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Sea Change by: Beck List Price: £9.99 CD-Charts Price: £4.98 You Save: £5.01 (50%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0606949339326 Label: Polydor Group Manufacturer: Polydor Group Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Polydor Group Release Date: August 25, 2003 Running Time: 52 minutes Studio: Polydor Group Sales Rank: 11238 MPN: 493393 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Beck is really bummed. And if song titles such as "Lost Cause", "Lonesome Tears", "Already Dead" and "Nothing I Haven't Seen" don't make the point, his achingly sad lyrics and Sea Change's unerringly downcast sound do. While 1998's Mutations--arguably the singer-songwriter's masterwork and Sea Change's spiritual cousin--was filled with unflinching self-examination, moments of levity were found in songs like "Tropicalia". Not so on Sea Change. Beck's woozy, almost narcoleptic delivery seems to amplify the set's sense of ennui. But sad isn't necessarily bad, and despite the sombre tone, there's much to praise, not the least of which is the return of producer Nigel Godrich (Mutations, Radiohead) who wraps Beck's gloom in a dreamy, warm blanket of soft strings and floating bleeps and gurgles. Like Daniel Lanois, Godrich is all about vibe, and even Beck's most bare-bones songs benefit from billowy atmospherics. That's especially true of "Paper Tiger" a restless, slowly building epic improbably propelled by a languid orchestra and Beck's expressionless drone. The inky black feel of "Round the Bend"--a glacially slow dirge with muffled vocals--may be the darkest thing Beck's ever written, not counting the very grim "Already Dead". Whatever's going on in Beck's world, at least we know he's purging. All things considered, this may be better for his soul than ours. --Kim Hughes Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - masterpiecei used to think, "maybe it's me." why do i think this is genius, beck's masterpiece, a record that will make other artists weep at the gift that has touched this beautiful young man's life. i'm not sure beck was loving this much. there's a lot of pain. but then there's a lot of beauty. so maybe i am someone who bends toward the melancholic rather than the light. maybe that's why i think this record is untouchable. or maybe it is simply brilliant. Rating: - Moody, acoustic, brilliantThe earlier review by tonyfordy is spot on. Just when you thought you'd got to know what Beck could (or couldn't) do, he releases this - a beautiful, introspective and melodic peach of an album - easily bruised but immensely tasty! A touch of Bergman to complement the Tarantino. Rating: - Black Eyed DogA beautiful, delicate, sad album that evokes the haunted, slow, rhythmic sway of some of Nick Drake's best music (I'm thinking Riverman in particular). Laden with swooshing, deep, warm strings and strummed guitar Sea Change is not for the Beck fans who don't like him to be unhappy. If you don't mind what mood he's in as long as he's still recording superb music, you'll love this. An absolute stunner. Rating: - How did I overlook this?OK, I admit it, I was woefully late coming to this offering from Beck. His first few albums were in the collection, and then for some reason I stopped buying them when Midnight Vultures came out, don't know why. It was only with the release of Guero that interest was rekindled , and I started to look backwards again at what I'd missed. Beck really is an artist to be treasured. Sea change is an intimate, heartfelt record, and it's touch is light but it runs very deep. After the first listen, I felt it was OK...but as soon as it finished I thought I'd put it on one more time...and again....and again. It's one of those albums which just grows and gets better with repeat listens. Criticisms? OK you can spot the wholesale lifting ... Read More: Rating:  - A Pleasant Surprise of a large gearshiftBeck is the Edward Lear of music. The music is nonsense, the lyrics are nonsense but it sounds so refreshing and can only be the work of genius. Odelay is a classic example of this and so is Guero, a complete pic n mix of fantastic records. This however... If you played Devil's Haircut to a person who'd never heard of beck, then played this, they would have no idea it was the same person. Sea Change is a warming record which gets you settled into a chair and makes you smile and then makes your face fall with melancholy. The Golden Age is a beautiful song that I could listen to every day. Lost Cause is another wistful sleepy acoustic and songs like All In Your Mind turns on the waterworks. This is a very moving and warm album. I highly ... Read More: |
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