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“Golden Age” by Beck
“Golden Age” by Beck appears on 10 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2007 and 2024. Its best result is #291 on The Best Opening Tracks of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,088 alternative song of all time.
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"The Golden Age" comes from Sea Change, the eighth studio album Beck released on Geffen in September 2002, the record where he traded samples for live players and riddles for plain, unguarded words. He made it in Los Angeles over two months with Nigel Godrich, who produced, engineered and mixed, and the heartbreak that runs through the album traces back to the end of his relationship with a longtime girlfriend.
Beck wrote this one alone, sings it and plays acoustic guitar and glockenspiel, with Smokey Hormel on electric guitar, Roger Joseph Manning Jr. on Wurlitzer, synthesizer and more glockenspiel, Justin Meldal-Johnsen on bass and Joey Waronker on drums and percussion. The same crew, minus Godrich, regrouped in 2014 for Morning Phase, which was pitched as a companion to Sea Change.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1564 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1648 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 540 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 1663 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1701 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1770 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1810 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1871 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2024 | 291 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
| 2024 | 382 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
Also listed as: The Golden Age.
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