Goodbye And Hello

This is like. Bad and good? It’s a little like a bard with a choir telling his tales. Not sure if I’ll revisit.

Two songs I really liked ("Pleasant Street" and "Phantasmagoria in Two") the rest was either just not my thing, but fine, or cheesy and absolutely not to my liking. Also, for whatever reason, the cover image with the weird eye makes me physically uncomfortable.

medieval? chill.

Lovely album. Good songs sung well.

Not bad but nothing really stood out to me

I dunno, I only have room to like one Tim Buckley album I guess, and Happy Sad was already chosen. This is fine, but not as good. And the spell was a little broken by that L.A. album that came up a month or so ago, that was gross. I don’t even care to look back to the proper title. Fuck that album.

Gets better with every song

this guy definitely worked for the CIA

Interesting voice. reminded me of the popular folky stuff from the mid- to late-sixties, like The Mamas & The Papas, Kingston Trio, etc. But less catchy/poppy. Some very cringey stuff on here, hard for me to continue at times. Thinking about the lyrics in "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain," I mean, YOU LEFT your child, WTF you so sad about. I'm not getting how he really feels, it's masked behind some fairly insipid poetry.

Honestly not my cup of tea, a little too one sided.

Maybe it’s just because I don’t like minstrel pop but it just felt like this album took itself far too seriously narratively.

As the father of the enigmatic Jeff, and with a similarly striking look and tragic early departure, I’ve always wanted to be a fan of Buckley sr. I’ve found that his discography is littered with mini-masterpieces, like Once I Was and Morning Glory here, but more often it’s a sort of avant folk rock which must have been pretty groovy in the late 60s but is a hard listen in the 20s

A beautiful, medieval by way of the 60s sounding record that was not what I was expecting from him as I know him for the howling tenor of his later albums. This was quietly beautiful.

Solid Folk singer/songwriter. And can hear where Jeff Buckley gets it from.

Interesting. Might need some relistens

I was previously familiar with Tim Buckley and may have heard this album once or twice. This is a folk album at its core, but has some psychedelic elements as well. He has a good voice. This album has its moments (I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain is a standout track; Once I Was is pretty good as well), but overall it is a bit of a mess. I might listen to it again but most likely wouldn't seek it out.

I was not too keen on Greetings From LA. I didn’t really see the point in it. This one is distinctly different—baroque pop rather than blues rock. But does it really break ground? It doesn’t hold a candle to contemporaries like Pet Sounds, Odessey and Oracle, or Sgt Pepper. Do we just love Jeff Buckley so much that we need more of his dad? I liked the album more than Greetings from LA, but I don’t know that it crests the 3 star rating on its own… Am I meant to compare it to its sister album, or to all albums? If the latter, I think it’s a 2 star album.

Plesant. Songs are a bit aimless with a few nice melodies here in there. It seems to stretch on and over stay it’s welcome with touches of Canterbury folk. I much prefer his album Happy Sad. He’s a huge improvement over his son. Like I said it’s a pleasant maybe do some housework but it’s not really something that I play often. If he had more songs like Morning Glory I’d be much more impressed.

sure whatever

For my personal taste, I'd give this a 3 or 3.5 stars, but I do recognize the craftsmanship and the influence of such an album, especially for those that like psychedelia. Therefore, it's hard for me to give this 3 stars on this scale, as I do feel it deserves more than that.

В мене вже колосальний рівень втоми від подібної музики після цього списку. Загалом це непогане виконання, але в мене через перенасичення ці хіповські тексти та музичні рішення просто не сприймаються адекватно.

Ну не знаю, в цілому є щось. Хороший приклад психоделічного сінгер-сонграйтерства 60х. Але от як і завжди з Тімом Баклі в мене - повертатись до нього взагалі не тягне.

I’m just not really into the troubadour/medieval weird folksy thing that was popular in this era, and I still don’t care for Buckley’s voice. It does have a lot of whimsy, at least, so there’s that.

Heard some of it before. I really am surprised that people here don't really like Tim. I think this album has some really good songs. Towards the end it gets just a little worse but overall it's great. Clean your ears 3/5

Some of these songs are pretty good and some I wouldn’t want to hear again. The orchestrations are often nice even when the underlying song and lyrics are not great (example, the title song). Also, he has a nice singing voice but it often seems like he’s “doing a voice” pr putting on a weird accent, which sort of ruins it.

Good

I really liked I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain, but nothing else really stood out.

Loved it, my favorite track was Pleasant Street

An uneven album by the elder Buckley for whom I have mixed feelings as it stands. Perhaps better than both Happy Sad and Greetings from L.A., the occasional compelling track helps me understand why it's included in the 1001. Despite total bombs like Knight-Errant, when he dazzles he does so greatly, even at his own expense, or despite himself — and yet, I'm left cold by the whole of it.

Psych / folk rock with a real minstrel / renaissance fair vibe. I enjoyed some of the poppier songs but by the last few tracks I was a bit sick of it. Pleasant Street was my favourite on first listen but I also enjoyed Once I Was.

Ok

This had some decent moments in it. Overall not a bad effort.

A fairly easy, if forgettable listen. He certainly has a unique voice.

Intriguing, yet a bit erratic, awkward and confused. The sound of someone trying to work out their strengths. I don’t get on that well with his voice on this one.

Pleasant Street is good, his voice is so high and delicate. I never asked to be your mountain was my favorite song of the album.

I know Jeff, so it was good to listen to his dad.

Oh, fuck off. This is the third Tim Buckley record I’ve got here. You can’t tell me that this fucking guy wrote three records that the world needs to hear. The panel on this project needs some oversight. “Oh, BuT He’s JefF BuckLeY’s DaD!!!” Who gives a shit? This record sucks. Also, fuck you, Jeff Buckley isn’t that great either. He covered one Leonard Cohen song forgettably. Then he died. I mean, that bit sucks, but people sometimes die tragically. It doesn’t elevate their work to legend status. And it certainly doesn’t legitimize their dad’s folk work…I think I’m off-topic at this point. Anyway, I’m good on Tim Buckley, and I don’t need to hear anymore. 5/10

2nd album I’ve heard from Tim and it was just a little bit less boring than Happy Sad. 5/10

Ok, so I'm writing this part before listening: I hated Greetings from L.A. (gave it a 1), but really liked Happy Sad (4 stars), so I'm curious to see what happens here. After: it’s a 2.5. I liked one or two songs but everything else was just eh. At least I’m done with Tim Buckley now.

Alright, final Tim Buckley. Still don't know why he has 3 here, but at least we're ending on a solid album. This one's nice. I definitely preferred Happy Sad, but this is also very much so a better album than Greetings from L.A., so it has that going for it. Goodbye and Hello is just a solid 60s folk rock album, but I've heard a lot of those for this project, so this album doesn't feel special to me. For the most part, this album is just more of the same from the other albums. Tim's voice is okay for the most part. The songwriting here isn't bad. This album has some good songs on it. I especially liked "Pleasant Street," "Phantasmagoria in Two," and of course, "Once I Was." The rest of the album is fine, though I thought the title track overstayed its welcome a little bit. Other than that, this is just another decent Tim Buckley album. If you like this sort of thing, you like it. I do like it, but I don't love it. Strong 3/5.

not good

3 Perfectly ok, but nothing special for me, the false endings on the penultimate song were a bit irritating

Mixed bag for me. Some of it I thought was decent, but some I found grating. 2.5/5

This was new to me. Would definitely listen again. Pleasant Street was a highlight.

‘Once I Was’ is such a great song, lovely album

Another album new to me. Enjoyed this a lot - feel like there's been quite a lot of lazy / indulgent 70s folk-rock on this list, but this album was imaginative, sensitive and has some excellent acoustic guitar work.

Lovely stuff and three lovely stars!!!!!!!! Tom.

8/10 – Very Good

Why were these fuckers in the 60s so obsessed with circus music? I swear they couldn’t fuckin’ resist an oompah beat, cheesy assholes

Again, kind of boring I didn’t like his voice

Psychedelic folk and baroque pop built from intricate acoustic arrangements, orchestral flourishes, and soaring vocals feels like sitting through an artist's private exhibition where every detail is carefully arranged, but the creator seems more fascinated by the complexity of the work than by whether anyone else can connect with it. The album is ambitious, imaginative, and beautifully performed, yet for me it feels mostly self-indulgent rather than emotionally inviting. Tim Buckley's extraordinary vocal abilities and the elaborate arrangements are impressive, yet mostly seem to serve the exploration itself more than a clear destination.

Jeff's dad I'm assuming? ------- This was totally forgettable man with a guitar. His vocals are particularly grating, the medieval inspired sounds add some variation at least. The musical equivalent of being partially sedated and the ventilator alarms going off constantly. Knight errand is one of the worst songs I've heard yet.

Some albums I just wonder why they made it onto this list. I get that it's not supposed to be the 1001 "best" albums ever, nonetheless it's hard to understand how this was even particularly culturally significant at the time or later. Most of the tracks on here have fewer than a million plays on Spotify, which for a US artist in particular suggests it hasn't really stood the test of time. As for my opinion on the music, I found it meandering and vague most of the way through, and very pretentious in parts - nothing I'll remember, and I probably won't listen again.

Not my thing.

Comparing to other records we’ve already listened to around 1967, this does stand out for that decade. It still kinda holds today. I enjoyed my time with it, as “generic” as I thought it was.

Great Songs: I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain, Morning Glory Good Songs: No Man Can Find the War, Pleasant Street, Hallucinations, Once I Was, Phantasmagoria In Two, Goodbye and Hello Mid Songs: Carnival Song, Knight-Errant Bad Songs:

artsy folksy

It was alright. I liked it for the most part, but it somehow felt a bit over the top. I don't think I would actively seek it out again.

Hello, goodbye Mr. Buckley

The album cover and design for Tim Buckley's 1967 masterpiece Goodbye and Hello were created by legendary Elektra Records art director William S. Harvey. The front cover photography was shot by Guy Webster. (wiki) Did we need another press style headshot with a bit of type stuck at the top? Its a decent enough photo but nowhere as good as the music which is hauntingly good. Died at 28 and left us with Jeff.

2.5/5

Not sure about this guy. This album is much better than yesterday's "sex-funk" Tim Buckley album. At moments it is very good, reminding me of other (better) artists that I enjoy. At other moments it's a bit off-putting. And throughout I am haunted by the "white guy thinks it's a good idea to make a blaxploitation album". Random does do random things and sometimes that means getting Tim Buckley two days in a row. Anyway, I'm just going to drop a 3 here and call it even.

I don’t know about this. I swung between thinking it was oddly brilliant and then just annoying. I just dont know, and I think it will take a few more listens to really decide.

Beat, Singer/Songwriter, 1968 -> 3

Why is every mediocre folk singer obsessed with kings and queens and clowns? So upsetting he's American if he was British he would have an excuse for sounding like that. Goodbye and Hello the song goes pretty hard though.

19. jul 2026. 12.38h it was nice ovako sam saznala da je jeff buckley nepo baby (in a way) best: pleasant street worst: goodbye and hello

I'll just stick with good bye

I had heard of Tim Buckley but had not heard his music. He has a very pleasant voice…..but it doesn’t match the actual music. He is much more on the east listening side than the folksy side. I was not impressed.

This is a perfectly ok album, nothing really special, especially in context of the art rock heard so far. It tries to be political at times but it kinda feels drowned out by the backing

Pretty good outing from Jeff Buckley’s dad

An okay album, i liked Phantasmagoria In Two the most.

seems like a lovely lad. bit boring though

3.67

Strange lyrics, this psychedelic era churned out some god awful music. Then out came the harmonica as if it couldn’t get any worse. Get an additional point for some good beats but that’s all it’s going for it

2.6 2x decent

As someone who doesn't listen much to folk rock from the Woodstock era, this seems to be at least a quality example of it. Tim Buckley has an ethereal voice, and his lyrical skill is present. Having listened to another one of his albums already (Happy Sad), this one seems like he's getting his sea legs.

Didn't really vibe with this one. I think Tim Buckley is just in a genre I'm not a fan of.

I like one song by Tim Buckley- Song to the Siren. It is not on this album.

Longest 42 minutes of my life

In fairness to Tim Buckley, the backing music is pretty solid. But I REALLY hate his voice. A white man trying to sing like a black woman is a piss poor combo.

норм (сын круче).

On the boring side

It was good enough, but got a bit bored. Folk Rock with some anti war messages which I always appreciate.

I do have a soft spot for late 60's psychedelic folk. This has some classic sounds.

Song to the Siren is so good so I had high hope for this album and I did not care for it much at all. Other reviewers mentioning the renn faire of it all hit the nail on the head

Hated it. Best Song: Pleasant Street Rating: 2/10 Stars: 1

3 albums that are all the same? Why?

I enjoyed the title track. Very 60s sound and vibe to this whole album.

Hit or miss album landing somewhere between psych, prog, and folk. There's a few extended cuts that were fine but this one was pretty out there.

Sounds great on a sunny Saturday morning.

No. 2

Okayish

3 out of 5. I like how psychedelic and lovely this album got at times.

middling lows, but very high highs

1. "Pleasant Street" 2. "Hallucinations" 3. "Phantasmagoria in Two"

na

Underwhelming

Nice

Some kind of weird psychodelic folk rock. I expected to not like it but some songs really drew me in. Shame about his voice though. Like a cross between Jodi Mitchell and the Velvet Underground.

I really liked the other Tim Buckley album but I thought this one was underwhelming. It’s strange and doesn’t really get going

mildly interesting. i listened to this while realizing i left a lithium battery in my checked luggage after moving through security for an international flight, and i wasn't not sure how big of a deal that is. same can be said of this album. rip jeff

Nearly not as good as his son's music

Nope... absolutely not His voice grinded on me. I suffered through this album 1 ⭐️

It’s not awful, he has a nice voice, and I might have really liked it had I been a tie dye loving 19 year old in 1967. But there’s limited justification for playing it nearly 60 years later.

This was a really odd listen for me, cause as a collection of songs I didn’t really love it. There were a couple songs I really loved, but there were also a lot that I could’ve done without. But at the same time, as an album I was really into this. I was very invested in the sound of the album, it was really comforting and I just really liked the world that I was brought into with this one. It’s the first time I didn’t love a lot of the songs and I would still definitely listen to it again. It’s a weird spot I’ve never been in before. Favorites: Hallucinations, I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain, Goodbye and Hello

This has some of my favourite Tim Buckley songs on it (Phantasmagoria in Two, Once I Was, Hallucinations) - it feels very much like an album with the reins still on, at least compared to how wild his later work was. "I never asked to be your mountain" is devastating, especially given the lore around it (written about Jeff after Tim left, Jeff then performed it early in his career. Ooft).

This was a good and a bit confusing album. "Phantasmagoria in Two" was excellent - followed by the slightly weirder "Knight-Errant", where Buckley channels his inner chivalrous knight. Some of the songs sound like a completely different singer takes over. All of a sudden a clown-ish person interrupts the peace and quiet in "Goodbye and Hello". To me, the album is a little too much all over the place to warrant top marks or, really, even close to top marks. There's is obviously no doubt about ability and talent, and I don't really know what I expected before listening - not this, I guess. Great closing track, though. I think this is a: 3.4

Too schmaltzy

pleasant

Not my favorite. Kind of a male and not as good Joan Baez.

Nice easy going music

3 stars except Pleasant Street is my new favorite song

Rätt soft

Kände inte riktigt det här.

Fint men inget märkvärdigt.

Något oengagerad lyssning möjligen men detta fångade mig inte på någon dramatisk nivå.

Least favorite of the three Buckley albums. It was okay, but too folksy and Jefferson Airplane psychedelic for my tastes. The man can still sing however. Beautiful voice.

at first wasn't expecting to like it, but as the album went on I felt hypnotized by the voice and the lyrics, and the music supports that nicely. I like this soft folk-psychedelic sound. I personally really enjoyed the following songs: Pleasant Street, Hallucinations, Phantasmagoria in Two My first encounter with the author, looking forward for more!

Another average Timmy B

Late 60s. Can feel Pink Floyd and late Beatles inspired but not as good

I really liked the song Pleasant Street. That one had kinda an edge to it. The rest was fine.

It's a type of music that hasn't aged well, and really should be lost in the wheel of time.

Soft singing, guitar strumming. The word "troubadour" came up in another review, and that's what he reminds me of, some guy hanging around a party singing and serenading everyone else without being asked to. The lyrics (although not the singing) also remind me of Bob Dylan in the way they are exhaustingly and heavy-handedly symbolic, the final two tracks especially, which lost this album a star and were like listening to something medieval, in that it felt like the singer was from a completely different culture where all his references were completely lost on me and it was a tiring struggle to comprehend for little reward.

Very folky & very 60’s. Liked it.

wow it is very warm music

I kind of wish the incarnate of the Sumer of Love had risen up and pimp-slapped this hippie. You're a man: stop trying to sound like Joan Baez for hell's sake.

2.5 if I could give it.

easy to listen, nothing terrible but not specific standouts

Pretty chaotic, with a very characteristic voice. Not all is truly for me, but I recognize a masterpiece, Phantasmagoria in Two is one of the best gems I discovered through the list.

My first Tim Buckley album through this project was Greetings From L.A., and I liked it well enough, but wasn't really blown away. But I did know that Greetings was kind of a departure from his earlier stuff, and here it is. I will honestly say that I wasn't expecting too much from this, given how Greetings went, but I am actually *very* impressed. My score on this won't really convey this, but Goodbye And Hello is an *incredible* step up. Tim Buckley sounds much more at home in this kind of folk setting than on the kind of funk stuff on Greetings From L.A. His distinct, idiosyncratic vocal presence makes much more sense, and his writing is really cool. This is one of the most successful psych-folk albums I've ever heard honestly, and it's because Tim Buckley isn't really trying to lift psych's sound into a folk setting, instead, his songs come from the same, exploratory, textural place. There are all kind of interesting arrangement details here, like the hand percussion on Pleasant Street, and just about everything on Hallucinations. And these details really drive home the emotional resonance and, in some way, intensity of some very earnest, powerful melodies here. My only complaint is that some of these songs sound a bit too "of their era", in particular, the wizard folk of the title track feels kind of cheesy in 2026, but the song at it's core is still pretty strong. All in all, I'm really impressed, the incredible quality, aesthetic depth, and exploratory attitude of the folk music on Goodbye And Hello has me excited to check out more of Tim Buckley's music.

this was cute tim

I hate his voice so much

I didn’t mind the first two tracks, but it was generally downhill from there. I’m not sure i actually like his voice or at least his delivery style. Its just too twee in places for me, especially the more Baroque elements. ‘Knight-Errant’ is particularly bad with its lyrics of loving his lady upstairs and downstairs, his lady’s chamber….

This was pleasant enough to listen to on a rainy Sunday evening, but it didn’t really do anything for me. By the last handful of tracks, I needed it to be finished it felt like it was dragging on so long.

This sounds so, so, so "of it's time". It almost feels offensive not to be wearing a flower crown and fringed waistcoat while listening to it. When he attempted to hit the high notes in Carnival Song it was almost painful to listen to, but by Pleasant Street it almost sounded like a completely different (and much better) vocalist. That continues throughout the album. "I love her upstairs, I love her downstairs" made me start sniggering. It sounded like a lyric Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer would have written for a skit in the mid-90s. This wasn't really my thing, but there was the odd glimmer of stuff I enjoyed. More a 1.5 really, but it's getting a 1/5

Solid album, but it's no Starsailor

I expected to fully hate this after the weird carnival song, but I ended up halfway enjoying the rest of it. It’s definitely a 60s album but is anything but boringly formulaic. They were kinda cooking with Pleasant Street which I certainly didn’t expect, then Hallucinations came in and caught me off guard, and basically everything on the rest of the album surprised me too. An interesting one at least.

The type of 60s album that won't change your life, but that you definitely need to hear to open up your 60s rock horizons. At least that's what I'd like to think, because there are definitely some interesting and unique ideas that I haven't heard from anything else from that decade. ....Sadly, very little of it landed for me personally. I can appreciate it though! Standouts: Pleasant Street • Hallucinations • Once I Was

Oof. I was interested for sure in what he was doing at first, but this one was just too long with not enough variety and I found myself waiting for it to be over.

Who is this guy Jeff Buckley’s older brother or something? Quite good actually.

I very much enjoyed parts of this, and found a lot of the instrumentation and production to be fairly unique and interesting. But some parts of this record were a rough listen as well. The artist definitely can create a vibe and a feeling. I felt the album was lacking at least 1-2 melodic hooks to really reel you in. Overall, I thought inventive and a decent listen. But I realistically don’t see myself listening all the way through all that often. 3/5.

I swear it feels like a prerequisite to being a folk singer is having a particular soft sounding voice. I didn't particularly like this - his vocal delivery was really odd at times and I don't like music that sounds like I could hear it at a renaissance fair.

The best of his albums that missed previously

I couldn't really get in to this album. The singers voice seemed out of place in a lot of the song and then almost perfect in others. I will take a very few songs with me and the rest I don't want to come back to again.

craziest back to back in all of 1001 history so far

my favourite medieval bard

Buckley's hypnotic vocal style pulls you in to this album, a well crafted set of psychedelia-tinged folk songs and protests. I haven't listened to Tim often, but he's always hanging about in the background, nagging at me to give him a bit more time.

Reminds me of early U2

I didn't enjoy many of the songs in the beginning, but "Once I Was" was soooo good. It just had such beatiful melodies. Tim Buckley's voice throughout the entire album is so wonderful as well.

Tuesday June 2nd, 2026. I like Tim Buckley's voice and I really like the lyrics. He does some octave skips like they're nothing and has a great vibrato. It isn't my favorite but there isn't much to dislike. 8/10.

Great but his son is better

Overall it was a solid album. Tim Buckley's voice takes us along nicely, and the music is wonderful. No Man Can Find The Was had some nice imagely. Carnival Song had the carnival riff. Pleasant Street, Hallucinations, and I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain were smooth. Once I Was had a nice harmonica flow. Phantasmagoria In Two was wonderful, the music grooved along nicely. Knight-Errant had a twangy medieval backing track. Morning Glory was a nice smooth ending. I enjoyed this one a lot. Best song: Phantasmagoria In Two

Really impressive vocal range. Just alright for me

This was good. Eclectic in its own way and worthy of my time. I was familiar only with Starsailor previously, which I think I preferred. It seems Tim Buckley is underrated.

This is such an album of it's era. The Vietnam War songs, the medieval vibes, even the singing. I can't say it does it better than other groups I've listened to through this challenge, though.

60's psychedelic music is to songs as bitters or Malort are to cocktails. They are to be used extremely sparingly otherwise they will overpower the entire thing and absolutely destroy the palette. Most of this album is just fine (tm), but when it's bad (Such as on Carnival Song), it's because the whole song is 100% in on psychedelic (bitters). I don't understand why bands/artists in the 60's thought slow as mud ren faire music where they drunkenly wail and slur their words over the whole song was good. And every band had one. Or meandering songs that go absolutely nowhere (Hallucinations). The 60's had great music, for sure, but short of the 80's (Which I used to think was the worst, but have come to appreciate more with this project), I can't think of a decade that had a higher concentration of music that is god awful, yet still is considered influential and good. IMO, 60's psychedelic music was not all that often good, and often absolute trash (Robert Plant, I like you, but your love of The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter is inexcusable). Why is it highly revered? I get it's experimental, but experimentalism by itself is not necessarily good. Additionally, I don't know what instrument it is, but it sounds like a sitar (Despite me not being able to find a sitar used in the album in the liner notes). So I can only assume it's a guitar used to imitate a sitar (Maybe a slide guitar?). Either way, another sin of 60's psychedelia is all the Americans and Brits having to bring in eastern instruments into their music (With no experience in the culture of those instruments), and it always comes off as cringe and appropriating to me. We need to take those instruments away from them, Jesus Christ. ANYWAYS. That's my giant rant on 60's psychedelic music. I know I've complained a lot before, but never really this in depth. Carnival Song kinda forced me. But like I said, overall, most of this album is just fine. In fact, it has some pretty great tracks as well. Pleasant Street (Even if the crescendo choruses do dip into a little too much of the psychedelic sound I can't stand). Pantasmagoria in Two is great too. Basically when the album sticks to it's lane as a folk album, it's great. When it decides it wants to sound like a Monty Python skit such as in Knight-Errant, it sucks, and it sucks hard. Goodbye and Hello is one of the few ren faire-y songs that somewhat works due to how folksy it is, until you get to the higher energy verses, similar to Pleasant Street. So yeah. This is an album that's very back and forth. A couple pretty great tracks. A couple fine tracks. And some truly awful examples of shitty 60's psychedelia. As good as Pleasant Street is (Might actually playlist it, shockingly), I don't think it's good enough to escape getting a 2 from me.

It was an album. Good vocals, great lyrics, decent instrumentals make for a good album 3/5

Just goodbye.

the second album release by tim buckley, jeff buckley's dad, recorded in a single month. it's... alright, i guess. a weird sound by itself, sometimes in a cave, sometimes in a carnival, sometimes in a renaissance fair, sometimes with a fair maiden singing along with him... this is an album that kinda sounds like you're in limbo. i tried hard to get engaged but a lot of it fell on me. if you like jeff buckley, you miiiight like this one, but... i don't know. i don't have a lot to say about it.

This one was a head scratcher. Seemed like very generic music in genres already well covered in this project.

Du blues de cow boy avec quelques airs de Creedence

Sa voix ressemble à celle de Jim Morrison par moment C’est sympa dans l’ensemble mais pas de que j’écouterais au quotidien

Sympa!

It's difficult to write a fair review when there is little information on the recording and hardly any reviews. There is this one- written by Matthew Greenwald for All Music Review: "Often cited as the ultimate Tim Buckley statement, Goodbye and Hello is indeed a fabulous album, but it's merely one side of Tim Buckley's enormous talent. Recorded in the middle of 1967 (in the afterglow of Sgt. Pepper), this album is clearly inspired by Pepper's exploratory spirit... an excellent and revolutionary album that was a quantum leap for both Tim Buckley and the audience." * Talented? Yes. * Album has "exploratory spirit"? Yes. * Revolutionary? Yes and no. Not for the genre. Pet Sounds, Procol Harum's Whiter Shade of Pale, the aforementioned Sgt Pepper's and Rubber Soul were already in circulation. Perhaps revolutionary for Buckley himself. His debut was a folk rock album. This still folk, but is more baroque. Gotta give Buckley credit for his vocals- they are strong and he has good range, despite his voice being unappealing. Overall: 3/10

Hmm, nice but not worth listening to again.

This album cover pisses me off. Tim's silly smiling face over the yellow background just makes me irrationally angry. Can't believe he wasted his time recording this shit instead of being a father to little Jeff. In actuality, it's not a bad album and he's clearly a talented dude. Favourites: Pleasant Street Hallucinations Once I Was

I understand the low reviews here, but I kindly ask that anyone who is angry at this album for being kind of geeky and strange to relax a bit. I think this is worth hearing, maybe just for the strange stylistic choices and the silly (stupid) lyrics. I'd take a dozen of these over a sickly sweet California folky LP from the same time. Thanks for the weirdo record, Tim.

Good enough

The odd good song, but far too many dreary ones.

This was very good. You can hear the connection between he and his son through the music. It's almost like his son was an extension of him and they both left us too soon. I should return to this.

And a half

Always meant to listen to Jeff's dad. Pretty good. 3.5

Decent in places

I listen to this often. Pleasant Street is such a tune.

Holy shit this was not good. Can’t get over how bad this dude is. Definitely that dude in college who would play his guitar to get ladies

Not bad, probably will never listen to it again.

Well, obvs I LOVE Jeff, and have never listened to his Dad, so I'm intrigued. Yeh, this is wild - lyrically bonkers, harmonically twisted, psychedelic soundscapes, vocals unhinged! Love it. Probably won't become a regular listen though.

This was a cool little folk album. Made the connection Jeff Buckley is is son. Still a tragic story - overshadows the dada music.

I'm not sure why this would be critical to hear before you die. It sounds like generic psychedelic pop-folk rock of the 60's. There's far better records put out around this that I'd rather hear.

I genuinely have no idea why I find Tim Buckley so unexciting, I think this age of guitar and lyrics is lost on me. I don’t hate it but I feel as though I’ve wasted my time.

May be his best. It’s an interesting and enjoyable record made by a super talented artist. It’s also easy to see why he never had much (or any) commercial success, because it’s also a weird and awkward album. He knew how good he was but maybe didn’t grasp how the average listener would respond to this kind of music.

Some nice songs. Some not so good.

Pleasant Street was OK. Heard the psychedelic effects in the earlier tracks, then boring, medieval minstrel music to conclude. Surprised to learn he was Jeff Buckley's father, though he had no real role in his short life before OD'ing at 28.

This screams 60s. Vocals are so dramatic and operatic. Too much organ. Too much falsetto. Psychedelic or experimental folk? Some of it sounds a bit like Jefferson Airplane. But not as good. The music meanders and seems a little self-indulgent. The lyrics? 🤮 “I love upstairs. I love her downstairs. But I love my lady’s chamber”? Really? I found the second half of this record significantly worse than the first half. I understand he has better albums, so if he pops up on this list again, I’ll try to by open minded. But this one is no bueno.

this album sucks! 1 star

Interesting album.

Anti viet nam war blather

A couple good tracks, but the songwriting didn’t really justify all the bombast

Put the first two tracks on then went into GATECREEPER mode, sure it's fine

Tim Buckley Goodbye and Hello - 4/5 - Amazing pairing of psychedelic rock and folk music, Overall sonically the album is refreshing as opposed to the British Invasion that would populate the airwaves of the same era, Interesting use of medieval composition laced in with psychedelic tracks and even personal ballads, Incredible songwriting matched with a very distinct voice, Amazing experimentation matched with an amazing production, It’s understandable how some would call this revolutionary Verdict - 83-85/100 - This album is honestly a pleasant surprise, my expectations were low believing that everyone rating it a 2 stars must’ve had a good reason but this is genuinely a good album, Tim Buckley manages to provide folk in a new and refreshing way, in fact this project reminds me of The Doors Self Titled Album (that released the same year) and the counterculture norms they were targeting which is always music to my ears. Overall an amazing album that I really look forward to adding to my collection and even more so looking forward to his other projects too. Favourite Songs: No Man Can Find The War Pleasant Street Hallucinations I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain Once I Was Phantasmagoria in Two Knight-Errant Goodbye and Hello Morning Glory

hippie

No. Folk is ok but this is way too folk.

Muy buena portada. Reconozco que es un buen álbum, pero a mí no me despertó el deseo de guardar ninguna canción. No sé si lo volvería a escuchar.

He's a pretty man and I like his folksy musics. Nice harmonica and medieval vibe. Sue me!

I really had a hard time pinning down my feelings about this album. I definitely don’t dislike it but I feel like my enjoyment is capped just above “it’s fine.” I like my folky stuff with a little more humour I think. I need a wink every now and then.

bra!

Nice

I don’t like the easy-listening stuff from the 70s. This was like elevator music covers of ren-faire music.

This didn’t do much for me so was going to give it 3 stars. However it was so bland Plus I don’t understand why he sounded like he had a British accent. So knocked it down a star.

Es un genero que no escucho, tampoco logro reconocer bien que es. Pero no elegiría escucharlo, de fondo no le hace mal a nadie, no deja de ser música piola. Pero no lo elijo. 5/10

It's so somber and relaxing that I zoned out while working. Didn't pay attention to the lyrics, but I enjoyed it.

Much better, would have been a 5 if I wasn’t so into the rasp of Tom waits currently, I find Tim Buckley to be a bit whiny, but maybe I’m just whining

3.5

3.5

This reminds me of the first day of Woodstock '69. Most of the classic performances happened on day 2 and 3, and day one was mostly the folky set day, Arlo, Melanie, Tim Hardin, and Richie Havens. This really tackles a lot of the traditional sounding folk movement at the time, and dare I say one of the finer examples. "No Man Can Find The War" starts off with the protest feel. "Pleasant Street" gives the rocker side of folk (Similar to Sweetwater). "I Asked You For a Moutain" has very similar to the frantic guitar style of Havens' "Freedom". I think "Phantasmagoria in Two", one of my favorites, captures the overall feel of that night... All this two years before that Friday evening to overnight. Not that he invent any of these styles, but he was a strong purveyor of these folk styles. Side note the title track really reminds me of what Harry Chapin would perfect in the coming decade. (9.2) ★★★★½

A mixed bag, but I really like the more medival sounding tracks on here. 3.5 stars

This is okay. I like "Pleasant Street" and "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain" a good bit, but the rest is sort of just okay. 3 stars.

Shut up. Just shut up. You had me at “goodbye”.

Music that plays while you're solving the minotaur's maze

So so

Aaaand we're back in the realms of the forgettable. Buckley's nice to listen to at least but this is not my cup of tea. The songs are all pleasant, samey fare that you'd listen to at a garden party. Which is fine if it's in the background, not so fine if you have to actively listen to it. Not much meat on the bones. To be fair though, I've heard far worse on this list and this album is by no means the worst. The book blurb says that he died of an accidental heroin overdose. Sheesh.

Pleasant street was nice, but the rest is exuding too much of that hippie folk that didn't age all that well. And while all the movements in these songs are impressive, they just don't sound all that great.

Looking at the genres of Tim Buckley's second album, it seems to be in keeping with the canons of the late '60s: psychedelia, folk, and medieval-inspired minstrelsy; we've heard it all before, nothing new. However, there is a nuance. The main thing that sets Tim apart from the crowd of hippies of his era is his soaring voice. Here, it truly is a musical instrument, which the artist skillfully applies to jazz rhythms, pompous baroque, ballads, and acid melodies. Above all, this album is a pleasure to listen to thanks to the vocals. At times melancholy, but overall a positive record, Tim's look at us from the cover is equally positive. However, this positive outlook is slightly clouded when you learn that the artist separated from his wife a month before the birth of his son, who would also record a good album a couple of decades later... But we'll get to that next time.

Eh odd

Favorite Song: Pleasant Street

Just as I was getting mildly irritated with this cod renaissance fair folk, it would hit me with something gorgeous like I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain or Once I Was. (Also, I knew Tim Buckley appeared on the Monkees' TV show, but on a couple of these songs, his voice really reminded me of Micky Dolenz, which I wasn't expecting.)

honestly kinda fun? a lil jethro tull-y garfunkle-y typeof fantasy folk

A surprise! I loved the way it shifted into a kind of fantasy folk album and Tim’s vocals were a treat

Alright; some really good parts, but not all consistent

Loved this. Super fun good classic rock with a slightly trippy edge. definitely going back to this.

Some parts are a bit overblown, but some excellent songs along the way

Review - tried listening to this guy a few times and never really gotten into it. And I feel like this isn't his best album, so all around it was a fairly low-mid listen. Rating - 4/10 Need to hear? NO

109 albums in and this is, by far, the worst of the lot so far. Painful.

Hmm, its sound is a bit too polished and clean-shaven. I didn’t really like it. I prefer his son’s stuff.

This dude rolled minstrel bard in Vietnam Dungeon and Dragons. Not really my jam, but I dig that he did it.

Not bad, but nothing really interesting going on here.

I felt this was quite a boring album and nothing really stood out for me not a bad album but nothing for me to come back to.

About 700 albums ago, I had to listen to this record's successor, Happy Sad. Well, as I can't go below the 1 star I gave that record...

RIP

Actually prettt good!

I like this a lot more than my rating will suggest. I like his voice, the emotionally and musically complex songs, and the overall feel of the record. However I don't feel like I want to listen to it again. I'd have to be in the exact right mood.

I'll take bad bookstore music for 1,000 please, Alex. 1.00

Голос хороший, но слишком много пафоса в музыке и исполнении

It’s like if Led Zeppelin never got to the rock and roll parts. Just those light instrumental and poetic bits. It’s not a bad thing necessarily, but sometimes the music and lyrics don’t jive. It’s fine overall, but probably not something I’d listen to again.

Not my cup of tea

TIL: Jeff Buckley had a much less talented father. 2.5/5

When the album first started I thought it was fine, but then Pleasant Street started. That's the best new to me song I've heard in a while. I also liked Phantasmagoria in Two and the chorus of Goodbye and Hello, but I just couldn't get into the verses. Overall, my feelings were similar to how they were when I began the album. It was fine, but there were some standout tracks.

snel niet meer leuk

nah

I really enjoyed listening

I liked it a little. I don’t have a lot to say about it. He was clearly angry about things the government was doing, which I can relate to.

Definite hippy vibes! Pretty good though, you can see where Jeff's talent came from.

Sadly, the best I can say of this is that it's the last of the three Tim Buckley albums in this collection (for me at least). Like the other two albums, there's nothing wrong with "Goodbye and Hello", but there's also nothing all that great or distinctive, and despite the rave review in the "1001 Albums" entry, I have no idea why this is here. The best of the lot might be "Pleasant Street" and "Once I was". By far the worst of the lot (excluding the just-painful songs like "Knight-errant" or the title track) is the incredibly lame not-even-an-apology "I never asked to be your mountain", apparently written to explain his absence to his estranged wife and son; it leaves me incredibly *un*impressed with Tim Buckley, but also very impressed that Jeff Buckley had the grace to play this song (among many others) at a Tim Buckley tribute concert decades later.

He must have had some kind of stage presence to get as far as he did with so little talent.

Soft Folk stuff from the 60s. Didn't really catch my attention

renaissance fair ass music

Dad of the year over here. Bet he thinks he's so cute in that album cover the wank. A few good songs to be fair to him

eh

Meh

At times this strays into medieval fayre territory, but I still enjoyed a lot of this album.

No repetir

Had no idea he was so psychedelic.

So earnest. I only know Tim as Jeff’s dad. I think my dad had some TBuckley vinyl? In any case, I liked the theatrics and weird lyrics. Sometimes a flute hits right. 3.5/5

Not really doing anything for me

This was so dated, from the organ instrumentation to his warbly singing voice. I also kept waiting to hear "Hallelujah" but I 1000% thought there was just one musical Buckley.

His sad songs made me angry. And bored.

It's fine

Folksy rambling, mostly pointless. Some cute instrumentation here and there at least

Aunque la relación entre Jeff y su padre Tim Buckley fue escasa y desarraigada, no podemos negar que el bueno de Jeff recibió vía genética una capacidad para transmitir sensaciones con la voz y un halo de misterio en lo que a la composición se refiere. En este álbum, Tim inunda los temas con su folk psicodélico sin dejar que la alegría tome demasiado protagonismo. Hay pasajes oscuros y dramáticos que, de vez en cuando, sueltan destellos de luz y al momento te ponen la piel de gallina. En verdad, el caso de Tim Buckley es uno de los más peculiares en la historia del rock.

An unbothersome background listening experience, but did not feature anything that especially drew my attention. It's fine.

3,75

Syk i hodet

Best Song: I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain. This was actually good. A nearly frenetic energy with an interesting lyrical conceit. Worst Song: Knight-Errant. "I love her upstairs, I love her downstairs". Shakespeare, he is not. Overall: There are a few glimpses of something interesting, but mostly it's just this wistful 60s naive earnestness that feels painful to listen to. This album was concurrent with the early works of Bob Dylan, he should have aspired to more.

unremarkable at best, vocals tending to whiny and lyrics to obnoxious, and poorly mixed.

Interesting pysch folk sounds.

Like the energy compared with, say, Nick Drake, but the head voice stuff threw me a little.

Folksy, medievaly, nick drake type of music. It’s actually great although I would never put it on.

Fine enough. Pretty forgettable. Once I Was is beautiful, though. 3/5 Highlights: Once I Was

Not bad at all, very very late 1960s sound

First pass I had this as some standard 60's/70's folk with little shelf life. Weak vocals and generic songs that didn't stand up. A second and half a third listen started to unfurl its quality. The freak out stuff was well judged to convey epicness rather than annoyance and the variety started to shine through.

hasnt aged well

Another classic

Relatively decent hippie folk fare. 3.5/5

It’s really not that often, in the creative world, that you get a son who follows in his father’s footsteps and turns out to be even better. Usually the son just becomes an NFT guy or whatever like Sean Lennon. It’s maybe a bit easier if, instead of having created the full range of John Lennon songs, the father had only created The Benefit of Mr. Kite.

Once I Was was beautiful. The rest was standard enough.

Protest chamber pop, angelic vocals, stories of poverty and war, with love and tenderness thrown in for flavour. You can really hear where his son got it from…and their parallels were both beautiful and crushing.

I found this quite a pleasing listen. I’d previously only heard one track from this, "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain" but I enjoyed the whole album. I shall possibly revisit Mr Buckley again

A great album from the troubadour well worth a listen

Laid back psychedelic folk. Would like to explore this guy some more later.

I still don't know if I love this or hate it, so I think it gets a 3... If I re-listened the vote might go up or down depending on the day and my mood, which I further think solidifies the need for this album to be a 3.

I didn’t think this was very good.

little weird for me

Seems anachronistic even for 1967

Nice folk album, with some really great songs (love Pleasant Street).

You know what? This kind of had the sauce

Folk singer. No real hits per se.

I never asked to be your mountain me gustooo y que onda con su voz, parece que cantan dos personas diferentes en ciertas canciones. Quiero pensar que al Camaron Inviernos le gusta este weon

nomás topaba sus discos más raros de después. sabía que estos de antes eran menos raros, pero no esperaba que aun así sí estuviera raro. menos raro, pero raro

🎧I’m sure this is for somebody but it’s not for me

I find the sound a bit annoying

More Hello and Goodbye

Some good twee folk music I would normally be into but it just doesn’t work for me

It’s another trauma porn. Not awful but I suspect if he’d lived we’d have had something better but maybe not 1001 album worthy.

Gee that Fred Neil has a particular style, interesting. Oh no sorry it's Tim Hardin, Red Balloon is a good tune, oh no..sorry it is Tim Buckley! Fuck me, they literally all sound the same, the same and I mean the same. Were they all sitting having coffee in Cafe Au Go Go practising to sound alike? Weird. Still at least it wasn't Coldplay/Sonic Youth/Nick Drake, I should be grateful for small mercies. Jesus Mary and Joseph this was boring, there is nothing, and, I mean it sports fans, nothing going on here. Across the world a claque of middle aged over educated white men are suffering through this, trying to think of a reason to accept why Dimery and his goons put this on the list. It's existential man, there is no reason.

Fair-quality psychedelic folk from 1967, but pretty dated. For example, the faux-sitar playing on Hallucinations is pretty dubious and many of the lyrics are very of their time and have aged like fine milk. The language of courtly love seems a bit fake coming from a man who abandoned his wife and child. It's well-enough recorded with some crack LA session players (Jim Fielder, Don Randi, Jim Gordon). Nice to hear a bit of kalimba on the record, but not particularly well deployed. You can hear the money that Elektra dropped on the album, especially the ambitious and highly orchestrated proto-prog title track, which I find nearly unlistenable. Pleasant Street and I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain are the best two tracks on the record, and I would playlist them. But the rest is just *shrug*.

The sort of record you would have liked to have found on vinyl in a holiday house. I like his voice

Reminded me of Merlin's Monocle. Not my thing. Also feels and sounds like other 1960s albums on this list.

very cool, too tied to a specific mood and period

As an extreme Jeff Buckley fan, I went into this not knowing what to expect. I was absolutely impressed with this family's talent, and I see why the industry held Jeff to such high expectations. The psychedelic folk combined with Tim's striking poetry pulls your strings as the record explores different themes and instruments. The use of slide guitar on this record is fantastic, and his vocal ability accompanies the music brilliantly. Every track stands out and exemplifies the gorgeous talent of Buckley. At times the lyrics can become a little pretentious, and the title track specifically seemed a little unconventional than the others with the way it seemed to end multiple times while the song kept going. But overall it's a beautiful album.

For singer -songwriters, you have to enjoy the singer's voice and enjoy their lyrical content. Unfortunately, I enjoyed neither here. It wasn't unbearable like Pentagle was, though, so this ranks a 2/5.