Grace

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.

liikaa jee jeetä

Not bad, inoffensive. Had maybe one or two songs I'd keep, and maybe five that I didn't skip while listening and working. Grace, Mojo Pin, and Dream Brother I kept. I'll need to listen again to see if I'll really keep those. Maybe it'll reduce down to only Grace or maybe everything will be relegated to the b-list. 2.5/5 I think.

Great guitar pieces and musicianship, but overall it doesn't do a whole lot for me. I think it's the style of Mr. Buckley's mumbly, winy, vocals—but please don't mistake my distaste as a flaw on his part, because he seems to have exquisite control of it and it's done that way very intentionally. I've listened to this album at least twice before—quite a few years ago now—and so I can safely say it has not grown on me with time nor repeated listening. It's probably safe to say that this just isn't my cup of tea, so I should give it a 2, but it deserves no less than a 3 based on the musicianship.

Funny, I've avoided this for ages because I can't bear to hear Hallelujah. But you forget how much of the record sounds like Zeppelin. Also, dynamics-- loud louds and soft softs. On the whole, I enjoyed it more than I expected to, and the Hallelujah thing isn't his fault.

Not to my taste, though he has a nice voice. I don't get a sense of melody or rhythm in his songs, though his cover of Hallelujah is great.

It's okay.

I really enjoyed the moody sound of this album. Jeff’s voice reflects a similar sound of the lead singer of Jellyfish and is very easy to listen to.

Pretty standard rock, but Jeff Buckley still had an amazing voice. Though at some point the repetition gets a little much

3.5

It’s nice but a touch overrated

High points and some totally forgettable stuff too.

not bad

Gone too soon

I know of Jeff Buckley, I’m assuming it’s due to his cover of ‘Hallelujah’ but I’m not really sure. This album was alright, I didn’t dislike it but really didn’t love it either. Appreciated the cover of ‘Lilac Wine’ by Nina Simone that I remember from earlier in my 1001 project. 3/5 middle of the road

I’m having hard time to trust myself on this album, since everyone loves it so much. I hear the raw emotion, the elegiac vocals, the earnest songwriting, the wide variety of styles he gathered together/ set in motion, the all-time great cover, the solid musicianship, the great production. I mean, this guy was the real thing. But I just don’t enjoy listening to it. I think it’s the lack of joy that turns me away. Maybe I need a therapist, but I’m not sure I can steer into material without joy.

gostei

Just an average album to me. It's not as good as the last two albums I reviewed. Some songs were quite good. "Grace" is one of those albums that had no impact on my mind. So I might forget it within a week. 3 stars for "Grace".

Pros: Jeff had such an impressive range that he made an album consisting of many genres of rock, so chances are you're gonna find a couple of songs that you'll like Cons: Jeff made an album of so many rock genres that the majority of the album will not be enjoyable, and the couple songs you do like aren't strong enough to carry the weight of the album

This album was ok, didn't really blow me away, but I guess I kind of enjoyed it.

Parts of this are incredible and blow me away, parts of this suck so hard I want to throw the record in the bin and set it alight, and parts of it annoy the crap out of me because of Buckley's incessant wailing which is unbearable at times.

Vahva kolmonen, voisi oikealla hetkellä kääntyä neloseksikin. Eternal Life päätyi omille listoille.

Pretty deep and sad album!

Slightly disappointing, too much emphasis on the vocals which warbled too much. I think he liked the sound of his own voice. Some good stuff too, but it never gets going.

Not surprised that both Jimmy Page and Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin like this album because some of tracks sound like Led Zeppelin, for example the opening track "Mojo Pin". The album also reminds me of the album "Little Queen" by Heart. Not a bad album, but not great either - I personally think that this album is overhyped.

DIdn't leave much of an impression.

it was a slow burn. but ok

A fairly enjoyable listen, I was genuinely dreading this one because I only know the cover of Hallelujah, which does nothing for me - I do not like that song. So I was surprised to learn that this had a really good selection of some rocky/folky songs, and the typical crybaby wanker shit. The first half of the album is truly good, but it does fall off after So Real. Maybe that's just because I don't generally like slow sad songs, which is what the remainder of the album generally consists of. It really amazes me how much Myles Kennedy sounds like this guy. Enjoyable listen, nothing really mind blowing here - also way too long for what you get. A lot of songs end up sounding the same. I probably wouldn't come running back to this, but it was certainly good enough.

"On the evening of May 29, 1997, Buckley's band flew to Memphis to join him in his studio to work on his new material. Later that evening, Buckley spontaneously went swimming fully dressed in the Wolf River Harbor, a slack water channel of the Mississippi River,[125] singing the chorus of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" under the Memphis Suspension Railway." In terms of music idk it was O K. Like i don't really get the hype, I know a girl that would kill a bus load of kids if it would bring this guy back but i wasn't really getting the hype from this album. I know his cover of Hallelujah and that's about it. This was whatever 3/5

One of those albums I was expecting to loathe, but it was fine overall. There are some genuinely good songs here, and then some that are questionable. Some of the lyrics are downright just bad. One lyric is legit “And I never stepped on the cracks 'cause I thought I'd hurt my mother”, and I was like wtf is this garbage? Also some songs I feel like he enjoys his own voice way too much. Overall worth a listen, but I won’t return.

I enjoyed his cover of Hallelujah, for sure. For the rest of the album, I did not love it. I could listen to it as background music, no problem. His vocals are pretty impressive in Corpus Christi Carol. I like the rock sounds, but overall, I did not like the vocal/sound combo. It wasn't as musical as I prefer, which I know is more my preference.

Nie najgorsze. Nie wyróżnia się, ale zdecydowanie nie drażni. 3/5

I enjoyed this more than I thought I was going to. I HATE Hallelujah, and being the most notable track I thought I was in for a rough ride. It ended up being okay, the rest of the songs were listenable even if I didn't love them.

You all know the big cover he got famous with. But the other songs are great too. I have more important Albums on my list though.

I run really hot and cold with Buckley. There's no arguing that his voice isn't impressive, but something about his songs sometimes feels just overwrought.

Not sure I'm smart enough to judge this album. Seemed brilliant at times but self-indulgent at others. I'm going to cop out and give it 3 stars

His "Hallelujah" is quite good, of course, but for my money only the second or third best version of that song. Other than that, there's a lot of forgettable stuff here.

A little, oddly mellow but poignant all the same.

Aight

This is the type of album I like to find on here - something I would have never come across on my own. I like parts of it, and it has a smooth vibe. I can see how he got his start in coffee shops. Songs I enjoyed - So Real, Hallelujah, Forget Her

It was ok

Beautiful album, his voice is really nice and I like the very calm instrumental to a more classic rock combo Like overall it was okay IMO I kinda got bored

This album reminded me a lot of Ours. I wish the world got to hear more from Jeff Buckley especially as he matured into his sound. Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5

3.5. Ok, obviously Hallelujah is class

Pleasantly surprised by the variety, but only really enjoyed about half of the songs. Reminds me of Muse in some way that I can't put my finger on.

3.5

I had a musician friend who was way into Jeff Buckley in college. If Jeff Buckley lived, this album would not get all the love it gets now. Music critics are just as sappy and deluded as everyone else. I don't mind retrospective reviews, but I definitely feel like once something gets a following, critics are forced to eat their words or look like they are out of touch. This is like alt-rock lite. This does feel like a synthesis of 80s music rather than something new. And at the same time grunge was making punk and garage rock cool again. His cover of Hallelujah is the hit and probably the main reason this album is so famous. It's a good cover of a great song. Maybe because it was the first major cover of it, but it's not so amazing to warrant all the attention. Lover, You Should've Come Over is the best song so far, it still has that 80s pop rock ballad sound, like a good Jamie Walters song. Followed up by the worst song on the album, Corpus Christi Carol. Forget Her is a highlight to close the album. If you caught me on a different day, I might love this album.

What a pretty voice this man had. Like, holy crap, the boy could sing. I don’t love all the music. There’s too much grunge. It was the style at the time, but his voice is wasted on trendy stuff. That’s why people respond so strongly to Hallelujah. It feels eternal. Wish we had gotten a chance for more from him.

Honestly had some vibes but some crazy ones in between. Hallelujah was so jarring after the best song on the album

Not bad

It was alright

This was okay. Didn't really grab my attention.

It was alright - classic rock stuff, couple boring songs, fine.

Soulful singer, lots of emotion. Had albums by his father too

Not bad at all, it was quite enjoyable

obviously that cover of hallelujah is phenomenal but i found the rest to be fairly forgettable

I really like Hallelujah, but that’s about it. Rest was very meh to me.

Didn't suck

Very Graceful. 3.5/5

Solid vocals but outside of a classic cover of hallelujah -primarily a background track

This guys stock has risen a lot in the past 25 years. Still, other than Hallelujah, nothing here really grabs me.

Listened to this the other day with a raging headache, and not surprisingly couldn't actually remember much of it when I went to rate it the next day. So it gets a do-over, and unsurprisingly my overall reaction is meh. It's fine. He has a nice voice, but the music itself is nothing to write home about, and the covers were better than the original songs.

He's got a nice voice. A tagedy that he's no more..

I have this album but only gave it a couple of plays. Listening back all of these years later, I see I was completely left with the wrong impression of a mediocre rendition of The Cult; hard to imagine how I got there since listening back, I hear nothing of the sort. This is more akin to early Radiohead, à la The Bends, with spacious light guitar sounds and a perfected falsetto. It never goes full out rock n' roll though, and creates a calming and almost religiously solemn mood. You're caught up in the moment, but the moment is an entire album length. Jeff Buckley's voice is powerfully delicate and deserves the showcase it has on Grace, but the songs aren't always really songs so much as moods, but maybe that is all that is needed.

This was an interesting album. I remember going to visit family one summer in Ft. Lauderdale when I was about 15. I hung out with a family friend for a few hours. He drove me around a bit while he told me about some of the bands he liked. The two that I remember him mentioning were Radiohead and Jeff Buckley. It was the first time I'd really heard the name, and all these years later is my first time really having a listen to Buckley. He has a very clear falsetto type voice. This album actually sounds a bit like early Radiohead. The entire album to me has a 90s sound to it. I would have been really interested to see what else he would have come up with had he lived longer. Note to self...do not go swimming anywhere near tug boats...wow. My favorite was probably Last Goodbye.

It’s alright

I was aware that Grace had been lauded as an exceptional album so I was excited to dig into it. The first track Mojo Pin initially validated my excitement but that excitement waned as the album carried on. Great voice and moments of brilliance. I considered I missed something and gave it a closer second listen but ultimately found it to me a fairly inconsistent album. Wish I liked it more but I just found it to be a half and half. 3 stars

Hallelujah makes the entire album worth it!

3 stars

Dull, but good.

There are two brilliant sides to this coin for me. On one hand, you have great 90s rock, truly among the best of the era. And then you have the softer, delicate side that is the Jeff Buckley signature for most people, and it is musical art in a class of its own. Jeff's sparkling guitar tone is second to none, and his vocals match it perfectly. That being said, the two halves stand out so separately from each other that they almost distract one from fully appreciating either. I wish the album felt more cohesive and less discordant for me.

I don't really get the hype that surrounded this album. I can only think that it had a lot to do with Jeff's tragic early death. Mostly it's fine, but just that and it does tend towards sounding like a poor man's Manic Street Preachers towards it's more rocky end. Ironically, despite Leonard Cohen being famously self depreciating about his voice and the very 80s production of the original, I still much prefer his Hallelujah to Buckley's. It feels a bit harsh to give this 2 stars, as it's not terrible, so I'm just about giving it a 3.

Smooth crooning. Nothing that makes me super excited but a very nice easy listen. 3.5

This album sounds very experimental and all over the place. It’s almost seems like Jeff didn’t know what direction he wanted to go in and threw it all on the same album. It’s gonna be a “it’s okay” from me, dawg

I enjoyed it! It was solid throughout. His voice is great and I like the melancholy songwriting throughout. Simple and satisfying to listen to.

I waited all weekend to write this review which was a mistake. I remember liking it but not enough to remember it. Outside of Hallelujah I couldn't tell you anything about the album. That being said, Hallelujah I such a powerful song that it makes the listen worth it alone. I don't know if it's Jeff Buckley or just the song itself that makes it so great. Either way, I'm glad to see it get it's recognition.

When you're 20, you're not quite an adult but society expects you live your life like an adult even though no one treats you like one, but you're also still basically a teenager because until last year you were so what difference would a year make, really? For some reason, every single emotion you have is still as gigantic as it was when you were living through the height of puberty, it's just now you're mostly independent and instead of feeling intense feelings about not making the cheer squad or flunking a math test or a fight with your mom, you're feeling all those emotions about your one-night stand or what you said when you were blackout drunk or you’re having an existential crisis about finding a career job. This is the time in your life when you will be the biggest fan of Jeff Buckley and his mournful moans, weeping blues riffs, and tortured poetry. I am no longer 20, but even when I was, Buckley was never my speed, though I did have two brief situationships who were both very into him. The first, a boy, loved Grace, and proclaimed it was ✨the greatest album ever made✨; the second, a girl, preferred his live material, and once told me that was where Buckley placed his ✨soul✨ before she then forced me to listen to his Van Morrison cover while lying on her bed. Both of these people, in my estimation, were wrong, but I gave them a pass because I too was 20, and I too cried out my feelings over both of them while attempting to listen to Jeff Buckley, although I turned it off before it finished both times, partly because of them, but partly because of the music. Now, as a full blown woman in her 30s, I rarely hear a soul mention Buckley, and I haven't thought about this album in ages. And that's for a good reason, because frankly, a lot of it is pretty bland. He's a good guitarist, but his blues formula feels pretty stale. What he isn't is a good vocalist, unless you value raw emotion over technique, and his moans sound like nails on a chalkboard to me. This combo makes the majority of this record not bad, per say, but it definitely evens out to boring, and sometimes pretty bad. But sometimes, I have to admit, he knows his way around a tune. The title track and "Last Goodbye" are the best songs here, and even though it's overrated, his cover of "Hallelujah" does hold up. I'm also a fan of "Eternal Life," but that's only because it picks up the energy after a drag. I'm more on the fence about "Lover, You Should've Come Over," but I see moments and hooks that I enjoy, even if I wish there was simply more of them to make me like it all for its whole runtime. And frankly, that's where I stand with the rest of the album. Buckley will have a spark here and there, but he either drags it out beyond what I'm willing to tolerate, or he adds a piece or five that make me want to gag. There's too much back-and-forth between the good, the bad, and the ugly here for me to loathe it, though it does come very close to my breaking point. If it was a little bit more energetic, I could see myself liking it, but if it was even a smidge more tortured, I’d despise it. Sometimes, you just have to accept that you've outgrown a certain musician. I may not be 20, but I'm still young enough to know the value of a Jeff Buckley, because I still remember when people acted like he was valuable. But age has numbed me, and my black heart is more apathetic than anything – to a lot of things, but especially to Jeff Buckley. But maybe this is just the situationships talking.

Buckley is a great singer and underrated for what he can do. The first two songs are great as well as his rendition of Hallelujah. Unfortunately the rest of the songs are too samey to stand out from one another and after an hour blend together.

Anyone who wrote the song from Shrek is a friend of mine

Not a bad guitar singer/songwriter album

If you were a twenty-something having sex in the mid-to-late 90's, there's a very good chance that you did it to this album more than a few times. "Hallelujah," indeed. It seems that Jeff Buckley's uber-sensitive-tortured-troubadour vibe just doesn't work so well in the modern daytime. Thanks for the memories.

Overly dramatic and sappy. Still good though, but... It's... A... Lot

First I’ve heard of him. Like this album.

meh

Memorable la versión de Hallelujah Corpus Christy Carol, una pieza suave y peculiar dentro del álbum, aunque en general el disco me resultó heterogéneo. Dream Brother es interesante y envolvente. Forget Her tiene un tono melancólico y dramático que me gusta.

Solid album. Guy was super talented. Sad he died so young.

6/10

I’ve gotten a couple Tim Buckley albums from this and I had friends who used to rave about Jeff Buckley. I could definitely hear his father’s influence on his singing. Ultimately I didn’t really connect with this. It wasn’t bad, just not my thing. I did really like “Hallelujah” and will be saving that one to my playlist.

Good individual songs but not the greatest album. 3*

Voz maravillosa. Disco rollo. Salvo versión de Hallelujah. Por su voz y por esta versión, le doy 3.

The music sounds great but it really doesn't do anything for me personally.

Voz maravillosa. Disco rollo. Salvo versión de Hallelujah. Por su voz y por esta versión, le doy 3.

pretty good for easy listening

Kuulostaa U2:selta. Kiva että b-puolella löydettiin suvannon jälkeen vielä basso revittelemään - meinasi jo mennä mulla usko, jaksaako Jeff melkein tuntia. Kivasti jaksoi. Mutta ks. eka lause.

Took a while, but vibed with it

The "Hallelujah" cover is the standout and legendary track by Jeff Buckley. "Lilac Wine" and "Lover, You Should've Come Over" are both good songs and worth a listen. This is more mopey and also full of more covers than I remember. 3.3 stars rounded down.

Oof. I had higher hopes for this. Hallelujah has been on my playlist for decades. The rest of it kind of falls really flat. His dad was the better singer/songwriter.

A little whiny for me. A couple songs stand out: Hallelujah, obviously, and Lilac Wine.

Hallelujah was incredibly impactful. Great stuff.

It’s the worst version of hallelujah but to be fair that’s because all of the awful copies. So not really his fault. I like the original and I like John cales version. The restraint in both of them suits the song. Would have been interesting to see where he would have gone. This album is not bad but I think it’s more an harbinger of things to come rather than a fully realised musical vision. That it was not to be is a tragedy. 3

wide range of sound on this one... corpus christi to eternal life is two opposite ends of the spectrum.

Hallelujah is a really good song and this is the best version of it. Other than that most of it was OK but we can see why other people like it a lot.

Rock album with aura. Full of love songs but they aren't corny

Mischung aus Folk, Rock und Soul mit Cover-Versionen. Stimmungsvolles Album.

Strong song writing and epic covers , discovered a few new songs.

The variety of song structures and singing styles was a positive and a negative for him. Some hit, many missed. Listening to this again did not give me insight into why all my college friends were into this album, but did clarify for me what I didn't like about it then. 3 is generous.

It felt like it was unfinished. Still sounded nice, but almost empty

Grace // Lilac Wine // So Real // Hallelujah // Forget Her 3.5/5

decidedly meh closer to a 2.5 but will score it a 3

some very strong, heartwrenching moments. equally - some very overwrought melodramatic moments. but I imagine striking a balance on such a sad album is near impossible

he seems like a nice man but maybe a bit much

decent stuff

I think I need more time with this album. I liked some of it a lot - Last Goodbye and Lover, ... For example. Other songs did less for me, and I'm afraid Hallelujah is so overplayed now that it loses all power. But I think it's plausible that if I listened to this multiple times I could grow to love it and maybe it would be a four or even five star album.

A little bit like a musical. Great to listen to the whole album in one piece.

Good but mid Last song made it a 3

Didn’t listen to it much but it seemed good with the first couple of songs

Took a while to grow on me but this is pretty good. There were some really annoying songs but overall very nice. Lover, You Should've Come Over and So Real were my personal favourites.

Heard of this guy in passing but never listened to his album. The whine meter on this is pretty consistently high for my taste, and he seemed to be reaching to fill space with his chord progressions and lyrics, making it feel forced. Nevertheless I liked a good bit of it.

Pretty fucking dull.

Jeff Buckley has a great voice and his command of it on this album is truly impressive. This is definitely well worth a listen, but probably a bit too full-on all the time to be an album I'd rate super highly.

Background listen for me

Decent album. Mostly slow song, which are performed well, but sometimes not what I want to listen to. In a different mood, it may have caught me better. 3/5 Might listen again

only listened to once on 4/18. would like a re-visit but this is where Hallelujah comes from. 3.2/5

Extraordinary voice...so so musical accompaniments. Overall some real moments of loveliness. Best Track: Mojo Pin

Quite the voice. Lilac Wine shows it off unadorned. Hallelujah can fight it out with kd lang for the definitive version. 3*

This was ok. let's be honest I'm only going to Listen to Hallelujah again from this album

This gets top billing for #1 sad boy album and feels like the soundtrack to every college kid's melancholy phase of the '90s. The tones are eerie, his voice is haunting, and he's very talented. It's beautiful and full of emotion, just not the emotion I'm feeling at this point in my life. I do like it, I just don't want to feel sad right now. But you can't help but think about the tragedy of it all when you listen to this front to back. I'm not crying, you're crying.

The only prior knowledge I had of Jeff Buckley was the Hallelujah cover and that he is Tim Buckley's son. Not sure what I expected but it wasn't this. Surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Never realized this was a highly regarded album. It's got a good mix some emotional rock songs and some slower ballads. Incidentally the Hallelujah cover is the worst song on the album for me (song has always bugged me). I can see why Jeff Buckley was viewed as an up-and-comer before his tragic drowning. Not sure it's one of the greatest albums ever but I can see why someone might identify with it. 2.95 stars

He had a really interesting voice and way of playing. I liked his lyrics. Not sure I would listen often but found it very enjoyable.

This really grew on me while I was listening.

I had only heard Hallelujah cover from Jeff Buckley before, so I was positively surprised how “rock” his only album is. Although not that different from many other 90s stuff.

Easy listening on a rainy day didn’t really blow me away though. The hallelujah cover was nice but I feel every version of that song hits

I like a lot of things about this album and it's hard to put a finger on why it's just not for me. It's completely different than anything else out there? Wavering too much between Soul, Rock, and Easy Listening? It's too emo? What I like is the passion behind everything and I assume it's the cover of Hallelujah that really keeps this on the map. Also, his tragic death makes this somewhat of an album of promise unrealized. I really like the song Grace and feel it was a blueprint for one of my favorite singers Jay Clifford of Jump, Little Children.

This was pretty good. I had no idea what to expect. Highlights for me: The Last Goodbye, So Real. In addition, I enjoy almost every cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah and this one was no different - I especially liked the simple acoustic guitar intro and accompaniment.

Love hearing Hallelujah. While his voice is wonderful - poignant at times and evocative, occasionally stirring- the melody of most songs did not compel me to listen a second time

Hallelujah is a classic, but the rest of the album didn’t do much for me.

More than just the Shrek song.

Não faz muito o meu estilo. Talvez eu mude de opinião daqui a algum tempo.

Fine. One great song... the rest don't really vibe with me.

Maybe it's because I listened to the definitive John Cale version of Hallelujah a million times, but I think Jeff took all the irony out of the song and he's responsible for the sappier versions throughout the years. The Cale version works because it's deliberately secular, the hallelujahs are reluctant, and he's stepping outside of the song to observe the torment/ecstasy. Or maybe I'm just a snob! Some interesting proggy stuff in here! A couple neat guitar tricks from the pretty boy. His playing/singing reminds me of when early-90s hair metal bands did a one-off acoustic number, like Mr. Big's "To Be With You" or Extreme's "More Than Words" or when Bon Jovi did... something. I'm sure Bon Jovi did an early 90s acoustic song.

Almost a 4 there's still just a few things that don't vibe with me

Not familiar with his music as much as the name. First song was a crazy surprise. The vocals could use some extra production in my opinion. It kind of sounds like someone irl singing alone in a room to a back track....which I mean, is recording...but it's so dry and flat feeling sometimes (not his voice is flat, but the producer should've put more effort in). There's not even reverb! Or at least...none I can hear besides maybe on the moans. He's got a good voice and I just hit the bong 6 times so I'm all fuckin dumb. Just realized too it's the Hallelujah guy lol James Franco lookin ass album cover. Maybe if he wasn't a weirdo he could've done a biopic. And I would've been the director. Favorites: Mojo Pin, So Real, Hallelujah (you have no soul if this song doesn't do anything) 3/5

I kind of liked, "Lover l, you should've come over". Other than that I didn't click much with this album.

I was really hoping to like this album. I know of Jeff Buckley primarily through his cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah (as most people probably), though the album never really clicked with me.

There’s Hallelujah, of course. The rest is ok. Gets fun when he plays the blues at the end.

Some good songs. However some of this album can be a bit if a dirge.

The nod to Led Zeppelin is clear, but Buckley’s voice doesn’t have the depth, range, or power of Robert Plant’s. Maybe it’s me but I keep waiting for a melody that’s moves me, but there aren’t any. Still, it is unfortunate that this was his only album because it is a noble effort. And his next album could’ve been huge. He was definitely talented.

I mean, it's cool in some ways like that it includes many variants of rock, even tho I'm some songs it's boring, but in some others it's great. Not too bad for 1 star, but not too great for 5 stars.

A pretty decent album. I enjoyed the back half more than the front half.

Didn’t care much for him as a vocalist. But he made up for it as a so-so songwriter. Pretty telling that the best track was the cover of “Hallelujah.”

Considering the reviews this album got by lots of folks, I'm clearly missing something. It's not bad and I can see that Jeff had talent, but it just doesn't blow up my skirt much.

Title song is damn good. The rest seems more than a little self-indulgent.

3.5; tracks were so hit and miss for me - some incredible; some I was really over very quickly

I can't recall when I heard of Jeff Buckley first, it wasn't related to his music, as I didn't recognize any of these tracks. I believe it was when I read about the lyrics in Massive Attack's "Teardrop" written by Elizabeth Fraser around the time he went missing. That said, this album didn't resonate with me. It is good, but nothing, not even "Hallelujah" made an impression on me.

Mojo Pin- this is giving Radiohead Grace-yeah Last Goodbye- mood Lilac Wine- A slow song but still very good So Real-yeah Hallelujah-a chill cover, he has a good voice Lover, You Should’ve Come Over-yeah Corpus Christi Carol-nah Eternal Life-banger Dream Brother- I like the backing sound Forget Her-sadgeness but good My Top 3: 1. Eternal Life 2. So Real 3. Mojo Pin/Dream Brother

placement. song name (popularity) 2. Grace (4th) ----------------------- 9. Eternal Life (10th) 1. Mojo Pin (8th) 3. Last Goodbye (3rd) 11. Forget Her (7th) 7. Lover, You Should've Come Over (2nd) 6. Hallelujah (1st) 8. Corpus Christi Carol (11th) 5. So Real (6th) 4. Lilac Wine (5th) Very low 3.

Pretty good. 7.5/10

I liked the first half of the album better than the second half. Makes me think of a mixed of Radiohead and Jump Little Children.

Pas mal.

Just okay. I thought I would like it more. Low 3.

Guter Klang.

Wow. Pretty depressing. Might be just right if you are really big into singer/songwriter, but I was not into it.

Had a gorgeous set of pipes on him, god rest his soul Knew how handle his guitar aswell, the riff on dream brother is sublime Could have told me that Jeff Buckley was a championship winger in the 2010s, who's now seeing out his career in the A league with Perth Glory this morning, and I would of believed it 3.5 / 5

Few decent tracks. God botherer. Scraping its way to a three

2.9 per track. A bit over rated and pretentious isn't it?

It was decent and I liked the variety, but it did not hold my attention.

Tragically, he's one of those artists that you wonder what they might have had in store for us in his future.

this is like a 3.9 stars for me or something. almost 4 stars. i'm going to listen to it a few more times, and i'm sure after listen four it'll be even at a five star. one of those albums you can tell will grow on you, but this early with it it's a three.