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Title: Downtrodden Beauty
Review: Beck's music has seemingly evolved from playful dabbling in funk excursions, folk songs, hip-hop or even techno and metabolized into a fullblown masterpiece of straightforward, crestfallen elegance. The abounding melancholia on Sea Change is potent enough to crush one's heart. The lyrics are humble and graceful, the music pristine and unabashed. Sea Change captures Beck's unique songwriting ability in an ultimate form of graceful austerity that sings as gently as the wind, and at the same time, roars like a tumultuous ocean. Beck obviously poured out his heart and soul on Sea Change, and his new unsolicited sound is magnificently evoked.
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