Goodbye And Hello

2/5

This isn’t a good album

It’s ok

I like some of his other work, but this is over produced shite.

Tim Buckley had pipes but the overdone writing by Larry Beckett and rambling troubadour style really took me out of it. No Man Can Find The War is solid and I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain has banger qualities yet gets a little tired near the end - the rest though feels kind of forgettable to me aside from little moments where Tim's vocal talent shines through.

Some bangers. I never asked to be your mountain is a classic

This guy would've killed it as a medieval bard

3 stars

Quite good! Just not feeling a 4+ for it.

some flashes of brilliance but a bit too much of a carnival vibe for me.

Very cool, nice vibes.

I enjoyed this, reminds me of Jim Croce and I will be back to this.

I didn’t love it but it wasn’t too bad either.

great listen , probably my new fav folk album

How the hell did this guy share 50% DNA with Jeff Buckley??? The difference in talent level actually fascinates me.

More 60s folk. Will listen to more. Like Nick Drake but a bit less chilled out. Decent.

Once I Was Morning Glory

like son like father. Honestly the more I listen to this the more I enjoy it. The rating on here is abysmal too many classic rock dads on this site.

Generally decent folk rock. I spent a chilling hours with this album on the road. Lyrically intriguing while musically not so interesting. I kind of fail to see the significance of this album, yet sure, it's good at certain point. Probably an exact 3/5 on the list.

Might've liked it back when I was fourteen, but now I find psychedelic rock/singer songwriter infuriatingly boring. Jeff Buckley is better.

A second proper listen really helped. A great piece of music with powerful songwriting.

++*: I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain ++: No Man Can Find the War, Pleasant Street, Hallucinations, Once I Was, Knight-Errant, Goodbye and Hello, Morning Glory +: Carnival Song, Phantasmagoria in Two 9,1/10

I listened to this album 3 times trying to find something I enjoyed and I just couldn't find it. I'm not going to bash the guy as I'm sure he has a lot a fans. Just not this listener. Talented? Yes. Something I enjoyed? No 1

3.5 Goodbye Spartans and hello offseason. Sigh. Anyway, this is our third outing with Buckley Sr., and I’ve gotta say, I feel like my appreciation for the guy goes up just ever so slightly with each subsequent album of his I hear. My initial impression from Happy Sad was one of pretentiousness, like that Tim considers himself the kind of guy that can get away with writing a lot of weirdly horny, boring music due to his “deepness”, but over time, I’ve started developing a bit of sympathy for the guy as a troubled and overall underappreciated singer/songwriter. Don’t get me wrong, there’s definitely some weirdly horny stuff here as well - Knight-Errant in particular was a big eyebrow raise for me (I don’t ever want to hear Tim sing about his “lady’s chambers” ever again) - but I actually think this album probably contains some of his best works I’ve heard so far. While I wouldn’t say anything immediately won me over, nor would I go as far as to call anything here a masterpiece, after a few listens, there were a handful of tracks I did grow to appreciate, including No Man Can Find the War, Pleasant Street, and the incredibly beautiful Once I Was. However, my personal favorite by far was I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain, a song supposedly written about his estranged wife and son, Jeff, and was later covered by Jeff at a tribute show long after his father’s death. It’s a great song on its own, but there’s something I find particularly cathartic about it having that knowledge. So, while I wouldn’t call this album amazing, I did grow to enjoy it a fair bit. The only song I really disliked was Knight-Errant, and beyond that, I think my only other complaint would be that the title track is a bit too long - though I respect the ambition behind it. It does seem that Buckley Sr. is winning me over a bit though - who knows, maybe album #4 will hit that 4 for me.

I first explored Tim Buckley's music after reading a biography about Jeff Buckley (the parallels between their lives are striking!), and at the time it didn't resonate with me at all. This time around I quite enjoyed the Summer of Love vibes and androgynous voice ...

point6.

Favorite Track: Once I Was

Surprisingly nice.

The 2nd Tim Buckley album this month and it is as tedious as the other

Goodbye.

Not for me

Ein Album wo ich meinen Kommenar wieder mit "mjoah" einleiten würde. War ganz ok, kann man sich anhören, aber nichts was mich bewegt hat oder groß in Erinnerung bleiben wird

Mid

Absolutely awful! Like a shitty medival party with some twat that needs to be shot in the ass with an arrow. ENOUGH

Maybe the definition of mid. Why would anyone put this on a list like this??

This week I've had albums from '57, '67, '68, and '69. All killer records. The leap from musical styles and recording techniques in 1957 to 10-12 years later is massive. I feel like I had another Buckley album and liked it so I listened to his other albums, including this one. I dig this. 60's experimentation is off the charts. Folk, blues, rock, world music, all jammed together. Once I Was is really standout.

Sounds a bit dated to me. And I'm not into his vocals.

Pretty good

dude he's jeff buckleys dad thats so cool cool folk album, like the production a lot and similar to his son he got a nice voice

Delightful experimentation for a folk album with a unique voice. Tempted to bump this up to a 4 but I do not care for this kind of thing so I'm dumping it with an unkind 3 because I simply don't really want to listen to this.

Having only heard Jeff Buckley before I still found this oddly familiar. Really nice, probably needs a few more play throughs to appreciate fully

I enjoy both Buckleys. This is good, just not my favorite of Tim's.

What an interesting voice Tim Buckley has. Intricate and impressive.

Didn’t super hate it 2/5

I thought I’d like this more but it kind of wears on you.

Not my thing

סבבה

חביב

היה נחמד דווקא נעים באוזן צריך לשמוע עוד כמה פעמים כדי לתפוס משו אבל

Sounded dated. Didn’t grab me, but will give a few more lessons. I really enjoy Jeff Buckley so Tim gets a few more listens..

Hippie

Reading this guy's wikipedia page was interesting, I didn't know that Jeff Buckley's Dad was also a semi-famous musician. It's interesting how they never met, but Jeff became a musician too. After listening to the first three songs, I'm kind of lukewarm on this. I think it's something about the way he's singing. Just because you can hit a five octave range, doesn't mean you should....lol. At his highest range, it's too much...but I can hear the quality of his singing ability at some of the lower notes. In theory I should love this. It's my favorite decade, my favorite genre, etc. But I just don't?

Inoffensive though not especially compelling.

This is a nice album! Must be the third Tim Buckley's album I got from here, and in all of them I had basically the same experience: A good, calming and enjoyable album. 4 stars it is.

Clasdic vluesy rocks jazzy and then random 1600s lute medieval music wtf hahaha

honestly a really nice album. i’m glad i finally got to listen to tim buckley. “pleasant street” is by far the best song on there for me. incredible vocals, incredible song, very reminiscent of his son, jeff buckley. tim was only 20 years old when this was recorded as well.

Much prefer Jeff to Tim. This just seems tame and unfocussed.

Not bad

2.8.

Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5

Booooooooooooring

Liked this more than the other Tim Buckley but didn’t listen super closely tbh (“Once I Was” is really nice though as I mentioned in the chat! 🥺)

nope.

No thank you. This was excruciating

This just washed over me and left almost nothing behind

Nothing too notable

A lot to like about this album. The falsetto wasn't among them. Love the kind of medieval vibe to some of the songs, fiercely anti-war message, and the instrument accompaniments. Kind of tedious in the end. 3.5/5. Rounding up to 4 because I'm in a good mood.

good sounding record, would like to hear more of his music

Feels like a man caught in an identity crisis. On one hand he's making some pretty conventional music for the time, on the other hand it sounds like he dropped acid and wrote a song about his latest D&D campaign. Like the album, I had a pretty mixed perspective. Lots to like here, lots to scoff at. Why does psychedelic music always have to read like a medieval poem with 60's rock behind it?

The production style is extremely 60s. How voice is so clear and ballad-like that it's almost like an opera singer doing pop music. The baroque pop moments of this album are interesting but the folksy moments are not very enjoyable. I wouldn't seek this out or really listen to it again.

I'm a dogged singer-songwriter apologist, and even I can't defend this being here. Aimless troubadour rambling; as before, the best versions are on "Dream Letter'. Inessential 2⭐️

Very solid album I can see myself returning too. It’s pretty unique

Nope. Still don't like Tim Buckley. This album is alright, if you like him. The lyrics are interesting.

I enjoyed it.

Really good.

Goodbye and Hello sounds like what happens when mediocre folk music takes a wrong turn into a head shop and never comes back out. It's like someone said, “What if we combined the most pretentious parts of ‘60s poetry with the most chaotic parts of psychedelic experimentation?” and everyone else in the room just nodded instead of calling the police. There’s talent here somewhere, buried under layers of overambitious arrangements and lyrical rambling. But mostly, it feels like you're stuck in a Renaissance Faire where everyone's really into incense and existential dread.

No Tim, just goodbye.

You know how two negatives multiplied produce a positive, but a positive multiplied by a negative equals a negative…? Welp, that’s what’s happening here. Some have called this folk psychedelic music. I’ve found that I enjoy psychedelic music but generally dislike like folk. A positive and a negative. But if this was county folk… (negative * negative) it would still suck. But gangster rap + folk… that might be the winning combination. Mostly, I found this old-timey and boring and a borderline waste of my time.

Number 1001! We’re done! Goodbye! What’s that? There’s actually more like 1100? Oh, hello again. Actually, I will say hello to a few of these songs - Buckley gets off to a good start with “No Man Can Find the War,” and “Pleasant Street” matches that feel. But overall psychedelic music is more often a miss than a hit for me, especially so for the folk strain. What we can say goodbye to with this album is our group’s “Buckley Zone,” which was maybe just a thing that I’ve been harping on. But as the last of our albums from Jeff and Tim Buckley, my main takeaways from the father and son who never knew each other - 3 Tim albums is too many, this psychedelic folk is still preferable to later Tim stuff that incorporates more funk, both of their untimely passings are tragic, and we really missed out on hearing more of Jeff’s transcendent talent.

One thing this 1001 album experience has taught me is to recognize music genres. I was able to guess psychedelic folk. I wish Tim had leaned into the folk more than the psychedelica.

I didn't like this. It reminded me of people taking parody shots at folk music, like "Lesbian Seagull" or "I Gave My Love a Cherry". 2/5

This is the best Tim Buckley I've heard, I think. That being said, I didn't care much for it. 2.49/5

I definitely prefer the son to the father- this is a little too pretty for my taste- but it’s still not bad, a nice folk LP. Worth a spin, but I don’t think I’ll go back to it that much. C…+?

Tim Buckley < The Beatles

Not really good at all

Produziert Nostalgiegefühle, außergewöhnliche Stimme, aber insgesamt nichts für mich

I actually thought I was still listening to Tracy Chapman when this album came on. I went back and re-listened to her album after. It should really be a 3 instead of a 2, that was unfair. I'm a big Jeff Buckley fan, and never actually heard Tim. Good stuff! Still prefer Jeff.

A good album but not for me. Pleasant Street goes hard though.

For the most part, the songs are good, although they all kind of run together. But his voice is really hard to take.

I know what he’s going for but it just fell short for me. Now some songs are fun and listenable but most were somewhat redundant. The 60s and 70s were a beautiful and timeless era of music but this 67’ record doesn’t quite hold a flame to any of it. At times the instrumentation felt promising but it never took that next step and the vocals followed suit. I could see people ordering this cup of tea but not I. Favorites: Hallucinations, Phantasmagoria in Two, Morning Glory

Gefällt mir einfach nicht! Vermisse eingängige Songs.

Nice pop/folk album, his vocals are impressive. "Pleasant street" and "Once I was" were really great tracks in particular.

OK I guess, nothing special

Average 60's psych/folk album. I prefer his son.

This is #day181 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... it's my first time listening to Tim Buckley. I'm quite familiar with (and really love) the work of his son Jeff Buckley, but that’s a story for another day. I'm not always a fan of Tim's vocals, but instrumentally, this is a very late '60s record drenched in psychedelia, and that's something I don't mind. "Hallucinations" is my favorite song here, I guess. But then, I can't separate the artist from the person, even though I know I probably should. The story behind his personal life, like when he left his pregnant wife about a month before their son, Jeff, was born, is pretty shitty. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day182.

Not a fan of this. A few of the songs I enjoyed however I found it overall to be a creepy sound.

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Not bad. It's a decently liked 3. Can't complain. Got better as it went along

Not my thing

Very sweet and acoustic but not for me

Fuck all y’all. Tim Buckley is great. He probably doesn’t need multiple albums on this list, but he’s great.

I found this to be a bit too much. I don't like singing in this style. It's too grandiose and dramatic. I was relieved when it finished.

Folk meets psychedelia.. great moments here and there, but a dated sound from a todays perspective

Cheer up.

A bit of a whine, tbh. It felt like I was attending a shitty Church service.

I've really been on a weak run here. I'm on the 2nd to last track on this one and it's bunk. I'll give it a 2/5 to be generous.

I'm not even gonna pretend I like it. I listened to the first seconds of two songs and that's it.

Starting to think the 60s were overrated. This sounds like the soundtrack to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, except painfully sincere.

1.7 My initial thought was that albums like this are why people quit going through this list. But there are a couple of redeeming songs. Overall not for me though and will probably be the first and only time I listen to Tim Buckley.

Not really a fan of this style of music. Felt like I was at a second-rate renaissance festival.

Simply put - the best album in Buckley's short career (both older and younger one). Every track has struck gold, Tim's vocal is amazing, no other information is needed. Easy 5/5.

minchia allegro

Really sad album but not my favourite of his. That was Starsailor.

I was incredibly bored during this. It's not bad I guess. Just really boring. It's short though. So that's good.

I tried. It’s nfm

Did nothing for me

I didn't get a lot out of 'Happy Sad', so I was relieved to find this tight, more focused, and lovely. He has a great, emotive voice. I would revisit.

Listened Before? N More 60s Folk Rock. I don't mind it but whooo wee was there a lot going around back then. It's hard for a modern listener with a passing interest to differentiate all of it. This one didn't stand out much. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Phantasmagoria in Two

Sounds dated... Also, doesn't sound very good

Not too bad.

This album definitely has some influence from Sgt peppers and the rise of Psychedelic rock. The album starts off slowly and then erupts into life with Pleasant Street. The album rises and fall with songs ranging from serene to loud and full of life, and keeps you captivated throughout. I would listen to it again

This was alright. A couple of the songs dragged a bit. Some of the melodies reminded me of father John misty. I can see some shades of Jeff in there too. Ultimately a bit too folky for me.

There is some great song writing on this album, but so much of it is obscured and overwhelmed by the mid sixties psychedelic folk arrangement and production that it's almost hard to pick out. Swirling organs and harpsichords have become some of my least favorite cliches of the era.

Totally ok NEVER relistening tho

Why did so many folk singers in the 60’s decide that singing as pretentiously as possible was a good thing? The style of music often reminds me of a Ren faire. Not one I ever want to listen to again.

Fun and fresh, a pleasant surprise! A whole bunch of different elements and techniques used throughout kept me hooked. I thought, naively based on the album cover, that this would be a Niel Diamond rip off. Reminded me more of The Beatles with how many different instruments and change ups used in almost every song. His vocal range is off the charts and often drew my attention back into the heart of a song when my mind started to wander. Really cool album that I will listen to again as I feel like I didn't give it as much attention as it deserved on the first listen. Cool guy, cool songs, cool stories - he has a lot to say on a lot of life's toughest issues and I love that. Unafraid is what I want my artists to be.

Much like Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger - good ole' classic vibes - sometimes weird tho ahaha - definitely was putting me to sleep tho...

Very meh. No song really got me going, but was not horrible

Good

Has a good voice but this was somehow boring?

Some of this stuff is great and way better than happy sad which was extremely boring. Just lacking some consistency and direction

Well, that’s 42 minutes I’ll never get back.

Not very keen on this one.

The sort of music I should love, but I just couldn’t get on with this. All a bit warbling.

a lot better than that shit ass piece of shit garbage fuck all hysterical 1/5 “greetings from la” album

Goodbye and Hello is the second album by Tim Buckley, originally released in 1967. Tim Buckley has a very divisive voice, you either dig it or hate it. I think I dig it. His vocal runs are very unique. The ideas on here are very summer of love-ish. You can hear the immediate influence of Sgt Pepper in the production. I think this one is a bit overproduced for my likes. I just don't think it fits Tim Buckley's vibe. I much prefer the album that follows this one, where he goes much further into jazz territory.

I don't remember a single thing about this.

Maso

Mooie nummers, goed gemaakt, maar niet mijn ding.

Not for me.

I've always been disappointed with Tim Buckley given who his son was, and this relisten didn't really change that opinion. Not bad, just not deserving of a spot on the list over others.

It's ok. Good stuff. Pretty dated in its sounds.

‘‘twas fine but not quite my thang

cute and kinda stressful?

Enjoyed this album more than the other Tim Buckley album I listened to. More Tim Buckley. Once I Was was a beautiful song. Standouts: Pleasant Street, Once I Was, and Phantasmagoria in Two.

I prefer his son, although it's alright in the background. Just nothing compared to Jeff Buckley.

He escuchado un par de álbumes del padre del legendario Jeff Buckley gracias a esta lista y debo admitir que este es el primero que realmente me gusto, y creo que finalmente entiendo su relevancia como compositor de folk. Goodbye and Hello nos entrega paisajes oníricos y etéreos, con una producción envidiable para el año 1967. El talento vocal de Buckley es innegable, y su talento para tocar la guitarra es impresionante, lo que hace que uno se cuestione si Jeff algo habrá heredado de su progenitor. Sumamente recomendable, sobre todo si eres fan del buen folk o si tienes afinidad por artistas como Simon & Garfunkel.

fine but definitely not the best album of this style and time

Was ok, instrumental was like mid vocal below mid

Went into this thinking I would find it inoffensively mid, but I ended up actively disliking it. Spent the whole album wishing I was listening to Nick Drake instead. Low two.

He has a good vocal range but it's not my cup of tea. Not bad and clearly a influence to later generations but not for me.

Eh it was okay, nothing leapt out at me.

Tykkäsin enemmän kuin toivoin. En tiennyt mitä odottaa mutta oli kyllä ihan kiva. Rauhallista mutta vähän erilaista. Hauskan kuulosta laulamista ja kivoja melodioita.

not my jam. couldn't really distinguish this from the other Tim Buckley album that was on this list. Just not my favorite genre at the end of the day.

Don’t exactly get why this album made the list.

Sweet stuff. This guy was probably fun at parties. Always had an acoustic guitar and such.

Okay album 3/5

Not as big of a fan of this one as my previous Tim Buckley, but still enjoyed the listen.

Pleasant Street is really pretty good. I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain, too. The transition into Once I Was feels very Radiohead. Don’t love everything, but there’s some interesting stuff. Sometimes he sounds like Grace Slick at the Ren-Faire. 3/5

hearing tim buckley's voice is a Before And After moment...seemingly no matter what weird thing he does with it , he cant help but come across as warm and sincere, his multi-octave antics sounding well and truly like one continuous vast Heart And Soul rather than mike patton style pastiche approaches (not that i Mind that obviously but u get it its a different somewhat less impressive thing). i had to keep reminding myself this was made in 1967!!! not cuz its necessarily predictive of the future, but because it feels so unmoored from time and unrestrained by popular conceptions of music. totally cohesive as this mystical soulful autumnal vibe while also having incredible musical and lyrical specificity for each track. amazing melodies all over too. i wish my younger self would have checked this out, but if i didnt make meaningful memories with it back then ig ill have to start now

Heard this album 10 different times by 10 different artists. 2

Cute und irgendwie schön träumerisch, aber musikalisch leider keine Highlights

I love Tim Buckley. Always experimenting and always with a new sound. Love the psychedelic folk on this record. But the wrong Tim Buckley albums made the list. It should be "Star Sailor" taking up either this spot or one of the other 2 spots. And this record is amazing, it's just that "Star Sailor" is so far and away his best that I can't believe it wasn't included

Enjoyable overall, fast-paced folk music, but the last few songs were too corny. Stand-out: No Man Can Find the War

3 stern scho nume fürd stimm, ziiiemli hinrissend de ander stern für die tragisch lebensgschicht :'I

nicht mega aktiv zugehört ehrlich gesagt..

Ok I guess.

The music is very dated.

Not bad. Some parts remind me of early psych.

A slow burn this one. Not convinced at first but I grew to quite like it

Tim Boklul, bekend van dat andere album wat ik van hem kreeg waar ik me eerlijk gezegd niks meer van herinner behalve dat ik het heb gehad. Ik mag hem nog een keer luisteren van ome Robert. Tim is een best aardige zangeres, als je ervan houdt. Af en toe klinkt 'ie alsof hij ieder moment 'White Rabbit' kan gaan zingen. Hij trakteert ons op een hele hoge stem met nog hogere uithalen, kermisgeluiden (wat ik altijd enorm prettig vind, zo'n schelle bende kutgeluiden) en wat langdradige nummers op een verder niet al te lang album. Wat moet je er verder mee? Dit is een album, dit is ooit gemaakt. Moet het daarom in deze lijst? Mwoah, van mij hadden we dit mogen overslaan. Maargoed. Uiteindelijk had het erger gekunt. Twee sterren, want tering wat wordt het af en toe een vervelend schelle bende (track 2, 5 en misschien nog wel meer maar dat kan ik vanwege irritatie niet meer zuiver beoordelen). Eén ster vind ik net te lomp.

First and 3rd songs were very good. The rest were not.

This was an interesting album; it felt like a lot of these songs were some version of "Carnival Song." I think I've heard "Once I Was" before and I do like that song.

Liked this one much more than the other album of his from this list.

Just your basic 60s folk pop pleasantry. Didn't wow me but perfectly enjoyable.

I wished I could have listened to this one when it was released. It is psychadelic folk rock...I feel like I have listed to 3-4 albums like this during this project. So the idea of it being great or influential with today's lens isn't one I see. For that genre it is fine, nothing amazing, but nothing terrible. It is a little depressing and sort of a downer. Probably wouldn't listen again because I prefer others that have done similar music more.

Lots of emotion here, it's pretty but also kind of depressing. This isn't something I'd ever put on unless I just wanted to feel sad. And even then, I'm sure there are plenty of sad albums I'd enjoy more. If I'd found just one song to add to my playlist, I might give it a 3, but I didn't.

60s folk. Protest songs. Aggressively late 60s in a way I don’t particularly enjoy. Also not fantastic singer. Most songs are bloody annoying. Dad of Jeff Buckley, son was so much better.

Mostly ok

Listening to it was nice. I appreciated it because it was different but I disliked it because it was bad

This is the second offering from Tim Buckley on this list and I enjoyed this album more than the previous one. There is a lot to enjoy here although not perfect. Tim Buckley was an amazing vocalist. 4 stars.

He may be a good songwriter but the singing is ice-pick-in-the-ear worthy... good god. Just another folk singer from the late 60s and IMO not really special. 4/10

On first listen it was tolerable but I couldn’t listen again. 2*

Not really anything to recommend.

The depths of my hatred for this man and his music.

Ok. Bit gospely

Albums like this one is why I started this challenge, discovering the music of somebody or finally giving me the push to giving them a try becasue maybe it will hit all the parts of my brain that enjoy this sort of thing. And I mean hell, here he is doing probably the version of 60s folk/singer-songwriter I didn't know I needed. Both instrumentally diverse, palletable but still hinting at more things to come, his vocals are excellent, I just listen to something like Pleasant Street and I'm wowed by his vocals, how they move across the song. Even the more middling tracks managed to be really interesting. I'll be looking into Tim's discography this was an excellent listen

Standard 60s singer-songwriter. Pretty dated, but not awful

Really really enjoyed this. Obviously I’d have to be in the mood for this because some of the songs are long . However the psychedelic vibes mixed with folk elements is music too my ears. It’s a slow burn in a way but very rewarding. There are a couple standard tracks that are really great in “Once I Was” and final Track “Morning Glory” to break up the overall sound of this album. This was surprising as his other album on this list I thought was just ok. This is a strong 4/5. Can’t wait to listen again

Singer Songwriter, folk rock, psychedelic folk. Light 3.5/5

No strong feelings, nice background music, feels very 60's

I love pretty music, 3.5 stars... Would be 4 but im just not crazy about folk music...

Ugh I feel like I’ve just managed to forgot the terribleness of the other Tim Buckley record I got handed to me earlier on in this list. That being said, this definitely didn’t feel as grating as the previous record was (it was Greetings from LA for reference) but it was still all a bit dreary and wishy washy and I still don’t like his voice. Will continue to hope for Jeff instead 👍🏻

Pretty good 60s folk rock.

Why so many Tim Buckley albums?? Last time I remember I gave it a 4 and got cooked because apparently the lyrics were misogynistic.. Not catching me make that mistake again (plus this one's pretty shit anyway)

Tim Buckley here decided to pour every feeling he’s ever had into Goodbye and Hello, except he forgot to edit anything out. Listening to this is like being cornered by someone at a party who insists on sharing their deepest thoughts at full volume. The songs stretch on for days, with Tim’s voice swinging wildly between “I’m sensitive” and “I’m screaming for no reason.” It’s folk-meets-jazz-meets-psychedelic-chaos, and each track feels like he was about three minutes away from either collapsing or pulling out a tambourine. It’s intense, it’s long-winded, and it’s about as coherent as reading Shakespeare in reverse.

he looks so happy 😀

Just okay :). Pleasant park is fire.

Dated. I was never a fan of falsetto leaning singers. The music provided me little enjoyment.

Gets a three for being Jeff Buckley's dad.

Produziert Nostalgiegefühle, außergewöhnliche Stimme, aber insgesamt nichts für mich

I don’t get the accolades. Sounds like his balls never dropped.

I can’t say this is awful, but its mot for me. Ok, so the last track on the album is pretty good. All the rest were just background to me.

Nice psychedelic pop. Not sure what to think about it for now. It's one of these albums that might grow on you.

bim tuckley

Can't believe the guy who drew Loss.jpeg made some music, pretty fucked up tbh.

This was not bad, but not that great either. He has a great voice, his son's was very similar as well. So, because he is Jeff Buckley's father, and I love Jeff's music, I will give it a 3.

Well, another folk album on this list. I didn't care for the cod mediaeval twiddling or the vocals, and I couldn't help but wonder if Buckley's early demise contributes to its critical standing.

A lovely album, with really pretty songs and beautiful arrangements and a few outstanding vocal moments.

Saccharine, and laced with psychadelia, this is a good example of 60's alt folk music

I like this one more than the earlier albums. The psychedelia elements are really cool and his vocals really shine here.

I reviewed Happy Sad a little over a year ago, and I wasn't wowed by it, but I didn't hate it either. I'm curious if I'll like this album more. I really enjoyed listening to this album, and I thought it was a lot better than Happy Sad. This album had a serious tone to the lyrics and the music, and that seriousness gave this album a sense of authenticity that I think is hard to find in a lot of folk music. There's something ominous in the serious songs on this album, and it works really well, no matter what the topic of the song is. This album showcases Tim Buckley's vocal capabilities really well. His voice doesn't really stand out to me, but I found his singing on this album to be fantastic. His control over his vocals allowed him to steer the emotions of this album in all the right directions. The arrangements on this album were great too, and I liked that this album had a great folk sound without being avant garde or sounding derivative. "No Man Can Find the War" and "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain" were two songs that really stood out to me, but "Pleasant Street" was easily my favorite of the album. The vocals were outstanding, the organ playing was beautiful, and the percussion rounded out the sound of the song really nicely. The album dragged a bit in a few places, and I didn't really care much for the title track, but I still thought it was really good, and it's easily one of the best folk rock albums I've gotten to review. I'm really looking forward to my last Tim Buckley album.

4/5 he has a unique voice

Outrageous that Tim Buckley has been allowed three albums on the list. That being said, Goodbye And Hello is the one that deserves to be here! On his second record, Buckley delivers a great mix of psychedelic folk and baroque pop and keeps the meandering to a minimum. Towards the end, and especially on the title track, the whole thing still gets a bit too whimsical, but in my book still definitely a stronger contribution than Happy Sad and Greetings From L.A.

The THIRD Tim Buckley album. I’m as surprised as you are. I’ve liked the other two; but Goodbye And Hello is the album of his that truly deserves its spot on the list. The experience of this album is almost that of a fairy tale. His vocals are phenomenal and the compositions never fail to both surprise and astound you. There’s magic to be found here.

If I've learned anything from this project, it's that I really don't like Time Buckley as much as I thought I would.

Upravo zbog ovakvih dosadnjakovića sam zahvalan što su se pojavili Pistolsi, Clash i ostala ekipa... Ovi hipiji mi totalno dižu tlak, sve je dosadno da nemre bit dosadnije... dosao sam do pol albuma i reko dosta... vidim da su i same kritike albuma za kurac stoga mi je drago da ne serem bez veze... Očito sam prerasao gljive i tripove u glazbi i fala bogu da to više nije mainstream... Ovako nešto dosadno nisam u životu čuo.. a glas njegov je odvratno... 2/10

Zašto ja ovo nikad nisam čula i zašto mi je tako dobro? 😳 Totalno iznenađenje, zbog ovakvih albuma sam se priključila ovom zabavnom projektu. Pleasant Street mi je apsolutni vrh, ide mi na listu i vrtit će se sigurno. Dođe mi da se narokam gljiva i odem u tri pičke materine s ovim albumom 😁 Pola pjesama in, i dalje me drži dojam, jako zanimljivo i neobično. Zvuči mi kao neki plemenski Bob Dylan na psihodelicima, vrh. Imam osjećaj da ovaj album ima sve predispozicije da bude dosadan (prema mom ukusu, jel) but it's not happening, predobro. Doduše, prema kraju albuma mi je mrvicu splasnulo oduševljenje, možda nekakvo zasićenje, ali nekako očekivano od albuma koji zvuči dosta slično. Konačna presuda će biti 4/5 ili 7/10. Za prvi dio albuma bi bilo prema 8 vjerojatno.

6/10 Oh te divne 60e, kad su svi pjevali o prestanku rata, pop pjesme, tj singer songwriteri su ili bili na LSDu ili je LSD svijet izuzetno utjecao na njih. Nekako nostalgicno, ali pomalo i tuzno. Nekako kao da je i u proslosti buducnost izledala bolje. Nije mi ovo 10/10, nije ni blizu, ali ovaj vajb, ova atmosfera, aranzman. Mislim, pazi ovaj stih: " ... You thought you were flying But you opened your eyes And you found yourself falling Back down to yesterday's lies Hello, Pleasant Street You know she's back again You wheel You steal You feel You kneel down .. " Povuces li paralelu na danasnje pop ikone nekog srednjeg dometa (di bi ubacio mr Tima) gdje se glorificira autodestrukcija i zatupljivanje, prilicno je jasna degradacija vrijednosti drustva. Da, svjestan sam da im uvecavam vrijednost, i hipici su bili hrpa smeca, ali nekako vise rezoniram s ovim nego s proslim albumom koji je zapravo isti k samo 15-20 godina kasnije. Da se razumijemo, nije ovo nesto sto cu si ikada pustiti, ali nije mi bilo tesko poslusati. Nisam nesto pretjerano gruvao uz ovo, nisam plesao, nisam mastao kako sviram s njima, ali nekakva introspekcija se dogodila, znaci glazba je u meni rezonirala na neki nacin. Solidna trojka.

4/10 Otac (nasim generacijama puno poznatijeg) Jeffa Buckleya i prva prilika da cujem nesto od njega. Moram priznati da me ne impresioniraju ovakvi kantautori bas, osim ako nemaju neki goofy, originalniji ili out of the place spin na svoju muziku zbog kojih bi ih zapamtio ili pozelio cuti opet. Ili je do dekade gdje me rajcaju samo bendovi i odredjeni projekti vise-manje, a ne hipijevsko solo drndanje. Tipican album za to vrijeme, a meni nothing to write home about. Ako moram, radije bi si pustio Elvisa iz ovih godina, a ovaj album modernim hipijima umjesto trance-a. Barem bi netko bio na dobitku.

A little too much Ren Faire for a Tuesday night.

Enjoyed

10/10. 9.5/10 on the new scale. Nearly every song was great. Entire album made the playlist.

Eeeeh, it's OK I guess - just twee folky tunes that hurt noone, but are entirely unexciting.

why did i get a tim buckley album two days in a row like what are the odds of that….

Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it. Made for good easy listening

Wat vreemd, maar ook wel intrigerend opzich. Nog eens luisteren, voor nu 3 sterren.

Glad I’ve tried but it’s a no from me

Solid album. Searchin for dolphins

Helt ait

Qué bonita época fueron los últimos años de los 60. Tan idealista, tan inquisitiva, una fiesta de revolución. No todo ha envejecido bien, por supuesto, y aquí hay harto de eso, pero por otro lado hay melodías y canciones que perfectamente podrían haber sido compuestas ayer. Morning Glory es un ejemplo.

Last week I got Postcards from LA. I like this better. It sounds more sincere. Favorite song: Phantasmagoria in two.

Bit too cute for my taste

Oh yay. I don't listen to this enough, but I really love it. Moody, eccentric, great musicianship and songwriting, and weird production. What's not to love!

I say no bueno.

Overall I really liked this. Nice blend of folk rock and psychedelia, and his voice really stands out. Unfortunately it lost a little steam toward the end, particularly with the title track which just kills the momentum entirely

Does anyone else find the album cover extremely unsettling? What’s the deal with it?

I did like the last 2 songs. The rest was forgettable.

Highly reminiscent of John Denver. And, like with John Denver, his voice is sometimes charming and wonderful to listen to and at others extraordinarily annoying. I was tempted to round up my score given his tragic death at such a young age. But setting that aside, I’m actually going to round down. Not because of his vocal talent, but because the songwriting didn’t equal that talent.

“Pleasant Street” is by far the best track. There are other good ones, but the folk ballads of wandering vocals keep me from giving a higher rating.

Perhaps if his vocals weren't so grating to my ear, I would find the lyrics interesting, but it's difficult to listen that closely. It's unfortunate because there is some great music here.

Realistically, this should be a 2.5* from me. It's not quite irritating enough to be a 2, but I would have stopped listening had it not been part of this project. I thought his lyrics weren't great and I don't love his singing style. Music was fine, though. Hoping there's no more Timmy in the future.

I have to say, if I was told to listen to an album just based on the album cover, I’d pass on this one. 2 songs in and I’m pretty such this will be a rough listen. Side note, I thought I was listening to early Jeff Buckley at first and was shocked at how terrible he started off in his career. Crisis averted. This album sounds like the music was recorded first and Tim just had to come up with lyrics to put something on tape. Pleasant Street was a pretty good song though. This album is very “keep my castle happy while they eat Court Jester” This has moments of promise but it’s mostly a fail. I guess in the “protest” era it might have faired alright but that’s a long time ago. Choice cut: Pleasant Street

2.5

betra enn fyrri plata. stundum eins og slakari scott walker en þarna eru óvæntir sprettir og taktar. annar séns. 3,5.

New to me. I like it!

Flott rödd, svona oftast, og næs sjöundatugar hljóðheimur. Ekki það eftirminnilegasta, en má vel hlusta.

Folk rock. The good kind. Kind of. Still folk rock.

This was some fine, folksy 60s rock. But really didn't color too far outside of the lines for me. Not much to comment on specifically. His voice is nice at times, but folk doesn't do a ton for me in general. Soft 3

I liked this album. Chill album I would listen to while eating breakfast on a sunday. I give it a hard 3.5 stars

Chill, peaceful, and a song about munching box. What more could you ask for?

Such a soothing psychadlic album that had extremely cool guitar parts. At first i thought it was going to be pretty standard but as it went on I found myself liking it more and more. Phantasmagoria in Two was a standout for sure. The rest I can't remember which song was which but it was all great. Very solid 4

Would've thought this was a female if I didn't know any different. Had this on while working and nothing blew me away it was just kinda...boring? Might give another listen to decide between a 2 or 3.

Interesting falsetto vibe, reminds me of peace and love songs from the 60's. Not bad but I'm not sure I need to listen to the whole thing again.

Nice bit of medieval folk but whilst I appreciate the commitment to the bit, it can get a bit too much at times (on Knight-Errant for example). Overall the album has quite a lot of filler, whilst certain tracks such as Pleasant street are really really good. If all the album was that good it would easily be a 4 and possibly a 5/5. Also want to mention Goodbye and Hello, which has an amazing brass section. Based on this album I have to say Jeff is the better Buckley

it was cool, a lot of filler

Damn but the 60's we SO introspective. Is the war inside your mind? Is it? Or is it everywhere... Gaza, Ukraine, the White House... oh wait, that's not the 60's. Heralded as a great vocalist with multi octave range; I find him shrieky and unpleasant on the ears.

This was very boring.

Meh. Inoffensive, but it didn't do much for me. Actually, it *was* inoffensive until I got to "Knight-Errant" and then I had to knock this down to a 2 for being grating. The longer I listened to this album the less I liked it. 2.0

This was a chore to listen to.

Greatly underrated.

There's some interesting stuff going on here musically and I respect the ambition in a lot of places, but I'm afraid I found his voice really hard work and it just didn't really stick for me consistently. Good in some places but never really much more than that.

Boring

If you like carnival folk, this is for you. I don't.

Robert Dimery, mannen med total avsaknad av fantasi.

Dumb shit, sounds like something you’d hear at a Renaissance fair

Pleasant street was my favorite off this album. Overall it reminds me of a ren faire?

Pleasant Street is really pretty good. I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain, too. The transition into Once I Was feels very Radiohead. Don’t love everything, but there’s some interesting stuff. Sometimes he sounds like Grace Slick at the Ren-Faire. 3/5

Sehr sehr sehr whimsical die erste zwei songs. Pleasant street het etz chli meh edge vlt. hallucinations findi chli seeehr mittelalter folk type. nöd gern. ok er het nie wölle din verg sii okay, hübsche song bin bi phantasmagoria und gnüsses nöd wüürklich

mega en coole aug spezielli stimm aber no cool ganzes lied ungwöhnlich UHH die erste 2 sind voll oke gsi, pleasant street gfalltmer jz easy, het echli meh emotione? hallucinations passt sehr hahaha joa weniger min fall hie und da erinnerets mich chli ah experimentelli beatles? ja es gaht bergab COOL 8 MINUTIGS LIED oke de teil mit blöser un gsang isch na cute und chli chris de burgh? ja erste 3 lieder cool und hello and goodybe, de rest rechr nervig und langwilig

For a second I thought there was a guest woman singing along . Didn’t realise Jeff had such an androgynous singing voice

3.45

Not as good as the first one on the list, but still solid sound.

2.5

Meh. Sounds like a court jester traveled in time.

Not my favorite

Tim's vocals are incredible, but I confess I'm not really into this album that much. It's good, it just didn't leave any sort of lasting impression for me.

much like the donovan album, i don’t care for the “renaissance faire” sound that this has. a wholly inoffensive yet unremarkable album, middle of the road for me.

There's some standouts here with 'pleasant street' and 'once I was' but I've found it hard to fully get into all of Tim Buckley's music for a while now. 3.1

Kinda cringe

goodbye

As far as, Psych-Folk singer/songwriters goes, this album is above average. Overall the record is fine and the performances are okay, but I'm not crazy in love with the songs or Buckley's singing. There are some fine moments, but not enough to keep me interested to listen to more.

What a story teller, what a voice!! I often at times thought someone else was singing, but Tim carried all 10 songs. Love his relationship with Larry Beckett in the classic 60's musician and poet style

I can’t quite put my finger on what here it is I like and don’t like. It has tension but no release. All the songs sound too similar. But I did enjoy listening to the album.

Some very generic folk rock but quite enjoyable. Extra points for being Buckley Sr. 64/100

I really like songs with a more psychedelic folk sound. The standard 60's style folk songs are not very interesting per se and detract from the album.

Psych folk just isn’t my thing. I like folk, but not this. The lyrics and vocals just feel pretentiously sincere. The music is mostly ok.

Very 60s. The mountain song was the one that stood out for me. Fine but i don't see listening to it again.

I didn't find much here I liked. Too dated, too folksy in that renn-faire way. Not really for me.

Lightweight Nick Drake

Yeah well, like a sip of slightly warm water. I'd give it 2.5 but benefit of the doubt so 3.

The most "classic Hispanic pop" sounding album I've ever heard in English. Its whole production and instruments sound like early Julio Iglesias records. Tim Buckley has a great voice!

Couple of bangers

Way too folky

That's all folk

This is, I believe, my third Tim Buckley record. I now feel pretty confident in saying... why? I'm not saying this is bad, by any stretch, but it's nothing fantastic. It takes some risks, shoots some shots, mostly wearing medieval clothing, but much like all of his other records, sounds very slapped-together and busy. It often sounds like they take a song, record a base, and then just start throwing whatever on top of it until it's smothering. I guess Buckley's music just isn't my cup of tea. Favorite track: "Pleasant Street"

Not feeling this one. Poignant lyrics but not much else working for me.

Quite chill album. I liked it.

Oh god... make it end! it gets a star for something I probably missed... I just couldn't

The best Tim Buckley album on this list by a country mile. It sounds vibrant and empassioned rather than lost, boring and slow like his other efforts. It's still a little annoying, though, particularly the second half. Rating: 3/5 Playlist track: No Man Can Find the War Date listened: 09/07/24