Grace

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 9

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

I've attempted to appreciate and/or enjoy this album a few times over the years. When I first heard it, I was put off by the wailing vocal style, but having listened to it twice more for this project, I think it's growing on me. Jeff Buckley strives for beauty (and indeed, grace), and I don't think we get enough of that, certainly not in rock music. The world really has no shortage of talented musicians, but the ability to capture and transmit this level of emotional resonance is rare.

All the feels.

Great

Bien.

Passionate , stunning voice what a pitty to go so young

Хороший альбом, особенно вторая часть альбома дала мне понять суть альбома, насколько он хорош.

A great album.

This is one of the greatest things ever made. Always and forever.

A most perfect thing. Then, now and forever.

Absolutely terrific album. I can hear the influence it had on many of my existing favourites. Ahead of its time, this will become a favourite album of mine immediately.

What can I say? I think Grace only touched the surface of this dude’s talent. It’s tragic that his potential was cut short. 4.4

Beautiful, haunting melodies complimented by Jeff's dulcet tones.

Me gusto pero no mucho

Langweilig, melancholisch, ausgebremst.

bof un peu mou

Loved it. Saw a real influence on Perfume Genius etc.

This is the only album he made before dying... It came out in 1994... Is it Ready to Die all over again? No, it's not, because it's not a rap album. Instead, it sounds incredibly reminiscent of early Radiohead, but worse. Yes, Buckley is a good singer, but these songs are not that good. The guitar playing is alright, but I find these songs rather boring. Many of the songs run on way longer than they should, attempting to interest the listener with dramatic swells but not quite managing it. So, basically, this is a mediocre album that became insanely overrated because the artist died after its release. Yes, Hallelujah is great, but to me that says more about Leonard Cohen's greatness as a folk songwriter than it does about Buckley. Most of the rest of the album is mediocre alt-rock that is glazed to an insane degree by music people. I want this album to be good, but it consistently disappoints me.

too slow, i didn’t really enjoy it

Impeccable

It’s a classic. Never listened to it all the way through, think he has great musical talent but don’t love his specific tone. Lover, you should have come over has always been a staple for me but I added dream brother and hallelujah too. Haunting, unique, soulful, I liked it

Bardzo dużo się tu dzieje. Nudy nie ma, troche romantycznie, trochę czilera. Cudny głos

Album na smutki, przypomniał mi mój #tumblr era xd

Nie znałem tego chłopca, ładny ma głos, ciekawe są te utwory, takie barwne i ujmujące. Dziękuję

no ładne, ładne

Último día de junio con éste discazo que escuché el año pasado. Hay algo enormemente atractivo en las/os artistas que mueren jóvenes, ya sea de edad, ya sea de trayectoria. Es una sensación de injusticia, de lo inexplicablemente azarosa que es la vida. Su voz recuerda sin duda a Thom Yorke, a Radiohead en sí. Y a los 90s, por supuesto. Sin duda va a favoritos. Gracias por la recomendación y hasta mañana.

So Real really surprised me, i LOVE that song We all know LYSCO is an absolute classic masterpiece. I like mojo pin as well. This album is surprising me overall a lot more upbeat than i was expecting woah!! Eternal Life!!

He's talented, he has a great voice, it's just his songs are so forgettable. Like if Thom Yorke was in Coldplay, but without memorable songs. I can't recall any hooks or riffs or motifs. Nothing. I just know they sounded nice enough while they were playing.

Teenager me would have been obsessed over this album

Mojo pin intro sounds like thom Yorke stole whole career from.

Grace is such a hauntingly beautiful album that has always deeply spoke to me throughout the years. Even though it's the first (and only) album by Jeff Buckley, that does not mean it lacks in quality anywhere, pure sonic bliss from start to finish. Plus, it's fun that I share a name with this album :). Fav Songs Last Goodbye Grace Eternal Life Is it Top 1001 Worthy (is it essential)? ABSOLUTELY yes, one of the best albums of the 90's and in the singer-songwriter genre frame. If you haven't heard this record, what are you genuinely doing, go listen to it now.

Woof. I had high hopes for this one. Nope.

its peak

au top du top 8/10 a ne pas ecouter en public (trop connu pour que les gens ne connaissent l'emotion procuree par cet album😔😔)

Absolutely insane voice, really enjoyed the album. The music throughout was great too!

One of my favourite albums so no notes

i liked this. it was DRAMATIC!

I've generally struggled with this album every time I've tried to listen, and this was no different. I hear how transcendent the album is, how it changed people's lives, etc. and for me it has never hit hard at all. He's undeniably talented and uses dynamics well, but it feels overwrought and a bit melodramatic which for me kills much of the interest musically. The style for me fits neatly into the "this is fine" category, but I never really want to listen to anything he had to put out.

this album had a chokehold on me in highschool

Solid album here. Never heard of Jeff Buckley, but there were some undertones of Robert Plant/Led Zeppelin in his music.

Sorry, dawg, but I liked your Dad's music better. Another album perpetually recommended to me by my algorithms. I've listened to it a handful of times (but not recently) and it's got some nice highlights, but if Jeff didn't die a tragic death, would it have the reputation that it does? I think not!

Eternal Life gave me a little Lenny Kravitz and I'm great with that. This version of Hallelujah wins for me. Saved several tracks. I sincerely wish we had had Mr Buckley around longer. I loved this.

Started off a 3 but I think Hallelujah and Lover, You Should've Come Over and Eternal Life justify an extra star.

Big Nope. Disappointing and annoying.

Not a perfect album for me, while it has amazing voice and lovely guitar work, sometimes the songs fall a bit flat. But it's the only studio Jeff Buckley album and it's has a real soul and an amazing performance. 5/5

THANK YOU. I asked for anything above a 3 at the end of the last review, and boy did I get one! Yeah, I'm not going to beat around the bush for this one. This album is absolutely outstanding. I've enjoyed Tim Buckley's albums on this list well enough, but would it be wrong for me to say that his son, Jeff Buckley, surpassed anything Tim ever did with just one album? I don't think it would. Grace was the only complete album that Jeff Buckley released in his tragically short lifetime, and this might genuinely be the best "only album" to come from an artist ever. Everything about Grace just works. The music is definitely rock, there's no doubt about that, but the atmosphere is rather unique and the album at large is kinda hard to describe. Many of the album's songs take a more somber approach, while others are full-on rockers. Rather shockingly, this actually works really well in the album's favor, even if it is a little bit jarring to go from "Corpus Christi Carol" immediately into "Eternal Life" near the end of the album. But of course, many songs blend the two styles together creating a really special sound that appeals to many different parts of my music taste. I've got to give props to Jeff's backing band for this one. But of course, I have to talk about Jeff himself. Jeff fucking Buckley. This man's voice is just awe-inspiring. It's actually not too dissimilar to his father's voice at times, but you also have moments where he locks the hell in and it's magical. It helps that the songwriting is great. Though there are a few covers on the album, namely the jazz standard "Lilac Wine," the aforementioned traditional hymn "Corpus Christi Carol" and, most famously, Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," the rest of the album is fully original, and it's lovely. The album has a very strong focus on relationships and especially the endings of relationships, but Jeff Buckley is really good at writing those kinds of songs, so I can't blame him for focusing on them. But yeah, you've got some absolute gems on this track list. "Mojo Pin" might be one of the most emotionally powerful openers of any 90s album. The title track is just kinda perfect. "Last Goodbye" has great energy. The previously mentioned "Hallelujah" cover might be the best version of the song. "Dream Brother" is a hauntingly beautiful closer, though it would be wrong of me to ignore the bonus track "Forget Her," which is just as good, if not better. And of course, there is the emotional climax of the album and the album's best song, "Lover, You Should've Come Over." I know I called "Grace" perfect, but this song might be one of the best songs ever written. The musical progression, the despondent lyrics, and Jeff's powerful performance create the closest thing to perfection that I've heard for an album in what feels like forever. Grace is the kind of album that all artists should aspire to make. Though the tragic nature of the album is made more obvious by the tragedy of Jeff Buckley's life and death, the album stands on its own as a true work of art, the likes of which are only seen every so often. Grace is a true masterpiece and one of the best albums of the 90s, if not one of the best albums of all time. 5/5.

One of the best songs of all time is on this album.

Ranging from 90s alt rock to melancholy crooning. The Hallelujah cover is the best thing on the album, though possibly because I'm already familiar with it. Overall, I like it and would listen again.

Una joya (lo que me flipa es que el “arquitecto” haya tenido que repetir a Elvis Costello 4 veces, Slipknot 2 veces, a Tom Waits, Bob Marley antes que poner este puto disco que es ❤️‍🩹)

It's not the best album of all time, but it's definitely good. Very good, even, or maybe some word that would put it on the scale higher, but not that much higher than that. Of course, my subjective narrative speaks differently, as can be seen from the rarity rating of 5.0/5.0. I guess it's because the album and Jeff came during a period of creation of my musical tastes, and it just left a huge mark on me. Anyway, Grace is the only album that Jeff left in his lifetime, and I think of it as one great encapsulation of what he was in his lifetime: a quiet, mysterious guy who exudes James Dean energy and is eager to be free and prove himself. Often people see Jeff as a big "What if..." personality. What if he doesn't die in the prime of his youth? Is Grace one step in his career that would make him one of the most important musicians, or as the Anglo-Saxons say, The GOAT musician? I don't think it would. The album as a single is so full of energy and emotion that what came next sounds largely insincere when compared to this one. If the concept of infusing your soul in an album exists, this is a prime example of it. Jeff knows how to draw attention to himself. With his voice, which is the brightest point of this album. And the guy doesn't try to hide the fact that he has one of the greatest vocal strings in the history of music. He uses them amazingly in every, single, song on here. The thing with this album is that without his unique, vocal delivery and the aura he exudes, it absolutely falls flat on its face. I mean, imagining any other musician singing songs on here makes my gut turn, but Jeff just makes it work every single time. Pure emotion, throughout. Some would nitpick the songwriting, citing too much hiding behind covers and the help of contemporaries to carry the load, but that doesn't bother me in the slightest, if anything, the songwriting is very well done to accompany his uniquely ghost-like vocals to paint a picture of vulnerability, melancholy, and introspection. Overall, the album is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece that never fails to leave me in a state of awe after I've finished listening to it. Each track is a work of art, a testament to Buckley's exceptional talent as a vocalist and as one of a kind showman.

it was gooooodd, boy was on fire

This was not my cup of tea. The production and mixing is brilliant, the sounds through you around, which is amazing. Nonetheless it is a bit too chaotic for me. Of course Hallelujah is the best song on the album and one of my personal favourites. I like to think that Leonard Cohen heard Buckely’s version and thought that is how it is done.

MOJO PIN - i love the guitar background but what is a mojo pin GRACE - the bridge and his voice are beautiful, feels more modern LAST GOODBYE - feels like springtime and cherry blossoms, i love the line "kiss me out of desire, not out of consolation" LILAC WINE - quieter then other songs so far, feels older SO REAL - more rocky than other songs, punky HALLUJAH - more intimate (both in speech and in literal) - the contrast btwn piety and sex is interesting LOVER, YOU SHOULD HAVE COME OVER - already listened to CORPUS CHRISTI CAROL - holy vocal ability, i love the "ye olden lyrics" ETERNAL LIFE - so real esclated into super crazy, feels like an oppenent to hallujah in meaning DREAM BROTHER - feels like a spooky nightmare FORGET HER - good summary of the album

Alternative rock would just be better rock if everyone was like him. R.I.P Jeff, you had great taste.

I was really into this one when it was released. I got tired of the vocal gymnastics after a lot of listens. It's still a great album but I don't care if I ever hear it again.

A beaut, stunning voice and stellar lyrics(both written and not written by Buckley) make this the best one I've gotten so far. Highlights-Mojo Pin, Grace, Last Goodbye, Lilac Wine, So Real, Hallelujah, Lover, You Should've Come Over, Eternal Life, and Dream Brother.

I'd never heard any other track on this album than Hallelujah. What a beautiful voice we lost. Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah > Leonard Cohen's. It's not even close.

I really don’t know what to think about this one on my first approach! He is clearly some sort of genius and hears in color, very unusual chords and melodies that somehow maintain a pop edge. Every time I think I might be getting tired of his voice the song drives into a beautiful new clearing. It’s an album that feels like it’ll bury deeper into my soul the more I listen, and I want to keep coming back.

5/5 only album he completed wish there was more

1 so real

Idk man

It was fine

Jeff has the voice of an angel. was a little surprised how 90s this album sounds

Not usually into this style, but it was pretty good. 3.5/5 maybe a 4.

Not as good as I was hoping.

Mojo Pin Grace Hallelujah Lover, You Should Come Over Eternal Life

Mojo Pin Hallelujah Lover, You Should Have Come Over

If vanilla ice cream was an album, that would be it. Except this description also applies to many albums on this list.

We just don’t yearn like we used to. I really hated the opening track but the rest I could get behind if I didn’t listen too closely.

I grew up with two jeff buckley hating parents and so I was predisposed to not really like this. I knew the singles and I knew Lover… is a hit with the kids, but there wasn’t much here for me. Could easily position Last Goodbye amongst other music of the era and so that was probably my favourite

Quite annoying and not good. His version of Hallelujah is the best version because his voice is sickly sweet and he’s restrained enough there to do it great justice. That’s worth a second star alone. His Lilac Wine is okay, but I prefer Nina Simone’s to be honest. The rest made me very annoyed.

I really wish we got to hear where Buckley was going. This is one of the most devastatingly haunting records I’ve heard. Yeah it’s kinda whiny and times, and yeah it’s kinda overdone in parts, but something is so mystic about this record especially given his death. I really love the rockier stuff he does here. His music is very obviously inspired by his father’s (Tim Buckleys) imo. They both really know how to make an eerie record, great voices for it too. It’s just so creepy how they both suffered early fates in different tragic ways. The songs of both would make you believe it though.

I will say it Jeff Buckley was the greatest male singer to live. Lost too song and every song here proves that. I don’t have anything else to say this is perfect and beautiful and graceful even Melodrama as an album and it works so well fuck all this over acting criticism this is music that is so sure of itself and pushes itself to its limit. I love it to yearn and love. The power of Love

Une seule chanson correcte et elle est même pas de lui...

A really solid album and one I knew nothing about when starting it. I had never heard of Jeff Buckley and it was a shame to read about how he died. It's another one of those "what ifs" because I wonder what follow albums would have sounded like.

I was previously familiar with this album and it is really good. Jeff Buckley's voice is unique and the songs on this album suit him well. There's a nice balance of delicate songs with light instrumentation, with a few heavy rockers sprinkled in. The title track and Hallelujah are excellent, but really, the whole album is good. I would listen to this any time.

Emo dad album. Bridges are great. Really nice impact moments and gradual buildups. the breakdown in so real is awesome. This has the "it's never over song". Really beautiful in context. Great album about heart break and living after a really tough breakup. Really captures all of the emotions you go through. Forget her is amazing. Started off not liking this one but really got into it around the middle. Pretty solid and great overall listen. By the end I didn't want it to be over.

Bem chato. Nem um hino de aleluia no meio conseguiu salvar esse disco. Pra quem gosta, eu sinceramente não consigo entender. Será que o problema sou eu, ou é mais um caso de música cult que ninguém tem coragem de criticar? Seila.. Pouquíssimos segundos de pouquíssimas músicas que são interessantes, como a mais ''streamada'' do artista, Eternal Life que (finalmente) vem com rock, mas é só.

Déjà écouté avant. Bien sûr, Grace doit malheureusement une partie de sa légende au drame qui l'a suivi. Et une autre partie à la reprise anthologique de Hallelujah qui y figure. Mais Grace, c'est aussi et peut-être surtout un vrai bon album de rock 90's, tendance mélodramatique et sensuelle, à la production foisonnante et aux sonorités éclectiques, ondoyant d'un morceau à l'autre entre folk rock mélancolique, croon romantique, influences jazz, structures arty et, de manière plus étonnante, rock à guitares presque grunge. Le tout porté par une voix capable de s'adapter avec souplesse et intensité à ces contextes disparates. Bien plus que le caprice musical d'un "fils de". Top : Grace Flop : Corpus Christi Carol

Really? This is supposed to be, "one of the greatest albums of all time"? I'm both bored and horrified at the voice I'm having to endure. Pop crooner with a few songs dipped briefly in a au jus of grunge. The best part of this album was when it finished Spotify jumped to the Smiths song, "Bigmouth Strikes Again" as if to apologize for what I'd just had to endure.

It's obviously great and he could really fucking sing. Grace was my fav song and first listen of the album. Last Goodbye and Dream Brother were my other highlights

Sry, too melacholy

Absoluter Emotional Rollercoaster. Er vermischt unterschiedliche Genres und er schafft es jedes einzelne Genre in das reindippt komplett einzunehmen. Jeder Song ist so intensiv. Krasses Album

There are 2 beautiful songs on this album, but I don't like it as much as it is (belatedly) critically acclaimed. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #147 Best Songs Lilac Wine Hallelujah

Feel like Ive been saying this a lot lately (good luck?), but this is one of my favorite albums of all time. There is nothing like it. The vocals are insanely talented and unique, the songs span every conceivable genre - Jeff Buckley was always very up front about his influences, but to mix Led Zeppelin, Edith Piaf, Bad Brains, Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, etc and have it come out this beautiful is really something else. The sound of that Telecaster with the Alesis Quadraverb is a perfect guitar tone. This is another perfect album wouldnt change anything.

A tragedy that this was the only album this guy made before he died. An immense talent that was taken from us far too soon. This album more than deserves it's reputation.

Iconic. Great voice, great arrangements. Fragile and beatiful.

within the first few notes it feels like getting pulled into a kind of deep devastation... It´s one of my faviorite albums to this day, with every listen I wish there was a way to erase memory so I coul experience this masterpiece all over again. you kind of fly through this album he just manages to not only lyrically but through astonisching composition make me feel not only heavy hearthed but wierdly ecstatic.

One of my favorite all time albums - the breadth of talent displayed is staggering. So many different styles and sounds to sink your teeth into, executed perfectly by Buckley every time.

Even though I was the correct age to appreciate Jeff Buckley, I didn’t really know of him until well after he was gone. Now that I do, I wish I did sooner.

Aburridongo, y muy genérico

Pretty good. Has popular songs. I’ve heard hallelujah too much in my life that it’s corny and can’t be taken seriously now.

this was lovely - what a beautiful voice he has

i absolutely adore jeff buckley and his style. the fact that this is the only album he was able to release before losing his life kinda proves to me how phenomenal his work is. i love the amount of yearning and desperation his music gives. if i'm being honest there are a few songs i always skip whenever i listen to Grace. Given that it's a bit biased and subjective of me to give it 5/5 but isn't music subjective itself? So objectively 4/5, but in my heart it's one of the best albums created hence the 5 stars.

Pretty goated Jeff Buckley album, I have heard his other albums are really good. Some good hits on this one

I'm well aware of this album, and know a few of the tracks. I don't really enjoy the tracks I do know. Otherwise, I've never listened to this album start-to-finish. Here's the thing... Jeff Buckley is obviously an incredibly gifted singer. But sometimes when you reach a certain skill level as a musician, you attempt these insanely difficult things, and it's admirable on that level, but that doesn't necessarily mean it sounds good. Every time I think that a given song is going along just fine, he attempts one of those nearly impossible feats that just doesn't sound good. This album would be much better if Jeff Buckley held back a little more.

One of those albums that feels simultaneously very of its time and yet clearly reaching beyond it. In the former moments, I was digging it, and in the latter he got to me a couple times.

His confidence in his crooner voice to follow the melody wherever it takes him and his ability to express emotion through his guitar were world-class, and I wish we could have gotten four more. This was then and is now so damn good.

Leider das einzige Album von Jeff.

My god just phenomenal. The Melodie’s, the voice, the heaviness, the spaces in between notes. The reverb, so wet. 5.0/5.0 Best Song: Lover, You Should’ve Come Over

What can you say. It is a perfect timeless soft boy masterpiece. It was my whole being for a long period of my life, a game changer. He has the perfect voice. I can listen to this all day every day. Best Track: Last Goodbye

MUY bueno, hermosa voz, buenas canciones.

Heard Before? Yes, plenty of times. Seems like everyone I know had a Jeff Buckley moment. Notes: - obviously this is a vocal showcase, and it delivers in every way. the first performance of his I ever heard was "The Way Young Lovers Do" from Live at Sin-é, and I was fine with 10 minutes of vocal stunting. - this time around the drums really shone. expressive, responsive, dynamic and recorded with a nice live feel. the string arrangements and other production touches are also lovely while not overbearing. - the guitar and bass parts are mostly perfunctory, but that's ok. they aren't the focus. - the biggest downfall for me is the songs. he's just not my favorite songwriter and despite having heard these dozens of times over the years, i barely remember them. the hooks aren't there, the lyrics don't resonate and the arrangement could be tighter. "Last Goodbye" is glorious, though. - fantastic choice of covers, although if i ever have to hear "Hallelujah" again (especially a cosplay version by someone else) i will cover my ears and scream. - like almost every CD era album, it's too long. Verdict: One of the great vocalists of the 90s, if not the whole of rock history, but the album's staying power seems to lie mostly in what could have been. Listen Again? I won't be seeking it out, but I'm not opposed.

Un rock de calidad Con algunas canciones orientadas a melodías que trascienden a algo más que rock Se sintió bien, se sintió agradable de escuchar, se veía como un músico bien apasionado También se sentía como que si fuera algo grabado en vivo, sentí mucha energía durante el disco Lilac Wine, Hallelujah, y The Other Woman (en el legacy edición) son mis favoritas, pero definitivamente hay bastante que explorar y sentir, le voy a dar un 4 porque vi el potencial de que crezca en mi con el tiempo

Yes, “Hallelujah” shows his amazing high range, but it’s on his faster songs that he really shows his singing chops. Very impressive and a loss indeed

Every time I dig into this album I discover something new.

Great voice, I just don't get it.

Bought this one when it came out, but haven't listened to it in at least a decade. Some bits I like (Eternal Life) the rest I can take or leave.

Six stars

It’s good, but uber overrated. I haven’t listened to this album since the breakup. That certainly tainted my experience. I would give it 3.5 stars, so we’ll go for 3 instead. He is better than his dad though.

not sure if it lived up to the mythology and hype...

I've always liked the track, 'Grace', which IMO turns out to be the standout track on the album. A shame really, I was looking forward to hearing the deepcuts, but it turns out to be mostly pretentious dinner party music. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★★☆☆ (5/10) Total reviewed : 342 Already owned : 77 Purchased : 16 To buy : 3 Nope : 246

7/10

I sat through this while the power was off at my house. I wish I didn't waste the battery on my phone.

Anytime this decides to be a rock album, I’m very on board. The snoozy lounge stuff ain’t it, but the writing was at least mildly interesting. I’m tempted to give it a three because I really liked that “Eternal Life” song. RIP

Shame that Hallelujah brings the album down.

I loved a lot of songs in this album, it could have been a 5/5☆ for me, BUT I am an atheist and the religious songs kind of ruined the album for me, but that is just my liking, I don't really enjoy religious music so... only 4/5☆ sadly :(

Such a curious album. Tonally experimental at times. "Last Goodbye" was a highlight. I skipped right over the too-played "Hallelujah". The beginning instrumentals of "Lover, You Should've Come Over" were fantastic, and I really enjoyed the relaxed (melancholic?) vibes of the rest of the song.

The vulnerability of Buckley's reaches it peak on the epic Hallelujah. This whole LP is a joy, albeit one tainted with tragedy

This is my first time listening to Jeff Buckley and I was really surprised by the quality and depth here. Some amazing stuff. My only issue is his vocals occasionally teeter into the Jacob Collier icky pretentiousness.

1/1001. Insanely solid album! I’d listened to the most famous tracks (Hallelujah, Lover You Should’ve Come Over, other versions of Lilac Wine) before, but it was my first time hearing the others. Mojo Pin was an immense opening track! I also liked Grace, So Real, and Forget Her in particular, but I think this’ll be an album that only gets better with time.

A strange one, this, as it incorporates many ideas and styles which should, in theory, appeal to me. Definite Radiohead vibes in both the instrumentation and vocals, and there were aspects throughout that you could draw a through line to post rock or math rock with. The execution to me just felt off and a bit laboured, however. Almost like every song had to build and drone towards some grand conclusion whilst "really hitting you in the feels, man" along the way. And by that, I mean that I felt nothing but mild irritation.

I never got Buckey’s popularity and now after listening to it I still don’t. Straight line from this to John Mayer

Fire

неплохая гитара, приятный голос

whoever hurt jeffrey has made me weepeth on the day of thunder

this album gave me eternal life

This had the Grace.

Kinda christian rock. Famous songs though like Hallelujah. Not terrible.

I love this album so much, but I can't quite justify giving it a 5 today. Very close, though!

honestly landed closer to the Lenny Kravitz album than i'd like to admit

There's no doubt that the boy could sing. It's also sad that he was taken far to soon. That said, I don't love this album as much as I guess I'm supposed to. I'll round up to four stars though.

Amazing!

This is an album I’ve listened to plenty of times but never really got. He’s got a great voice but it’s a lacking in restraint for me. Great guitar playing although production is a little murky throughout. Maybe one day it’ll click like it does for so many other people

Jeff is so much more talented than Tim.

Too much fluff, but Hallelujah is an amazing, all timer version

I was bored for a lot of this album. Hallelujah obviously slaps but considering it's a cover it's not adding a star for me. Lover, You Should've Come Over was pretty solid but overall this album wasn't really doing it for me.

This was interesting but not enough for me to ever listen again

it was quite good kind of radiohead-esque

Another instance where I completely missed out on something being in Germany, not having MTV, etc. I didn’t hear this until 2000, 2 years after his untimely death. I remember seeing the cover around a bit and thinking he was doing some rockabilly schtick maybe? Ultimately Buckley is at his best interpreting other’s material or working with a cowriter, but that can’t take away from the first side here, one of the best of this or any decade. We played Sin-é and you can bet Mojo Pin was on my mind! Just an incredible piece of music and a performance to match (his; ours was OK). All that said, I rarely have any interest in listening to Grace. Just completely burned out on it and then of course the Cohen cover became inescapable, a kind of ubiquity afforded very few (even if his interpretation is a bit of a misread).

Good album, stunning voice.

With the sole exception of Hallelujah, this album is a waste of good vinyl. Hallelujah is worth adding to your playlist, but it is not really any better than the Cale or Wainwright covers.

Good

Meh

Неплохо, но не мое. Хотя две-три песни прикольные.

Words can not be used to sum up this album. I miss you Jeff

i mean come on, one of, if not the greatest album of the 90s

Still not a fan of this cat

Another re-listen, but it’s been so long and I think I’d only listened to it once before so I went into this listen with little memory of it. And I think the reason I haven’t given this more of a chance over the year is I find Buckley’s vocals overdramatic for my taste. I feel a little disrespectful admitting that, and I wonder if repeated listens would reveal more and more for me to appreciate. Standout moment: Lover, You Should’ve Come Over. I love the gradual build and the use of harmonium/organ.

Perfect

a classic and one of my all time favourites

A good album. A life-changing recording of "Hallelujah."

Great album to listen to for background noise, crying, late night drives, or if it ever rains.

Soaring highs but being honest there are some portions of meandering self indulgence. Cant argue with his voice but sometimes less is more and he is best when straight singing. When the tracks hit they hit big and that carry’s the album to being one that people should hear before they die. 4.0

4.5/5.

This is a top ten album for me. It's wonderful and there's nothing for me to write that hasn't already been written.

Grace is what matters, in anything...

Some good tracks, highlighted by one of the best recorded tracks. There are gaps in the album.

Very noisy

I knew parts of this album, and Hallelujah I had heard a hundred times (I still contend it is up there with "Born in the USA" for most misunderstood song of all time) but as a whole what a revelation. An absolute angel. Songs like Corpus Christi Carol are absolutely divine.

An absolutely gorgeous and haunting record from an absolutely stunning singer and a truly phenomenal debut. Buckley's untimely death was a real tragedy, but at least he was able to give us an all time great while he was here.

There are only so many words in the English language to describe how this sounds. I think the one word I would choose would be ethereal. Jeff Buckley had a unique voice, not a great voice, but he put his heart and soul into his music. The guitar is a beautiful bonus. While I wouldn’t choose to listen to this album, it absolutely belongs on the list and I appreciate the opportunity to listen to it. Many people have said that Buckley’s version of Hallelujah is the best. I respectfully disagree, I prefer the original by Leonard Cohen. Each version brings something different, and both are worthy. 3.5 stars

I've always loved "Last Goodbye" truly a masterpiece of a song and performance. The rest of the album is good, but I never got into it the same way as "Last goodbye" Wonderful vocals throughout, and certainly a tragic story.

9/10 One of a kind album Favourites: Mojo Pin Grace ⭐️ Forget Her

Damn this guy really was an angel. Faves: So Real Hallelujah

Emotional masterpiece

Tears bro… tears… 10th or so relisten and I can’t not cry a lil. His work is so good and I love the vocals sooo mcuh. Love eternal life, such an incredible switch up so quickly

It's often commented about this artist or that band how, "If they'd only ever made [one seminal album], they'd still be one of the greatest and most influential musical acts of all time." Jeff Buckley is that artist and 'Grace' is that album. He has influenced the likes of Thom Yorke (Radiohead) and Matt Bellamy (Muse). And countless others. (I once auditioned for a melodic metal band, and Jeff Buckley influenced the sound as much as Deftones and Tool.) This album masterfully covers more sonic landscape than most artists manage across their entire careers. Single tracks like the titular "Grace" explore more tonal ground than most albums. Jeff Buckley conveys more emotion into a single exhale than most artists do in entire songs. RIP Jeff Buckley. Taken too soon. Leaving to much art unmade.

Really good album. Definitely a classic, doesn't get old. Not my favorite album ever but not one that I dreaded listening to, either. Certainly mythologized in a way that slightly overrates it. Favorite track: Eternal Life

Nice

klassiker, älskar detta albumet

Only enjoyable version of Hallelujah

god light

Don’t listen to the internet the best song on here is clearly eternal life

Started pouring rain as soon as Forget Her came on. This is my movie moment

I don’t remember where I was when I first heard Grace by Jeff Buckley. I remember having a middling impression of it on first listen. The pair of Hallelujah and Lover… were these extraordinary behemoths sitting in the middle of the tracklist, and the rest, I didn’t exactly register with. But like, it seems, everyone else in the last five years, Grace has soared back into relevance, as this bastion of a young man’s pain. And what helped was that Buckley himself was worldly, intelligent, charismatic, and robbed from us far too soon. Gorgeous might be the word, but it’s more than that. His own songs meld perfectly with the classics he covers (Hallelujah, Corpus Christi, Lilac Wine), a testament to his uncanny ability to take total control of his sound. No one sounds like him man, and many have tried. Obviously, closer to a 6 than a 4.

Timeless sound. Father of indie rock? Love the composition of the upbeat stuff. Loses me in the second half of the album

beautiful

Okay,

It's a 5 just for the incredible Hallelujah cover, the rest is icing (or gravy? Whichever you prefer on your cake). It's a real shame he was taken from us shortly after this album, because I think his second, third, and more albums would probably have been brilliant improvements over this great album.

Every song is exceptional. An amazing talent that was sadly taken so young. Amazing voice and songs.

Really like. Saved.

Apart from his cover of Hallelujah, dodnt know this album. Its good. Very good.

One of those guys I've heard of but was never popular enough for me to listen to. Big mistake. Jeff is awesome. I have heard his rendition of Hallelujah. Arguably the best version.

So, before ever having heard of Jeff Buckley, I was a fan of the album Distorted Lullebies by Ours, a band that is the brainchild of one Jimmy Gnecco, who, apparently was a "protégé" of Jeff Buckley, and derided for his imitation of him. I, however, see and appreciate the influence, and think Jimmy put his own stamp on what he was doing. I happen to prefer Ours over Buckley, but that's just a matter of taste, and each time I hear Grace, my appreciation for it grows, and Jeff's sudden death after putting out this masterpiece is nothing short of a tragedy.

boring

it is okayish for me

Bra rockplatta, men inte riktigt min stil egentligen. Behöver ej ha på vinyl.

fine. Its technically great. but not super my cup of tea

I need to return to this one on another day. I could really like this if I listen to it when the time is right.

This album was beautiful. It was also very long. I wasn't aware that his voice had such a large range within it. I liked listening to this.

Nice

Much like pet Sounds earlier this is one of the albums that has just never clicked for me which is strange because everything about my music taste says I should love Jeff Buckley. I should probably give it a relisten but from memory it didn't feel like a cohesive album and the hits don't make up for that. I just never really understood the hype/respect Buckley commands.

nice! liked it better than i expected. the drums are great.

Not bad. Not really my thing though.

90’s Rock

Seriously one of the greatest albums ever made. Buckley's vocals are so incredibly beautiful. Admittedly, despite knowing how good this album is, I avoid listening to it because it makes me sad to think about Buckley's short life and how much we lost when he died. So glad I was "forced" to listen to again.

had to add few videos abt the album to the playlist of my favourites. Very captivating ? Idk how to describe it better. Liked, oki

Hallelujah alone is worth the price of admission. I like his voice, but this time around he reminded me of the guy from Jesus Christ Superstar. Rounding up from 3.5

So real .... and then Eternal Life kicks in and i wake up

Another solid not great album. 3.5.

Good album, very emotional, great all around.

Haunting, beautiful…enjoyed it more than I thought I woukd

I did not like this as much as I had hoped. It seemed like a mashup of George Michael and Chris Cornell without the vocal strength. There were a couple of okay tracks. The Hallelujah was nowhere as great as people claim. Did not favorite one track.

Lo de Jeff Buckley da bronca. EL tipo te lanza tremendo álbum, tan noventoso que duele pero que se diferencia por su estilo vocal, sus líricas y un sonido demoledor y universal. Al tiempo no va que se muere. Grace apareció en el momento correcto, donde lo puedo disfrutar de pies a cabeza en loop. Es música que llena, que pega fuerte. Claramente es para mi. Gracias pibe, gone to soon... Robate el cielo chorrito que tenes toda la chispa tqm

Great sneaky good album, Buckley’s voice is great but also musically there are some interesting chord progressions in songs like Grace that really draw me in.

Great album

I hear the influence on Muse and Radiohead

(100/100)

Pretty alright 82

Just a perfect album

Fantastic still after many years

His cover of "Lilac Wine" is insane

Nah

I liked this album a lot, the overall sound was incredible and the way the instrumentals came together was perfect. Thanks Rory. Favourite - So Real

Falling in love, heartbreak, self discovery, all lived through this album. I wish I was young again.

I really think this may be my favorite single album ever. What a singular talent.

I didn't know that Lover, You Should Have Come Over is that one famous song on tiktok. It's so good though wow!!! Besides that one, however, I really REALLY didn't enjoy it.

Between this and Tori Amos something was going on with middlebrow listeners in the 90s being drawn to overly elaborate and unfocused singer-songwriter melodies. Buckley’s talent is undeniable especially on tracks like Last Goodbye and Hallelujah but the songs have a habit of languishing beneath the altitudinal, theramin-like quivering of his vocal stylings. Yeah, I get it, Thom Yorke aped the style. But he had Johnny Greenwood’s melodic backbone.

Muy buen álbum. No me lo esperaba así. Es un precursor del indie rock; muy chill, melancólico y emocional, suena real. Hay una canción que es trend de tiktok.

I can hear the appeal for some, but his vocal style doesn’t do it for me. Music is good but something about the production is off for me. Obviously, he was talented and it’s a matter of musical taste thing for me. His “Hallelujah” is now the standard. I think it works best when Buckley kept it simple. The keep it simple” on either music or vocal style works whereas histrionic vocal plus the music being florid in same songs is coming off as a bit much. So, “Corpus Christi Carol” is lovely and “Lover, You’ve Should Have Come Over” works. “Eternal Life” is a straightforward rocker.

Many different styles throughout the album. Such a beautiful album. Felt a connection to this album since my first listen. Rip Jeff Buckley

So I'm not a fan of his vocal range, and that's just a personal opinion. Some of the songwriting hits hard, some of it doesn't. After a single listen, my favorite track was Lilac Wine, and as far as that individual song goes, Nina Simone gave it a spin that makes the track turn on its head. None of this is really inspiring a second listen. What I really see is potential. If it hadn't been for his unfortunate death, I'm sure he would've made a more obviously outstanding project, it's just a matter of keeping that artsy head on straight. I gave it a second listen on some quality earbuds and, the arrangements and musical skill are absolutely beautiful on this album. I guess I'd buy it if I saw the record, because I understand this is gonna sound as good as the system it's played on. Not something I'll be adding to any playlists any time soon. Good for an occasional listen with appreciative ears. 3.3/5