Beck
Sea Change
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 |
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The Golden Age full track | 4:35 | 137,445 | ||
| 2 |
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Paper Tiger full track | 4:36 | 126,084 | ||
| 3 |
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Guess I'm Doing Fine full track | 4:50 | 122,935 | ||
| 4 |
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Lonesome Tears full track | 5:38 | 116,465 | ||
| 5 |
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Lost Cause full track | 3:47 | 203,386 | ||
| 6 |
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End Of The Day full track | 5:03 | 90,316 | ||
| 7 |
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It's All In Your Mind | 3:06 | 81,303 | ||
| 8 |
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Round The Bend full track | 5:16 | 102,609 | ||
| 9 |
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Already Dead full track | 2:59 | 108,201 | ||
| 10 |
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Sunday Sun full track | 4:45 | 101,225 | ||
| 11 |
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Little One full track | 4:27 | 98,659 | ||
| 12 |
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Side Of The Road full track | 3:24 | 96,633 |
About this album
Sea Change is an album by Beck and was released in September 2002. Inspired by the dissolution of a relationship, Sea Change received glowing reviews upon its release.
Sea Change peaked at #8 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart and was eventually certified gold in March 2005. In the UK charts, it peaked at #20. As of July 2008, Sea Change has sold 680,000 copies in the United States.
Much of Beck’s trademark recondite, ironic lyrics are replaced by more sincere, simpler lyrical content. On Sea Change, Beck eschews the heavy sampling of his previous albums for real, live instrumentation. In interviews, Beck cited the breakup with his longtime girlfriend as the major influence on the album.
Several songs have instrumental arrangements and compositions that are clearly influenced by the works of Nick Drake and Serge Gainsbourg. In particular, the song “Round the Bend” recalls Drake’s “River Man”, and “Paper Tiger” bears a striking similarity with Gainsbourg’s “Melody”.
In 2002, Sea Change was one of only two albums to receive Rolling Stone magazine’s highest rating — five stars — the other being Bruce Springsteen’s The Rising. In 2003, the album was ranked number 440 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Despite a relatively low scoring 6.9 review, Pitchfork Media listed the album as number 42 on their Top 50 Albums of 2002.
Sea Change peaked at #8 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart and was eventually certified gold in March 2005. In the UK charts, it peaked at #20. As of July 2008, Sea Change has sold 680,000 copies in the United States.
Much of Beck’s trademark recondite, ironic lyrics are replaced by more sincere, simpler lyrical content. On Sea Change, Beck eschews the heavy sampling of his previous albums for real, live instrumentation. In interviews, Beck cited the breakup with his longtime girlfriend as the major influence on the album.
Several songs have instrumental arrangements and compositions that are clearly influenced by the works of Nick Drake and Serge Gainsbourg. In particular, the song “Round the Bend” recalls Drake’s “River Man”, and “Paper Tiger” bears a striking similarity with Gainsbourg’s “Melody”.
In 2002, Sea Change was one of only two albums to receive Rolling Stone magazine’s highest rating — five stars — the other being Bruce Springsteen’s The Rising. In 2003, the album was ranked number 440 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Despite a relatively low scoring 6.9 review, Pitchfork Media listed the album as number 42 on their Top 50 Albums of 2002.
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Shouts
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tomwarne wrote:
This is his best album. Hands down.
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phillybird wrote:
This album was on like a drug to me when I was down a few years ago.
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eblevin wrote:
A masterpiece!
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JoshCIVM wrote:
My friend calls this Beck's dullest album. After making brilliant bizarre music Beck decides to step back and show his real talent - and that is considered dull?
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listeningkills wrote:
All I have in my mind put into music. I gave myself a break of more than half of a year from this and still love it as hard, as I used to in February, in the times of the deepest depression.
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cobainINbox wrote:
amazing album.
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licoricepizza wrote:
still my favorite Beck album. it's hard to explain, but it actually feels like it's healing your psyche.
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JoshCIVM wrote:
Despite its depressive themes and inspiration, this album is one of the pieces of art that has kept me alive.
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giannis123 wrote:
how do you upload album covers???? it needs to be done
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r3n4to wrote:
cover ?
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MU_fan wrote:
one of the best albums ive ever heard
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sophiascalpel wrote:
for me: a milestone
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urbanrockergirl wrote:
This album accounts for about 75% of all my Beck listens =D
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FrancisTreptoe wrote:
great album to listen to when you are depressed
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oldlaffytaffy wrote:
Amazing break up LP !!!!
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w_1_7 wrote:
One of my favorite albums. I feel like a cowboy out in the desert in the middle of the night when I listen to this album. OR somewhere between dusk and twilight. All at the same time during periods of this album.
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triponbroknbeat wrote:
one of my favs as well
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urbanrockergirl wrote:
brilliant album! Perfect autumn soundtrack...
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pinenuts wrote:
Probably my favourite album ever.
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i_o_d wrote:
One of my favourite Albums. It's totally connected to the first autumn and winter I spent in this city, six years ago. Songs like Lonesome Tears and Lost Cause create a perfect soundtrack for living in a long-distance-relationship, waiting at a trainstation and knowing that you won't see your girlfriend for weeks.
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Recent Activity
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