Grace

Jeff Buckley deserved more than one complete record in his discography. We deserved more too. News of his tragic and strange accidental death had broken on MTV before I headed in to the mom and pop record store I worked at. My boss was a huge Jeff Buckley fan and had also gotten me into him because he loved Grace so much he shared it with anyone who'd listen (thankfully I did). He was strangely quiet and didn't say anything about Buckley's death for a while. Eventually, while standing looking out the big front window, staring at nothing, he broke his silence. Wistfully he said, "You know, Grace is so perfect that maybe the world couldn't contain another Jeff Buckley album." It seemed like a sentiment to help him cope with the loss at the time, but it's something that has stuck with me for decades. Grace was by no means a success during Buckley's lifetime. It was shared and recommended by those who had heard it and absolutely had to make sure others experienced it too. It has since gained mythological status, but unlike myths and legends, everything you've heard about Grace is true. It's a magical album that can and will change your life. Turns out maybe my boss was right about this one after all.

I really liked this

An incredible album. A debut album between a big friend, David, and I's debuts in the world. "It's such deeply emotional, mystical music… just heightens my sense that this is an album that belongs to us."

Beautiful! His cover of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah is absolutely spellbinding ❤️

I had heard Hallelujah and expected the album to be similar, but was pleasantly surprised by the energy of the album.

My favourite album of all time

Hallelujah - that is all I am going to say, since this song alone is better than 3 albums of some random artists on these lists ❣️

First time hearing this album, though I've seen it recommended to me by Apple music for some time. This album sounds like an artist trying to find his voice. There are some incredibly high moments like the song Forget Her and So Real. And there are some that fall rather flat like Corpus Christi Carol and the cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Several times on the album he seems to be trying to channel Robert Plant, but his voice type isn't quite up to the task. And other times he sounds more like Thom Yorke, which seems a much better fit. It's a shame that we weren't able to hear more from Jeff Buckley as this album seems like a promising start for a musician starting to carve out his sound.

This album has all the hype and it more than delivered on all it’s promises for me. The production techniques were so innovative and fascinating, the vocal performances and emotion so genuine and dramatic, I love everything about what I’m hearing here. I can’t think of much more I could ask for from an album like this. 1 listen Favorite Tracks: Lover You Should’ve Come Over, Title Track, Mojo Pin, Dream Brother, Last Goodbye, So Real

I've been listening to this inattentively in the background for parts of the past two days thinking this is quite good.

Pretty easygoing on the ears. Reminds me of The Cure

Gorgeous, delicate, soulful, electric, yearning!! A true artistic genius and a top-tier album. Lyrically it just envelops you in every emotion projected. It is art and vulnerability executed to the highest degree. The only thing that threw me off the first time I listened was the dynamics of the mastering - the quiet bits are really quite low, and the loud bits are LOUD. I suppose this is what you want in a well-mastered album, I am just not particularly used to it. Anyway, a truly talented being that was taken from us far too soon.

It will be rated 3.5 *. Very sensitive lyrics! Music style is varied. I love also the related music videos. Jeff Buckley seemed to be a very passionate musician. Thanks for this album.

Favourite songs: - Last goodbye - lover, you should’ve come over - Dream Brother - Forget her

Musically solid but I don’t love the vocals. A couple classics here but would not listen to the album regularly.

Cried the entire time. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Now this is a whiteboy we lost too soon. That androgynous glam rockstar voice, the emotional range, the diverse stylings. What a record.

I've had this album on CD for years but never really connected with it. Loved listening to it today though. Really strong all the way through. He was an outstanding performer. Feel this could grow to a 5 with some more listens.

Beautiful and mesmerizing. I was brought to tears on multiple songs. This was a masterpiece through and through.

there is crack in this album

Never listened to this before, it was better than I thought it would be. Enjoyed it

I’m gonna rate 5, but it’s a solid 4.5. Would be happy to listen to again.

This is another CD I got back when it came out, thanks to all of the glowing reviews. As with many albums from that time period, I didn't give it too many listens as I had small children and little ability to really give albums like this the time to sit with me. Thus I didn't think much of it, and didn't revisit it after his death. Giving this a listen today, I totally understand the love. No matter what type of music one likes, there's something here for you. In some cases this isn't such a great thing, but in this one I thought it worked very well. And regardless of that, his emotions were laid out in every song. Standouts for me were Last Goodbye, Hallelujah, Lover You Should Come Over, Eternal Life (hell yeah), and Forget Her. This is a 4.5 album that I don't know if I can give a 5 to, but we will see.

8/10. A powerful album, it combines rock and melancholy very well, elliciting strong emotions upon listening. Every song feels like it could be the closing track, which shows the power of the album as a whole. Excellent work, it's disappointing he didn't survive long enough to see how beloved his work would become.

I still prefer his father.

Basically fart noises and fart noises in falsetto. Album is straight cheeks and is lucky to get a star.

One if the best albums of all time 10 / 10

one of the most influential albums of my life. no misses through the whole thing, a generational talent gone far too soon

5/5 no notes

Owned Just sublime

This is just an image of James Franco

Buckley blends ssw and some zepp style rock in a way I really enjoy

This album was... nice. At times it rocks, at times it eases back. We feel the echo of Leonard Cohen on Hallelujah, and of Rush on Eternal life. It feels like Christian rock but it's not really; the sentiments are much more broad. "I want to love everyone." I wouldn't listen to it a lot, but it would be OK as driving music.

Holy shit. I just fell in love. And then had to mourn the fact that this man was taken way too soon from the world. One of the best, most sexiest and romantic, albums I have ever heard. Perfection. 10000/10. No notes.

Rate: 9/10.

De enige correcte rating hier is 5 sterren. Absurd dat dit een debuutplaat is. RIP

Grace verdient alle lof die het nog steeds krijgt. Een van de beste debuutalbums ooit, echt een parel van een plaat. Kan oneindig naar Jeffs stem luisteren. RIP GOAT.

I really like Jeff Buckley's Live at Sinai recordings but this does nothing for me. He's got an amazing voice and can do great covers, but I think his song writing is pretty poor and the rock band thing doesn't really work. 2 stars brought up to 3 by the great covers of Hallelujah and Lilac Wine.

Whiny vocals with pretty dull instrumentals. I'm not convinced by the strings or the strumming. It works in Hallelujah which explores some more range. Feels extremely 90s, and not in a good way.

Not many records live up to their titles quite like Grace does, a record that matches its intimate emotional elegance with spiraling heartbroken crescendos. The precision, passion, and vulnerability of Buckley's voice makes it feel as though he's performing right in front of you and a small crowd. Whether it's Buckley displaying his emotional capacity through a dream-like lover (Mojo Pin), warning himself of the pitfalls of an intoxicating love (Dream Brother), or stubbornly holding onto a fading love (Lover, You Should've Come Over). The entire record encapsulates just how powerful love can be, at its greatest heights and deepest lows. Not only does Buckley possess a gift for his guitar and his operatic, overwhelming voice, he has an incredible amount of emotional depth and a capacity to love that moves a listener like me almost every track. Buckley even serves as a kind of role model for me, proving that men are more than capable of showcasing deep emotional affection and vulnerability, even if we are told to conceal our emotions. With Hallelujah, Buckley manages to recreate a song, and he does so with such precision and gentleness that, in this writer's opinion, easily surpasses the original. Above all, Grace is a testament to love and all of its raw, messy forms. RIP Jeff Buckley.

Never heard of this musician until today and after looking into him and listening to his only album, this was a talented life cut short. I am suitably impressed by his songwriting and diversity. An excellent diamond in the rough find by the makers of this list.

One of the most amazing albums of all time and best ever debut album. Incredibly sad how we have all been robbed by Jeff’s early demise. I worked at Sony and received an advance tape of Live at Sin e and it immediately comprehensively blew my mind. It sounded like Led Zeppelin I thought which was a major influence for Jeff. I had free tickets to his first and last show in Frankfurt but couldn’t go because I had to support a colleague who had another band in town. I had meetings with the manager to talk about the follow up album which never eventuated. (The posthumous released album which was produced by his mother and Chris Cornell was not the album that Jeff would have wanted…)

God, this man had a gorgeous voice. It is rare to find an album on this list that I listen to for days, and can't wait to dig into the rest of the discography. I am happy to have learned about Jeff Buckley this week. today is 9/11/26...never forget.

Didn’t know what to expect outside of Hallelujah but was pleasantly surprised with the lot of it. I can see myself finding more here.

Album started off a bit slow for me but is turning in the second half for the better. Grace was good. Great version of Hallelujah. Loved Lover, You Should've Come Over. Eternal Life was really good. Overall this isn't my daily driver type of album but damn if it wasn't really good despite that. I'd do it again for sure

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solid

Ja ouvi, album incrívell

There's undeniable talent and prowess all over this album: "Lover..." is a classic, "Hallelujah" set the standard, and Buckley's cover of "Lilac Wine" is almost as good as Nina Simone's.

It really captures something, I can be a bit jaded when it comes to something this ubiquitous, but it checks all the boxes for me

I know I listened to it at least once and that it's a great album, re-listening, it's just as good, fucking timeless even

great - loved it. A little radioheady at points

2 outstanding songs but the rest was kinda meh?

Such a varied album with so many textures. Harder than I remember it with its grunge-adjacent tracks. The Hallelujah cover is a standout. The most impressive part of the album is his voice.

mostly interesting

This was ok. It grew on me. Made me want to watch Shrek.

So Real — love Great version of Hallelujah

Now, I heard one day, that "if you don't cry to *Lover, You Should've Come Over*, you don't have a soul". Did I cry to *Lover, You Should've Come Over*? No, I did not. Did I cry at any part of the album? No, I did not. Did I enjoy listening through the entire album? Not all of it, because I was on a flight and I was fighting with some of the strongest cramps I ever felt in my life. (I'm alright now) Do I think I still have a soul tho? I sincerely hope I do. っ ̯ -｡ Do I think that this album is very emotional, very well done, and it deserves the recognition it gets? Yes, I do. Absolutely do. Even if my first listen through was quite chaotic, I believe when I listen to this album for a second time, when I'm both mentally and physically in a calmer state, I will be able to enjoy it and maybe feel more emotional through it. Until then, this was an interesting experience.

A beautiful album that was his goodbye.

4.5 Melancholic, strong vocals, never now their next move.

A haiku: What a 90s gem. So sad I had to Google Young Jeff’s cause of death.

I like this less than I thought I would. He's just kinda going on. All respect to Mr. Buckley but you really only need to hear LYSHCO. No further comments. Favourite: Lover, You Should've Come Over Least favourite: So Real

everyone should have this. phenomenal. gone too soon.

Ok

Hallelujah is worth the price of admission.

1994. Only studio album (tragically died of an accidental drowning before finishing his second album). The lyrics for "Grace" were inspired by Buckley's separation from his ex-girlfriend at the airport before moving to New York City.

Not the biggest fan of this one - love him being a sad boy though

not many things have ever sounded this perfect

Yeah, this album is good.

two funny things about this album: one, I discovered it (and by extension Jeff Buckley) when i googled "hallelujah shrek" because someone incorrectly, but thankfully, attributed Buckley's version of "Hallelujah" to Shrek (2001). Incidentally, it was actually John Cale in the film and Rufus Wainwright on the official CD. Neither are nearly as good. So I'm thankful someone on the internet was wrong when I was 8 years old. second: it is true, I think, that there is nothing new under the sun. Buckley, and this album specifically, are experiencing a Gen Z renaissance. My students *love* Buckley rn, and especially "Lilac Wine," "Grace," and "Hallelujah." Lots of tshirts floating around with his face on them also. actually, a third funny thing i thought about: a couple years ago, one of my students wore a shirt with this album art screen printed on the front, and another student asked if "James Franco recorded an album [she] didn't know about"

this guy could sing dang

Jeff Buckley was a real life siren and I was successfully lured onto the rocks.

If you loved this album please watch 'It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley' or read Daphne A. Brooks' entry about this album in the 33 & 1/3 series. This is one of my top 10 favorite albums of all time, I'm almost sad we got it so early into our experience with this list. What I really love about this album is that it meets me wherever I am and at whatever point in my life I'm in. I've got some amazing memories associated with these songs (which would take far too long to divulge). I also feel especially drawn to my favorite musician's favorite musicians -- John Mayer, Coldplay, Muse (the list goes on and on) all talk about how influential Jeff and 'Grace' in particular were to their sound and guitar playing and singing. It's just cool as hell that Jeff was such an underground guy in the 90s and he was also casually hanging with Paul McCartney and Chris Cornell. I first heard Jeff when my brother became obsessed with his music/story back in the late 2000s, and at first I just could not get on board. Something about "Lilac Wine" and "Corpus Christi Carol" that just did not jive with me and overshadowed the rest of the album. I didn't understand it, I was confused and scared about the lyrics to "Corpus" so I felt a little turned off. I liked the unfinished and unpolished nature of what was supposed to be his second album, 'My Sweetheart, the Drunk' instead. I'm not sure when things clicked for me with 'Grace,' probably when I was a moody teenager and hated life and everyone and "So Real" came on I felt like the guitar jam at the song's conclusion finally understood me (Dear teenage Dane -- you are not misunderstood, just depressed). And then "Last Goodbye" was my breakup song at each failed relationship. And "Eternal Life" was a good angsty song. I think I used to meditate to "Mojo Pin" or "Dream Brother." Anyway, Jeff was a gateway drug for me into other bands like Television and a bunch of CBGB bands. If you have never heard his live version of some of these songs, pick any of the live albums on Spotify and enjoy his covers of "Kick Out the Jams" and "Kanga-Roo" and tell me he didn't absolutely rock your socks as a live musician. When my tastes started to evolve in college, I noticed how much inspiration Jeff took from other musicians, particularly Black artists. His ability to mimic other musicians is astounding; he studied so much Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughn as a kid that there are times I forget I'm not listening to their versions of songs. Jeff took a lot of influence from Eastern sounds as well, and talked constantly about his idolization of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and the sound of qawwali. Sometimes there's just pure Robert Plant when he sings live. Near the end of his life, Jeff was a member of Rev. Al Green's church, and I hope they got to talk and maybe jam at least once. What I always walk away from Jeff's music with is the reminder that the voice is an instrument as much as the guitar is or the sax is or the drums are, and he worked so hard to place his voice in conversation with other instruments. Take the vocals at the end of "Hallelujah," where he sustains a note for a few measures while he plays a run on the guitar. You can really feel the melancholy of the song in that moment as the instruments talk back and forth, like two lovers that cannot get on the same page. It's overwhelmingly incredible and Jeff made it seem so effortless and in my old age it has given me a newfound appreciation for his vocal performances on "Corpus Christi Carol," even if I don't know what the fuck he's saying. His story, while tragic, is really fascinating and his desire to want to be more than "Tim Buckley's son" is really relatable for anyone who has lived under someone else's shadow. Unfortunately that label has painted so many people's experiences with his music. The folk community really hates Jeff (even still posthumously) because Jeff didn't want to talk nicely about his POS father while either of them were alive. Go figure. I feel like "Dream Brother" says all you'll ever need to know about their relationship. Jeff was also maybe the first artist that made teenage me realize the music industry is awful and labels suck? His hesitation to sign with Sony was really eye-opening and amazing, and it's incredible to think how his fears were right! He'd be beyond amazed and saddened to know what the industry has come to today. ANYWAY 10/10, it's never over, Jeff Buckley.

I didn't put a lot of jokes in this one. I'm pretty emotional for a variety of reasons. I had been dreading getting this album since day 1 because, for whatever reason, it has just never appealed to me when it felt like it should. I've been pretty dismissive of Jeff Buckley in the past because I felt he belonged to a club that I very crassly call, "Is he a legend, or is he just dead?" But, there's enough people whose opinions I value who hold Grace in high regard that I decided there was probably some fire to the smoke and came in with an open mind. I would never knowingly disappoint young Dane and his dog. Like most of my first experiences with music, Jeff Buckley first (knowingly)* came into my life when I was 14, which I at this point truly view as the great delineating point of my musical tastes. There are the things I listened to pre-14, which were just things I picked up from my siblings, and the things I found after 14, which are mine. Jeff Buckley was in a bit of a gray area, because I specifically remember going to my brother and saying "tell me something new to listen to." He gave me Jeff Buckley's name and I asked for some info. His response, in full: "Singer-songwriter. Had an album called Grace. He did Hallelujah. Not the version in Shrek. He drowned." So, with that information and only that information, I did what I always did at that time and went to YouTube. I listened to his version of Hallelujah and liked it. I didn't love it. But I liked it. I preferred John Cale's version at that time and still do. Because it's his arrangement that people, including Jeff Buckley, have been covering for the last 30+ years. Anyway, at that time, I didn't really go a whole lot further into learning, but my curiosity was somewhat piqued. That Christmas, I got an iTunes gift card from a friend and bought two albums: Grace and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. As generally happens with me, I latched onto one of them (the latter), while mostly leaving the other as an afterthought. To this day, though, I tie those two albums together in my head because they entered my life on the same day through the same transaction. When I did listen to Grace, I found its dynamics frustrating. I mean dynamics literally in the musical sense -- it seemed to oscillate wildly between being almost inaudible and way too loud. I remember trying to listen to it with earbuds in the backseat of a car and getting genuinely angry that for long stretches I could not hear the album over the road noise without cranking the volume to a dangerous level. Last Goodbye and Lover, You Should've Come Over were standout tracks to me even then, but never anything I really wanted to put into regular rotation. Looking back right now, I think I had no interest in accepting this album on its own terms and just decided to resent it because it was not what I wanted it to be (an Elliott Smith album). And this persisted for most of my life. Literally two years ago, I called this album "unenjoyable." So, again, I did not want to review this album because I genuinely feel guilty when I am down on things that other people love (except prog rock because it sucks) and get weirdly in my feelings when the opposite happens. When it came up on Monday, I kind of sighed and said I'd give it one more chance and that it was going to be a genuine effort, free of distraction. Then halfway through the album I somehow accidentally queued up Ruff Ryder's Anthem by DMX. It's fair to classify that song, though genuinely perfect, as a distraction, so that attempt was ultimately aborted, resulting in my delayed review. On attempt 2, I found things were clicking in a way they never had before. I found myself captivated by the phrasings and the vocal nuances. I found myself thinking (and this is a true, genuine, so-fucking-corny-I-had-to-share-it-hack-music-writer thought that I actually had), "how is it that his voice is lighter than air but powerful enough to break down walls?" That is a real ass embarrassing thought that went through my head. And, for whatever reason, I recognized what the world lost. I always felt that Jeff Buckley's appeal was more in the sense of what he could have been, rather than what he was. But I can no longer deny that he was already close to fully formed as one of the absolute great rock vocalists of all time. The older I've gotten and the more life experience I've had, I've found myself crying at music, movies, etc. a whole lot more. So it's not really much of an accolade for an album to bring me to tears but it's probably worth mentioning when it's an album that I would have probably given a 2 star rating the day before yesterday. So, for whatever reason, my perspective has shifted, I'm not going to say I was "wrong" before but it's just another one of those things that demonstrates the way we change. *I said knowingly because, actually, the first Jeff Buckley song I ever heard was "New Year's Prayer" which was used as the theme song to The Dead Zone, which I got super into in middle school.

This is some gourmet music, damn. Simple ingredients executed to perfection, like carbonara at a Michelin-starred restaurant. It's been far too long since my last surprise 5-star album, which makes this record all the more memorable. A great opener, then the title track hits its stride and builds up to Hallejulah and Lover. The dynamic jump from "Corpus Christi Carol" to "Eternal Life" kicked ass. An amazing first listen.

Finished

Tragic all around

Fun fact, I got this album when I was like all 15 and quite liking the idea of being a bit hipster and musically pretentious. Some things never change. But it is still very beautiful

Would have been great to see him continue to grow into it, but a great (only) album from Jeff Buckley. So Real, Eternal Life, Forget Her, and of course Hallelujah are particular highlights.

Enjoyed a lot, really liked his voice, apparently he died quite young sadly

Love this album , more depth than I thought it would be I thought it would just be a load of slow ballads - I really enjoyed it

🏊‍♂️Album 301. Grace (https://open.spotify.com/album/7yQtjAjhtNi76KRu05XWFS?si=6Ojmx3viQqe60dHVNcCHYg&utm_source=copy-link) — Jeff Buckley (1994) Iiiit'sss neeeveer ooveeeer I was shocked today when I saw Grace. Unfortunately, today it's not the best timing and mood for Jeff Buckley, but anyway it is what it is. Was he doomed by releasing this brilliant album? I think about it a lot. It's sad that Grace is a masterpiece and an epitaph at the same time. Life is a weird joke Greatness 5/5 Liked: — Mojo Pin — Grace — Last Goodbye — Lilac Wine — So Real — Hallelujah — Lover, You Should've Come Over — Eternal Life — Dream Brother — Forget Her

Coveret af Hallelujah er ikonisk, det er Lilac Wine nok også, men jeg er endt med at foretrække Nina Simones version. Og selvom det er et album, jeg har haft, fordi det havde man, så er det nok grundlæggende et, der ikke siger mig så meget, som jeg troede, det gjorde.

it alright

Just didn’t love it. Definitely some really good parts, he’s got a good voice and I can appreciate the hype. Album just felt very unfocused and all over the place. Didn’t do it for me

Only skip on the whole album to me was hallelujah. Weird. Otherwise insanely beautiful. So much emotion in every single song through singing but also build ups and tone. This was his only studio album? What?!

Cameron winter. Good voice. Nothing made me excited or have a, what’s colloquially known as, a “music boner”

Nothing short of perfect. Half of the songs on here, if put in their own album, would be 5 stars. His voice has a warmth to it that captures the feelings he’s portraying in his lyrics

Primero que todo, como se parece el cantante en esta foto a Martiño Rivas (el internado) segundo, me he escuchado principalmente las que tienen mas reproducciones, no me parecen gloria bendita pero me han dejado suavecita, ole las guitarricas de dia nublado sensual.

Magical

If you watched TV in the 90s and saw someone die or have an emotional turning point, you've heard Hallelujah. Good cover of the Leonard Cohen track. The grunge track was pretty good too. Otherwise it's singer songwriter sad boy music that's not as good as anything Elliott Smith put out.

Whiney in a way that's sometimes sexy and sometimes kind of annoying

Every track on this album is iconic, it still remains so revered for very good reason. I don't really feel the need to say much more about it, gets me every time. 9.5/10

There are a lot of different styles on this album and I don't think they all quite cohere completely but on an individual level, all the songs are really great but the album itself gets a 4.5/5

Czekałam aż ta płyta pojawi się w zestawieniu i doczekałam się. Zasłużone pochwały. Bardzo podobała mi się różnorodność w muzyce, ale jednocześnie spójność w całości. No i w końcu ta wrażliwość w słowach i nastroju. Piękna płyta, będę wracać.

Brilliant vocals and some beautiful songs. Was close to a 4 but I’m feeling generous

I mean...I can see why people like this, but if just doesn't do much for me.

I have only knew Jeff Buckley because of "Hallelujah". I assumed that the whole album would be similar stuff. I was pleasantly surprised to here some really cool sounds! Mojo Pin, So Real, and Forget Her.

Got 5 out of 11 songs in. Utter shite. 0/5 if possible.

god that was incredible.

F*ck dawn, that's the angel voice?! I listened to this album a few times, and each time i liked this persona of Jeff Buckley more and more. My favorite song on this album is "Dream Brother". My rating for this album: 4.70

Hits the sweet spot so that it sometimes avoids being cheesy by just an inch. Obviously Jeff Buckley got an angelic voice which make for those romantic/dreamy ballads. But he also has cool rock elements with some sick guitar riffs, which i forgot about. Really like that versatility. 9.5/10

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already listened a million times over, one of the best of all time <3 favorite(s): lover you should've come over, mojo pin, grace

he's an angel, in voice and spirit.

Perfection

3.5

Don't love it as much as some people but it's pretty good aye

Always a great listen

Constantly annoyed that he died young

A masterpiece (if you ignore corpus christi carol). Transports me back to my 18th birthday

Interesting, but not to my taste.

I don't like his voice.

God what a beautiful voice. Folky and soft. A good album to listen to when you’re in your 20s, living in London, and feeling a bit miserable and lost in life.

3/5

Put your headphones on, close your eyes, and listen.

Really lovely work—from start to finish. Shame on me for never having paid attention before! (What was I listening to instead?!) Buckley’s cover of “Hallelujah” is essential, of course, but there’s so much more here, including a brilliant “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over.” Swoon. 4.5?

There's a few Jeff Buckley songs I really like, and there's a LOT of Jeff Buckley songs that I really hate

mf sad boy music

Good, but Lover you should come over makes it great

eh, not bad but also just kinda whiney 90s stuff

My first listen to this famous album. I can hear the influence on Thom Yorke! Nice record although I prefer the more understated vocals.

beautifully haunting, not only due to the tragic death of the singer but there’s so much yearning and longing in those songs I cannot find another album with similar vibe - 9/10

Emo as fuck. Good - no, very good - for a few days in a row with a few pints lined up after dark.

banger after banger

Partially known. Occasionally interesting.

I thought this was going to be a mid album with one legendary song on it. Turns out I don't actually rate his Hallelujah that highly. I appreciate that there was a bit of variation (thank god for Eternal Life), but still mostly felt like fine background music, not songs I would choose to put on again. Favourite: Hallelujah Least Favourite: Corpus Christi Carol Full ratings (I really tried to give fewer 3s): 33333432333

So much more varied than I was expecting it to be. His voice is obviously fantastic, but there’s also some really nice guitar and just some lovely arrangements. Definitely one for a sadder day. It feels so boring of me to pick Hallelujah as my favourite song but it just is. Could’ve done without the hymn tbh, although it’s pretty cool that the earliest version of the hymn we have is from the 1500s. Feels a bit jarring to go from that track to the next one. Fav song: Hallelujah Least fav: Corpus Christi Carol

Great album. Sad that this was his only one. Really nice sound throughout, and liver you should have come over is one of my fav songs of all time. Hallelujah has been shreked but that’s not his fault I guess. Specific rating - 4.4 Fav song - lover, you should have come over Least fav- Corpus Christi carol

His voice is incredible, just a gorgeous album really. Steve Backshall and Gillian Anderson both picked songs off this album for their desert island discs. Favourite song: Grace Least: Corpus Christi Carol

NO NOTES

Before I ever heard Grace, I heard about how much it meant to people. When I finally sat down to listen, I was a little slow to the take. The more times I've played it, however, the more the magic has settled in. Jeff's voice is absolutely angelic, truly a once-in-a-generation talent. Even without the tragic lore of this being his first and only album, this is a rare sort of record that manages to capture something timeless while still being distinctly a product of alternative 90s music. Perhaps my only hot take about this album is that the "Hallelujah" cover has never really blown me away. I think it's good, but I've never felt the magic so many people seem to feel for this version. RIP Jeff Buckley. Fav Tracks: Mojo Pin, Grace, So Real, Lover You Should've Come Over, Corpus Christi Carol, Forget Her Least Fav: Lilac Wine Score: 9

hermoso

Loved the beginning/vibes

Truly one of music’s biggest what-ifs

Hlustaði mikið á þessa í denn enda alveg frábær

Af hverju er ekki hægt að gefa 10 stjörnur! Allt er frábært 🔥🔥🔥

sehr nettes album, schon einige tracks in den playlists

I know this is a classic album and I have heard most of it at one time or another, but this is my first time just listening to the whole album all the way through. He has a soulful voice and at points its like he is singing in a metal band and other times doing R&B, comes across like he isn't sure what he wants to be. The music is a bit harder than I expected in some songs. He is a good songwriter and the album is produced well. It starts a bit up and down for my taste, really like some of it and really dislike some songs. I can appreciate his talent but this isn't really an album I will be playing again.

Pretty good. Very emotional. My I introduction to Buckley is from TikTok lol. A great mix of sounds.

Favorite track(s): Mojo Pin, Grace, Last Goodbye, So Real, Hallelujah, Lover, You Should've Come Over, Eternal Life, Dream Brother Flash in the pan implies it was his fault. Flame that burns twice as bright implies he couldn't have kept going. He's like a comet, and maybe he'll be back soon. Heard before Previous rating: 9/10

Many listens. Highlights- Grace, Hallelujah, Lover, you Should’ve Come Over. Lowlights- Jeff’s premature death. What a fantastic voice and guitar player.

this album's like. fine. he was a good musician for sure but the weather is just all wrong for sad white boy music the last couple days so it's throwing my read on the album off completely. the cover of "hallelujah" in particular just like, as good as it is, i skipped it after the first listen just cos the vibe does not match when we're on like, the 7th heatwave this year now. "hallelujah" is an autumn song.... sorry........ despite all that tho, i did still enjoy the first couple tracks and the last one. they're very atmospheric and like. textural? i especially like the quick bursts of strumming ~4 mins into "mojo pin" and the initial buildup of the title track. like i said i can hear that he's good but like. it's too hot for this. maybe i'll come back when (if) it finally cools down by like 20°c,

Holy shit it was so fucking good

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I loved JB and this album so much, when it came out I LOST MY MIND - 32yrs later and I can clearly remember seeing a video for Last Goodbye and was full on hooked - found the info, found the release date, ran to the record store when it came out - I was so overjoyed by the purchase that I tripped down the stairs (Mike you know the St Ercolano steps /via oberdan in Perugia) and skinned my knee bc I was reading the liner notes instead of paying attn. Cracked the cd cover I was so pissed lollll.. his voice so much richer and emotional than his dad's - for me this record is beautiful, touching, sweet, melancholy (Hallelujah best Cohen cover ever) but also powerful - he had sthg to say! Faves are Last Goodbye and Lover you should've come over but the whole thing is wonderful. He was a shooting star, gone so soon and so stupidly. Decided to go for a swim in the Mississippi (!?) w all his clothes on and drowned 29yrs ago. Tragic shame. I give it a 4 bc 5 is the emotional attachment I have to this album :)

I had always heard of this artist, but never listened to the whole album. One can’t help but wonder what could’ve been with such a unique talent as him. He is brilliant when he rocks and equally as brilliant when he croons.

This is like an archer. He stands firmly with their feet apart and rests the arrow in place, nocking the string. His body relaxes, except for the tension holding the bow. The arrow is slowly pulled back to his cheek as his breath slowly escapes. Everything fades away. The target comes into gentle focus. Release.

Ecstatic prayers to the unknown.  It's intriguing to think what could have been but better accept this is what is.  an artist who had something to say and a unique way to say it captured in a moment. Sometimes the ephemeral loves forever.

Yes, this is a great voice, and these songs bring it to the emotional and sonic front it deserves. A certain melancholy pervades here, not least because we know his tragic death is imminent--a song that intones "this is our last goodbye" invokes an urgency that is heartbreaking. So live on with us.

There's something about the material that doesn't suck me in, but there's no denying Buckley's insane talent, which is why this gets the 4-star. He doesn't seem out to impress, exactly, so he sings within the boundaries of the music, but his capacities as a vocalist are impossible to miss. Sounds to me that Jack White must be a fan of Buckley's vocal style, I heard some things that sounded reminiscent.

Man that guy could sing. I love this record. I love how weird it is. That first tune is practically a prog track. The band is pretty killer here, too. Those guitars sound really muscular one second and ethereal the next. So why not 5 stars? Well, there are enough weak tracks on here for me to dock it one star. But then again, I certainly listen to songs from this album quite a bit more than I listen to some of the other five star albums I've reviewed, so... yeah, I'm sticking with a 4 but the best songs are certainly 5-star songs.

Loved this

Enjoyed this one quite a lot on first listen, rhythm section really stuck out to me, will definitely go back for a closer listen. I'm gonna give this a 3 for now to pre-enpt rating inflation but I almost expect it to become a 4 at some point

Mojo pin ~ all over the place, ne zastop se lyricsu Grace ~ catchy riff, fun muska depresiun lyricsi, bols ku mojo pin, ful doug ful se ponaula

One of those albums that I can’t judge objectively. Too many years with this to really compare it with other albums on the list. Even then, I still don’t think it’s a perfect album except when I am in the right mood for it.

This is perhaps one of the most tragic albums on the list. Only albums always kind of are, as are final albums of a career cut short by death. This album is both of those things. However, I found it to be rather mediocre alternative rock. Many like to point to his vocal chops and dynamic songwriting as reasons for this album's greatness, but they don't necessarily have the same quality that many say they do. There are some pretty good songs on this record, but much of it is mediocre, and it's probably not entirely deserving of its reputation. It wouldn't be held in such high regard had Buckley still been alive to this day in my opinion. This album is ranked #3 of 29 albums for 1994. Other 1994 albums rated by me: Dookie(2/29)-4 Dummy(4/29)-5 Illmatic(7/29)-5 Smash(10/29)-4 Ready to Die(11/29)-2 Live Through This(13/29)-4 Protection(15/29)-4 Talking Timbuktu(17/29)-3 Music for the Jilted Generation(19/29)-4 Dog Man Star(20/29)-3

This is like the backbone of a ton of the music I love.

It’s so sad that this is the only completed studio album we will ever get from Jeff Buckley. What a talent. What a voice and guitar player. This guy was such a good performer. This is a great record. “Mojo Pin” is a great opener. “Lilac Wine” is performed with such grace. I love love love “Last Goodbye”. Dare I say I prefer his version of “Hallelujah” over Leonard Cohen’s and that is no easy feat since this song has been covered to death and Cohen’s version has a certain gravitas. “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” is probably top 3 of his best songs. And Dream Brother what a closer to this amazing album. 10/10.

The epitome of a heartbreak. Strangely it reminds me both of Led Zeppelin and Muse.

An absolutely haunting album.

love this yearner final boss

No me gustó como disco. Tiene temas sueltos que me parecieron muy lindos, pero como disco llega a parecerme un somnifero

pretty good! one of my friends (Ari) loves Jeff Buckley and it so happened that this was the first album that was generated for me. I like it, he's sort of rockstar Orpheus from Hadestown vibes.

Yearning final boss

I discovered Jeff Buckley at the end of my influential adolescence, or early adult life. Incredibly emotive and soulful singing and songwriting, Jeff showcased his talents and was always pushing his own boundaries, making him the virtuoso that he was. Haunting melodies and poetic lyrics strike deep emotional chords and mesmerized with their beauty. A shining star taken far too soon by a freak accident in dark waters, perhaps portended in the song So Real, the world hasn't seen his equal since.

I did not like mojo pin. I did not like Lilac wine. I did not like the songs on the album except for external life. Its a 2 star album for me.

Excelente, eternal life una de las mejores canciones. Nostálgico, emocional, iracundo e instrumental, con una voz estupenda. Viva jeff buckley, estoy segura que es el precursor de varios conocidos

OK aber auch ein bisschen nervig manchmal

Eig ziemlich gut. Weiß aber nicht ob ich's mir nochmal anhöre 3.5/5

There are moments on this album that feel quite timeless (“Hallelujah,” “So Real”) and others that feel too much like a 90’s time capsule (“Grace,” “Eternal Life”). But the whole album is united by powerful and affecting performances.

"Contempt Prior To Investigation" I did not see this album as being enjoyable or any good. I wrote it off as being cringy and simple. While there are certainly moments that feel "Top 40", this listener can't deny the Buckley's vocal range or creative talent. To be able to croon like Nina Simone and then break out in a grunge fueled rage.

The album is deservedly lauded as one of the greatest debuts of all time, and even more so because of the tragic circumstances of his death. It is a truly beautiful record, with interesting guitar arrangements, personal songwriting, and raw delivery, but feels a bit formulaic. Big props for the transcendental 'Hallelujah' cover. 8/10 [KEEP]

Buckley ran so OneRepublic (Ryan Tedder) could walk.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lyssnade på albumet när jag var yngre och hade svårt att ta till mig det då. Det var framförallt Hallelujah jag gillade men var inte något större fan av resten och hade svårt att förstå hur albumet kunde vara så hyllat. Nu så här ganska många år äldre uppskattar jag albumet mycket mer men tycker nog fortfarande inte det är det här toppalbumet som det ibland lyfts till. Jag saknar lite dynamik mellan spåren, som det är nu så är det endast Eternal life som andas grunge och avviker från övriga spår. Dock ett fantastisk imponerande debutalbum och en stor förlust att det bara blev ett album från Jeff Buckley, det blir en 4a. Bäst är Mojo pin, Grace, So real, Hallelujah, Eternal life, Forget her

Very soft fall vibes. Would listen again. Didn’t realize i knew and like lover, you should have come over as much as I do!

A beautiful and heartfelt record. A very mature work from a young artist who passed away having a lot to offer. Tragic yet poetic, this one is essential as well.

Voice of an angel

3.8

On the whole, this is much more interesting than I thought it was going to be. It’s still not exactly my thing, but still greatly exceeds expectations, I think because of the band. He has a marvelous voice; the opening to “Corpus Christi Carol” is haunting. I know his covers of “Lilac Wine” and “Hallelujah” are good, but I'd rather have Nina Simone and Leonard Cohen singing them; there’s a restraint and an intensity to those two versions that somehow is missing here for me. I just put Nina Simone’s version on now, and there’s no comparison.

I always know they don't have any Buckcherry or Buckethead CDs when I get to Jeff Buckley.

Not bad. Really like his version of Hallelujah.

Made me think about so many red gate nights in Vancouver where all the dad bands sing

A decent interpreter of other people's works. Overrated as a singer-songwriter

Wow, this album really impressed me. His voice is beautiful, but the guitar playing is next level. I have always heard people talk about JB in such high regard, starting today I will too.

Love this album so very much!!

he has such a beautiful falsetto and he freakin loved nusrat fateh ali khan... interestingly on this listen of Grace I think for the first time i heard and understood just how explosive this album was for the alternative rockers of the 90s... it totally clicked how much thom yorke's vocal stylings are borrowed from jeff b... monumental and huge album. really tragic that him and his dad combined didnt live past 60... lots of talent in these buckley boys.

not too memorable other than lover you should come over.

This was fine? I was a little underwhelmed. I knew "Hallelujah" obviously but I've never been a huge fan of that song. "Lover, You Should've Come Over" and "Eternal Life" were the standouts here for me.

⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wasn’t expecting this one to be this good, had some hits for sure

Ett namn man absolut känner igen, men endast från en enda låt. Kanske inte var i rätt sinnesstämning för denna, albumet har en ganska komplicerat och halvdeppig stämning. Typ lite likt Radiohead? Den har verkligen sina stunder, och innehåller också den otroliga låten Hallelujah (cover på original av Leonard Cohen) som typ varenda människa måste ha hört. Passade på att läsa lite snabbt om Jeff, och det blev tydligen bara detta studioalbum. Han var 30 år när han dog, under en spontan simtur med kläderna på så försvann han och drunknade i svallvågorna från en passerande lotsbåt i Mississippi. Han hittades efter fem dagar. Ingen alkohol ett droger i blodet. Sjukt? Om jag tar hänsyn till hur min sinnesstämning är idag så får det nog bli en trea. Men! Det går man försöka faktorera ut, och för vad albumet är i sin helhet så kan jag nog inte ge något annat än en fyra. Om inte Hallelujah varit med hade det blivit en trea, även om det är en cover :)

I didn't care for the liberties he takes in his vocal melodies. Often it feels ungrounded and disjointed.

Så engang en Jeff Buckley koncert med Julie under copenhagen Doxx ugen, hvor jeg lærte en masse om ham og hans far. Der er ikke så meget mere til det, tror jeg. Det er et virkelig melankolsk album og en tragisk karaktér er mit indtryk, så jeg ender oftest i et lidt mut humør når jeg lytter til det her album. Det ændrer dog ikke på at det er en af de nemmere 5/5 at give.

This was not one to listen to on day 3 of a period. Was going to write it off, but tried it again a couple of days later, and actually really enjoyed it. Sorry for doubting you, Jeffers.

I’ve been a Jeff Buckley fan for a long time and this album is so special. One of my favorites.

Already knew and listened to this whole album. A sentimental favorite. So this was a happy revisit :)

beautiful. sad.

one of those rare albums (or artists!) i didn't know but blew my mind. otherworldly melodies paired with a first-class voice!

I think this is a really good album, but I do feel even though it’s not long it feels a bit bloated. It feels sacrilegious to say so but I was expecting a bit more I guess which is unfortunate.

Gives old school indie vibes - on those days maybe yes, but for now not what I need

BEFORE: I don't even really need to listen to this to review it, but I will anyway. I still remember hearing Jeff Buckley for the first time, our local alternative music TV channel adding So Real to its rotation in 1995, and then picking up Last Goodbye and the title track. I bought this album on CD shortly after and have listened to it ever since. It's magic. Streaming copy has something called Forget Her at the end but I am choosing to ignore it - it's not on the original album. AFTER: As expected, it's still close to perfect. I know everyone talks about Buckley's incredible, haunting voice but the musicianship on here is spectacular across the board. The spidery guitar riffs on Grace and So Real, and the bizarre solo on the latter. The string arrangements on Last Goodbye and Eternal Life. The intro to Hallelujah. The organ on Lover, You Should've Come Over. HIGHLIGHTS: This album is an all-time favourite. Just about everything is a highlight. My favourite tracks are Mojo Pin, Grace, Last Goodbye, So Real, Lover You Should've Come Over and Dream Brother. LOWLIGHTS: Corpus Christi Carol is a bit lowkey and churchy for me outside the context of the album, but it's a good palate cleanser after what is probably the high point of the album. VERDICT: 5 stars and I don't know how you could give it anything else. Some of the other reviews of this are frankly embarrassing.

8/10

This is generally really pleasant. Excellent guitars and bass, and while I don't always enjoy Jeff's voice, it's often really nice. The version of "Hallelujah" is excellent. The styles are a little all over the place but it doesn't bother me too much. I like some of the harder rocking tracks.

Yeaaah classic, better with an intentional listening session. Better with multiple listens, always new bits and pieces that stand out and grab my attention

Crazy pipes, Hallelujah is a classic, gets a bit tiring after a while

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

bekende naam, maar beetje een truckje

It's clear that after listening to this album, Thom Yorke learned how to cry properly. It's absolutely not my cup of tea, but you can definitely feel that the album influenced a lot of artists.

didnt realize this was a man's cranberries highlights: last goodbye hallelujah

Ethereal, religious sense about love. Liked didn't love, would be great in the Fall months

It was a good album. Between liked it and really liked it. 3.5.

Yank Sheeran

3/5

Mlil baby babu, oou sweet lil boy with Jesus

The most justified album on this list so far

Muy weno, la voz chula

Magnificent

Amazing vocals. Need a relisten

8/10

The only keeper is Hallelujah which can't hold a candle to the original. 1 keeper out of 11 (9%) 0 bangers (0%) 1 star

Honestly, this was better than I expected

Never understood the hype

Jeff tu me manques. Cette voix mais quelle folie je prends des frissons dès qu'il monte wow

Fantastic singing and just a great album overall

Ei lisättävää. Kenties jopa parempi kuin dsotm

His voice was impressive. I did enjoy his version of Hallelujah- best song on the album. However, it is never good when the best song on the album is a cover.

Undeniably some great stuff (RIP), but let’s be real; he can be—how do you say—a bit much.

Always liked this since it first came out. Not usually a fan of vocal gymnastics but this Manages to fit the vocal range to the songs, where most in this style the voice gets away. Still listen to it so yeah like it. Also one of the best cover versions ever 5 Star

I had already listened to this one. Classic. Perhaps a bit monotone to a certain degree, which some questionable stylistic decisions here and there. But a solid album.

9/10

As a music dork for over 30 years I’ve tried listening to this album several times since it frequently shows up as a ”must listen” but I just can’t get into it. I know he has a great voice but for me, less is more. The music is creative but the vocals are too much for me. It’s the equivalent to pop singers sound endless vocal runs. Yes, you are a good singer but showing off is not a good look.

“It’s about not fearing death when you have true love.” - Jeff Buckley My Single Favourite Album of all Time. Where oh where do i begin with this one. Jeff accurately depicts what self-sabotage can do to a person (in this case a man but everyone seems to identify with this album deeply) when they are truly in love, most of these tracks are (forgive me for using this word, even though Jeff himself uses it) yearning for a love that once was, but the ordering of this album matters deeply, as its not 100% about yearning and never getting it back, because the last two tracks (Eternal Life and Dream Brother) deviate from this notion and focus on society’s detriments and advise those who would potentially abandon their partner and unborn child, which Jeff can relate deeply to, point is, Jeff moves on from that love towards the end of the album, you can learn from the love you once had, but you have to grow from it and put your focus elsewhere, which may be unintentional on Jeff’s part, not totally sure but thats what i get from this album, it’s an album about growth and reflection above all else. Musically, vocally and lyrically this album is heavenly, each track sounds like an epic, Mojo Pin for example sounds like someone actually fighting an addiction to a former love and also to an actual massive dose of a heroin with the eerie yet beautiful intro. The album switches intensity and even genre sometimes depending how the rough narrative is going, for example the segue from Corpus into Eternal Life is a jumpscare into Grunge (fitting for the 90’s) which makes sense as Jeff is in a way ‘waking up’ from the love at this point. I could go on about each individual song but i’m already typing a lot, you get the point, i love every single second of this album and wouldn’t change a thing. I feel like i get something extra on each listen. Little bit of an elephant in the room on this album is Forget Her being the unintended 11th song that was added posthumously, and as incredible a song as it is, Jeff kept it off for the supposed reason of putting his Ex (that Grace is mostly about) in a negative light, which goes against how the album flowed beforehand, and i tend to agree with Jeff these days, it takes a bigger man to move on without lashing out. That said 10/10 song, but goes against the purity this album had. (Also if it had to be on the album, it shouldnt be at the end, maybe after corpus) I adore every single song on this album so i’ll rank as opposed to picking standouts. All bar the bottom two i consider all time fave songs, with number 1 maybe being my all time fave of any song ever. Grace > Lover > Last Goodbye > Mojo Pin > Forget Her > Hallelujah > Dream Brother > So Real > Lilac Wine > Eternal Life > Corpus Christi Carol Rest in Peace to my all time favourite artist ❤️

Fantastic album! His voice is soulful and unique. Found Lover I Should Have Come Over such a long time ago but never got to listen to the whole album. Favorites were So Real and Lilac Wine.

Not gonna lie…I thought this was going to be better. I know it’s regarded as an all timer but it seemed far from perfect for me. Like there was potential to be great but only half of it was truly great. I’ll need to revisit but for now this is middle of the road.

A fine album - a bit somber at times and not my particular taste, but I enjoyed the few songs I listened to and Hallelujah is still beautiful.

Simply put, a masterpiece of feeling, with Jeff Buckley’s voice the central instrument.

Notable Textzeile: Don't be like the one who made me so old Don't be like the one who left behind his name 'Cause they're waiting for you like I waited for mine And nobody ever came Was mir beim wieder hören als Erstes auffällt: Die Dynamik in den Lautstärken. Die Produktion und das Mastering gehen besonders darauf ein, leise Stellen zart und zerbrechlich zu haben, laute Stellen exaltiert, energetisch und eindrücklich. Als Zweites dann: dass die Intensität trotzdem nicht an das Live-Album ran kommt. Aber ist auch der seltene Fall, dass ich erst ein Live-Album gekauft, und dann viel später das entsprechende Studioalbum. Beides gab es stark reduziert, da in dem Moment in dem ich es gekauft habe, das Interesse an Jeff Buckley nach seinem frühen Tod schon wieder abgeflaut war. Ich habe diese Songs so oft gehört, sie verbinden sich mit meiner Erinnerung an ein längst verlorenes Selbst. Ich finde hier in dieser Musik und Stimme eine Aufrichtigkeit und ein Fühlen, das nicht peinlich ist. Zumindest für mich. Objektiv kann ich auch verstehen, wenn die Stimme mit ihrem übertriebenen Fühlen und Schwingen auch anstrengend sein könnte. Für mich nicht. Da ich nicht davon ausgehe, dass das Live-Album auf der Liste ist bewerte ich das jetzt als Ganzes – hoch. P.S. Mir ist kein Album in Erinnerung, das so abrupt endet #cd #gekauft

Als ich angefangen habe mich für Musik zu interessieren war Buckley schon tot und diese gefühlige laut/leise americana/grunge Inszenierung schon von lauter schlechten Bands zu Grabe getragen worden. Dafür kann Jeff Buckley nichts, aber für mich sind die sehr starken Songs und die Stimme völlig unter der schlechten 90er Produktion verschwendet... So ein bisschen wie bei den Janis Joplin Alben wo man das Gefühl hat die wollten auf Teufel komm raus im Studio was anderes machen.

Gerade im Vergleich zu Grant Lee Buffalo - ähnliche Zeit, ähnlicher Vibe - wirkt mir das alles ein wenig rückwärtsgewandt. Mehr die Vergangenheit zitierend und nostalgisierend als was neues zu gestalten und zu bauen. Das totgehörte Hallelujah sticht auf Grund der Bekanntheit raus. Ist aber auch nichts was das wirklich rettet. Wenn auch ein schon herausragendes Cover. Komm sonst nicht rein.

Un album intemporel, quasi aucune chanson que je passe. Que ce soit la voix ou l’instrumental, j’aime tout.

This album definitely has a slow start! I’m not against it so far per se, but I’m not enjoying it as much as I’d like to. Mojo pin as an opener is just so slowww. Grace was definitely a lot more enjoyable! It had some sort of drive to it which was appreciated! Last goodbye was a joy. The exact type of song I like. Lilac wine was quite pretty. So real was very repetitive, but I thought it was fine. I honestly didn’t expect to hear Hallelujah, but this is the famous cover of it, so I guess I’m not surprised. Lover you should come over now was pretty good! I didn’t expect a carol next, didn’t really love it, but it was there Again I didn’t have a chance to finish my track by track but I loved the rest of the album. Really repented itself from that first track. 4/5 ⭐️ 199/1089

Was ok. Get the impression Jeff liked the smell of his own farts only a few songs in. Chill out with the ad libs mate!

Superb. Magical and deeply emotional I like it more with every listen

(3/5) This only got a '3' on the strength of his version of "Hallelujah". Is there a bad cover of that song? I haven't met one. His is really good The rest is just proto-emo, sad-boy balladry, and not to my tastes. Buckley's voice is fine and he has some range, but the arrangements are just middle of the road 90s stuff. Nothing to swoon over. I think his tragic/untimely death (also something I didn't know anything about until an hour ago...) seems to have inflated the public's opinions on this record. That's unfortunate for everyone. I don't remember this being released in 94, when I was a teenager and my ears were (very) close to the ground of music. I would have skipped it then, but it was entirely invisible to me, which is odd..? Is this essential listening? Nope. Is it ok as a piece of music? Sure, I guess.

The bit where Donkey reunited with Dragon touched my heart.

145. Grace - Jeff Buckley (1994) 7.17.26 Variety: 2 Adequacy: 3 Listenability: 2 Uniqueness: 3 Emotionality: 4 = 2.8 rounded down up to a 3 "And I couldn't awake from the nightmare that sucked me in and pulled me/ under/ Pulled me under, oh" This is an album that has a certain reputation. A couple actually. For some it's a beautiful and haunting soulful alt rock classic, for others one of the mainstays of "sad boy" music and full of cringeworthy earnestness. I heard this once decades ago and remember falling into the latter camp, but tastes change and I've been surprised at my reaction more than a few times by this list, so as much as I am able, I'll try and set aside the vague memories I have ( I can only recall one song - you know which one) and go in with an open mind. THE TRACKS "Mojo Pin" - Right away the thing that stands out about this is the live to tape production quality. Not sure it it's legit, but they did an awful good job faking it if not. It feels like a very intimate space, and all the atmospheric effects stuff hits pretty well. Buckley's voice is just as good as I remember, as mannered as it gets. The high register, and the jazzy drumming remind me a lot more of Radiohead than I might like to admit. Things end on a bluesier note when the whole thing explodes at the end, and we're left with some more effects that fade us out. "Grace" - This one makes feel like Coldplay must have ripped it off. I'm not familiar with enough of their music to pin it down though. There's a rushed, purposefully heavy feel to this that contrasts well enough with the moments where this gets loud. The guitar arpeggios are the best thing about this, but it's very easy to see how this sound might have been more influential than I previously thought. Buckley seems to be painting with a very impressionistic brush. More so than I expected from anything labelled as "singer songwriter alt rock" from this period anyway, "Last Goodbye" - This sounds like much more of what I expected. Kind of like if Thom Yorke had collaborated with the Goo Goo Dolls. Buckley seems to be taking some influence with his inflection at least from Robert Plant here a bit. There's a much more radio friendly version of this buried underneath all the endless bending of syllables and the over ornamentation of these vocal runs is already proving a bit trying for me. "Lilac Wine" - Damn. That's a swing, taking on a song that Nina Simone owns on the popular imagination. His voice is fine enough, but what really rankles me here is the arrangement, which is equal parts sappy and boringly predictable, which is interesting given all the artsier touches we've already seen on here. For a much better sub-Simone take on this, check out this version by Depeche Mode's own Dave Gahan and the Soulsavers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDs9XKPl04I , which manages to feel traditional but lacks the chintziness of this version. "So Real" - This works vastly better than anything else we've seen so far. A genuinely catchy and memorable core melody, with a great slightly menacing build towards a pretty soaring chorus that doesn't over do it. Another instance where I can easily imagine both Thom Yorke and Christ Martin's ears perking up. "Hallelujah" - And here's the one anyone has heard if they've heard anything off this album. As overplayed of a "this means SOMETHING!" moment that it was used to score way too many maudlin 2000s tv and film scenes, the song itself is pretty objectively well done. I like the simple guitar work especially. And it's not nearly as overbaked vocally as it was in my mind. Removed from any of those ill-thought out media appropriations, I didn't get any of the cringe I expected, and Buckley even manages to end on a tasteful note even with the showy sustain, as he cuts it off just before it becomes painful. All that said, this still ranks in the middle of the pack of the many other notable versions of the song for me, with the John Cale one grabbing the brass ring. Sorry Leonard. - John Cale - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DinEKqtCDkg - Willie Nelson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GikuXfHwXXc - k.d. lang - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTOslDiMd4E - Rufus Wainright - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR0DKOGco_o - Leonard Cohen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtVn2bqU6B8 - Brandi Carlile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1sFYdwlXtI "Lover, You Should've Come Over" - Loved the harmonium opening of this, and there are some other bits I like - especially the tremolo guitar leading up into the bridge, but on the whole this feels like a bit of sanitized soul music, with gospel aspirations that it can't quite fulfill. "Corpus Christi Carol" - Yikes. No notes on the voice control, but save that shit for special moments, dude. A whole song made up of the exact bits I hated most on all the other songs. "Eternal Life" - The only real rocker on the whole album I think, pushing "So Real" out of that spot with its heavier, bass driven sound. This was not unlike some Collective Soul stuff, but maybe a bit more frayed around the edges. Solid. "Dream Brother" - Things end with this pseudo raga rock intro'd number that had major Radiohead vibes to me. Later Radiohead though I think. This had loads of atmosphere and led down dozens of interesting little musical cul de sacs. Man... a whole album of this would have been great. HIGHLIGHTS - "Mojo Pin" - "So Real" - "Hallelujah" - "Dream Brother" MIDLIGHTS - "Grace" - "Last Goodbye" - "Lover, You Should've Come Over" - "Eternal Life" LOWLIGHTS - "Lilac Wine" - "Corpus Christi Carol" FINAL THOUGHTS While I can't say I actively enjoyed much of this, I can't claim that there's a lack of vision and craft on this that makes it hard to understand why people do legit love it. It sounds just slightly ahead of its time, and seems to have especially influenced Coldplay and by proxy, all their imitators. And maybe even Radiohead a bit. There were standout moments throughout, but even the highlights were not especially in my wheelhouse. I just didn't hate it like I expected I guess is my big takeaway. Solid stuff, but not really for me. My biggest criticism would be that Buckley seems to understand that his voice is the main draw, and so a lot of otherwise intermittently interesting instrumental stuff takes a backseat to his often cloying instincts to over do things vocally. Sad they we never got to hear what his musical evolution would have been like, but the hints on this album make me think it would have been interesting at the very least. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Highlights only please FURTHER LISTENING - Pink Moon by Nick Drake - The Bends by Radiohead - Parachutes by Coldplay - Imposter by Dave Gahan and Soulsaver

I think I enjoyed this album more than I did because of its 1994 release date and it is trying to sound like an album that came out in 1994. I can imagine this singer being a chameleon to the times and the production would’ve matched the times. I have no memory of this from 1994, but I was, as I’ve established kinda oblivious as a teen, and this was not music I would’ve listened to. I have a vague memory of MTV News mentioning his tragic death, but thats about it for knowledge of this guy going into this album. Its fine. He has a talented voice. It’s about as 3/5 as it gets.

Нормальный такой инди-фолковый альбом. Есть даже замашки на альтернативный рок и немного гранж. Конечно же, есть песня из Шрека, иначе зачем слушать этот альбом. Eternal Life и Dream Brother очень понравились, в остальном - средненько.

Achingly beautiful, retrospectivelly tragic, sadly overwrought.

En av de absolut bästa albumen jag vet. Jag har lyssnat regelbundet sedan jag köpte cd:n (herregud!) 1994. Jag älskar Jeff Buckley! Det finns nästan inget vackrare än hans röst. Tänk att vi bara fick ha honom här på jorden ett kort tag, men vilket mästerverk han lämnade efter sig. En solklar 5a för mig. Det har det alltid varit ända sedan mitt tonårshjärta föll för denna man och hans musik.

I really enjoyed it. Thanks for the suggestions.

What a voice

Never listened to this but I was impressed! More rock oriented than I expected.

One of the best ALBUMs of all time. Truly a relic of a time when artists made songs for an album and not just singles for radio. Jeff was one of the greatest singers of all time and his untimely death after this one album is tragic.

As a first album in this challenge this one’s pretty epic. Jeff Buckley voice is smooth and the melodies and unique and pleasant in each song. I feel like this could be made into a jukebox musical.

Haunting Masterpiece Going into Grace, I had heard very little of Jeff Buckley. I've heard the name in passing before, but nothing more. No face and no sound attached. Well, I am now certain that it was one of the most beautiful and gut-wrenching albums I have ever heard. I researched a bit abt this album b4 listening and knowing of Buckley's death, just three years after this album, made every melancholy sound that much heavier. "Mojo Pin" starts the album in a way that gives me goosebumps. The humming and guitar strumming are magnificent. There is something about how the song evolves throughout the verses, in an ascending spiral pattern, building and holding tension. It is interesting what kind of implications a white man singing about a black woman in the 90s might have, but this song is beautiful regardless. 8.5/10. "Grace" is the masterpiece of the album. The synth in the background sounds ethereal, almost folk-ish, and then Buckley's voice turns it melancholy and eerie. The song almost has a waltz swing to it, the bass is loud and I love it, and those violins in the bridge are just fucking awesome. One of my new favorite songs. 10/10. "Last Goodbye" has nice picking and a classic rock feel. Pretty upbeat, and I really like the chorus, the way it drops I mean. Buckley's voice is doing something special here, even if the song isn't my favorite. 7.5/10. "Lilac Wine" is intimate and really pretty. I love how the tempo changes up and down. A bit too minimal, but still really good. 7/10. "So Real" sounds eerie at first, then the guitar riff comes in and it's positive, then it goes back to eerie. The solo is rlly interesting, there's almost something evil in the song. The explosive finale is cathartic. A really interesting piece. 7.5/10. "Hallelujah" I am skipping. I cannot do that. Ignore it's existence. "Lover, You Should've Come Over" is heartbreaking from the first organ note. I did get some weird vibes in the lyrics at this point. That "sometimes a man gets carried away" line is a bit... narcissistic? I don't love it, it speaks to male privilege but in an oblivious way. Still that's just a small part for me. The song cuts so deep that sometimes I don't even want to listen to it. 8.5/10. "Corpus Christi Carol" is hauntingly pretty. I love the dulcimer, and I'm a sucker for medieval stories and Arthurian legend. The imagery of the bleeding knight and the weeping maiden is peak. 8/10. "Eternal Life" sounds like The Chain at the start lol. Cool guitars, a hard rock sound, nice grunge. Buckley's anger doesn't quite show through, but I love the bass and the strings in the second half. 7.5-8/10. "Dream Brother" has almost Japanese traditional start? The gradual guitar is nice, the drums are really nice, and the bridge is so good. It builds but holds the tension... I'd love a release, but it's strong. 7.5-8/10. "Forget Her" is simpler but melancholy and sad in a way I really like. It makes me want to cry at times. The build to full swing is gorgeous: the bass, the synth. 8-8.5/10. Lyrics are easily the weakest part of this album, imo. They sound self-centered and somewhat immature, maybe even 5/10, while everything else is 9-10/10. But when the music and vocals are this good, it does not matter much. Rating: 9/10

Perhaps one of the most beautiful vocal albums out there. Buckley's story has been repeated tons of times but it is really sad he didn't know the real success of his album until a decade later. Wikipedia says that he grew much bigger in the 2000s when people were able to check back on his album and it blossomed from there. One of the best one and done artists (I mean I like sketches as well but it was never intended as his second studio album) to do it. RIP.

I remember this album being very revered in the 90s, and I listened to it a lot trying to get into it. Didn't work then, didn't work now.

Rewriting this review because i found myself reflecting on this album and feeling bad about likening Jeff Buckley to Mick Hucknall. Will listen again and meantime his versions of Lilac Wine and Hallelujah are staying with me.

I’ve seen people online raving about this album, touting it as not only one of the greatest debuts, but one of the best albums of all time. While I wouldn’t concur with the second statement, it’s certainly hard to argue with the first. There was so much about this album that I liked, and even though some moments didn’t grab me as much as others, I still couldn’t find anything I could properly fault. The vocals were exceptional, the production was great, and the songwriting and lyricism were inspired. I’m torn between a 4 and a 5 because, after only one listen, I don’t feel I’ve fully got to grips with everything this album has to offer. I’m feeling generous today, though, 5 it is.

Jeff Buckley described himself in his own press bio as "the warped lovechild of Nina Simone and all four members of Led Zeppelin, with the fertilized egg transplanted into the womb of Edith Piaf." This is either the most accurate self description in music history or the most exhausting one, depending on your tolerance for that kind of energy. Buckley had a four octave range, could play guitar like Jimmy Page on a good day, and sang with the kind of emotional intensity that makes other singers quietly reconsider their career choices. He was also, by all accounts, chronically scattered, constitutionally unable to focus, and in constant need of someone pointing him toward the next decision. His producer described him as among the most talented musicians he had ever worked with, immediately followed by the word "but," which is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. Grace peaked at number 149 on the Billboard 200 in 1994, sold roughly 175,000 copies in Buckley's lifetime, and was not certified Platinum in the United States until 2016, nineteen years after its author waded fully clothed into a Mississippi tributary singing Led Zeppelin to his road manager on the bank and drowned at thirty years old. David Bowie called it the one album he would take to a desert island. Bob Dylan named Buckley one of the great songwriters of the decade. Jimmy Page called it close to his favourite album of the decade. Robert Christgau of the Village Voice gave it a C and suggested the force of hype would blow Buckley all the way to Uranus. Nobody agreed on anything, which is usually a sign that something real was happening. The album is front loaded in a way that rewards the first three tracks and tests your patience with the rest. Mojo Pin, Grace, and Last Goodbye arrive like a punch, a slow burn, and a heartbreak in sequence. Then the album spends its remaining runtime being interesting rather than immediate, which is the honest critical distinction between a 3 and a 4 for someone who needs both great lyrics and a great musical arrangement to fully commit. The album also contains a cover of Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, delivered by a man with the voice of an actual angel, which is the most complicated listening experience available to me personally cause I don't really like Cohen's music at all. The song is genuinely extraordinary. The ghost of a man I find musically intolerable is visible in every chord change. This is not Buckley's fault. He recorded over twenty takes to get it right, insisted on including it over Columbia's objections, and was proven spectacularly correct when it became the song that introduced him to an entire generation of new listeners after his death. None of that changes the fact that Leonard Cohen is in there somewhere, looking smug. 3 out of 5. One star for the first three tracks, which deserve their own separate rating. One for the voice, which belonged in a different universe from the rest of us. One for Buckley not listening to the record execs and doing what he wanted. The fourth star is on a desert island with David Bowie, who apparently had better taste and more patience than I do.

Fairly high voice, blend of folky and kindapop rock

too many songs of I need therapy bin grad nicht in der Stimmung =) - Kirchensongs gekippt - warum war ich damals "happy" während ich LYSHCO & forget her gehört hab lol

Jeff Buckley delivered an album that is so earnest, without pretense and with so much emotion. That is the absolute strength of this album. You wouldn’t question that he feels every single word he sings on here deeply. Musically, Buckley created great tension and ebbs and flows withing the songs that take the listener along. Both the instruments and his singing build up to a climax on many songs that’s a cathartic moment of release. That’s exemplified best by songs like Mojo Pin, Grace and So Real - an absolute rush of emotions. I love the way his vocals build up and get overtaken by emotion, be it passion, desperation or longing. I also love the song that get more aggressive musically, like Eternal Life, though I am not sure if his vocal delivery works there for me. I prefer it on the more alternative leaning songs. Now the covers… I’m not sure about them. Lilac Wine is good, his voice works really well on here. I just cannot listen to Hallelujah anymore - especially not for almost seven minutes. Yes, he does a good version of it, but that song is so overdone, i cannot appreciate it anymore. Corpus Christi Carol didn’t do anything for me, maybe because i have no religious connection to it. Overall a great album! It’s tragic that it would be his only one.

RRRRRAAHHHHH YEAHH

I hadn't listened to this in 15+ years, and I casually decided to listen to it yesterday. And today I am getting it as the album of the day, what sorcery is this? Anyway, I never loved this album too much, it's just ok.

Some of the songs are heavier than I thought for Jeff Buckley. One of the best Hallelujah covers.

Gostei bastante já tinha ouvido antes extremamente bom amo ouvir no outono e inverno

While listening, I kinda liked this album, but it was too hard to finish, so I didn't. It's not bad, though. A few tracks made it onto my playlist.

Listened before, excellent. Song songs mid, some godly.

Its so beautiful. Really like the guitars here. So real felt like a radiohead song. Also had no idea he did his version of hallelujah wtf. His voice is insane. Its just a bit of a sad album. I like the mix of melancholic christian and intense rock and roll. My fav song was probably lover u should have come over. It didn't change my life though

Гитарно-подоконный романтик. Один из самых великолепных альбомов прошедшего времени после альбома the avalanches - since i left you. С первого взгляда мне показалось что это обычный эстрадный исполнитель для женского пола и обложка смутила - очень нарочито помпезно и сексуально, что даже вульгарно. Как только я послушал первый трек я просто был в шоке насколько это пронизывающий и наполненный альбом. Голос невообразимый и совершенный. Только я успел привыкнуть к экспрессии чувственности и наполненности, как я дохожу до песни so real - одной из самых потрясающих композиций, которые я слышал за последнее время. Альбом безумно нуждается в прослушивании каждому и повсеместно, а если не альбом то песня so real. Это 3 альбом с оценкой 5/5, 9/10.

I had know Jeff Buckley only as the "Hallelujah Guy", but listening to "Grace" I was surprised it had lot of alternative rock influences. 2.5

Not really my thing, wasn't particularly memorable either but it was pleasant enough to listen to.

*Quality singer songwriting but goes too deep and slow at times. *No questions its good musically, just doesn't excite me too much

9/10 loved the album, his voice is very good. Quite like that it had some softer songs but then some more rockers. Quite like forget her.

I LOVE JEFF BUCKLEY I LOVE JEFF BUCKLEY THIS WAS MY SHIT IN YEAR 3 ANF IT'S MY SHIT NOW 9.2/10 sorry i know in my heart its a 10 but there are a few skips like i dont loveeee lilac wine or hallelujah and i would have to be in quite a specific mood to listen to them, butttttt the rest genuinely make that not count. i don't listen as much as i used to in high school bc i played it to death but i can obviously still appreciate it, even though it annoyed me deeply when it was tiktokified it was clearly for a reason, and in a non glazing way i have to give it so high because he truly influenced so much other stuff that i love, eg. thom york and in rainbows radiohead, and cocteau twins elizabeth fraser, and massive attack too just off the top of my head, still pisses me off that my mum can't remember being barrier for him at glastonbury get it together girl

First time listening to this, and I've got nothing to say but what a fucking album. Solid 6 Stars if that were an option.

It’s a 10. It’s probably much higher. I haven’t had an album leave me stuck with that much silence in my brain for such a long time. I simply could not find the words to tackle this one, because it’s impossible to describe perfection without it sounding like hyperbole. I did not think it was possible for my brain to ever challenge the thought that “Songs in the Key of Life” was the greatest album ever made. Whenever my brain fully clears itself up, given time, it will likely return to that thought. However, in this current moment, this feels like the most potent contender to that throne I’ve ever heard. As I said with “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness”, if “Songs in the Key of Life” represents the breadth of a blessed existence, this album represents the breadth of an anguished one. However, where “Mellon Collie” tackled its songs with a sense of unfixable despair & that titular infinite sadness, this album tackles that anguish with… well, grace. He could be bitter. He’s not. He uses the pain he displays on this album to further himself, to learn from it and to grow from it. Instead of letting his soul die in the flames that could wither so many men, he lets those burns define him in a way that’s musically explored here, to stop other people from making the same mistakes that led to those burns. It is done behind some of the most incredible songwriting I’ve ever heard in my life, along with a power in his voice that feels like it can carry a mountain with ease. Combine that with fantastic instrumentation, and you get a recipe for a masterpiece. It is one of the most musically fulfilling projects I’ve ever heard in my life. I think it’s one of the top 5 albums we’ve gotten so far, and we are 922 albums deep. If it continues to impact me as deeply on any future relistens as it did on a first one, it may very well take that top spot of the greatest album ever made, though it will still take a LOT of time to get there. At the very least, I can confidently say on a first pass that I think this is the greatest studio album of 1994. Emphasis on studio; some people will probably say Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged album is better, and I won’t dispute anyone who does. Both albums are forged in the mythos of death, with that being Kurt Cobain’s last recorded project & this album being Jeff Buckley’s one & only studio album. It’s annoying when death plays such a major factor in an album’s impact, but the perception of losing people that could’ve potentially made culture-defining art will always elevate something, for better or worse. In this case, I think Jeff Buckley still managed to make culture-defining art, given the tree of influence that this album spawned. It’s a 10. It’s probably much, much higher. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to listen to “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” about 100 more times to get all my tears out. That is one of the greatest tracks ever written.

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Behalve the obvious best een matig album en saai album

I think I knew I was going to dislike this album. I can totally appreciate its appeal and the unique skill involved in making it and also its influence on artists that followed, but I don't like it so I'll give it a neutral 3.

81/100

Nada de otro mundo

no one ever left alive in nineteen hundred eighty five will ever do

Jeff Buckley’s “Sad Songs About a Breakup” has some merit, but it’s mostly forgettable. Hallelujah and Eternal Life were notable to me, but the rest felt like rather boring adult contemporary.

I knew this album would turn up eventually. I was kinda expecting it to be mostly soft rock. what I didnt realise how hugely influential it would be on later alt rock bands like Radiohead, Muse and early coldplay. Three bands that wouldn't be as well known if Jeff Buckley kept going throughout the 90s and into the 2000s. Due to a tragic accident we will never know how much of an impact he would have had on the 21st century. So I do agree with everyone that this is a pretty damn good album, even though a few of the slower songs don't quite appeal to me. Not going to stop me from giving it a high rating though.

Such a great album. I've seen this before, but never actually listened to it and I'm regretting that. Vocals are great, sounds a lot like Thom Yorke to me. Music and lyrics are also amazing .

My favourite male vocalist I think. God it sucks what happened to Jeff Buckley, he should still be making music today.

My introduction to Jeff Buckley was not auspicious. Peter Barronwell tried to make me listen to bootlegs of Buckley performing various qawwali by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. So, not Buckley's original songs nor the other lauded and recognisable covers, but Sufi devotional music. Apparently, Buckley was able to pick it up like Hendrix covering Sgt. Pepper. This set a strange tone: implied virtuosity as a singer, guitarist, and interpreter, but not by any standard I could understand as a sixteen year old far from Faisalabad. Ali Khan got it. Buckley got it. Even Peter Barronwell got it. And the threat of not getting it has hung over Buckley or me ever since. Finally listening to Grace in full dispels a lot of this. In several ways, yes, Buckley himself is overshadowed by his covers - Hallelujah, Lilac Wine, The Way Young Lovers Do on Live at Sin-é. More acceptable than the Ali Khan interpretations (although he weaves some of Khan's vocal technique into Young Lovers), they set the template and tempo of, rather than complement his own writing. The covers exploit his impressive vocal and guitar skills, toying with and untethering the melodies, leaning into his Sufi devotional melisma. It is well-judged though and gives a sense of the sacred even to the profane Hallelujah, but it is exhausting - one can only endure so much yearning without completion. How is a man as handsome and talented as Jeff Buckley not getting everything he wants? However, this is all to the greater detriment of his own compositions - the same virtuosic technique, but rarely with the same surety in the writing; in his own songs, the meandering melisma becomes the melody rather than a way through the melody. All the arrangements sound a little lost and a little drunk - fine for an exploratory live set, like at Sin-é, but one note on a studio record. Maybe this suggests an uncertainty in his own writing that would have been redressed on the future albums he'd never produce. I can't deny the title track or Lover, You Should've Come Over. He sounds too much like Jack White on Eternal Life. Or, perhaps, like Ali Khan (or, indeed, Van Morrison), he saw the music (originals and covers) as being dredged from the same deep, sacred well and that is why they all sound a bit wet and intoxicated. 3 I have not previously noted how much organ is on this album. What is going on this week? Grace is very nice. The originals are solid and even sporadically exciting to listen to (Grace, Eternal Life). I think any idea of balance or narrative shape to the album is completely goosed by the covers (or at least the placement of them) Lilac Wine and Hallelujah are superb songs and a distant cut above anything Buckley wrote himself. Corpus Christi Carol is odd and beguiling - underlining how relatively straight (and 1994) is much of the music and lyrics in the original songs. The album fades away - Dream Brother and Forget Her feel like post-party leftovers. Credit to Buckley for the job he does with those covers though. They are supremely well judged and beautifully performed. This parade of rock organ must stop though. If we get the Doors after Grace I am going to lose the plot altogether. 3/5

Awesome

1 - 8/10 2 - 8.5/10 3 - 8.5/10 4 - 6/10 (cover) 5 - 7/10 6 - 10/10 (cover) 7 - 8.5/10 8 - 8/10 (cover) 9 - 9.5/10 10 - 9/10 11 - 10/10 (melhor) 4.5/5

Aahhhh! How do you rec me this beautiful album first 💔

Sprookjesachtig mooi

8.5 out of 10

Beautiful music!! I have liked his version of Hallelujah for a long time.

4/5