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..." | 
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