Happy Sad

Yawn

Kind of boring, and I immediately forgot what any of it sounded like.

yawn

While I'd not list this as something I'd prefer to listen, I'm much happier with a slightly jazzy twist, than I am with the americana/folk wailings. This is very much not my cup 'o maté, too drawn out and probably very much centered on the lyrics, which I can't be bothered to listen. I've got nothing more on this one.

This is certainly better than his 70s “funk” music. It’s still not very good, but it’s at least trying some stuff alongside a bunch of self-indulgent hippie crap. Nice vibraphone. Best song: Buzzin’ Fly

I tend to like folk but this sounds quite a bit like crying to me.

Dream Letter and Sing a Song for You weren’t bad, but for the most part these songs were way too long and slow. Buckley has a smooth voice, but when you drag notes out like that, vibrato starts to sound like inconsistency.

Happy Sad is a jazzy Prog folk slog. Imagine a jam band without the jam. 4.4/10

I don't have too much thoughts on this album.

Not Happy Sad, just Sad Sad, Tim's too busy elongating every word in "Strange Feelin'" to realise this album of a mere 6 songs overstays its welcome by about 20 minutes.

still thinking about how Tim wrote a whole ass song about wanting to be apart of his family and yet he still ignored Jeff 😭

nope ehhez nem tudok kapcsolódni nope nope nope. ha valami kreatívan meg izgalmasan rossz, az egy dolog, meg az is, ha valami teljesen korrektül összerakottan unalmas, de ez nem is tudom mi uhh

There were parts I like but a lot I couldn’t mess with.

Meh I don’t know, the vibraphones are really throwing me off

2 stars. Depressing album

Bit mediocre, not great probably wouldn't listen to it again. Some looong songs.

# Album Name: Happy sad # Artist: Tim Buckley # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Pretty boring. Not a patch on your son Tim. Shame really. # Top Tunes: None # Would I listen to it again? No

This didn’t make me particularly happy or sad. Unfortunately the best thing Tim ever made is still Jeff.

It’s a very affecting album until it runs out of steam near the end of Side A, after which it just drags. Especially a problem when Tim Buckley does his damndest Jim Morrison impression in “Gypsy Woman”, to poor results. Trimming these songs would have done him a world of good.

Never heard Tim Buckley before, heard a lot about him. Impressive voice. A couple of these songs didn't hurt me much to listen to but really don't age very well - especially the post-hippie jam Gypsy Woman. "Cast a spell on me, mama!" Yikes. Mostly vamping, lots of vibes (vibraphones that is, maybe it's a marimba), lots of jazz adjacent chords, pretty, subdued. It's really about this dude's voice though. Probably should hear before you die. Definitely of its time, that being the come-down off of the trip that was the psychedelic era. Like a lot of other 70's handsome boy singer-songwriter stuff. My divorced mom would have loved this back in '75.

Not very interesting...

A hazy, late-night kind of album. Feels like a folk singer trying to make a jazz record but not quite settling into either. The instrumentation is lush, but the songs meander. I'm not sitting through 10 - 12 minute songs. It’s nice, just unfocused. Playlist Additions: - Buzzin' Fly - Sing a Song for You

It’s not exactly your standard singer/songwriter from the 60s. But I was fairly bored by the third song. I definitely prefer his son. 2.5/5

I'm running out of takes to have about albums of sad men with guitars idk

It was equally happy and equally sad

#486. This had a lot of potential, but the execution is lacking. Mostly all the songs just go on for entirely too long. 2/5: Hard to get in to.

Tim Buckley's greatest musical achievement was nothing he acheived in the recording studio, unless that is where his brilliant son Jeff was conceived...I have yet to hear a track of Tim's that measures up to anything Jeff created on his masterpiece Grace. It all sounds rather dated to me.

More sad than happy

Mostly sad though. Some of it felt like you could play at x 1.25 speed and other bits were just a bit mopey. I'm aware that this is a seminal album to many. Reading up on his personal life (having kids too young, driving cars too fast, wasted on drugs and booze) on Wikipedia did not fill me with sympathy, but maybe I let my prejudice and assumptions get in the way of enjoying a perfectly nice album, then again maybe I'm just not that into folk.

Happy Sad or Meh! 🤷

Soporific. "Gypsy woman" would have been too long at one-quarter the length.

yup, it was super sad

Some pretty good moments in songs, but the songs are too long, and there's a lot of not great stuff in between the good stuff.

Happy Sad is an album i just couldn't enjoy to the fullest. I can see the direction where the album wanted to go in being a folk album with a couple of jazz elements but this album just failed in too many ways for me to really enjoy it. There is already the fact that the composition sounds really messy but add that with an inconsistent voice volume (he could go from overly quiet to trying to do his best Kermit The Frog impression). And another issue was track 5 where it clearly wanted to be a quirky sorta cultist song like something Dr. John would make but the problem with this track is that it doesn't fully play into the weirdness like Dr. John did which makes the song kinda have an identity crisis. Who knows, this guy does have a few more albums here so maybe my opinion might change but with this album, It shows me that Tim's son just makes better music. Best Song: Sing a Song for You Worst Song: Gypsy Woman

Off the top, I just wanna say, if for my own sake if anybody's, that it was tragic Tim Buckley died as young as he did. He was only 28 — I mean, goodness. That's a sort of sentiment I feel like should go without saying. Big "No, duh," right? But I wanna bring it up 'coz of this idea that gets lodged in my head every time I find out an artist died: that to openly dislike their work would be in some way disrespectful. It feels like kicking a dead man when he's down, y'know? The whole "don't speak ill of the dead" thing. But, like, disliking an artist's work and respecting them after they've passed are two different things, right? I mean, just because I might not like someone's output, that doesn't mean I can't be gentle about how or when they passed. There's no hard obligation either way. And of course, having an artist's passing in mind when engaging with their work can actually bring something extra to it — I gave high praise to stuff like PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE and IF YOU WANT IT DARKER because of their proximity, after all. Not to mention, that sort of thing is why ★ has the reputation it does (that'll be a fun one to get to). (And, yeah, we'd all prefer all of those artists still be alive, but y'know.) So, jus', please believe me that I have no ill will against Tim Buckley when I say that I found this album kind of painfully boring. Like... **Painfully** boring. At first I was thinking it was just a thing where my undiagnosed ADHD causes me to get sleepy and yawn a lot when I try to sit down and just focus on music, but no, no. It just does that little for me. I mean, this thing was already fighting an uphill battle for being a folk singer-songwriter album. As I've expressed many times before, I do **not** do well with singer-songwriter music — check my review of SOLID AIR for the full lowdown on that. The short version is that this kind of music, especially from the 70's, largely ends up being poetry that just so happens to be set to music, and poetry is not what I come to music for. Although, it's actually fitting I get to bring up SOLID AIR. That's an album I actually ended like quite a fair bit thanks to how jazz-y it could get. Seriously, specific shout out to the end of "Dream By The Sea", goodness. Now, this album tries to get its jazz thing on, too, but... I mean, it mostly just amounts to a vibraphone being present on every track? So, great, not only is it the usual acoustic plonking, but you've also got a vibraphone meandering around, too. They just never do anything interesting. I'd honestly believe me if you told me that none of these songs had arrangements and that they just improvised the whole thing. Which, heck, puts it a step below SOLID AIR again, 'coz that's exactly what happened with its title track and it came out a **lot** better. It doesn't help that the songs are as long as they are. The shortest is the closer, at only two-and-a-half minutes, but the rest are all over five, and two of them are over **ten**. They just drag on and on and **on** without ever realizing that maybe they should actually **go** somewhere. Like, I really tried to just give myself to the music and let it take me away with its beauty, but besides parts of "Dream Letter" and "Gypsy Woman"... Look, if I can quote a fanmade Rap Battle with Huggy Wuggy: "You call it experimental; I call it b-boring as fuck." I'm honestly surprised that keeping Tim's passing in mind isn't causing me to be any kinder to this album, but there you go, I guess. And that's why it kind of bums me out to give this thing a 2. I know I said above that I'm not obligated to like this album; that I can still respect Buckley and his passing regardless of how I feel about it, but... Gosh, that doesn't mean I hafta feel **good** about this rating, y'know? And I was seriously considering at least bumping this thing up to a 3 for the parts of "Dream Letter" and "Gypsy Woman", but even the appeal I find in those can't last forever with how dang **long** those songs are. So, yeah. It's another one of those "That's just how it is sometimes" reviews from me. All I can hope for is that if there's another Tim Buckley album on this list I can get more of it than I did this one. Oh, and that I manage to get something out of his **son's** album, too. Goodness, it would **not** make me good if I disparaged albums from **both** of them...

A man, a guitar and 10 minute songs. I can appreciate his singing talent and instrumental talent but when a song goes on that long It needs to evolve into something new throughout. These songs are just the same chords played with the same vocal styles for 10 minutes straight. It also doesn’t help that if he is telling stories I can’t understand half of what he is saying due to how he sings. 4/10

The rare case where the nepo baby is better.

this was ok. I don't think I'd listen to anything from this album again

Hmmm not for me. Some good guitar though.

didnt remember much from this one, just seemed fine Will I listen to again: 2%

Tavallaan ihan mukavaa taustamusiikkia, mutta aktiivisessa kuuntelussa ei paljoa käteen jää. 2/5

Psychedelic-Folk crossed with Jazz Fusion trying to create a sappy mood.

I guess pretty much anyone could make an album with just their face on it and a bunch of really boring music back in the 60s? This is not a good album. Plus one star for being mercifully short and not being actively unpleasant to listen to, just incredibly boring. 2/5

Tim should retire and have a son and teach him guitar. I think it’d go much better for him

Bit sad

Slow singer songwriter vibe.

This flew a bit over my head, I think I was a bit unfocused when listening to it.The first two songs are quite good, then it turns a bit dull and samey from 'Love From Room 109 at the Islander' and onwards. Think this will have to cement it as a strong 2 for me.

Enjoyed parts of this. The first tracks were good but then it took a real nose dive. From the middle of "Love from Room 109 at Islanders" it just became a slow, boring mess. "Dream letter" continued this downward trend. When I got to "Gypsy Woman" the tempo increased but my mind was set. A 3 star without the slog in the middle but now a 2 star.

It's alright. Very low key and great for music in the background. Not sure if I'd listen to it again though.

Can't do it Tim Buckley...you're just not for me. 1.5/5

A boring folk record. There's a lot of Buckley on this list

Music journalists are storytellers as much as anything else. And I can’t help but think this album is on this list is because the story of the gifted, died-too-young Jeff Buckley having a gifted, died-too-young biological father who was also on the list was just too good a story pass up.

Albumet berörde mig inte. Jag gillar hans son Jeff.

Laid back. Almost too laid back.

There were a couple songs I liked alright but this album didn't do much for me.

nope... sad sad

Well, he has a lovely voice and the production is strong. It's a bit maudlin and indulgent for me to really get excited about. I do want to give Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks' another shot now.

It's poetry...you just don't understand it. That's the problem -- YOU don't understand!

Buzzin Fly and Gypsy Woman are hell of a good songs but the rest of the album is just nothing special. I am some kind of happy and sad.

Happy? Sad? Boring.

I wanted to like this more than I did. More familiar with his kid than him before going through this. A lot of interesting vocalizations. Some good ones on here. I really can't say I remember much of it after the listen though. Talented guy, but largely a pretty boring album for me. Glad I listened but won't be revisiting most likely. 2/5

Definitely a 2. But add a 1/2 point for the use of xylophone in multiple songs. That’s a bold strategy, Cotton. 2.5.

It’s okay - to me it’s just on par with Greetings from L.A. although I enjoyed that one more musically (not lyrically) But I’m generally not a fan of Tim Buckley I’m not sure I am going to listen to this many more times in my life.

Ugh this should be called sad sad not happy sad

Nice but too slow for me

irgendwie nichtssagend

Definitely one of the best naps of my life!

Longer, more experimental songs meant monotonous.

To be fair, not bad, but not special either. Another singer guitarist who does a good enough job of it. Nothing to write home about a low 2

Interesting album, I listened to this bloke 30 odd years ago round a mates house, who loved all this sort of stuff, and I wasn't a fan back then. With the passage of time, am I now? No, but it isn't disappointingly bad. OK in places, but the songs were bit long and could have been chopped in half, as some did sound like 2 songs shoe-horned together. He is marginally better than his son. 2 stars.

How did this make the list? Every track on this album could have been the weakest part on hundreds of other albums, by hundreds of other artists, in the same period. Who did this inspire?

Tim Buckley is one of few artists that did more good to music by having unprotected sex than by making actual music.

Ein bisschen fad.

Not as good as Jeff. Actually did vibe with it at all. Simpsons: No

I'm neither happy or sad after listening to this just bored 😴 it dragged on too long

Not really a fan of older Buckley's music. I didn't like this album, songs were very uneventful, it was hard to see any merit in it. Bit of a wasted time.

Favourite songs: Strange Feelin' Least favourite songs: Love From Room 109 at The Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway), Dream Letter, Gypsy Woman 2/5

Hörde försten låt från ena annan skiva av Tim Buckley den var fin. Insåg misstaget och började lyssna på rätt album. Det var inte lika fint. Buzzin Fly är fin. Men det räcker inte för sen blir det en lång låt. Inte bra. Gypsy Woman sänker hela skivan. Jazz och folk i en ohelig kombo.

# Playlist Track - Buzzin' Fly # Notes - I enjoyed Buckley's first album. I got it here, ended up listening to it for like a week, and even delayed getting to this one to avoid being "saturated". However, this is a very different beast. - Two 10+ minute tracks are awful, and they make more than half of the play time for the entire album. - Unless you're actually interesting in learning more about Buckley's career, I don't see any reason to go listening to this.

Yawn

Another 60s rock album! This one didnt captivate me as much. It had some moments of good instrumentals- i liked the inclusion of woodwinds in a way atypical of rock music at the time. But I also felt like it really dragged at parts- and was a little sappy (gypsy woman comes to mind) Overall- a fine album, not for me.

Buckley's performances were so overly sincere and earnest that they almost seemed like satire. It had the unintended effect of me not being able to take him too seriously because I obviously wasn't feeling what he was feeling. Every now and then I'd catch a spark of something that was kind of interesting but for the most part this was a drag to listen to.

Kind of mid. I’ve had a few other Tim Buckley albums so far and haven’t found much to like.

Just a bit boring.

Der var noget rigtig godt i alle sangene, men de var simpelthen for lange så jeg begyndte at kede mig!! Jeg kunne virkelig godt lide hans stemme, men den lå stadig ved middel, og så trak den 12 minutter lange kriminelt horny sang den ned under

Da pladen startede have jeg lidt en off-feeling af at det var den falske Buckley. Det var så hans far. Tror aldrig at jeg har hørt så meget vibrafon før! Det var afslappende, jazzy, men også semi depri og kedeligt i længden. ☹️

Tedious.

Can't believe this dude got 3 albums.

Massively low energy. I just can't vibe with it.

Mehhhhh, I thought being Jeff Buckley's dad that I would like this more. But really the songs are wayyy too long and just kind of boring.

Rating: 5/10 Meh.

I don’t know whether this is a pretentious album that would have appealed to my younger self or a pretentious album that bores my older self.

not my favorite. Was pretty bored listening to this one.

He has a good voice but I don’t really get this music.

2.5

I’m starting to realize I really don’t like long, drawn out albums. You’ll be listening to a song and feel like it’s starting to end but NOPE, there’s still 7 minutes ha ha you dummy. Not to say there can’t be good, long albums. There are some amazing records over an hour long that deserve a 5, but not this one. Not at all. These songs are pointlessly long with nothing but repetitive, boring, sleepy melodies. I like the voice and that’s about it. Even that gets monotonous about halfway though the album. But the bare bone instrumentals, the sappy lyrics, and lack of anything truly intriguing give this record an easy 2. It was not enjoyable to say the least.

When listening to this, I keep thinking about how it reminds me a lot of Andrew Bird, just without the whistling and also much less captivating sounds overall.

2/5. I enjoy experimentation on albums, and this is surely a big step from his previous work. It is heading to a bombastic future release of Leaving LA but this is the middle zone. I like the progressive jazz spread throughout but I have heard better. Trying this to try things is a vibe but intentional experimentation is different from calculated experimentation. This is the former. It's unique, but not enough. I do like the jam session despite the unfortunate title. Best Song: Gypsy Woman, Strange Feelin', Buzzin Fly

Gave it one listen. The lyrics were good, music was ok, and the singing wasn’t for me. 2/5

I should like it, based on my preferences, but I cannot seem to get into it. The songs don’t stick with me.

The first two songs were okay, but the last four were painful and schlocky.

01) Strange Feelin - 5,5 02) Buzzin' Fly - 5,5 03) Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway) - 5,0 04) Dream Letter - 5,0 05) Gypsy Woman - 4,0 06) Sing a Song for You - 5,5 TOTAL: 5,08 (51/100) Current ranking: 224/240 God, what boring music. After a while it starts to turn from boring to irritating. Everything depends on the last song, let's see if this is another one star or it will get away with two...

Tim Buckley is a wonderful singer, but the music felt uninspired. I'm not sure what the appropriate ratio of vibration to serious music is, but it's a fraction of this. I felt like I was trapped in a slow moving elevator with music that only felt like it was on a loop.

This is not an album for the groggy. Most of it felt like when I wake up from a dream, then go back to sleep and the dream continues, but is kind of different. Then the alarm goes off, I hit the snooze button, and it happens again. For pretty much the whole album. That isn’t to say I disliked it entirely. It just felt like being in and out of consciousness a lot. The highest praise I can give it is that the first track sounded like something off of a Peanuts special. The biggest critique is that every one of these songs should have ended far sooner than it did. Some songs need the time to unpack and explore, then time to tie it all together. None of that was the case here.

Ta bueno, tampoco pa tanto

More sad than happy this makes me. Boring, noodling faffery

The first 2 tracks are listenable and enjoyable. But not much else that would make me come back here.

The album sounds like it's composed for a film at times, but it could easily be the soundtrack to a day spent walking outside. The vibraphone adds a cool element to the mix, but in general, it doesn't speak to me.

Extremely dull. Low 2.

Still not a fan of Tim Buckley. I don't want to call this bad, because I don't feel that it was, I just don't care for it. 2/5

Just sad. And not an enjoyable sad.

Wow, Tim Buckley goes Prog

Well, this was not particularly interesting to me. As a side note, his son does really look and sound like him. Anyway, sometimes a 7 minute song can feel like it only lasts 3 minutes and you want more, sometimes it does just feel like a 7 minute song and it is just fine, and sometimes it feels like you're sat there for 30 minutes waiting for the song to end because it's dragging on and you want to listen to something else. I truly felt like every song was dragging for an eternity.

weird album with gratuitous marimba. not for me.

I don’t get it.

I have heard of a Buckley, not sure if it's this guy. I know Jeff Buckley. We shall see. First track in, too slow for me. Not my style.

Some interesting stuff here, but overall not a great album.

Happy this was not our album to enjoy over the weekend, Sad I spent most of the time fighting through this one. It wasn't horrible, but there is plenty of “easy listening” I would choose over this. I really tried to like “Gypsy Woman”, I think that song had some potential if it was cut to 6-7 min. About halfway through it I was imagining how it would sound if CCR did a condensed arrangement.

Interesting that his last show was in Dallas. Even more interesting…and to quote journalists reviews from some of his future albums: “this is not even good sulking music.” I mean…everybody likes a little sad guy music along with a good cry, but damn this was a somber listen. And that’s after two straight days of Morrissey last week.

Annoying voice that tried to take up all the space in the song every time he opened his mouth and held notes far too long. And too much xylophone. Songs were also too long for not being good. WTF Only reason this isn’t a 1 is because Love From Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway) is a hilariously specific name for a song (even if he didn’t mean it to be funny and the song sucks).

Happy Sad Crappy Dad

Frekar leiðinleg plata eiginlega. Ekki hans besta verk.

One of the most boring albums I’ve ever heard. As an experiment, I recommended this album to someone I don’t like and now whenever I run into him his eyes get all wide and he leaves the room, rather than risking me asking him what he thought of the album, I assume. So, I guess it’s not all bad.

Dream Letter ok - the rest of the folk songs didn't really align well with me

Junior was better

Bastante rollo.

No bad but not my taste

Gypsy Woman is doing a lot of heavy lifting here to keep this from being a 1 star album for me. Otherwise the songs were too slow and discordant for my taste. While I appreciated him using his voice like it's own instrument it just felt like one too many sounds/notes for me to try to keep track of which added to the overall chaotic feeling. That made it really hard for me to be able to pay any attention to the lyrics at all. I might have actually liked this better if there were no lyrics and just instrumental and wordless singing? Hard to say. Either way, other than maybe Gypsy Woman I don't think I will be touching this again.

I really disliked this album, I really did not enjoy the xylophone on every song

Happy Sad didn't make me feel anything, it's not offensive, it's just not good, it avoids a 1 on the basis that I didn't hate it.

A better effort than the previous one of his we had on here (why on earth did we need two?), but still not great. It's gentle, folky stuff occasionally verging into psychedelica, but only the very safe edges. Still a 2, but a high one.

Has some nice moments where his talent and vocals shine, but this is pretty self-indulgent and boring in parts. Fav track: Dream letter Light 2.5/5

Sounds rich and nice but it's not at all my speed. Sorry Tim. It really sounds like you were having fun and I love that for you. Two and a half. Fave track: Strange Feelin'

tim buckley's happy sad has folk and jazz mixed together, which i don't think i've ever heard. this album stayed in that folk and jazz combo, but sometimes the jazz aspects were so light, almost like it was a twinkling effect. it was a pretty chill listen! however, i was interested but the interest wasn't enough to make it actually exciting.

Very folky, and also very boring. The lyrics felt very contemplative, pensive, and deep, but I just couldn't get into it.

Found a lot of songs were long and slow for my liking.

I didn’t really like this album. It should be a sound I like. Finally got to a song I liked and it was a “Recommended based on this album” algorithm pick.

New album to me. Previously rated Greetings From L.A. and Goodbye and Hello as 4-star albums but could not get into this one, it is just too slow and tedious (and as with his other work, i'm not too keen on the vocals).

Hate the sleepy time music with shaky voice

Found it interesting but not my favorite

i liked the sad but not the happy

Third album by Tim that I’ve had on here… At the start of this album I was intrigued by the jazzy folk ideas but by the end the jazz just felt a little meandering, aimless and slack.

Before I listened to this album I thought I liked Tim Buckley. Alas, after 45 minutes that seemed like hours of music that must’ve been inspired by, and recorded while, laying in bed, I realized that not all of Buckley’s output reaches the quality of “Song to the Siren” or that of his own son.

I don’t understand why this was interesting or important

Just plain miserable

Mostly sad.

"Do whatever you want with [...] music, just don't make it boring." -Freddie Mercury clearly Tim Buckley hasn't heard of Queen smh It's passable music, but the tracks are much too long for their own good. And not in a proggy or atmospheric way. They're just... very long. And static. Even the ones with a mere 5-6 minute runtime really start to drag. I do appreciate the elements of jazz. The marimba (or whatever percussion it's called) is a big standout, adding a chill, semi-exotic atmosphere to the already jazzy mix. There's a lot of acoustic guitar with drone-ish bass notes, which I've found to be a hit-or-miss harmonic choice in other albums. It's a miss here, since the tracks are already fairly unchanging. Buckley's vocal is generally good, though the inflections and twangy accent feel somehow forced. Strange Feelin' and Buzzin' Fly are my two favourite tracks, although that lent more credence to their position in the tracklist rather than how good they actually were compared to the later tracks. Buzzin' Fly has an interesting country spin; Strange Feelin' doesn't. 2/5

I respect it but its to slow for my liking. 2/5.

Had it on the background. Passed by unremarkably. Will give it another listen.

Efectivamente escucharé este disco sólo una vez antes de morir

When an song is 10:50 long... does a full 4:50 sec have to be essentially silence? Either way, the music really doesn't appeal to me. I could probably fall asleep to it pretty quickly. I don't mean to disparage the artist. But the person choosing this album doesn't seem to know what they're doing.

I don't really get this one. Though it seems a bit unusual to hear a xylophone as a featured instrument, much of it is a weird croony folk swingy arrangement that doesn't really have any interesting hooks. It's passable, but then we get to 12 minutes of Gypsy Woman, where he starts to unleash his inner funky hippie. Hard one to finish.

Boring…

Like. It’s fine. Not really exciting

i will never listen to this again. I can only home the other tim buckley albums on this list are not nearly as disappointing

Gear: Meze 109 PRO Mix: Kannste nix gegen sagen. Musik: Psychedelic-Folk mit Spuren von Jazz Fusion. Zumindest interessant. Wertung: 🧩🧩(🧩)/5

He has a strong voice - but this music was sort of creepy? It had an unnerving quality that I didn't enjoy.

Not really my vibe

More on the sad side.

Pretty plain.

Three days since I listened and I can’t really remember it.

Bit dull

Ну что я могу сказать, хэпи сэд. Лирика, но добрая. Не знаю, мне было без разницы на эту музыку.

I didn't get into this. The songs droned and there wasn't much of a hook. The vibes/chimes is a sound I like occasionally but not here.

Almost a 1 star. Just self indulgent feeling. Some nice elements, but just blown apart by languid, unfocused song structures.

The image that came to mind listening to this was Jeff's dad, noodling on his guitar, staring out over a body of water, singing about life, his lady and his navel. Not the worst but not my thing.

Dull cosy feeling. Vibraphone solos are not my thing

Oftentimes, it's the environment that you're in when listening that alters your perception and yesterday's manic workday didn't do this album any favours. There's no denying how wondrous Buzzin' Fly is though! The rest largely passed me by I'm afraid ...damm work!

Doesn’t hold a candle to his son’s far superior album.

dull and forgettable

Was fine. A chill hippie vibe. Not overly memorable, didn’t stop me in my tracks. No voice like his son.

Admittedly this type of music is not in my wheelhouse, as I generally tend to be familiar with music that is more.. well.. good. But what lil' Timmy lacks in "good", he seems to make up for in "not so bad", and enough people seem to like that, so I'll just chalk this up to my own need to branch out beyond "good" music and start exploring more "not so bad" music. Two mood swings out of five.

I tried to listen to the whole thing, but couldn't. The songs just don't do it for me. 2/5

Meh, long songs and boring

I have struggled with Tim Buckley in the past, so I came into Happy Sad hoping this might be the one that finally pulled me in. It has a reputation for being more adventurous and jazz influenced, which made me think it could land differently. There are moments here that are genuinely beautiful. The arrangements are loose and atmospheric, drifting between folk and jazz with a kind of late night intimacy. His voice is expressive and fragile, and at times it creates something quite haunting. You can hear the ambition and the willingness to stretch beyond standard singer songwriter territory. But across a full listen, I found it hard to stay emotionally connected. The album leans heavily into introspection, and for me it tips too far into melancholy. Instead of feeling moving, it often feels weighed down. The songs drift rather than build, and I kept waiting for a moment that would truly lift it. I can appreciate what he was trying to do and why this record is so admired. It just does not quite resonate with me personally. Favourite song: Buzzin’ Fly Least favourite song: Love from Room 109 at the Islander Album artwork: Soft and understated, very much in keeping with the mood of the record

relaxed, hintergrundtauglich - oder doch eine spur zu aggressiv mit der stimme?!

Langweilig

Musically there may have been something here, but Buckley's singing turns it into a dreary affair.

Wasn’t really a fan of the loungy marimba-organ thing throughout this album.

Ok

Jazzy folk

Highlights: Gypsy Woman Leave Em's: Dream Letter, Strange Feelin' Overall Thoughts: I didn't find anything about this record all that interesting. Several very long songs that felt relatively uninspired. The soft pop from this era does not resonate with me when there were brilliant rock albums coming out that were far more interesting and musically inclining. I don't think it was a bad album as a whole, however applying my scoring scale it would fall into the category of albums that I would prefer not to spend a whole lot more time with. The added depth of the waves on a song like Love from Room 109 At the Islander kept it from being absolutely monotone and flat out boring. Score Breakdown: 2.733 & 2 -> 2.367

This album made me just sad not happy sad ,just sad . Not my thing

Album appropriately named for happy and sad early Rock & Roll ballads

2.5 This had a relaxing, old school jazz sound to it that I mildly appreciated, especially paired with Tim’s deep, emotional voice, but I really don’t feel like it left much of a lasting impression. Buzzin’ Fly was alright, but not much else was particularly entertaining, especially Love from Room 109 and Gypsy Woman which in no way felt like they warranted being 10+ minutes long. So yeah, really mid, and I don’t feel like I have much of an opinion or a ton of thoughts. I will say this, while it in no way affects my rating, this album did get me a bit invested in the Buckley family for a minute. Yes, this is Jeff’s dad - check out a side by side with Grace’s album cover. I had no idea Jeff Buckley came from a musical family, but what’s really crazy is that not only are both known for their careers as solo musicians, but they also both died tragically young - Tim at 28, Jeff at 30. I guess Jeff hardly even knew his father before his passing, yet would go on to follow in the exact same footsteps… to a haunting degree. Like father, like son. Anyway, if you didn’t like the album, hope you were able to derive some enjoyment out of the above information. If not, I got nothing for ya ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Hope we get to see Grace as a sort of a parallel at some point on this list.

Kyllä tän kuunteli, mut aika basic

Is “experimental” code for “making it up as one goes along”? Great singing voice wasted on rambling jazz instrumentals

Somewhat self indulgent, really

Any related to Jeff? I’m not sure. I could google it but I’m tired, so I shan’t. Apple Music says this is 60s pop. I wonder if this will tickle my fancy… I go into this with hope, so let’s find out. This will be a listen for my morning commute. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Dream Letter This is six songs, totalling 45 minutes and it feels like it. It was a bit of a graft if I’m being honest. The first three songs did nothing for me and had me quite irritable, but then the last three had me feeling warmer. Admittedly, my car was very cold at first so I may have just literally, rather than metaphorically, felt warmer. Maybe both. Either way, I don’t really intend to listen to this again. It’s a bit too boring.

Was okay

Strange Feeling settles into a cool place, though I'm not really taken with Love From Room 109 At The Islander. Or really the rest of the album, either.

Niet heel bijzonder. Lekkere ruis

Gipsy Woman guter, aber langer Song. Tendenz zu 3

Generic singer songwriter of the era , hard to listen to

Meh

That felt much longer than 45 minutes.

no too dissonant melodies, uninteresting, low energy, seems meaningless the 12 minute jam somehow sounds boring, having all potential for a banger the cover is perfect for the album I must say -- I think with this face he recorded the whole albums and never once changed the expression

Bit whiney...

Just sad

I’m really confused ab how I feel

1.5/5

2/5 nope

Everything was going fine, but Gipsy Woman was about 11 minutes too long. I didn't have a great deal of love for the album, but I'm glad it existed in the space and time when it did.

Too many Buckley's for this world. I blame William for turning me off to the name. Like everyone else, I love Jeff's Hallelujah cover but had no idea he had a famous father. Happy Sad makes me more sad than happy. He's got a nice voice and 'he's not afraid to use it' But when this was over all I could think of was a flat dimensional Gordon Lightfoot. Maybe there's more depth to TB, I think there's another album on this list, but for now I gotta say that I wasn't much impressed.

2…3…2?…3?…2?…3?…2…3… "Happy Sad" is somewhere in there. In a spot let's just call the Tim Buckley Zone (TBZ). Like his son, Tim clearly has an incredible voice. "Strange Feeling" put it to good use, with an interesting jazziness, but it dragged on a bit too long - a recurring theme. I've heard "Buzzin' Fly" before - it was familiar but also felt off? I wondered if I knew a cover version, but had no luck finding one. Mixed in with the cleverness and catchiness were some bits where Buckley got too croak-y. Then the dragging on too long came back with a vengeance as we slog through 16 boring minutes of "Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)" and "Dream Letter." "Gypsy Woman" brought back the good energy, but again overstayed its welcome before the culminating but forgettable "Sing a Song for You." The TBZ exists in the sweet spot where a couple of good songs by a talented performer are derailed by excess.

Clearly Tim Buckley has a great voice, but man could he benefit from some editing.

I like Buzzin’ Like A Fly and Sing A Song For You is decent. The rest of the album I could do without. I did get caught up in Tim’s life story and that of his m, barely seen son, Scottie (Jeff) Moorhead (Buckley). Both lives cut short: Tim by an overdose and Jeff by accidental drowning. I’ve been in a river when one of this tugboats has gone by (far away) and that thing had quite the pull. Don’t go swimming at night in the river with industrial boat traffic kids. It’s not smart. How sad. Dad gets the same rating as son, but I liked Jeff’s album better.

This one lost me early and often. Gypsy Woman was the nail in the coffin. This is not for me.

Good list suggestion, Andy. Let's get it up on the internet, stat. I don't have a ton to say about this album other than it feels appropriately titled, because I was happy for a second and then mostly sad. Ironically, the sad songs are definitely the ones that came the closest to making me happy. Just not all the way. I'd still probably listen to this again before I revisit the TLC record though. (Should've called that one "Horny Sad.")

This is the third Buckley (father and son) album I've gotten during this project. It's not as bad as the other Tim Buckley album, but it certainly isn't good. I'm somebody who doesn't mind a rambling record, but these songs seem to exist to go nowhere. 2/5

I really didn't like the Jeff Buckley the generator gave me, I'm afraid this may be of a piece. The album name and cover art here do not fill me with hope, nor the track listing. But I will try to listen fairly. Nope. Deadly dull.

I turned this album on when I was doing things around the house, and that’s the last time I thought about it: that’s the review.

Third Tim Buckley album I’ve heard. They’ve all been quite different, but only Hello and Goodbye did anything for me. His voice is nice and the music was pretty at times, but mostly I just found it dull & aimless. And I usually like vibraphones.

Yeah, Happy Sad was not for me. I really liked Goodbye and Hello, but there was really only one song on here that reminded me of that album (Sing a Song for You). The rest of this just felt kind of drab - or I’d like small aspects of a song, only for it to be dragged out so long I ended up hating it.

They say brevity is the soul of wit, and Tim didn't get the memo. While some of the jazz elements here are interesting, and while some of his morose contemplation is touching (if undeserving of sympathy), many of these songs are far too drawn out without ever getting anywhere. It's a depressing, slow listen.

This was a bit more sad sad than happy sad too depressing

Croony

This is third album from Tim Buckley (and one from Jeff) - 326 listened so far. I don't get it. It's not bad. But three? And perhaps some more?

This was not my favorite.

Tried a few times, but nothing here stood out as being an essential classic relisten

Not for me, not terrible.

I really didn’t care for this. I haven’t really liked the other Tim Buckley stuff I’ve heard so far, either. It’s a little too slow for me, there’s nothing there to hold my interest. Also, way too many long ass songs.

Starts mid and gets worse from there, droning on and on and endlessly winding down. Gypsy woman is a bad kind of wtf moment. The exception is Buzzin' Fly, which actually transported me somewhere I wanted to stay - there's a time and place for the kind of constant breezy melancholy it conjures up, and it hit me in the right mood.

This just isn't my style. It's good don't get me wrong. That mallet increment is honestly one of th3 best sounding I've 3ver heard. With a mix of the soft gentle acoustic guitar it's heavenly. But it does not connect with me personally. I'd love to give it a middle of the road 2.5 vut I have to round down to a 2*

An album that takes itself deeply seriously without knowing what it has to say. The title alone gives away how binary the writing is on this LP, and Buckley pours his heart and soul into each track but it’s a bit questionable what exactly he’s Happy Sad about. Results in 40+ minutes of emotionally confused whiplash as one would expect

Met zo'n titel had ik hier echt geen zin in. Maar goed, maar 6 nummers. Dus kom maar op! Potdikkie nog drie kwartier aan het luisteren... De titel wordt gelijk bevestigd. Wat een gezemel. Van een verder uitstekend zanger begeleid door een aardig jazzy pianootje. Daar ligt het niet aan. Kwestie van smaak. Maar het gezemel wordt alleen maar gekker. Bij nummer 3 zak ik langzaam door de grond. En het volgende nummer geeft ook niet de energie om weer op te krabbelen. En dat word ik ineens verrast door een interessant nummer, dat veel vrijer en creatiever voelt dan de rest. De zanger komt los uit zijn mal en toont zijn talent. Ok, ook dit nummer duurt te lang en werkt na zo'n 10 minuten op mijn zenuwen. Maar leuk om eens mee te pakken. Daar moet je het ook van hebben, want de laatste paar minuten zakt het album weer helemaal in.

Dylanesque folky singer songwriter muziek, maar soms wel iets langdradig of uitgesponnen. Ik vind de vibe wel ok en zijn stem kan ik stukken beter hebben dan sommige andere artiesten uit de 1001. Bij nummer 3 begint het me te storen dat er weinig songstructuur is en het vooral veel oeverloos gemijmer is. Als een soort Rufus Wainwright. Over het geheel genomen gaat het gewoon te traag en is het te experimenteel. Gek genoeg is het langste nummer het beste aan te horen, maar dat zal ongetwijfeld komen omdat het wat meer bluesy is.

6 canciones y 44 minutos. Suena bien. He tenido que ir a Tidal para escucharlo entero porque no estaba todo en Spotify. Interesante pero poco más.

idc about tim buttley's beta xylophone, his bad voice or his bad length songs. dream letter was a 4.

A more gay version of Van Morisson.

Más sad que happy y bastante aburridón para mi gusto.

It's not bad, just okay - a bit one paced.

This album was pulling a 3 until Gypsy Woman, a 12-minute cliche and my god I was fighting for my life through it

This was a roadblock album for me. Vibraphone was cool but I never got into it

What kind of dirt does the Buckley family have on Robert Dimery?

Yeah, I didn't really like this. Nothing ever grabbed me or held my attention, not even enough to merit a relisten.

Ok at times. But only ok, and not many times.

I wasn't happy nor was I sad. More just aloof. Listless. Other synonyms.

Escutei com esperança. Dei o meu melhor, busquei ser alguém que não se incomoda com mais um disco de folk que banaliza o uso do "acústico". Neste flutuante oceano psicodélico até encontrei a calma, obviamente.

Didn't think I'd get to use a 2 but this just didn't grab me at all even after a couple of play throughs in the sun. Pleasant but boring.

Bit too slow for me - struggled to finish

This was boring and I don't know why he has three albums on this list

It’s an alright album of instrumental experimentation with decent singer songwriting ability. Interesting that it’s Jeff Buckley a father but it makes sense. Tim has plenty of talent and this album is well made but it’s just a tad boring. The songs are long and longer but Tim does what he likes and sings a Happy Sad combination of songs. 5.4/10

Just sad

Mm. He’s someone I enjoy looking at—he’s very cute—and he’s a talented musician, but I know that underneath that angular jaw, that sweet smile, and the floof of hair that frames his face surprisingly well, there really isn’t much to be entranced by. He doesn’t seem very interesting, or he may think he’s interesting, but he’s actually more interested in the notion that he is inherently profound and mysterious because he likes to contemplate existentialism while snorting heroin and kissing five girls at one time. It’s a bit tacky for my taste. I feel this exact way about his album.

C- Strange Feelin’ - 3 Buzzin’ Fly - 2 Love from Room 109 At the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway) - 3. Dream Letter - 3. Gypsy Woman - 2. Sing a Song for You - 2. Sounds like a soundtrack for doing shrooms, which I actually liked. I liked it more than the rating would suggest, but it just never really varied.

Folk-rock americano muy ñoño. Un 2.

Bastante rollo.

Less shit than his other album.

crappy bad

Meh

Nice vocals, but the album was kind of slow and dragged on a little too much.

I feel like I had to be there, i.e. in 1969, to really feel this record. The fact that he is so experimental is admirable. The way he uses his voice is interesting. However, the way I feel about it is: Not happy Not sad And definitely not bothered!

I don’t know if I missed the last Tim Buckley album we reviewed here or if I blacked it out. My predominant thought while listening…”well if this ain’t an example of the patriarchy in action in 1969, I don’t know what is.” How did he even get a record deal?

Bit boring

Stellenweise ganz nett, sonst laaang-weil-ig. Braucht man nicht gehört haben.

Gillade Buzzin' Fly starkt men resten var ett jävla sömnpiller.

There are moments here, but generally its meandering, aimless, hippy nonsense.

Nothing special

Very boring. Some ok parts but definitely a slog

So. Difficult. To. Stay. Awahhhjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjhjkjhjjjhhkjjjhhjjjjj

This one wasn't for me. The xylophone sounds were nice and calming, but the songs carried on so long. Good voice, just not my cup of tea. Wouldn't seek out to play again.

This is definitely music in space and NOT in time. It's long tracks having very little structure sprinkled with Buckley's musings. Using 'All Blues' as the backbone of 'Strange Feelin'' works quite nicely, and the melody on 'Buzzin' Fly' is excellent. However, this is where I hit my maximal dose. I do not care for 'Dream Letter' and I don't understand the mixing on 'Gypsy Woman' at all. Buckley's vocal is completely lost. The track itself is groovy enough, but Buckley's phrasings and moans delve into parody territory at times. A journey in space for sure, but Buckley loses me quite early on this record.

Psychedelic folk. Bit slow and repetitive.

Started off great and the first two tracks reminded me of his son at his best. Then it got jazzy and noodley and I lost interest Disappointing

Wow! Two Tims Buckley in one week! Ain't i a lucky duck 2

Pleasant enough Folk/Jazz album, but lacks anything that really gripped my attention or was memorable enough to want to listen again.

White man with acoustic guitar bullshit I never go for, lyrics not esoteric or complex enough to even pretend to be deep, just straightforward not my thing bit too jammy too, better than his son.

Way way too long

This cover just made me laugh. I found the rest of the album pretty unremarkable, or I didn't really listen cos it wasn't interesting. Kinda sounds like he's tripping in gypsy woman which was kinda fun

Got super bored 3 songs in and turned it off. Then tried listening to my listening buddy’s album of the day by the War on Drugs and also bailed by song 3. Yesterday was not my day. 😩😂

It's hard to make something like "Gypsy Woman" age gracefully, but the lyrics aren't even the bad part of that cut. Over all of Happy Sad is a play-sense, but not in the good, childish way. Rather, the album feels less than fully formed, a personal document of sounds not yet integrated. That does lend a curiously intimate feel to every track, not just Love.

Didn't work for me at all - a chore to get through. His voice was ok but I didn't find much else to enjoy.

Experimental folk, aka interesting instrumental noodling that is constantly eclipsed by some annoying vocals.

Någon låt var väl lyssningsbar. På tok för långa låtar.

I don’t think so. Great explanation of his new use of long strung lyrics, jazz elements, and longer format. Cool he wrote it too. But nah wasn’t for me. Slow slow slow. Monotonous at points. Couldn’t find my groove. It’s like if The Doors were much slower and jazzier

This is a great album full of tunes

The album starts off okay, as though the listener is about to experience something nice, something interesting, and maybe enjoyable, but at six tracks equaling forty-five minutes, some skepticism sets in. Six-minute songs are okay if that's what they are. By the third track, when a listener realizes that a song is still going and checks the time, the nice/interesting/enjoyable expectation starts to get shaky. The fourth track, things are back to normal song lengths, but then by track five "Gypsy Woman" the listener is subjected to a 12-minute track that drones along. Track six being less than 3 minutes becomes a sigh of relief. Musically, Tim Buckley is pretty good and his vocal style is really nice but as far as the experience of an album goes, this was mainly sad.

sadly this fell flat for me. Not it. Really annoying voice. Songwriting isn’t bad

Not a fan.

This was decent stuff but didn’t really pop for me.

Oh fuck this racist, womanizing deadbeat dad douchebag. He gets two entries on this list and Weezer gets none?!? Fuck that.

While clearly the work of an accomplished musician, I spent my 40 minutes mostly bored. There were nice bits of Miles Davis sounding jazziness, and he has a good vocal range, but it mostly left me cold - a feat of technical achievement, but I suspect it was more of a pleasure to make than to listen to...

Listened Before? N Maybe I'm not hip to the musical environment of early 1969, but this album was boring to me. Very sleepy and mellow. I'm sure it has its place, but I couldn't get into it very well. I kind of liked Buzzin' Fly, but wikipedia claims this was written much earlier, and doesn't match the rest of the album. *shrug*. Pretty un-memorable stuff. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Buzzin' Fly

Suman.

Sort of liked Buzzin’ Fly. Otherwise can’t say I was a fan.

No me gusta

These songs are loooooong. He's definitely really leaning into his voice in this album, lots of long drawn out words and pitch changes, very slow crooning style to very mellow instrumentals. It's ok, talent is there but I'm a bit bored by it all.

I've always been put off by Buckley's whiny voice. He sounds like he is singing through his nose. This album did little to win me over. Wishy washy music. Betcha Coldplay are fans.

On its own, this album was kinda boring with songs that went on for way too long. The lyrics were decent and the vocals were alright. However, the blessing and curse of this generator got me on a 90s rock kick with queens of the Stone Age yesterday only to have to listen to 40 lame minutes of 60s folk the next day

The first track really captured my attention, being more or less a remake of a Miles Davis' Kind of Blue track. The rest of the album lost me, though. Fine singing qualities aside, I was bored out.

meh

so slow........

Happy Sad is similar to the previous album I reviewed for Tim Buckley (Greetings From L.A.). I didn't enjoy what I was listening to. If you like Buckley, fine by me. I can't think of the mood I would have to be in to say, "I should listen to Tim Buckley".

Mostly sad.

Average. Kind of disappointed with it to be honest.

Eh. Never been one to get heavily into long folk rock albums. Buckley is a great songwriter and I appreciate what he did, it's just not for me.

Hadn’t heard of him before, and I honestly wasn’t that impressed. Gypsy Woman was showing promise, my favorite on the album I think but just not enough to really save it. I’m going 2 here.

This is Tim Buckley's third album of folk music, and this album marked the beginning of his experimental phase. Tim began using his voice as an instrument and also incorporated elements of jazz to give this album a relaxing tone. This experimentation with sound would lead further albums to dwindle in popularity, but this album "Happy Sad" was released at the perfect time of Tim's popularity so it became his highest charting one. The jazzy folk songs are beautifully sung by Tim's amazing vocal range. I appreciated the relaxing vibes of this album while rain came down on my window during my work hours. It was a serene experience - although it made me wish for a nap too. This album may not be my type of music, but it was well produced.

I thought this album started out great but lagged a LOT with the last two tracks.