Sea Change

Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.103) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002" Rolling Stone (10/3/02, pp.97-9) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...A perfect treasure of soft, spangled woe sung with a heavy open heart. It's the best album Beck has ever made....This is his BLOOD ON THE TRACKS." Spin (1/03, p.70) - Ranked #3 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year" Spin (10/02, p.111) - 9 out of 10 - "...A supremely dainty-assed achievement that jerks real tears..." Entertainment Weekly (9/27/02, p.85) - "...A beautiful mournful hymn of love won and lost....For the first time, Beck is playing himself..." - Rating: B+ Q (12/02, p.65) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2002" Q (10/02, pp.98-9) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Very nearly a very great album....brooding atmospherics, reflective acoustic settings, a desert road movie conducted at a snail's place..." Uncut (1/03, p.94) - Ranked #8 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year" - "...SEA CHANGE is Beck's BLOOD ON THE TRACKS..." The Wire (10/02, p.51) - "...The mood is muted, constant, studiously introverted..." CMJ (12/30/02, p.10) - Ranked #3 on CMJ's "Top 10 of 2002" CMJ (10/7/02) - "...Truly soulful songs....this record is really a spotlight on a man and his guitar....there is a beauty inherent in sadness. Beck is quite clearly intimately familiar with it..." Vibe (11/02, p.154) - "...Steeped in gorgeous, tear-stained country ballads..." Mojo (Publisher) (1/03, p.73) - Ranked #7 in Mojo's "Best Albums of 2002" Mojo (Publisher) (10/02, p.90) - "...There's no trickery here, only transformation..." NME (Magazine) (9/21/02, p.38) - 6 out of 10 - "...A rainy afternoon album--quietly affecting, occasionally sublime..."