TrainFan73
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I’ve always liked Ice-T. He’s got a unique way of thinking about things, isn’t dumb but comes off kind of like Mulany describes him. His flow is awkward as fuck though.
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TrainFan73
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Ah… the height of New Jack. Where even the OGs had to make sure you were aware of it. lol.
TrainFan73
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5/22/24
Beck - Sea Change
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Beck - Sea Change
Sea Change - Beck | Album | AllMusic
Sea Change by Beck released in 2002. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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TrainFan73
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TrainFan73
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This is one of those albums that makes me wish I still did drugs.
TrainFan73
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David Fricke sure liked it:
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Seems pretty spot on.
Beck is an interesting musician. He seems to be in a pop phase right now but most of the rest of his career switches between these modern folk things that recall other eras/scenes and his hipster collage of sound thing. Even when he’s not at the top of his game, he’s interesting. Hell he even managed to get the Black Krys to make an interesting album
Sea Change
Check out our album review of Artist's Sea Change on Rolling Stone.com.
www.rollingstone.com
Seems pretty spot on.
Beck is an interesting musician. He seems to be in a pop phase right now but most of the rest of his career switches between these modern folk things that recall other eras/scenes and his hipster collage of sound thing. Even when he’s not at the top of his game, he’s interesting. Hell he even managed to get the Black Krys to make an interesting album
TrainFan73
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There’s no byline in the pitchfork review, but they um didn’t like it.
pitchfork.com
Beck: Sea Change
It's easy to romanticize Beck as the scruffy wannabe who lived on friends' couches for a year, recording a ...
Bohnjaggs
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It's not Beck
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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David Fricke sure liked it:
Sea Change
Check out our album review of Artist's Sea Change on Rolling Stone.com.
Seems pretty spot on.
Beck is an interesting musician. He seems to be in a pop phase right now but most of the rest of his career switches between these modern folk things that recall other eras/scenes and his hipster collage of sound thing. Even when he’s not at the top of his game, he’s interesting. Hell he even managed to get the Black Krys to make an interesting album
There’s no byline in the pitchfork review, but they um didn’t like it.
Beck: Sea Change
It's easy to romanticize Beck as the scruffy wannabe who lived on friends' couches for a year, recording a ...
As much as I hate reviews, at some point or another, we all become critics, especially if there's a record we ridiculously love and want to spread that love to others or there's an LP we can't get behind at all and want to save our friends from a heinous aural fate.
I'm a dumb guy so I roll with that simpleton methodology - if it's music you dig, it's great. If it's music you don't dig, it's great for someone else out there.
I'm not a Beck head but I really like this record.
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TenderLovingKiller®
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I prefer when Beck get’s crazy with the Cheese Wiz. But this is the best serious Beck album. A great break-up sad bastard record.
Whiteout75
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Never really got hooked on Becks more serious stuff. Don’t think I’ve even heard this one to be honest.
jamieanderson1968
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Preach on brother!
jamieanderson1968
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I own only 2 Beck albums, this and Odelay. I cannot really compare it to other Beck albums or know where it fits amongst his entire career but I really like Sea Change. I think the album hit at the right time with me.
Part way through and it is a solid 4/5 for me, probably even a smidge higher, 4.25 maybe?
Part way through and it is a solid 4/5 for me, probably even a smidge higher, 4.25 maybe?
Hemotep
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This is my take on Beck and this record too.
Whiteout75
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So ok, that was pretty great. I had heard a few of the songs before but this was still surprisingly earnest and sad, no tongue-in-cheek ironic ennui anywhere.
TrainFan73
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I figured you would like Beck does sad slow Radiohead.
Bohnjaggs
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I'd also recommend Morning Phase, which is kind of the musical counterpart to Sea Change, but from a few years later. I actually prefer MP as, for some reason, I was never a huge Sea Change fan.
I think often personality, or more accurately artistic personality, can be an issue. I find that Beck in a lot of ways rubs me up the wrong way. Being sad and slow doesn’t change that. I gave a few a go that were highly rated because people I respect loved him. Wasn’t for me, this was probably the closest.
Indymisanthrope
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100% agree with Joe here. I think of Beck as an utterly forgettable, uninteresting musician, who makes some occasionally interesting music. What is Beck's persona/narrative/defining characteristic? No clue.
I respect when artists try to remove ego from the equation and let the work speak for itself, but I also see this particular artist as a quasi-anonymous blank. I think of him as someone whose albums get attention specifically because everyone thinks that everyone else thinks that you're supposed to give Beck albums attention.
And to quote the late, great @gouis, IMO that's a whole lot of attention to devote to someone whose work is for the most part unremarkably pleasant and is generally just "fine."