Best Ever Albums

Re: Time for a Sea Change

OFarrio — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 20:10:42 GMT

Author: OFarrio

Posted: 03/08/2013 01:10

It's a beautiful album, though I feel like I need to be in a certain mood to want to listen to it. I can listen to and I prefer Odelay, Midnite Vultures and Mutations any day. That said though it's still a brilliant album and my fourth favorite of Beck's albums. And just for fun the rest of the rankings would be:
Mellow Gold
Guero
Modern Guilt
The Information
One Foot In The Grave
Stereopathetic Soulmanure

Re: Time for a Sea Change

RoundTheBend — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 18:57:07 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/07/2013 23:57

You know... music is often just regurgitated. Sometimes it bother's me that The Strokes' "Last Night" and Tom Petty's American Girl start very similar... but guess what, who cares, they are both good songs.

As for this album, what I love about it isn't the melody, or that the song is written in this key, but the feeling of loss throughout the album. It is the best "breakup" album ever made. I also like the tone/mood throughout the album. It also has some interesting arrangements/sounds.

This album is in my top 100.

Odelay, while I liked it a while back and it would have made my 100, it just is sometimes annoying to be honest. This album has zero annoying to it.

Re: Time for a Sea Change

Norman Bates — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 18:00:37 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 03/07/2013 23:00

It's a wee bit too high at #218 IMO. First, the rip-off Gainsbourg is really annoying (here in France Melody Nelson is very famous, so it was difficult to get past it). Secondly, the songs are nice, but they somehow sound more like exercises than heartfelt to my ears. Nice LP of course, I'm not trying to belittle it, but when I want to listen to some Beck, I'll go for Odelay or One Foot in the Grave first. I like "It's All In Your Mind" and "Lost Cause" very much.

Beck rated from best to least good :

Excellent :
Odelay
One Foot in the Grave

Very Good :
Mellow Gold
Golden Feelings
A Western Harvest Field by the Moonlight

Good:
Stereopathetic Soulmanure
Sea Change
Modern Guilt
Guero
The Information

OK:
Mutations

Barely average:
Midnite Vultures

A fine record and a very interesting artist.

Re: Time for a Sea Change

Anonymous — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 13:51:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/07/2013 18:51

Honestly I think it's dissimilar to his other work to the point of incomparability. Still, if I were forced to rank his albums it would probably go something like:

Odelay
Sea Change
The Information
Mutations
Guero
Modern Guilt
Midnight Vultures
One Foot In The Grave
Mellow Gold
Stereopathetic Soulmanure
Golden Feelings

Re: Time for a Sea Change

Anonymous — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 12:05:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/07/2013 17:05

tbakeman wrote:

Beck's Sea Change

How do you feel about it? I personally love Beck, and consider Sea Change his magnum opus so to speak. I first heard this album back when I was 16, and listening to this album has gotten me through every break up I've had since. Beck proved time and time again that he can be incredibly creative with his music on other albums, but when he needs to write a truly deep song, Sea Change showed he can do that as well. I'm not saying he laid his emotions on the line as well as Nick Drake or Elliot Smith could, but there is just something there with Sea Change that I just can't get over.

So I'm reading reviews online, and it seems to me that my fellow music lovers aren't as enthusiastic about this album as I am. People are saying Beck didn't write a single original melody or song (The Golden Age ripping off No Surprises, Paper Tiger stolen from Serge Gainsbour, one guy even said all the songs sound like Plastic Ono covers.)

So yeah, I know my BEA community wont let me down.... Sea Change belongs at #218, correct?

It's nice enough, though it wouldn't be in my top 218 albums of all-time by any stretch. Top 1500 maybe.

Re: Time for a Sea Change

MrFrogger — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 11:00:30 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 03/07/2013 16:00

By far his best album, and the only one on my chart.

Re: Time for a Sea Change

tbakeman — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:59:33 GMT

Author: tbakeman

Posted: 03/07/2013 15:59

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWN3zb38RXc

So poppy, Beck didn't even want it on the album. Get really high and listen to that post-chorus.

Re: Time for a Sea Change

junodog4 — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:57:59 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 03/07/2013 15:57

I've never heard about the song rip-offs... I'm going to have another listen.

Re: Time for a Sea Change

Anonymous — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:30:11 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/07/2013 15:30

It and Guero are right behind Odelay as his best album, and it's pretty great. There are a couple unmemorable tracks, but the album is pretty fantastic as a whole.

Re: Time for a Sea Change

Anonymous — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:15:32 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/07/2013 15:15

It's fine where it is (in my opinion).

Time for a Sea Change

tbakeman — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:14:40 GMT

Author: tbakeman

Posted: 03/07/2013 15:14

Beck's Sea Change

How do you feel about it? I personally love Beck, and consider Sea Change his magnum opus so to speak. I first heard this album back when I was 16, and listening to this album has gotten me through every break up I've had since. Beck proved time and time again that he can be incredibly creative with his music on other albums, but when he needs to write a truly deep song, Sea Change showed he can do that as well. I'm not saying he laid his emotions on the line as well as Nick Drake or Elliot Smith could, but there is just something there with Sea Change that I just can't get over.

So I'm reading reviews online, and it seems to me that my fellow music lovers aren't as enthusiastic about this album as I am. People are saying Beck didn't write a single original melody or song (The Golden Age ripping off No Surprises, Paper Tiger stolen from Serge Gainsbour, one guy even said all the songs sound like Plastic Ono covers.)

So yeah, I know my BEA community wont let me down.... Sea Change belongs at #218, correct?