Sea Change

...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... CMJ (10/7/02), p.6)

Ranked #3 on CMJ's "Top 10 of 2002 CMJ (12/30/02, p.10)

...A beautiful mournful hymn of love won and lost....For the first time, Beck is playing himself..." - Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly (9/27/02, p.85)

Ranked #7 in Mojo's "Best Albums of 2002 Mojo (1/03, p.73)

...There's no trickery here, only transformation... Mojo (10/02, p.90)

6 out of 10 - "...A rainy afternoon album--quietly affecting, occasionally sublime... NME (9/21/02, p.38)

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... Q (10/02, pp.98-9)

Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2002 Q (12/02, p.65)

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. Rolling Stone (10/3/02, pp.97-9)

Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002 Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.103)

Ranked #3 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year Spin (1/03, p.70)

9 out of 10 - "...A supremely dainty-assed achievement that jerks real tears... Spin (10/02, p.111)

...The mood is muted, constant, studiously introverted... The Wire (10/02, p.51)

Ranked #8 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year" - "...SEA CHANGE is Beck's BLOOD ON THE TRACKS... Uncut (1/03, p.94)

...Steeped in gorgeous, tear-stained country ballads... Vibe (11/02, p.154)