Sea Change
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studio album
First released:
Sep 24 2002

Overview Edit

Sea change or seachange is an idiom for broad transformation drawn from a phrase in the song "Full fathom five" in Shakespeare's The Tempest, and connotes a transformation: see Sea change (transformation)

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This particular version Edit

Record label:
unknown
Catalog number:
B0001840-19
Release dates:
  • Sep 24 2002 in United States

Genres

Alternative Rock, Electronica, Folk, Folktronica, Rock, Adult Alternative, Alternative. Vote on Genres

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5 stars WARNING
I was having lunch in a vegetarian restaurant in Seattle when I heard this great song being played over the restaurants sound system. The singer sounded like he was accompanied by the philharmonic orchestra. I asked the waiter what was playing and he said; Beck's Sea Change. The song playing was Lonesome Tears, and I know that much because after finishing lunch I went right out and bought the CD. I am over fifty years old and mostly listen to folk music (hank dogs, hem, gillian welch, folkers li…
Written by an unknown author
3 stars Beck-style.
Three and a half, to be exact. Three and three quarters. Just because i'm a hard grader.

Since when was sounding like the greats of the past a bad thing? Millions of us would sell our souls to the devil to make music that sounded anywhere near Nick Drake, or the Beatles, or whoever else people say this album sounds like. (Although Round the Bend does seem like it belongs over the top of River Man on Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left.) Beck has a talent for every type of music, and this album showcas…
Written by Bryce Littlejohn

Track listing Edit

Credits Edit

  1. arranger

    1. Beck [string (8)]
    2. David Campbell [string (2,4,8)]
  2. composer

  3. conductor

    1. David Campbell [string (2,4,8)]
  4. design

    1. Autumn De Wilde [cover art]
    2. Beck [art direction]
    3. Jeremy Blake [artwork]
    4. Kevin Reagan [art direction]
  5. engineer

    1. Bob Ludwig [mastering]
  6. performer

    1. Beck [vocals]
    2. Beck [acoustic guitar (except 2,4)]
    3. Beck [glockenspiel (1,10)]
    4. Beck [synthesizer (3,7)]
    5. Beck [harmonica (3)]
    6. Beck [backing vocals (3,5,10,11)]
    7. Beck [keyboard (4)]
    8. Beck [banjo (5)]
    9. Beck [percussion (5,10,11)]
    10. Beck [electric guitar (7,10,11)]
    11. Beck [wurlitzer (7)]
    12. Beck [piano (10)]
    13. James Gadson [drums (2,4,6,9)]
    14. Jason Faulkner [electric guitar (2,11)]
    15. Jason Faulkner [backing vocals (11)]
    16. Jason Faulkner [percussion (11)]
    17. Joey Waronker [drums (except 2,4,6,8,9)]
    18. Joey Waronker [percussion ( except 8,9)]
    19. Joey Waronker [backing vocals (3,11)]
    20. Joey Waronker [beatbox drums (10)]
    21. Justin Meldal-Johnsen [electric bass (except 5,7,8,12)]
    22. Justin Meldal-Johnsen [backing vocals (3,5,11)]
    23. Justin Meldal-Johnsen [electric guitar (4)]
    24. Justin Meldal-Johnsen [upright bass (5,7,8,10,12)]
    25. Justin Meldal-Johnsen [glockenspiel (5,10)]
    26. Justin Meldal-Johnsen [percussion (5,10,11)]
    27. Justin Meldal-Johnsen [piano (10)]
    28. Nigel Godrich [keyboard (2,4,6)]
    29. Nigel Godrich [percussion (2)]
    30. Nigel Godrich [synthesizer (3)]
    31. Nigel Godrich [string treatment (8)]
    32. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. [wurlitzer (1,7,12)]
    33. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. [glockenspiel (1)]
    34. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. [piano (3,10,11)]
    35. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. [clavinet (3,5,6,10)]
    36. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. [backing vocals (3,5,11)]
    37. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. [synthesizer (5,7,10)]
    38. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. [percussion (5,10,11)]
    39. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. [harmonium (10)]
    40. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. [indian banjo (10)]
    41. Smokey Hormel [electric guitar (1,3,5,7,10)]
    42. Smokey Hormel [acoustic guitar (4,5,7,9)]
    43. Smokey Hormel [percussion (5,10)]
    44. Smokey Hormel [backing vocals (5)]
    45. Smokey Hormel [acoustic slide guitar (6,10,12)]
    46. Smokey Hormel [piano (10)]
    47. Smokey Hormel [bamboo saxophone (10)]
    48. Smokey Hormel [megamouth (10)]
    49. Smokey Hormel [tape recorder (10)]
    50. Suzie Katayama [cello (7)]
  1. producer

  2. writer

Other versions Edit

Sea Change 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Universal Music Japan
catalog number: UICY-6154
release dates: Sep 24 2002
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Sea Change 12 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Geffen Records
catalog number: B0001840-19
release dates: Sep 24 2002
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Sea Change 12 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: Interscope Records
release dates: Feb 14 2006
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