Grace

Distinctive, though overrated. Not for me really. Already had "So real" in the playlist.

This is an album I've seen on best-of lists my entire life but never sat down and really gave it a chance. I found it difficult to evaluate because of all the mythos surrounding it and, ultimately, had mixed feelings. I found it mostly enjoyable (I especially love his performance of Lilac Wine), but it didn't stick with me in any ultra-powerful way. I can see how this directly influenced Radiohead; I'm surprised there isn't more discourse about how this influenced late 90s / early 00s emo, because it really rings the same bell. If Buckley had kept making records, he could have gone on to have a long critically-acclaimed pop career -- I could see him having occupied a similar place as Beck, for instance. Or, he could have washed away as an of-a-moment 90s adult contemporary guy, like Counting Crows or the Goo Goo Dolls. Maybe if I heard this album at the right time and place in my life it would feel "perfect," but hearing it here and now it feels "pretty good."

Good 3. Very cool!

оч красивое звучание гитары в альбоме

This is good sophisticated music and quality of the record is great. I can feel how much effort was put in it. However, it slow and boring in my opinion. There are not enough “hooks” to make me want to listen to it again. Jeff Buckley obviously was very talented musician, but this is just not my type of music

Está guay, y está la mítica de este artista.

I had no idea this album or artist existed until now, and I was worried listening to early tracks,as i’m not a fan of very melodramatic, sad music. However,I was pleasantly surprised by the vocal range, and range of sounds in this album. The instrumentation is really good, especially the guitars, and his singing is at times very impressive. That being said, this isn’t my personal preference for sound, and despite being able to appreciate what is here, I doubt I will be returning in future beyond a few songs.

I don't know. I woke up on eternal life for a while.

Sonaba bien en general

A totally average album.

3/5

So.e decent writing and a few good tracks on here, but mostly it's just inoffensive.

Much too tortured for me for today. My opinion might improve on a relisten. I added his cover of “Hallelujah” to my playlist.

Pek benim tarzım değil. Bazı şarkılardaki ritmi sevmedim çok düz ilerliyorlardı ve bir şey hissettirmedi. Hallelujah iyiydi. Açıp dinlemeyeceğim bir albüm.

p good, added a couple songs to the rotation

3 out of 5 Back in 1994, I would have definitely made fun of someone for listening to Jeff Buckley. I now understand it was wrong to make fun of someone for liking different music. I also now understand Jeff Buckley is pretty fucking good! Very chill and mellow, but a nice undertone of rock and roll. This was great as background music while working. I turned up the volume for a few songs. This was fun.

His voice is remarkable, but to me this album is more about potential than full realization.

Not my style but a few popular songs

Felt wholly original. Not sure if I’ll be coming back to the well on this one but glad I listened to it

I found the whole less than the sun of its parts on this one. I really like his voice and the guitar but the songs didnt slap fir me

No soy tan fan del estilo

what's the big deal don't get/

Most unpopular musical opinion I hold is that the original Leonard Cohen version of Hallelujah is the best. That said, Jeff brings something special to it. It's the standout track on the album. I found the rest pleasant enough, but his falsetto does annoy me - sometimes he sounds like he's doing a Tiny Tim parody.

Pretty good. Eclectic.

Einige gute Ansätze, wenig Konkretes, das hängen bleibt.

Sehr guter überraschender Start, danach flacht es langsam ab. Das "Hallelujah" Cover ist sehr schön, wirkt auf dem Album allerdings auch etwas fehlplatziert im Flow.

Clear talent but some songs felt so personal they were uncomfortable to listen to. As if Jeff recorded it for one person in particular, and I was intruding by hearing it myself.

Challenging listening with the vocals and guitar all over the place - unquestionably talented but also maybe lacking in cohesive vision

Nice well produced songs that are occasionally derivative and fall into the "tortured soul pouring immortal longings" category. May listen to it again in the future but no real highlights.

damn, that man is horny. 3,5/5 + Eternal Life shocked me + Some Songs i really really like - First listen I disliked it until So Real, then it got good - Most of the album i Just don't Care for Fav: So Real, Hallelujah, Lover You Should've Come Over, Eternal Life, Forget Her Least Fav: Corpus Christi Carol, Dreams Brother, Grace, Last Goodbye

Heartbreaking

Very long songs, very rock and roll

It was alright, nothing that really stood out, a couple nice songs but overall rather memorable necessarily that makes me want to listen again

A very good album, but I just don't really understand what it tries to be. That is probably on me, but it scores an average rating for now. 3/5

Kind of a combo of The Cure and U2. I didn't hate it. Some songs I would listen yo on yhe radio while others I would change yhe station. I would not purchase anything but might shazam. Rate as a 3.

I know it's considered a classic, I like don't love

Interesting album. At the start I wondered whether I was still listening to Radiohead but I enjoyed the twists and turns as the album evolved

Amazing voice, melancholic instrumentals

I wanna give it a higher rating, I really do. "Hallelujah" is just so fantastic, and it jump-started a reevaluation of that song and Leonard Cohen overall. But I didn't find any other songs to be even close to as good. The earlier songs almost got there, but the more electric songs at the end really turned me off. I will definitely do a re-listen and will share as a way to come back and revise my rating if I am currently wrong

Good album. Saved a track. Hallelujah threw me off

Creo que los inicios de las canciones son muy buenos pero a medida que avanzan las cancio es pierden un poco su camino principal, aunque se recupera esa armonía en las últimas canciones cuando se crean mezclas mejor pensadas y sin tantos cambios abruptos

Lover Come Over in my opinion, and generally accepted as the best song in this album. I personally find the rest of the album underwhelming.

Hallelujah.... evening backing music

Dark and moody with sultry vocals. A little dreary for my taste, but pretty solid

Not my favorite.

7.8

Lots going on Sometimes very larger than life feel. Hallelujah Made me Google John Wayne Gacy to get even more gruesome details. Did not like that. Also felt all over the place so didn’t give me that album feel.

Kende hem van lover you should've come over maar voor de rest mooi album maar niet hellemaal mijn nummers

Hallelujah and Lilac Wine- top songs. Slow listening, a bit boring. Corpus Christi Carol was just plain weird.

The guy has a nice voice, but I feel like some of the hype is amplified by his untimely death. Too much Mariah Carey-esque flourishes for my liking.

Overall: I’ve heard 1/11 songs before. 5/10 it’s not my thing, but I guess if I squint I can see why gen x white men get off on it. Will not be buying this one or re-listening unless I’m accidentally overdosed by an edible.

HALLELUJAH

This album left me dazed and confused.

Some nice songs

i have listened to this a dozen times over the last 25 years as so many people love it. i don't see what they see but it's miles ahead of his dad's shit

Nothing too memorable about this one. Greta voice though.

Cần thời gian để ngấm.

Nothing crazy, just some nice moaning to some nice instrumentation

Top-tier vocal performance, but some of the songwriting isn't great and the album as a whole feels too long. Still an enjoyable listen with some high highs.

Pretty enjoyable. Did not expect one grunge song. Hallelujah (not this version) is a top 100 song. Originally by Leonard Cohen and apparently it's about sex so I can't wait to hear it in a bunch of inappropriate places for the rest of my life.

A really great album--undeniably. Buckley was so amazing and transcended and blended genre with such ease and mastery of music. Lover, You Should've Come Over is one of the greatest songs of all time. And yet, insane musicality does not a banger make. Perfectly cohesive, I'm sure a lovely vinyl. But I want an earworm.

64/1001 First listen. I know the name but haven’t heard one of these songs before. I was waiting for the big single but it never came. This is a pretty slow burn the whole way. I gave it a fair shot and will listen to this again when the mood is right. 5/10

Already one of my favorite albums but I haven’t listened to it in a while so it made my day better and more miserable

Not my style, only 1 song saved the album Hallelujah

2.7/5 Hallelujah is an all time great song.

Quite surprised by this one. Never really heard his stuff. Really nice voice and could have had an interesting career if he didn’t drown to death at age 30.

Paar banger aber auch ganz ganz schreckliche Lieder also keine Ahnung

Didn't really grab me. Not a style I love

I think I’ve only ever heard the Hallelujah cover so I’m interested and curious to hear why the album got mixed reviews and now seems to have been reexamined and reevaluated. The opener Mojo Pin sounded like 2 or 3 songs which was interesting and good but the second song, Grace, for whatever reason, I immediately disliked. Lilac Wine is very pretty and sweet sounding and a couple of these songs are great and a couple are just insufferable. How did Corpus Christi Carol make it on? I’m surprised at how uneven this all is. Definitely some major moments and some terrible misfires for me. Undeniable talent

Things my younger self has said/written about Jeff Buckley: "I got nothing against Jeff Buckly, but when I want to listen to little bitch music I put on Elliot Smith instead" Edgy. “Now this is an unpopular opinion, but I don't like Jeff Buckley. I think it's because of people who dabble in music love him. For me, he's music for the hobbyist, squarely in that category of slightly-off the beaten path alt-rock like muse and U2 that sit atop of an apex of nothing but their own blandness.” Meow. “What’s he ever done expect drown and write a song about it?” Snarky. I have softened these opinions somewhat in my old age. I would now go as far as to say this is a “good” album, but an overrated one.

Hallelujah is excellent. The rest of the album kind of sounds like he’s wailing? Idk it’s not bad but not necessarily my jam. I’ll stick to just hallelujah

Listening Notes Definitely seems like he had the sensibilities of someone who admires the composition of old standards, so much so there's covers on a debut (Lilac Wine, Hallelujah, Corpus Christi Carol). However, it also felt like the pressure to actually sell records creeped in, lending to the other tracks that have big guitars. Not to say the songs are bad by any means, perhaps a bit forced. The album thus feels like it doesn't know what it wants to be, wavering between half singer/songwriter ballads and the other half 90s alt rock. First time listen? Surprisingly, yes Fav tracks? Mojo Pin, Grace, Last Goodbye, So Real, Dream Brother Will it go into your rotation? I could see throwing this on for an evening

A lot of this album sounds like slow led zepplin songs. The rest is either every 90s grunge song i hadn't heard or a fine cover of hallelujah.

I like the corpus christi carol

Good album, but not my type. Yet it was a surprise, i wasnt expecting anything from it. There are some good songs.

This album is beloved but I feel like it’s never been a massive favorite of mine, though I enjoyed it more this listen and his version of Hallelujah is my favorite. Also def noticed the influence on Thom Yorke.

Don't care who came first, it's just fucking radiohead

Okay.

Pretty decent stuff in here. His voice is phenomenal! I liked Lilac wine, eternal life, and forget her.

Respect it but not my thing

A little too light for me

I know I'm supposed to like this album but I just have never been able to enjoy it. No denying his talent but it's just not for me.

If only he'd been a better swimmer...

Feels very 90s and I can see why he got so big. Redefining Hallelujah helps but that's the only song I knew prior to this listen so hearing the rock influences was fun.

Started off loving this. There are some very special songs on there - particularly Grace which has a nod to Cocteaus. Really good songwriting etc but one step removed.

I somehow have never listened to this album before either. There’s no denying the late Mr. Buckley’s talent, but most of his music is really not for me.

I see why this is some people’s thing but it’s not my thing

Ethereal.. Forgettable.

7/10 - obviously Hallelujah is the big one but dare I say this is better than his Dad's album; also bonus points for being a fan of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

We've all heard Hallelujah. It's a classic and everyone knows it. The rest of the album? I dunno. 3 stars because Hallelujah and a couple other knee slappers.

This starts off more intense/high energy than I assumed it would. Having a tough time getting into this though. Maybe it's my mood today, idk. He's obviously an incredibly talented singer, I just don't think I connect with the style/songs/lyrics. Something about records from this era-mid 2000's where all of the arrangements are very similar song to song. I bet this would have been an incredible live show, but it falls flat on a recording for me despite how good he is. The "capture a band performance" production style doesn't' always work for me, I guess. Hallelujah is the real reason we're all here, right? It truly is such a beautiful performance of a beautifully written song. Tangent: Cohen wrote 150 verses for this song over 5 years before he felt it was right... Music is almost never better after a process like that but I think this song is probably a major outlier. Apparently his record company told him "we know you are great, but don't know if you are any good" Lover is the other reason we're here I guess. I do really love this song. Surely they made Hallelujah close out Side A originally, right?? Corpus Christi Carol - insanely beautiful Eternal Life - lfg. Love this foray into hard rock/alt/nu metal? There's 2 basses on this song hahaha. Strings bring the beauty back. More into the 2nd half of the record!

I’ve listened to this a few times before but it’s never really blown me away in keeping with how much people rave about it That said, a few seconds into Mojo Pin and I’m revved up What is that warbly synth sound? Crazy reverse guitar in the right ear is sick Really interesting chord movement Whoa I don’t remember it being this heavy This is definitely an album that has influenced me through how it’s influenced my influences Sounds very 90s in a way I love. Tight snare, big and spacious. Crazy col legno sounds near the end of Grace FLANGE Macaroni mouth all over the place Proto-nu-metal? Eternal Life Dream Brother is dope Favourite tracks: Lover You Should Have Come Over, Dream Brother Didn’t care for: Eternal Life, Last Goodbye I think every time I’ve listened to this record it’s grown on me a little more. There is something really special about it, no doubt, it just hasn’t cracked through into the realm of repeat listens for me.

Owned it since it's release but never really loved it. Some great songs but always felt it was a little overrated

I started listening to this with trepidation. I’ve heard Hallelujah enough for a 1001 lives to have been lived. It’s a great, but vastly overplayed. The rest of the album is mixed. Some really great songs on it, but some where his voice just becomes silly (and one wonders whether Muse listened to this album a lot in their formative years). Overall, 3 stars.

Alright. Always meant to listen to this album, but after having done so, don't think I missed much

There are definitely 5+ star songs on this album which distort the grading scale...but, as a whole, it's lacking. His voice is both angelic and annoying at the same time. And he died way too young and this is all we really got from him, so that makes it precious as well.

This is quite a beautiful record. Don't really know much about Jeff but I really dig this one. The calm mood and melodies that are presented made it a nice surprise while listening to this in the early morning hours. Vocals pair nicely with the gentle instrumentation and makes it very easy on the ears. Solid record.

Decent crop of tracks here but nothing that knocks my socks off. So real was the only song I saved and even then it wasn't like an instant this is a track ill listen to 100 times in a row type song. Its just pretty good and thats it. If I cared more about lyrics this might be incredible but I dont and it isnt. Its just ok. I do like that it has a few wild swings. Toward the end there is almost a nu metal type song that made me laugh. Enjoyed that moment of happiness. But I wouldn't say its a great song either. Just fun enough. Meh but not in a bad way id the final verdict

His voice is amazing. Just didn't love all the music.

Hallelujah cover is good but bit boring as an album. Quite enjoyed last 3 tracks, started to get quite interesting n couple I would go back and listen to again. 3/5

Pretty mid overall, it was fine but nothing amazing here.

I know this is a classic for many and I really like parts of it. I can’t help but lose interest in so many songs on here.

Great

Plenty of songs that I didn't know who sang they were on the album. Also what a strange swing from rock songs to super light

Decent singing.

ok

Hallelujah carries the album

I really only liked hallelujah

Just beautiful, but not something I'll return to much on my own.

Decent. Always loved a couple of these tracks. Can’t say I’ll go back for the others very much/ever.

How to make a normal length album sound like a 25+ song album. No but seriously there were a couple good songs but some I just didn’t give any time of day.

enjoy the second half of the album much more than the first.

Wish there were more Leonard Cohen covers.

Wanted to like this more. Echoes of greatness but ultimately it’s a miss for me. Don’t like the sound despite liking the songs and the voice

A few great tracks. Last Goodbye is amazing, Hallelujah is haunting. Rest peters out a bit.

Great voice, but didn’t quite do it for me.

Back when I was a stupid teenager, I would have laughed at the idea of listening to Jeff Buckley. It was music for chicks who kept diaries or people who were scared of loud music. So I was kind of happy to see this album pop on the generator today – I could finally prove that I was now a sensitive adult with complex emotions and a nuanced understanding of life ! Well, as it turns out, being an adult is overhyped. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll gladly admit that Jeff Buckley was a very talented artist. His voice is a perfect example of the "soft whispers / broken voice / anguished screams" rollercoaster style of singing that was the mid-90s trademark, and he definitely influenced a lot of musicians. The production is rich and well-polished. The title song "Grace" is indeed amazing, and belongs to the best of what the 90s had to offer. That being said, and despite his talent, Jeff Buckley constantly reminds me why I usually dislike the singer-songwriter "genre" (or whatever you call people singing sad songs without crediting the band). It’s an inherently self-centered, self-absorbed genre that relies on a limited set of tools (but mostly the voice) to convey emotions that are invariably sad and whiny, and almost always about the singer himself. It’s not very subtle, and I find this constant emotional outpour exhausting. It’s basically music to cry yourself to sleep. It gets even worse for musicians who died young like Buckley (with bonus points if they were hot) – people are constantly ranting about how sad and tragic it is, as if their unfortunate (but entirely avoidable) demise somehow made their music better. It doesn't, and I wish people would stop abusing and overusing the word "tragic". So yeah... Nice album, but super overrated in my opinion. I like emotions to be subtly alluded to, not shouted at me. I’ll give it a 3* for talent and influence – but it’s clearly not something I’d listen again, I just can’t relate with all that drama. 6/10

There is something inherently tragic about listening to an album from a rock star who died young. Looking at their picture on the album cover, forever frozen in time, with just their songs left to talk to us now. In Buckley’s case, he released just this one album then died, apparently after a swimming accident, at the age of 30. There’s an additional level of poignancy here, because his father Tim (who had abandoned him as a baby) also died young, in his case from a drugs overdose at 28. Both father and son were not really appreciated when they were alive, but now have posthumous reputations that have grown as time has passed. Tim Buckley’s ghost haunts this record - it was released in 1994, but it harks back to the folk rock sounds of the 60s and 70s, particularly in the cover versions of the songs Lilac Wine and Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. It’s difficult to know what directions Jeff may have gone in after this, and we’ll never find out.

The first two songs are lit! The third (Last Goodbye) sounds like it was recorded at Paisley Park and doesn't all come together, but it would have been typical mid-90's sound and So Real sounds like a Soundgarden knock off, which isn't horrible but also not great. Hallelujah, is a good cover. Forget her has a great groove.

Nice enough but a bit boring.

I don't know about this one. Parts were good but there felt like a lot of water space.

Cool sound less my cup of tea

Pretty good. Not a lot of standouts for me, with the obvious exceptions of Last Goodbye and his stunning rendition of Hallelujah, which are both enough to pull this album up overall.

Really excellent. His voice is incredible

Moro moro :D täähän oli ihan ok. Liian pliisua menoa mulle mut uppos ihan hyvin. Jeffillä hyvä ääni.

Artisti oli itselleni ennalta vain nimenä tuttu. Olihan tämä taas ihan toimiva, vaikkei projektissa käyttämässäni "töiden taustalla" -kuunteluympäristössä yhdellä kasuaalilla kuuntelulla sen vahvemmin säväyttänytkään.

Ihan kiva!

Lots of decent music on here, I just couldn't really get into it. Sorry Jeff.

have tried to get into this one over the years and never could. recently might have found a passage through in the song "Dream Brother." Lilac Wine and Hallelujah are obviously gorgeous covers. It is operatic and the influence upon Thom Yorke can be heard. This still sounds very 90s and specific to a certain coffeehouse vibe with one song veering into some post-grunge territory. I enjoyed it on this full listen-through and maybe it grows on me but hard to say. as funereal as Closer by Joy Division but in a much different way. The album sounds like the masses of bouquets at a wake, for better or worse. hard to separate from the artist's death, but would like to check out documentary for more perspective.

what an album!! so raw and evocative. he’s got such a soulful, pained voice. lover you should have come over is a song of all time for me, for sure. i think this’ll be a re-listen for sure. i didn't entirely love it, but i think it's an album that deserves some more time - will relisten.

Some pretty decent songs on this album, a couple I added to my liked songs playlist. I felt there were a couple that also didn’t need to be on the album. Overall good!

I think Jeff Buckley has a great voice and was a talented guy probably with a bright future. But after 2 listens of this album, it’s not my favorite thing in the world. I did rediscover a couple songs I loved in High School, but outside of that, this album falls a little flat for me in my old age. RIP Jeff Buckley. Ps. If I were to revisit JB, I’d pick a random live set, most likely.

It’s ok.

Generally enjoy this album on the one hand. But there isn't a great deal to it beside Buckley and his voice.

Niet geweldig

Definitely one of the best that I’ve heard out of the past week. Lots of it isn’t my taste but you can’t go wrong with the Hallelujah cover. I think that this would be most suited for people of a young teenage age going through there first break up.

Highlights are strong, but some of the rest comes across as less durable filler and more of the moment.

Deze sessie heeft het herbevestigd. Ik ben helaas geen fan van Jeff Buckley. Tuurlijk hangt er een soort mysterieuze sfeer rond deze plaat. Eén album maken, succesvol zijn en dan plots verdrinken. Maar voor luisterplezier zat ik 'm niet graag nog ene keer aan. Wat me wel opvalt is hoe veel nummers, zeker in het begin van de plaat, heel 00's klinken. De Alt-rock bands buitelden in de zeroes over elkaar heen, maar Jeff was ze eigenlijk al 10 jaar voor met dat geluid. Maar op Grace worden heel veel genres door elkaar heen gebracht. Je hoort soms ook vleugjes grunge en Radiohead. Maar nee, het grijpt mij niet voldoend om echt mee te gaan met de hype. 6,5/10 Highlights Lover, You Should've Come Over

Have always tryed with this album but it’s never stuck.

A bit weird, and listening to it was more of a journey than just a background. It was ineresting and unconventional i guess but i liked it.

Blah

I've know of this album for ages, but for reasons unknown I've never listened to it. It is a gorgeous record, but the music is not my kinda stuff. I am almost embarrassed to admit it, but most of the songs are background layerings to me. Tapestry for the mundane chores. I don't want to analyse this any further, I'll just get annoyed or depressed.

3,5/5. Позвоните маме.

Good album and I can see how people love it. I just was not that into it.

One of those albums that I have always been aware of, but never played. As a guitar player, it's an inspiring listen. Dreamy, etheral and drenched in reverb. The sometimes almost proglike compositions are quite enjoyable, the constant (ab)use of falsetto starts to grate after a while however.

Nothing fancy, solid album

Likes his guitar and vocal sliding. I'm mediumly convinced. Liked his Halleluiah cover!

5 It’s also too early in the morning for this but I like a bit of Jeff sometimes so this score would be different at another time lol

I thought this one was a good listen, lots of range with some upbeat fun songs and emotional ballads. I didn't realize how many people had covered Hallelujah, I felt like his was one of the better ones I've heard.

Ik snap Jeff Buckley niet heel goed eerlijk gezegd. Muziek is best ok, ben niet de grootste fan van zn zang, maar wel genre is dit? Is dit Rock? Ik denk het wel maar het voelt wat trager en slapper dan rock. Is dit dan SPR?(Slappe Piemel Rock)? Klinkt al wel iets logischer. Hallelujah is prima, ik vind de Leonard Cohen versie sterker en dragender, maar ik irriteer me niet aan deze cover ofzo. Eternal life is dan wel weer een echte rockplaat, funny omdat daarvoor juist een heel klein nummer is waarin de stilte zo zwaar aanwezig is. Dat contrast is heel vet gedaan en had Jeff wat mij betreft vaker mogen toepassen nog. Afsluiter Forget Her vind ik echt een mooi nummer, goed gezongen, wat trager en je hoort (vind ik) de emotie in het nummer. Meer van dat! Voor nu was het voornamelijk een prima album met hier en daar een echt sterk nummer en wat matigere rock muziek ertussen. FAVO: Lover you shouldve come over, Forget Her

He’s not doing Hallelujah like the Shrek soundtrack is doing Hallelujah I’ll tell you that much

Eh but Shrek but I mean eh

Overvurderet

For me the album was a late night listen, slow and easy listen.

I like a lot of this but it’s a bit overwrought

It was good. The vocal range is amazing and the use of instruments is clever.

This a very highly rated album in my part of the world (Australia). I'll be honest I never really listened to it before as I'm kinda drawn to music heavy with political commentary, irony, or generational despair. This is more timeless, romantic, and almost archaic. The first thing that strikes me is that even though this is called a "Jeff Buckley" album, the band is excellent. Jangly, reverb-heavy guitars, dynamic shifts—but also strong jazz and folk fingerprints, combined with that unique vocal sound (sometimes a whisper, sometimes a banshee wail), make this sound almost like a musical version of a Van Gogh painting. Creating feeling through sound rather than emotion through texture, transforming the personal & everyday into timeless art. "Eternal Life" was my highlight. This is a good album. Well crafted and hits the targets it's trying to hit. Not exactly my cup of tea but I can appreciate the artist's vision and his ability to communicate it.

If you strip away the mystique behind Jeff Buckley and his father both dying young, you will find that this album is product of its time. A lot of albums in the 1990s sounded like this. The album was okay but, his falsetto annoyed me after a while.

A lot of these guitars are very minus the bear

He has an amazing voice, but the best song on here is a cover. Feels like 3 stars.

REM meets Manic Street Preachers without any charisma.

Meh, just not my vibe. Felt like it was lacking and not striking any chords for me. So Real was the only one that really reached out and grabbed me. Likely because the song sounded like something Led Zeppelin would put out. Finding out that he passed away shortly after this album dropped does give it a more haunting feel. Whether it be my taste or not, he was quite talented lyrically. Rest in peace.

415/1001

lots of range, vocal style all over the place but all pretty decent.

No, still can’t enjoy this album. Back in 94 my friends raved about it and I just couldn’t get it. Still can’t, but in this artist’s case, I may be wrong, so favourable rating.

I was really impressed with his voice (only was familiar with Hallelujah as many people are) but the album felt a little scatterbrained.

Eternal Life is a great track. His voice is wild. Probably won't come back to this, but this was definitely fun at times. His voice is a bit much for an extended listen. I don't know...I might come back to it. It's so over the top.

diet radiohead but his voice is really amazing if we are being fr, would have loved to hear him sing over an entire Talk Talk style slowed up ambient pop album Fav song: Corpus Christi Carol

Beautiful voice. Hallelujah is really nice, but not like the original by LC or the Shrek version haha. Interesting album, but not sure I will play it that often.

Everyone has heard Hallelujah. Other than that I haven't listened to Jeff Buckley at all though. He has a great voice and the songs are really soulful and beautiful. Its music that fits really well when you are in a certain headspace. In the middle of summer while I'm on vacation its not the music I would choose though.

His only album. The circumstances of his death in 1997 are pretty crazy. Hallelujah is a great cover song. Buckley nails his version. This is actually a really nice album. It's very well produced. Buckley maybe over eggs the vocals at times and it's a big sound.

Tragedy that he died so young and needlessly. This is a very good album. He was a very talented musician. Some of these songs are a little too pop oriented for me, but the heavier rock songs are killer.

It’s ok. But not quite worth the hype.

Pretty good, might listen again. Sounds like early Radiohead.

already listened to it

Beautiful vocals and haunting melodies.

That's not my taste in music - But ok

3.5

Good

some songs are amazing and many are too long and chaotic

Bastante raro, no me disgustó pero definitivamente no sería algo que eligiría para escuchar. Aguante el tema de Shrek

I has no expectations going into this, and was pleasantly surprised by the time I got to the second track, with flavours of Anathema and Radiohead. Unfortunately, as the album went on, it became too much whining. Best tracks: Grace, Lilas Wine and Lover, You Should’ve Come Over

Wanted to like this more than I did - Hallejullah (?) was beautiful, some other good songs, but honestly was putting me to sleep a little

‘Grace’ was one of the set pieces I had to study for music gcse so this took me back.

Just fine.

6/10 - songs are too long. Kinda pretentious. Corpus Christi Carol is borderline unlistenable.

Not really my jam

HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!

Outside of the obvious “Hallelujah”, I liked “Grace” and “Eternal Life”. That said, I wanted to like this whole album more than I actually did. The song writing and musicianship is there, the rest of the songs just didn’t resonate with me for the most part.

This was a very difficult and thick album to get through. It’s genre-defying and incorporates a lot of styles. Sometimes simple and stripped down, and at other times pretty bombastic. And while not necessarily my cup of tea I can appreciate the depth here. Sad that we’ll never know what else he was capable of given his untimely death.

Nice album. Hallelujah is is with the price of entry. 3.5 but not quite a 4 for me.

Heard a lot about this guy, knew nothing about him. Another album I may have loved in a different time but here in 2025 I found much of it hard to take in, and the strongest tracks the ones he didn't write (take a bow James Shelton, Leonard Cohen and Benjamin Britten).

Great voice, I've heard songs but never listened to one of his albums before. This is a hard one to review. It's a weak four or strong three. I can feel how much this inspired and got built on. The softer folk approach really does work for him. His cover of Hallelujah is famous and sounds great.

Grace has some nice parts that grabbed my interest. Last Goodbye had me appreciating his vocals a little more, but it's still a bit much. I like Leonard Cohen's or K.D. Lang's versions of Hallelujah better. I get that he has a nice voice. Sometimes it's doing a bit too much. The instrumentation is fine, not doing anything special.

Chill alternative rock, it was okay. 2.5

Kannte ich gar nicht. Very nice.

He's really giving it his all here. Shout out to Jeff for his great cover, too bad it wasn't the one in Shrek

Some hidden gems on here, that falsetto and my guy never steps on a crack to keep from hurting his mother. Lilac wine is a banger and halleluah that was a good cover. 3.5

Heard of him, never listened until now, didn't expect him to be so romantic I was expecting something heavier, not my cup of tea but I can appreciate it

I’ve never really understood why Jeff Buckley gets so much love. I’m a known cover-hater. And Leonard Cohen is one of my favorite artists. So Buckley was already starting out on my shit list for being most famous for a Cohen cover. That said… it is a beautiful cover. But I thought the original was beautiful too…and in a haunting way that I think is more fitting for the song. So we’ll call it a wash, I guess. With all that out of the way, I didn’t hate this. But it didn’t blow me away either. Best I can do is a 3. 3/5 Highlights: Lilac Wine Hallelujah Dream Brother

Interesting album, some of the songs are nice, but it doesn’t quite click for me. Maybe someday

I know I’m supposed to love this album but I didn’t.

A mixed bag of really good to great songs, and some not-so-good material. I know this album has a strong cult following, but I wonder how his early death contributed to his borderline canonization as an iconic artist. Are people reacting to his work, or to what they think he might have become based on a small sample size?

2.9/it was fine

I don't fw him like a lot of people do

A bit too all over the place for me

Musically this is really enjoyable. Vocally and lyrically, Buckley disappeared up his own ass, where the rest of the world would inevitably follow - and still remain- after his death. He's obviously a great singer with real range, but here he uses it to go in circles over the same subject matter - fear in love - and only occassionally does this lead to anything insightful or revelatory. Those occasions are beautiful, but it's telling that the album's unmissable peak is a rendition of a song Buckley didn't write in Hallelujah - though to his credit it is the definitive version of the song.

Hallelujah! Jesus, that’s a big song. Will always remind me of the West Wing episode. Tears jerked! The rest of the album? Not my brand. 3 stars for CJ!

gut gemacht, solide musik - aber emotionsarm, d.h. nicht mitreissend.

• 3/5 • the best tracks have lovely sparse arrangements; harder songs are less interesting and more derivative • side A songs feel unbalanced, with an overemphasis on top-of-the-range volcals/falsetto • Hallelujah marks a shift and is a beautiful standout

Hallelujah was beautiful along with some of his love songs. Too bad his career ended so soon.

Litt tregt, men Eternal Life trekker bra opp. Tøff bass der.

Already recommended by a friend so I had given it a listen before. I don't know what I'm talking about but I feel like this album has way more dynamic range than most things that get recorded at least in the contemporary days so listening to it with headphones makes it feel like there's something that was done really well to mix these songs. I don't really put these songs into any rotation but I appreciate it what for it is which is a singing-chops focused album. "So Real" gets to my speed at like 2:20 for a brief time "Corpus Christi Carol" completely stops the inertia and is the point I want to turn it off

3.5

Pretty good but at times was repetitive for me, have to give it a relisten

One of the sadder stories in music family history with immense talent lost very early in both Jeff and Tim Buckley. My first introduction to Jeff back in the day was Hallelujah. No surprise there as it is masterfully done and was famous even on release. This is probably my preferred version. I am guessing Cohen would have been proud of the effort. The lyricism and songwriting are tight throughout and the production is clean. Maybe a little too clean. I occasionally wondered if some of the vocal gymnastics were sincere emotive channeling, or a more calculated exercise, which strips some of the appeal for me. All in all a decent Sunday listen.

Overall decent. "Lover, You Should've Come Over" bumped it up to a 3.

Jeff Buckley’s music is more engaging & better executed than his father’s music. He’s got a strong voice with great range & his songs are less self-obsessed — he’s revealing his inner world, and it’s full of the pain that is in many lives from time to time. Highly relatable. I hear the precedent for Gavin Degraw and other muscular male musician-vocalists. I hear Freddie Mercury as an influence, which is interesting. I’m sure this album is a crossroads of influences and influenced. But there’s something that doesn’t fit — something is forced. It’s not bad, i should listen to it again. A three.

tegund af söngi sem mér leiðist, skalarskalarskalar. en vel gert og lögin frekar góð. hafði slæm áhrif á kassagítarstónlist næstu ár á eftir en hefur tekið út sína refsingu, 3,5.

Wow 😳 What an opening

I think there are a few good songs on here, but mostly Buckley is trying to hard to sound soulful and for me it comes off as forced and strained. At times it's more wailing then singing IMO.

muy depresivo para mí

Someone explained Jeff Buckley to me once as “a musician who was just too precious for this world” Another guy once used his cover of Hallelujah as an example of how the cover can be better than the original. I never trusted him again. Undeniably of an era. If Jeff Buckley wasn’t castrated as a child would he have grown up to be Chris Cornell? So real - I like Corpus Christi- gratuitous display of range? Sludgy guitar follow up on eternal life is a funny choice. “Hey guys, I’m still cool” It isn’t bad. And I DO enjoy getting laid.

dirty projectors sounds like radiohead today i def hear the plant/zepp influence okay i like this. id like it more if the album cover didnt look like this. its terribly offputting, but the music is pretty damn progressive. I can hear (or think I hear) a little jeff buckley instrumentation and guitar playing influence on bands like grizzly bear, which i think is cool...especially in GRACE, sounds just like a Grizz tune. Beautiful Jeff's vocals are very emotive. It's clear how hes influenced indie acts from the 2000's SO REAL guitar tone...really nice, Grizz jacked that 4 sho I skipped HALLELUJAH 3 minutes in ETERNAL LIFE woke me up. this song is a peak through the window of what it would look like if Jeff tried to be more trendy, and it works. Overall I really enjoyed it. Tracks that I really like are a bit scattered all over the album, and because of that I can't give it more than a 3. But I appreciate what he was doing here.

Overhyped

hallelu, yah?

7/10 Highlights: Eternal Life Grace Dream Brother Hallelujah

Wikipedia says David Bowie considered this the best album ever made; au contraire, Dave. Nearly fell asleep and crashed my car around "Lilac Wine" or "So Real" before the excellent "Hallelujah" cover revitalized me. I started to like the album a little more the third time through but I still doubt I’ll be back for a fourth.

Good

Has a great voice and musically more interesting than I expected but this does definitely feel like an over-confident debut.

Another one of these musicians beloved by other musicians and critics alike. I already have this album and think it’s good but would people bang on about him so much if he hadn’t died such a tragic death? If he’d not died, carried on and made more albums I’m not so sure.

An overall pleasant listen. I didn't hear anything that would have me coming back for more, but I wasn't having a bad time either. 3/5

Highlight: Last Goodbye In a nutshell: the muse. I have a big chip on my shoulder about Jeff Buckley. Talented, for sure. He created a thoughtful combination of folk, jazz and alt rock. It's an album that you instantly identify with the 90's. What spoils the experience of Grace for me is that: (a) Jeff stretches songs longer than necessary. Key example: Hallelujah didn't need to be nearly 7 minutes. Cohen's original is 4:39. There is 90 seconds of unnecessary noodling on Buckley's version. (b) Jeff's style spawned SO MANY imitators. Bad ones, at that. I will go back to this album in a few months to see if I shake off this grudge I'm holding. Overall: 5/10

Pretty great, nice and varied and he has a beautiful voice. Sounds slightly dated now.

i see this bitch everywhere and im tired of it mojo pin- 4 or 5. boring grace- 5 last goodbye- 4 lilac wine- 3 or 4 😐 so real- 4 hallelujah- leonard did it better bitch. 3 or 4 lover, you should have come over- 5 corpus Christi carol- 4 or 5 eternal life- oh thank God. I couldn't take anymore soft slow songs. nvm I hate his voice. 4 dream brother- 4 forget her- 3 or 4 overhyped

Pretty decent

ethereal rock... interesting style but the genre isn't for me

Like it 3/5

War halt ein Pop-Album. Don't really understand how it's special

It’s good, not as good as I remembered but good.

3/5

Överraskande hög kvalitet på det mesta utöver den uppenbara klassikern, känns inspirerat o välgjort men inte helt min grej

Random thoughts: * Last Goodbye is my favorite track from this album. Probably influenced by its inclusion on the Vanilla Sky soundtrack. * Lots of the songs have a similar guitar sound to Last Goodbye which is distinctly Jeff Buckley. * There are some heavy rockers on here that I forgot. * Hallelujah is an amazing cover and shows that Jeff had some excellent taste. * I read that Beth Gibbons recorded Teardrop (by Massive Attack) on the day she learned of Jeff's death. * Kevin Morby recorded an album ("This is a Photograph") about Memphis that has several references to Jeff Buckley on it. His impact is still going strong 25+ years later. * Overall it is a pretty good listen with a few really standout tracks.

Started off quite well. First two songs were interesting musically. His voice reminded me of Thom Yorke's a bit. Wasn't that keen on the middle of the album, went quite rocky. But wasn't paying 100% attention so would like to relisten. Last two songs were gorgeous, especially the last one.

I'd rather listen to The Bends

I feel like I could see why it was rated so highly. He had a good voice, and the music was interesting. I'm not sure how much I personally am interested in listening to it again, though. It's not really the style of music I generally listen to.

eh it was alright. like a 4/10

Jeff Buckley sounds sad here as intended, but often is too croony for my taste. His falsetto is paired with instrumentation that is rarely immediate, mainly because the large collection of midtempo and slow songs back to back to back have the effect of lulling you into placing the experience more in the back of your mind than commanding the forefront. There is a lot of beauty here, and the album inspired Matt Bellamy of Muse to create some music I love very deeply, so that is a huge plus.

Expected to like it more than I did. That said it was a good listen.

The Leonard Cohen cover is mid

a classic, nice

The notable songs on this hold up incredibly well. The deep cuts are sort of annoying to me, though.

Hallelujah was of course fantastic but I found, besides the vocals, the overall album just ok

A bit sappy for my taste.

Hallelujah

Loved the well known tracks but found the other bits very tepid...

Nice vocals

I can't unhear this 💀💀: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ0iTDafXuM

I enjoyed

7/10

Not for me

He’s got a good voice but isn’t my bibe

I feel like I should like this more than I do... not sure why I don't. 'Hallelujah' to me is really an incredible cover, many times better than the original in my opinion. I also found 'Forget Her' to be my favourite non-cover song. Other than that I had a hard time finding something I really liked. I think his sound and singing is good, but the songs just didn't resonate with me.

Some good, some meh, overall not bad.

Very nice.

Just ok. Hallelujah us amazing though

If Jeff Buckley had been a better swimmer he would have been forgotten by now.

I expected more from this to be fair. don't get me wrong this was a solid album. Grace has just been one of those 90's classics, but its not something I would listen to on a regular basis. I should state that this is a good record, just nothing, aside from certrain songs or moments, that makes it stand out as genius. Favorite track: Lover You Should Have Come Over. Overall score: 6.5/10

Hallelujah legendary ofc had a good time listening, not stunning though

Not bad just not for me.

couple of great songs, a little over the top with emotions at points

Never heard it before ... I liked it.

I love Hallelujah…and don’t love the rest of the album.

Good, not great.

A good singer songwriter album I've heard about for awhile now. Not bad but I found his voice to be pretty shrill. 3/5

I can't deny he has a lovely voice but this album really isn't for me. The songs are far too long and empty, they somehow feel longer than they are which is impressive. And as much as I love Hallelujah, it doesn't make the rest of the album better. Although, as someone who attended Corpus Christi College, can't believe I never heard the Corpus Christi Carol. Okay, got to 'Eternal Life', feels so random on the album but damn it was the upbeat song I needed.

Some good songs, but overall it was boring to me.

hmm ich bin nachli verwirrt, sini stimm isch mega klar und schön aber passt iwie gad nöd mega zu mojo pin? ahhh überraschigslied vode gestrige warteschlange, hoi we came as romans! poah de het ja au nöd schlechti zahle, iwie schwebts nachli ah mier verbii er het e uhuuere stimm bi lilac wine so real kenniiiii vo irgendwo! sehr cool und s gitarresolo isch huere geil hahaha hallelujah hani gnueg ghört sorry jeff er het so e jugendlichi stimm? corpus christi isch seeehr krass wow OHH eternal life isch ja recht "heavy" de bass chessled na geil ide strophe findis recht grungey qber mit sonere klare stimm tönts mega "falsch" hahaha dream brother kenni iwie? aaaah s erinnered mi ah amorphis hahaha fuck würkli ich hans gfühl es git es lied vo ihne wo seeehr ähnlich tönt wie dream brother uuhuere geil wie daa d atmosphäre uufbaut wird willi lust han losi jz auno forget her!! ohhh das isch huuuere schön DAS SOLO HAMMOND ÖRGELI ich bin gad sehr versuecht, es 4i z geh, will die letschte paar lieder echt geil gsi sind! und iwie findi, dass bi dene lieder au sini stimm besser passt het. leider hets sich für mich aber ener zoge, drum eifach es starchs 3

Good, interesting voice.

3.0 - Ok

Not bad but not great.

As a 90s kid who also learned guitar a few years after this album came out, I was very familiar with "Hallelujah" but hadn't heard the rest. I was primarily struck by how good the rest of the album was, with the possible exception of the last few songs that probably slapped in the 90s but now seem more stuck in amber. I was also struck by how long the songs were ("Hallelujah" alone is almost 7 mins!!). Seems like 5- and 6-minute songs were more commonplace in the 90s than today, but then again I'm no Phish fan like others in this group... This album is very 90s, from the sound of the drums and alternative rock instrumentation to its classic rock influences, occasional strings and coffeehouse ballads. And the quick fade out on the last track! So 90s. It was definitely in the rotation at your local cafe. All in all, Grace is a good album but not my fav.

I think Hallelujah is super cheesy and overplayed, but besides that, I enjoyed this album. Probably won't be returning, but a nice album to listen to with interesting lyrics and sounds.

It's good, very good. Artists loudly singing love ballads isn't my kind of music though. The random "I love you" on So Real is the cheesiest thing I've ever heard in music

Jeff: Waaaaaaaaiiiiilll That guy from Muse, sat at the back of class: (furiously scribbles notes) This is gold! Having said that, the album did begin to grab me at So Real. I'm not sure if it got better or I just got a rush at that moment. Then his version of Hallelujah hit, which I obviously know, but I was surprised how much I enjoyed it in context. He really captures the sarcasm and tenderness of Cohen, which really exposes the Alexandra whatserface from X-Factor version, devoid of it. Lover you should have Come Over continues this trend of unexpected high enjoyment in the dead centre of this record that leaves me reassessing my early opinion. It dips again after this peak, leaving a perfect inverted V level of quality for the record. For that reason I feel 3 is dead centre of the ratings and thus perfect right now. It's possible I will return to this record and appreciate it more as a whole, but right now I'm sticking with that. On Dream Brother we're back to proto-Muse and it's really evident how much they owe this guy a career.

incredible vocalist, some of the songs seem a little too slow and drawn out for their own good, my dad would love this record. i enjoyed this, 6/10

Amazing voice.

And now I understand what everybody was going about with Jeff Buckley. It's too bad he only had the one album.

I’ve known this was an acclaimed album since the early 2000s and remember listening to it then. It didn’t get under my skin then and it still doesn’t. It’s fine, but eh.

Almost reminds me of early Alt J?! Dig.

Still find this overrated as an album, with only a couple things to love in it. Great version of John Cale's already great version of Hallelujah, but that took me down a John Cale rabbit hole, which was much more rewarding. 3.5☆

Hallelujah is the only song that is great.

This is a good album, some of the songs are pretty nice, and it's great for a background listen. Also, a pretty good Hallelujah performance, which is the song with the most listens in this album.

3/5

I like his voice a lot but the songs were too long and it felt too repetitive at times, I really liked the one song that got tik tok famous

This album has my favorite version of Hallelujah, but all of the other songs had no business being as long as they were

The cover of Hallelujah is good. The rest is ok.

Not quite sure how to rate it. It sounds okay, but no part apart from Hallelujah hooked me in. And Jeff Buckley will always be for me Hallelujah guy. But it's a nice version, the songs are rich, a bit dynamic, but the entire album kinda suffers in my eyes from living on the same CD as Hallelujah does. Obviously it's all sang beautifully. I think it's a strong 3, weak 4.

Ok? I guess? 5/10

This was my first outing with Jeff Buckley, and by the record's end, I struggle to call Jeff Buckley a singer/songwriter, because it feels like he's doing more than that. Yes, there are the more calm songs that would make him a hit with the coffee house set, but Buckley also offers more raucous songs. They're not bad at all, but the more lively ones can feel a little out of place at times ("Eternal Life"). There's a haunting quality to his work the kept me listening and drew comparison to Thom York's vocals as well as various eras of Radiohead, particularly "Chorpus Christi Carol". Jeff Buckley has been one of my favorite "new to me" artists and has kept me coming back since this listen.