5 06) End of the Day - 6,5 07) It's All In Your Mind - 6,5 08) Round The Bend - 6,5 09) Already Dead - 6,5 10) Sunday Sun - 7,0 11) Little One - 7,0 12) Side of the Road - 6,5 TOTAL: 6,83 (68/100) Current ranking: 632/1037

Remember enjoying this back in the day, and thinking it was one of his stronger albums. A little underwhelmed on first re-listen, but I switched to headphones and it sounded much better, the slow burning gentle warmth of it. 3.8*

Beck's heartache is certainly noticeable with this album, but it never feels like any of the songs really manage to properly deliver a real emotional gut punch or pull you into his feelings. Not bad, but could've been so much better I feel.

Produced by Nigel ‘Radiohead’ Godrich, this was Beck’s most organic and sonically traditional album to date. There are some nice arrangements and still a mix of Americana, psychedelia and some classic rock moments. I’m not sure Beck’s voice is what some of the songs need and there are times I want a little more, melodically, but I do hear the sound Godrich was to get from Macca three years later. I like it but don’t love it.