Sea Change
by Beck
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Sea Change is ranked 2nd best out of 22 albums by Beck on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Beck is Odelay which is ranked number 266 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,046.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Sea Change rankings summary
Overall rank: 340th | 2000s rank: 53rd | 2002 rank: 7th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 96 Music Albums of 2002 | 2/96 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Drbassexpert24 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 63/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | BlueNote | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2000s | 10/99 | 18 |
| 2026 | Rivera | 301-400 | 98/100 | - |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 54 Music Albums of 2002 | 41/54 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 89 Music Albums of 2002 | 37/89 | 3 |
| 2026 | Scrabbler | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 45/100 | - |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 9 Music Albums of 2002 | 3/9 | 4 |
| 2026 |  giulius06 | Top 97 Greatest Music Albums | 63/97 | 35 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 752 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4,917 | |||
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| ! | 08/07/2026 19:35 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2026 02:56 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,620 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 16:18 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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ThuramThugood 10/08/2025 10:01 | #311281
Album Rating: 83.00
(996/12)
Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Sea Change
24.09.2002
Beck's pillow cuddling, breakup album. Probably his greatest.
1.Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - The Golden Age 90
2.Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Paper Tiger 89
3.Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Guess I'm Doing Fine 76
4.Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Lonesome Tears 87
5.Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Lost Cause 92
6.Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - End Of The Day 73
7.Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - It's All In Your Mind 76
8.Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Round The Bend 81
9.Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Already Dead 87
10.Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Sunday Sun 87
11.Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Little One 80
12.Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Side Of The Road 78
Ranked in order of preference:
* Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Lost Cause 92
* Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - The Golden Age 90
* Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Paper Tiger 89
* Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Already Dead 87
* Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Sunday Sun 87
* Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Lonesome Tears 87
* Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Round The Bend 81
* Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Little One 80
* Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Side Of The Road 78
* Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - Guess I'm Doing Fine 76
* Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - It's All In Your Mind 76
* Beck (SC - USA - Sep 02) - End Of The Day 73 (Edited)
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SomethingSpecial 07/01/2025 12:15 | #309835
SomethingSpecial 07/01/2025 12:15 | #309835
A drastic departure from the sample-heavy, eclectic sound of his previous records, Beck recorded his most honest record to date, considered by many to be his magnum opus. Inspired by the heartbreak of his breakup with his longtime girlfriend, it features an acoustic and chamber pop sound, as Beck bares his soul in a way he had never done before on his studio albums. His voice has also never sounded as powerful, Beck now singing with a deeper, more resonant tone. (Edited)
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VictorVale 03/22/2023 11:33 | #295290
VictorVale 03/22/2023 11:33 | #295290
Pura poesia, fantástico!
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imacgill 08/14/2022 21:41 | #288484
imacgill 08/14/2022 21:41 | #288484
Beck experimented with folk rock on Mutations and for his follow up he went all in and made the most beautiful record of his career. (Edited)
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Rovers 12/17/2020 15:05 | #262811
"Sea Change" is just the third Beck album I have come across, and among these three, it is by far the most melodic and most easily accessible. The other two are "Mellow Gold" and "Odelay" and on those two I was challenged on several tracks.
"Sea Change" is a rather subdued album with a strong roots point in both country and folk-music. Along the way I came to think of Nick Drake several times; and also artists Alex Chilton and Kurt Cobain might sources of inspiration for Beck, on tracks like "Side of the Road" and "Little One".
My great favorite song is "Lost Cause". A very melodic and quite catchy song, with evocative background sounds. The track was one of two singles pulled from the album and it did well both in the U.S. and in the U.K. ‘
The second single was "Guess I'm Doing Fine", which is a slightly melancholy and country-influenced song. A nice but also less remarkable song than "Lost Cause".
Among other songs that are worth highlighting is "Already Dead", which is so catchy that you might think you have heard the song before. Lovely acoustic guitar and one of the songs that reminds me of Nick Drake.
"End of the Day" is also very nice - melodic with a nice some quirky theme.
"Little One" was a track that reminded me a bit of Kurt Cobain's more subdued tracks from "Nevermind" and "In Utero".
"Sea Change" has to a great extent changed my impression of Beck as an artist, and he now appears to me far more nuanced than before my meeting with this great album. (Edited)
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