Grace

Classic. Perfect

Come on now, a classic

I've already listened to his album (4). Cult for a reason. Not a bad thing to say about it.

Fucking beautiful. If there was any justice in the world, Jeff would still be alive and would be the biggest music star on the planet right now.

Excellent. Too little from him sadly. Great covers in here too. Great vocals. 4-5 stars.

oki love this a lot honestly

Perfection

I love the control he has in his voice. Every song is intriguing. The opening notes of Lover make me SO excited. Some people may think this album is overrated, but that's not a reason to not like the great songs on this album. Emotional and unique and interesting. Wonderful debut album. Good job Jeffy B

Grace by Jeff Buckley is an album I’d always intended to hear in full but, for one reason or another, never quite got around to—until today. I was genuinely excited to finally give it my undivided attention. What struck me most was its range: it moves effortlessly from soaring, impassioned rock to delicate, heartfelt ballads, with subtle threads of prog and psychedelia woven throughout. Expansive yet perfectly cohesive, it’s a stunning showcase of Buckley’s extraordinary talent—both as a vocalist and as a musician. This is an album I’ll return to time and again. Favourite track: Every song is excellent, but “Grace” and “Hallelujah” stand out. Least favourite track: None—there isn’t a weak moment here. Album artwork: Iconic and instantly recognisable.

Great voice and gone too soon.

I challenge anybody to find a more angelic voice than Jeff Buckley’s. I knew I enjoyed his music, but I’d never heard this album in full before. I think that Hallelujah might be one of the most beautiful songs ever written. I know it was Leonard Cohen initially, but Jeff Buckley really perfected it. From beginning to end here, nothing falls flat. Also, I just read about how he died and now I’m miserable. Imagine being the tugboat driver that accidentally killed Jeff Buckley. How would you even cope?

I've not listened to this in years. Yes it's overwrought. It's also exceptional.

Peak

Definitely not my first time listening but happy to have the excuse LOVE this album :))

This album is absolutely fantastic! So many beautiful songs. And it is an impressive feat when you can take a legendary song and make it ever more well known than the original. Amazing album to listen to on a calm evening.

trop bien incroyable quel vocaliste le goat

Brilliant from start to end. Incredible vocals and arrangements. Already looking forward to the next listen.

It's reputation as a classic is well deserved. Aside from his virtuosic vocals, the song writing is top tier. The chord progressions are interesting, the use of dynamics is fantastic, this isn't your standard singer songwriter stuff. He's also a fantastic guitarist. Easy 5

Last goodbye Hallelujah Lover you should come over Forget her

What a prodigious talent

Heavenly Gold.

Was a big fan of So Real through Spotify random recommendations but never looked up who the artist was, until now. Great chord progressions, great album. Ahead of its time definitely.

# Album Name: Grace # Artist: Jeff Buckley # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: Great album. JB's vocals are immense. Theres such a diverse range of music on the album but its all TOP quality. The Album is a tad too long for me. Could have been shortened. Still a great listen. # Top Tunes: Mojo Pin / Grace / L goodbye / Lilac wine / So Real / Hallelejuah / Eternal life # Would I listen to it again? Oh yeah

a couple of production proclivities and stylistic cross-pollinations indicate that this was in fact recorded in the early 90s but other than that im not sure theres much overtly tethering this to Any decade, at least on this planet. but im not sure i wanna use such otherworldly language anyway...i can imagine hearing this as a Mystical record but its very grounded and specifically sensory to me, every song is a lived-in room with a bunch of scattered objects that tell u a little something about the people who spend time there. jeff's voice is far too full of character and thoughtful choices to be written off the way some people write it off, he's gotta be doing something right if he can take on a song i know from nina simone and have me not come out the other end disappointed. never been one of my very very favorite albums personally but its involving and moving and Singular from front to back, its got a ton of space for the listener while being vibrantly specific and expressive, definitely an album you Visit in the same way i visit the likes of yankee hotel foxtrot. it certainly Should be a lot of people's very very favorite album

Very detailed guitar use that sounds random but right

Never listened to him before and ended up really loving it overall and especially certain tracks.

In the words of Walter White: ‘JEFF! NO, JEFF! DON’T GO SWIMMING IN THE WOLF RIVER HARBOUR THERE’S TUGBOATS JEFF!’ This is such a well written and well performed album. Jeff’s vocal range is astounding, his ear for unique chords and chord progressions enviable as guitarist, and the album’s blend of heavier riffs and beats, and subtler, quieter moments give it an engaging and dynamic flow, making it’s 50+ minute run time feel like a breeze. The drums and bass, while not the focal point, are perfectly fitted to the songs, and the bass tone on Eternal Life might be one of my favourites I’ve ever heard. I know it’s a cover but Hallelujah is performed perfectly. The mysterious, haunting, finger picked opening, followed by the pay off of the chord change at around 0:45 is genuinely one of the most satisfying tension/reliefs ever put to record. It might start to feel a little overperformed by the end, but by that point I don’t care! Every time I listen to this album, I like and appreciate it even more. It’s an easy 5 and a testament to Buckley’s legacy. Mojo Pin (10/10) Grace (8/10) Last Goodbye (8/10) Lilac Wine (7/10) So Real (9/10) Hallelujah (10/10) Lover, You Should’ve Come Over (8/10) Corpus Christi Carol (8/10) Eternal Life (10/10) Dream Brother (8/10) Forget Her (8/10) 8.5/10

Complete album with catchy tunes and skillful instrumentation with wide range. Another 5 star 1001 album find. Favorite track: Last goodbye other picks: grace, lilac wine, hallelujah, lover

One of my favorites, incredible album, no notes 5/5

Grace is a stunning album which makes you wonder what Jeff Buckley could have achieved had he lived. It opens with "Mojo Pin", reminiscent of Led Zeppelin as is the title track which immediately follows. Both feature a swirling collage of sound, full of surprises, with Buckley's etherial voice floating over the top. Other tracks, like "Last Goodbye" and the beautiful "Lover, You Should've Come Over" echo Radiohead in places, but in reality Grace doesn't really sound like anything else. The melodies are gorgeous and build, slithering snakelike through the songs. The covers of "Lilac Wine" and "Hallelujah" are definitive, Buckley makes them his own. His guitar playing is excellent throughout; reportedly a virtuoso, he never shows off at cost to the song. The band and the string arrangements complement his voice perfectly. And what a voice - to go from the clear bell-like falsetto in Britten's "Corpus Christi Carol" to the grit of "Eternal Life" is incredible, unrivalled. Truly, and unfortunately, a one off....

No notes. Just an awesome album.

One of the prettiest alt rock albums to have ever graced the 90s. It's a damn shame that this is Jeff Buckley's only release before he passed.

Biased review because I had already loved this album. The progression of emotion is perfect, his voice is unique and trained, the composition of each song is solid. I’ll admit there’s a little filler. 9.5/10

My boy!

This is a good as it gets. Originals are spot on and not many songs you can say the cover is better than the original. Loat out on a lot of potential music with his passing.

Classic

Holy fuck. A must relisten. All of the songs blended together on first listen and I never lost interest the entire time. I think "So Real" was my favorite the second time through, but so much greatness it's hard to say for sure. Wow wow wow wow wow

Album 228. What a meaningless milestone. I anticipated that this album would come along further down the line than it has. My dad recently asked me to listen to this album. You know how that goes. It’s easy for me to come on here and trash albums that I have no personal attachment to, but a familial recommendation?? That takes on a different context. I listened to this album about a month ago and found it to be unbearable by the end; however, since then, the songs have come through individually and have been quite enjoyable. All this boring preamble to say, I have heard this, so hopefully second time is the charm. I hated HIS dad’s record (Tim Buckley), but will MY dad come through with the solid recommendation? Stay tuned folks. Mojo Pin - The atmosphere is so strong here. Excellent vocals. A really compelling track. Somehow the pretension is quelled as this feels genuine in the face of a voice I’d be tempted to hate. Grace - This a bizarre track and I think in the best possible way. It just goes everywhere. That addictive warble on the chorus, and the extended “freakoutro” (™️) tie up a song that sounds like ascending from purgatorial anguish to the afterlife. Last Goodbye - We’re getting more radio friendly on this one. There are still interesting musical choices and that riff is pretty good, but this one wouldn’t be out of place playing quietly in a tanning salon. Not a full on miss, especially with the beautiful little close, but not a hit. Lilac Wine - See, don’t say “put my heart in its recipe.” It’s gripping, and for a song that every opportunity to be painful to listen to, it really never verges into that territory. Yes, there was one mildly cringeworthy lyric, but this moves along nicely. So Real - This guitar riff almost sounds like Slint. HOLY SWEET HELL that guitar solo and buzzing bass. Fucking Christ. This song is a juggernaut. Hallelujah - The Lenny Cohen hour. Sure, it’s overplayed, and everybody thinks it’s beautiful, but sometimes things are evergreen. This is a beautiful song, and it’s performed absolutely incredibly here. Moving. Lover, You Should’ve Come Over - Are we pronouncing lover and over the same way here? Really quirked up now. I don’t think he will. Whatever. Love whatever instrument that is at the start. That’s cool. I lack the musical knowledge or access to the general vocabulary to describe the shifts in guitar tone that make this song interesting. It’s almost undulating like the genesis of waves. Gently rocking the listener, but also producing an uneasiness that keeps your interest throughout. Corpus Christi Carol - His voice is insane. It’s way beyond what you’d expect from an album labelled “pop/rock.” Damn near operatic. Beautiful song. And to think I expected a departure into hoedown music detailing the best hootenannies to be had in that Texas town. Eternal Life - I don’t want to be anything other than what I’ve been tryna be lately. Sorry. I won’t invoke that disgustingly horrible song while THIS riff plays. Where does this shit come from? When that bass hits, good lord. Yeah this goes hard. From medieval opera dirge, to driving modern rock. We’ve got something brewing here. Dream Brother - Hey Dream brother. We have the same dream. I’ve made a lot of “enjoying music” rules. Maybe there are no rules. Promise a million times you’ll never do another rule. Forget Her - Some chill white guy blues?? Why am I even enjoying that?? What is wrong with me? Am I being seduced by the evils of white guy blues?? If they keep playing guitar like that, then I’ll be setting up residency at the hard rock cafe in no time. Context is king. Music is not meant to be fully experienced upon first listen. If it is, then that’s usually what clogs up the charts until the golden plunger descends, flushing out the top 40, only to be followed closely by another pile of palatable refuse. The stuff that sticks around forever is the challenging stuff. I still stand by my 1s, my harsh reviews, but I acknowledge that if something is to grow on me, it needs time to do so. If I would’ve rated this album a month ago, I would’ve slapped a 2 on it and resumed my thousand yard stare towards the Britpop/new wave album that will assuredly be accosting me tomorrow morning. With time and a sympathetic ear, I am blown away. This is high art that scratches any intellectual itch you may have whilst also appealing to base humanity in such a vulnerable way. I don’t get the stench of “this is meaningful because he died young.” I expected that coming in, but this stands on its own. Highly influential to all of your favourite artists and very, very impactful on second listen. Worth every second of my attention and one that will assuredly get richer with time. 4.5-5 HIGHLIGHTS: Mojo Pin, Grace, So Real, Hallelujah, Eternal Life

This album is like drinking two glasses of red wine and then getting into your swimming pool on a still starry night. You lie on your back, and make no movements while looking up at the night sky, marvelling at the universe. Your garden is light up by the moonlight and the quiet warmth of the pool lighting envelops you as you drift slowly around the pool. You don’t want this moment to end.

One of my favourite albums of all time, I love the instrumental mixed with the raw emotion his lyrics provide creates pure art. Considering this is his first album makes me quite sad on what we might have missed out on with his death. 6/5 stars, not a bad song in this album.

Forgotten about Jeff Buckley, so good to hear his tones again.

I love this album, I'm just sad that he didn't get to make any more

What an expertly crafted album. The artistry on display here is nothing short of monumental. A high for the medium as a whole.

Masterpiece

I don't think I can thing of many albums more legendary than this one, so I was incredibly hyped to listen to it for first time! Thankfully, it more than lived up to the hype. A lot of the album just sounds plain good. Like there is a lot of sounds that I just like. Every guitar tone just sounds great. Mr. Buckley is also famously a fantastic singer. The Whole thing is just super pleasing to the ears and it's great. 100/100

One of the greatest albums ever

One of the most enticing albums ever, and it feels like its in a genre all its own, far too cool to be singer-songwriter or rock.

Albums a 10, no notes

Obviously the famous "Hallelujah" cover, but from the first notes of Mojo Pin this is entirely my type of thing

Discazo. F por él que se murió. Dato: Según wikipedia la cancion "Calling You" de Pedro Aznar es en su honor (tiene su onda)

voltando ao passado e corrigindo um erro GRAVE de ter dado uma nota baixa pra esse aqui simplesmente incrível perdão a todos pelo vacilo

eu sempre esqueço o quão ROCK esse album eh o som da bateria ta altaço em algumas músicas pqp btw alguns instrumentais sao post hardcore demais nunca tinha notado ou o foda eh a vozinha dele afinando e voltando ao normal. tirando isso, eu acho demais que deve ser um dos maiores lançamentos dos anos 90, foda-se que deus o tenha btw (edit pra 5 estrelas)

An out of body experience, just perfect

fantastic

Have heard this probably hundreds of times but glad to get an excuse to sit with it again. I’m sure Hallelujah gets a lot of people’s focus but there’s tons to love on this. Last Goodbye is one of my all time fave songs, and this album is an easy five for me.

Was nice revisiting this one. Always found it a bit bloated and somewhat challenging to get through but really enjoyed a fresh listen after a few years. Ended up favoriting five tracks and discovered Eternal Life which never registered with me before. Shows a bit more of that rock range that would have been cool for him to explore. My brain tells me this is a 4* album but my heart is urging me to round up to a 5*. One of the ultimate "what ifs" in music... 4.25/5

Orgásmico, deprimente

This was really good! A hidden gem imo.

É lindo, é como ouvir um anjo cantando, os instrumentos os vocais, é tudo perfeito.

Are you kidding me? I'm so excited that I got this album. One of the only albums so far that I've listened to before (if not the only one) it's so good. I will listen to all of it before rating of course but I'm optimistic that this will be a high rating. His voice is so iconic and so haunting. It's rock, it's soulful, it defies genres at times. And it's his DEBUT. Like come ON. This debut is up there with Lorde lol. I just love this album and it is one that I think everyone should listen to. I know everyone has heard Hallelujah but like... the REST! The melodies, the drama but yet the simplicity of just instruments and his voice. The way this album makes me feel like I'm in a movie is unmatched. It's just so good. More of this please and thank you. Lover, You Should Come Over is probably a top 10 song for me. It's almost in two separate acts with the start of Eternal Life. Every song sounds so good together but also all of them are stunning stand alone songs. It's just powerful! love love love

Great songs and he was a super talented singer

I like this one a lot very good voice and overall very cool

Such a beautiful album, it’s been one of my favourites since the first time i heard it. Despite how much it ranges going from his hauntingly beautiful falsetto in Corpus Christi Carol to the aggressive guitar solo in Forget Her, it’s very cohesive and every song serves its purpose well. Each one is a masterpiece in its own right. My only regret for this album is that it’s his only studio release, rest in peace Jeff Buckley.

I never really realized how Zeppelin-ish this album is. Incredible voice, gone too soon. I'm really glad I revisited this one after a few years. Incredibly emotive and every song has a journey that you go on through it.

Melifluous! Such a tragedy he was taken too soon

Long time since I've listened to this in full. Mainstay of the late teenage years. Still a classic.

Five out of Five all day long. At times almost an exhausting listen packed full with emotion. How would the world of music look if Jeff was still with us today? Massive loss.

An album that I have carried everywhere. A single part of a whole life The single part of his single life Gone too soon

Jeff Buckley is one of the best singers I've ever heard. The album is beautiful. Favorite song: Last Goodbye

At first, Jeff Buckley appears to be the whinier American Tom Yorke. This isn't necessarily all bad, and I like the more Radiohead sounding songs the most. I enjoyed Grace quite a bit; it is much better than I expected it to be. Really nice vibes. Edit: I have returned to this album time and time again since I rated it. It's incredible! I'm glad "Lover, You Should've Come Over" is having a moment right now.

what a voice, what an atmosphere, love him and still cannot get over the fact and the heartbreak that this is his only album:(

Very very good all around, multiple standouts

A beautiful sound. Lover You Should've Come Over is a 6 out of 5 stars song.

Soooo dynamic

I wish he had more time to make more music. He died way too soon

Lovely

such a gorgeous album, and just seems more expansive than the previous day's Smiths' album, which I thought was also very pretty, but in a different way.

I knew this guy as hallelujah man and boy does he have range!

I listen to this about once a month. One of my all-time favorites.

Listened before?: Yes, a much beloved album for me

Absolutely loved it.

5 stars no doubt. Great voice great guitar playing

Peerless, one of the great albums, flawless.

The most hauntingly beautiful album. Every melody is sprinkled with a bittersweet sombre tough that makes me feel like I could bawl in seconds. I haven't listened to it since my teenage years and as an adult it still stands as one of the best I've ever heard. And it's obviously tainted by the tragedy of the artist which adds to it's peacefully ambivalent spectacle. I especially loved the contrast between Corpus Christi Carol and Eternal life. This guy has range. Love!

Biased and prejudiced but it's glorious.

10/10 no notes

Great album. One of my favourites. I think I would have preferred him to end on a bigger chord for the last note. Other than that it's all brilliant. You can hear how much he influenced 90/00s indie all the way through it.

Perfection v2

This album was not my usual cup of tea but that doesn't make it any less beautiful or captivating. Jeff's style and voice is somewhere between a rockstar and an angel, truly. He has an incredibly soulful approach to his songwriting. No doubt, absolutely graceful too so album is pretty aptly named. Jeff's got wild power in his voice too, with soaring choruses and refranes on Grace. The instrumentation is super organic and cozy, from organs to balanced drums and guiding basslines, very pretty strings as acoustic and electrifying leads. You have Hallelujah on here which is an incredibly transcendent song and the power of that song is pretty much unprecedented. Lover, You Should've Come Over is probably a new favorite of mine, another very powerful track. Eternal Life is also sick as hell and makes me wanna go skydiving or some shit. Dream Brother is mysterious as hell, ominous ass vibe but very awesome. All in all I can see why this album is so influential, there are times I could hear a future Thom Yorke sort of phrase or other vocal patterns that would bleed into alternative music. As a first time experience this album was pretty stunning and sonically compelling just off performances alone. RIP Jeff, damn shame he died so young because he was a hell of a musician.

10/10 I was wowed by this album. This album spoke to my past self in terms of my previous partners. The lyrics were touching and I empathized heavily with Buckley in songs such as Forget Her, Lover, You should have come over, and Last Goodbye. Every song was a great listen and completely rocked. The passion by Buckley was also unmatched. Both the delivery of the lines and the instrumentation were perfect. Will definitely be coming back to this album

Voice of a god damn angel! Love this man, love this album, nasty guitar work happening here too if you can tune out the heavenly vocals.

When I started this challenge I decided not to read anything about what albums are included or the criteria for inclusion. With that said, I have no qualms about this remarkable album being included in this list as I believe no life is complete without experiencing it at least once, but hopefully more often. Jeff Buckley has a uniquely beautiful voice and he puts it to good use in this set of songs. While "Hallelujah" seems to get all the attention, and it's outstanding, songs like "Lover, You Should've Come Over" display amazing talent and range. I just adore this album and am glad to see it included, it's certainly deserved. We can only imagine what else Jeff would have contributed to our world had we not lost him so tragically.

One of the all time great albums.

Якщо і є на світі альбом, який можна було описати єдиним слово "краса" то Grace від Jeff Buckley буде саме цим альбомом. Головною його особливістю є вокал Джефа - піднесений, тендітний та чутливий. Мені навіть важко порівняти його з кимось, в тому сенсі, що гарних співаків існує багато, але настільки делікатного виконання та відданості годі й шукати. Усі інші мелодійні елементи фактично будуються навколо вокалу. "Текстурні" струнні аранжування, час від часу, зустрічаються з "джангловою" гітарою та поступово нарощують напругу, розгортаючись у яскраві "емоційні піки", що підносять виконання Джефа до якогось "небесного" рівня, даруючи нам одні з найзахопливіших вокальних перфомансів ever. Окрім цього, в музиці також вгадується вплив джазу, та блюз-року у дусі Led Zeppelin. Можливо таке звучання і не робило гурт "сучасним прикладом альтернативного року" з огляду на те, яка музика була на піку в ті роки, але час все розставив на свої місця. Зараз Grace є одним з найвпливовіших альбомів, що є взірцем того наскільки злагоджено він звучить - тут немає жодного зайвого моменту та кожна мелодія спрямована на "кристалізацію" емоції. Ну і на цьому альбомі напевно, що найкращий кавер на легендарну Hallelujah Леонарда Коена.

What would Jeff Buckley have become? Who else sounded like this at the time? What fingerprints could he have had on the landscape of American music? Frankly, I’d be a lot more interested to know this than if Kurt Cobain had been able to have a long career. A real genius gone way too soon here. Absolutely love this album.

Very good

What to say about this album? A pop genius gone before his time. And these songs are EPIC. Even the massively over-played "Hallelujah" sounds amazing in the context of the album (and he always had the best version). Also, I'd forgotten how much "Eternal Life" rocks.

Stupid better than I expected it to be album.

Interesting experience

One of the most beautiful voices to ever sing a song.

Love . Iconic. So good

4.5/5

PLAYED A SECRET CORD AND SUCKEDMEHALALUHUGHA

such a wide ranging and emotionally powerful album - absolutely loved it

Already listened to this album, lol. Jeff Buckley is a musical genius and his lyrics have stabbed me in the heart—as per usual. Grace and So Real will always remind me of Carlo. Curse you, Juu. Hope you’re okay. But So Real now more reminds me of Heyzel, my soul and heart at once.

Great album

wow beautiful final rating 9/10

First Listen: 27 Mar 2023 his voice is unhuman bro is an angel im so deadass. RIP

Emotionally charged, achingly beautiful album that more than lives up to its towering reputation. Favourite Songs: Grace, So Real, Hallelujah, Lover, You Should've Come Over, Dream Brother. Least Favourite Songs: Corpus Christi Carol.

yeah no this is going in the rotation

I think what really sells it for me is that some of the songs are amazing, and none of them feel “just okay”. I don’t listen to a lot of this kind of music though, so it may be more of a novelty for me. But I saved a ton of songs from this album!

Brilliant! Listened to it twice on repeat. So far, the best album I’ve discovered thanks to this project. Dramatic, occasionally overblown, raw and sentimental at the same time. Standout tracks: Lover, You Should’ve Come Over; Dream Brother.

This is an absolute masterpiece. His voice, the raw emotion and talent and passion behind what he’s singing, the messaging, the yearning… it doesn’t get better than this. We lost him way too soon

Damn epic. Just when you think there's gonna be a completely quiet song it explodes again to new heights. The man has range and sings with conviction. The production is just enough so it doesn't get in the way of the music. I never listened to Buckley before but I agree with the writers of the list, you should have experienced this at some point in life.

oh, the 90s angst! the guitar rifts and vocal range! the songwriting is fantastic. his cover of hallelujah is heartbreaking.

I was a Rolling Stone subscriber as a teenager and I remember this album getting great reviews. Despite this I didn't listen for many years because I incorrectly believed he was some kind of Harry Connick Jr crooner type. I was right about Buckley being a crooner but I was wrong to go 31 years without listening to this album. "Hallelujah" and "Lover, you should come over" are my favorites but there are no bad tracks on the album. The incredible part for me is that he sings in "his" voice on every song. Buckley doesn't adopt any "grungy" howl on the more up tempo songs nor does he have an affect on the ballads. I am sad 28 years after the fact that he died because we didn't get to see where he would go from this debut. 4.75/5

Fucking phenomenal honestly. Not my speed and still captivated me. Took a few songs but I really did buy in. Forget Her is a perfect ending.

i've listened to this many times before Mojo Pin - 5/5 Grace - 5/5 Last Goodbye - 4/5 Lilac Wine - 5/5 (i still prefer Nina Simone's cover tho) So Real - 5/5 Hallelujah - 5/5 Lover, You Should've Come Over - 5/5 Corpus Christi Carol - 4/5 (idk why i didn't like this my 1st listen but this is fucking heavenly) Eternal Life - 4/5 Dream Brother - 4/5 Forget Her - 5/5 Average score: 4.6/5 (rounding up) fuckin' gorgeous album from start to finish. Jeff Buckley was a talented singer-songwriter (much like his dad), and it's a damn shame he passed away so young (also much like his dad) now i'm realizing the majority of my fav artists in the singer-songwriter category have died ridiculously young... :( i've yet to hear the original version of Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, and i'd only ever heard the performance by Rufus Wainwright prior to hearing this version via Shrek. Jeff blew Rufus's performance out of the fuckin' water, hands down it's sad this is the only album he made before his untimely passing, but it truly is fantastic

This was great. Every song was different from the last and they were all such a rich, deep well of musicality and emotion and sounds. I listened to it twice. Five stars.

excellent

needs no other introduction, 5/5, no notes

I quite literally screamed when I refreshed my page and this album popped up. This is easily a top 5 album of all time for me. There are certain songs that you'll always remember exactly where you were and how you felt when you heard them for the first time. That for me was Lover, You Should've Come Over. And to reinvent a song for a whole new generation to a point where your version is more famous than the original? Buckley truly was a genius. This is a no-skips album in my opinion and I still listen through it at least once a month. It's just magic. Both lyrically and melodically, Buckley had this innate ability to be so inventive, and this album is also further proof how skilled he was as a guitarist. I can only imagine the kind of career he would have had if he were still alive.

yesterday: i'm depressed because of some political issues today. please don't give me any leonard cohen albums tomorrow or i'll be more depressed. now: this is 1/10 leonard cohen. i am depressed. but Jeff can carry every fucking song and give me an mental orgasm at the same time. 5/5.

Amazing album

Beautiful classic.

Probably closer to 4.5, but it's a one-of-a-kind creative work showcasing Jeff's skills and charm with voice and guitar

How can an artist possibly be this fully formed at their debut? I've know Hallelujah since I was young, but I had never listened to Grace in its entirety. This album is a work of true genius. The beauty of this album is truly indescribable and listening to is has moved me to my core.

IN LOVE

5, no question at all about it. But one album of this is enough. And I’m sure as a lover he would’ve been a pain in the backside to have around. All mood and swoon and hangdog looks. No thanks.

One of my favorite albums, his voice is a dream. His only album. Deep, moody, rich. Very 90s. Stunning songs.

RIP Jeff, avresti amato Chaturbate

So coming into this album, I had heard Jeff Buckley's cover of "Hallelujah" as it's a beautiful rendition of the song and I had heard it a handful of times, however I never really listened to the other songs on the album. I feel like the album cover is super misleading as if you would've asked me what genre this album probably fell into...I would've clocked it as 80's rock like Billy Idol or something...I could not have been more wrong. What followed as I listened to the album was one of the most beautifully composed albums I've heard in a very, very long time. The album is like a prog rock or rock opera filled with soaring vocals, dark melodies, and some of the prettiest sounding clean channel guitar work I've ever heard. I think the saddest part of this album is that we were robbed of more Jeff Buckley as I learned he unfortunately passed away 3 years after this album was made - in 1997. I can hear his sound in SO many bands I love to this day - Muse, Radiohead, The Mars Volta...the list goes on. I've enjoyed a great many of the albums this website has shown me but of all of them, so far, this has been my favorite. I think I will be returning to this one many, many times over the coming years. RIP Jeff Buckley, I would've loved to have seen what you could've created if you were not gone long before your time. Standout tracks are: "Grace", "So Real", "Lover You Should've Come Over" and "Eternal Life".

Incredible vocals

um dos melhores discos do mundo

Geweldig album! Prachtige stem, prachtige gitaren. Breekbaar, af en toe hard, maar altijd even prachtig. 5.0

Wow. Simply incredible. Jeff's voice is simply incredible and his range is truly magical. Hallelujah is the obvious highlight here but I actually think Eternal Life is a more powerful and engaging song. Easy 5 stars

So good! I love 'Lover, You Should've Come Over' best of all, but there is not one bad song. Just noticed that 'Eternal Life' kind of reminds me of Radiohead

It was my 7th favorite album of the 90s and that is saying something....gone to soon Jeff. Rest in peace brother.

This is a masterpiece. Jeff Buckley was so talented. I love every song on this album.

Depression/10

Jeg ble så glad da jeg så dette albumet på pc-skjermen. Elsker Jeff Buckley!!! Hadde hørt 7/11 sanger fra før av, så var et par nye.

9/10. Legendary. One of the greatest one-album wonders of all time.

iiiiitts never ooVVERRrr, a kinGDOm fOr a kiss UpOn hERRR SHHoOoUULLDERR

Super Dope

He had a sweet and precious voice, and his interpretations were fantastic. A unique artist who is sorely missed today. The version of Hallelujah on this album is, for me (and for many others), the best version of Leonard Cohen's classic. There are no mistakes here. 5 stars.

Dynamic vocals with haunting glows, production compliments the melancholic vibe with its diverse guitar sounds and moody percussion.

Perfection. Beautiful songs and instrumentals, but the real highlights are the covers of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ and, especially, Benjamin Britton’s ‘Corpus Christi Carol’. The latter ranks as one of my favourite songs and song versions of all time.

Brilliant. Lilac wine is so much better than Elkie Brooke’s version even though I love her’s.

An undeniable classic 5*

I was already listening to it as it came up lol. Amazing.

Wonderful. What a talent we lost when Jeff passed away. Most famous for Hallelujah of course, but the rest of the album is heartfelt, evocative, ethereal, atmospheric, and just plain beautiful. Worth several listens, because this is one of those albums that gives back a little more with each repeated playback.

I've loved this album since it came out. It's still one of my all time favourites. This is one of those word of mouth albums. As a teen I bought the album after hearing a couple of tracks on the Triple J radio station. My mum fell in love with it and bought a copy. Then my uncle, grandmother, cousin, friends. Before you know it everyone you know owns it. Age, sex, etc was no boundary to the spread of this masterpiece.

Wonderful. Great voice.

Can say I enjoyed every song on this album, think it suits my desire to hear soulful, raw and hauntingly heartbroken music. Love how the guitar, drums and voice all complement each other to create an hour of sombre sound.

Incredible album. Have had a few songs on immediate repeat rotation.

Best!

This is something else. Wonderful.

He really put his whole Bucklussy into this album.

i already knew a couple songs but holy shit

Took me back to my uni days. Incredible record.

A really good album, he had such a vibe, I guess it should have been a really good album to listen while kissing or more a girl or a boy. Obviously "Allelujah" is an absolute banger, one of the best interpretation ever as Jeff isn't the creator of this song. I also really looove "Lover, You Should've Come Over" the lyrics are so damn good and the chords and everything. I also loved "Dream Brother" really touching song, the guitar riff adds something soo special and spiritual to the song and Jeff has such an insane voice. I usually don't like long songs but these ones are insaaaaane, damn that sucks that Jeff died so young because he could have made some more bangers that's for sure, rest in peace man and congrats for your insane work.

I recently was introduced to this album before and thought it was amazing. His song writing, vocals and music are great, this is an immediate 5 star album and I'm glad to revisit listening to this today.

This is an extraordinary album. I've never encountered another album that sounds anything like this. Jeff Buckley has such control over his voice that even when it sounds like he's going to completely lose control of it and it'll turn into a some sort of off-pitch screech, he sticks the landing perfectly. Everyone knows his cover of a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." That isn't even close to being the best song on the album. I'd probably put "So Real" or "Eternal Life" at the top of the heap. But then there's the really risky performance of Benjamin Britten's "Corpus Christi Carol." 5 stars. I would give more if I could.

Easy five. A beloved childhood favorite.

пять бэнгеров на этом альбоме (каждый из которых поднял бы до 4), о чём тут говорить. подарила Диме Колдуну микстейп с Джеффом с комментарием из гарден стейта

Excellent ! A bunch of emotions and talent, in a smouth dreamy ambiance.

Incredible. Jeff had a unique sound, wild and unpredictable and compelling. I’d never listened to Grace all the way through before, but I will listen again. He met his father only once, and the two sound very different, but both made music that was one-of-a-kind.

A very emotional album that has only become more potent as time progresses. Rest in peace Jeff Buckley. Mid 9

This is so beautiful. One of my favourites

Breathtaking, the more I hear about Jeff the more I wish he didn't take that swim on the Mississippi river. His angelic voice is what most people notice, but the guitar playing on this album is top notch, amazing songwriting. To imagine that Jeff didnt liked his voice at first and only wanted to be known as a guitar player... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYmIlkCgIvU

Its Jeff.... one of the best when it comes to song composition. If you aren't studying/analyzing his songs, you most definitely should be. And his voice is just insane. No decimals taken off for this one.. Probably as close as youre going to get to perfection as far as an albums concerned. The sound, flow, composition, and overall vision are off the charts. 5 out of 5

Grace by Jeff Buckley is an absolute stunner from start to finish. I’m blown away by the sheer brilliance packed into every track. Buckley’s vocals are nothing short of wonderful, they stir up all sorts of emotions and make you feel every word like it’s your own. The guitar work is fabulous; each riff and delicate lick is played with such passion and precision, it really sets the tone for the whole record. Of course, if I’ve got a minor gripe, it’s that there aren’t many flaws to call out here. A couple of moments feel a tad over-reverent, like the production sometimes gets so lush you might miss the subtle shifts in mood. But honestly, that’s more of a quirk than a real downside, it hardly detracts from the overall magic of the album. It’s an absolute shame, really, that Jeff Buckley tragically died after that infamous river accident and left us with only this one masterpiece. Grace is a poignant reminder of what could have been a long and even more illustrious career. In my book, it’s a timeless classic, a record that continues to inspire and move me every single time I put it on. A solid 4.9/5 stars. pure unadulterated genius that I’ll always be grateful for.

It was another of those ones where as soon as I put it on, I knew it was gonna be good. Incredible stuff all throughout. Loved the chordal structures and Jeff's insanely sweet tenor. RIP.

Yes, his voice soars in totally unsubtle ways at times, but this is a monumental album that deserves its accolades.

gone too soon

4.5 stars. So good. Takes alt-rock on a haunting ride with fantastic songwriting. Beautiful tenor voice, varied guitar playing with different tunings and styles. It's avant garde enough to be interesting without losing the listener. Standouts are cover of "Hallelujah" and "Last Goodbye" but there are no weak tracks.

It's one of the greatest albums for me personally. Some of this is due, not to the album, as much as the stories around it. I am aware that critically that shouldn't have an impact. However, the fact that such an album would come out of the progeny of Tim Buckley and that he would tragically die a few short years later helps to contextualize it. Jeff did his own thing. Jeff had every right to the fame his solo project was gathering. We will never know if we would hear this music without his father. We'll never know if we would have heard more had he not simply walked into the Mississippi river. These facts cannot help but be factored and so I cannot help but allow them into my critical analysis of this album in its place in history. His voice is damn near alien and his lyrics, while heavy-handed, are absolutely beautiful. What a shame and what a gift.

Knowing only Hallelujah, I was pleasantly surprised by how dynamic and energetic the rest of the album is. The title track literally had me hooting and hollering In My car.

A whole album of anthems to love. Unpredictable, varied, and vibrating. The stalwart Hallelujah clinches the 5.

Delightful

This guy is Tim’s son? For some reason I have never listened to this one. I sorely regret that now. This is absolutely fantastic. The kind of music that can strongly affect me and make me feel. It feels very 90’s yet at the same time has shades of the 60’s singer-songwriter.

was like WAIT HOW DO I HAVE THIS WHOLE ALBUM SAVED its bc 1 of u recommended it to me + i added it 2 a playlist of albums to listen to + then promptly didnt listen to it oops. ohhhh lovely intro to mojo pin....warm n ghosty.....this body will never be safe from harm okay going to punch me in the face i see. "touch my skin to keep me whole" yeah okay going 2 punch me DIRECTLY in the face i see OH WOW ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE IN SONG DYNAMICS. david im glad i listened to u this is lovely. his voice is so pretty + im obsessed w the instruments. what all is that. 1 or more guitars obvs. but theres like synths. fuck is there anything lovelier than a blues note OH we are going INTENSE for a second woaaaaahhhh. im face journeying here. wow okay restarting the song making myself an enormous volume of food bc im starving + suddenly aware that i need to just. relax. self indulgently. ive been working too hard i just need to eat n listen to a warm cloud of electric guitar. GOD THE REFRAIN COMING IN ALL LOUD bro this is how you do an almost 6m song that feels like it should be that long some of u need 2 b taking notes. omg the intro to grace doing the intriguing mysterious --> DUNNHHG --> upbeat --> but still mysterious?? idk. neat trick! what is this genre called? its like not Just Rock Exactly but idk any genre names. his voice is so lovely dude. the bends on last goodbye at the beginning are soooooooo [hearteyes emoji] dude <3333 and then the chorus is so lovely that i dropped my phone on the floor and yelled FUCK (shes okay tho). MUST I DREAM AND ALWAYS SEE YOUR FAAAACEEE (<-- phone is dropped here) + then the post chorus guitar chugging!! i love the fucking range all of these songs show. KISS ME OUT OF DESIRE NOT CONSOLATION....OH YKNOW IT MAKES ME SO AAAANGRY CUZ I KNOWW THAT IN TIME ILL ONLY MAAAAKE YOU CRYYY...turning my headphones Down so i can continue to listen 2 this beautiful album for years to come!! goddamn this instrumental break is like [ask me in chat later what dancing discord emojis this is] the section at 2:50 HNNNNNhhh!! the intro to lilac wine.....swooooonnnn. goddamn i am thinking more than i wanna think maybe i do need me some lilac wine (this is a joke but also that would be a banger cocktail name) OHHH this is a NINA SIMONE cover. fuck yeah. okay i need 2 listen to that too after this. the little chord climb is executed so nice n soft under it toooo. omg the little intro to so real. sorry im saying omg constantly actually im not sorry deal with it. as someone who wakes up what feels like every 5-45m w nightmares most nights im really feeling this 1. like the bit where it gets rlly distorted GGGNNRRHHNGRRRHNNRGGHRRRHHHH is like. #mood. the nightmares that make u wake up doubting everything like I LOVE U...BUT IM AFRAID TO LOVE U.....ur right they Are so real ;;__;; he has a HALLELUJAH COVER??? okay the intro guitar is suuuuper promising but i go into hallelujah covers skeptical. will u make it horny and not xtian. okay...promising......"there was a time when u let me know" is 1 of my favorite verses and thats good but the chorus after is a little weird but mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm the instrumentals after.....okay the test is coming up....okay its "maybe theres a god above" this passes. a good hallelujah cover. ohhh lover you shouldve come over starting out as another good gloomy tune....being in bed....being in a warm car as it rains + u watch some canada geese in an empty field.....walking at an odd hour or on a weekday when people are sposed to be at work or school. TOO YOUNG 2 HOLD ONN AND TOO OLD TO BREAK FREE AND RUN....fuck dude this is giving me chills at the verse at 3:53 or so aaaaaaawuughhhhhhh.....jeff u gotta go over to her place to apologize 1st tho i gotta say. okay i kinda love the corpus christi carol bc its the same song kind of??? as the hern by john fleagle which is 1 of my favorite songs. somewhat diff vibes but i love this vibe of fucking. medieval songs that r abt riddles or allegories idk. OH ETERNAL LIFE OKAY. HELL YEAH. FUCK. turned to my friend genius dot com bc i was curious what it was abt him hating the guy who shot mlk + the nazis. fuck yeah dude o7 "man youve made a killer of your unborn son" goes hard as a line. WHAT IS LOVE...WHERE IS HAPPINESS...WHAT IS LIFE....WHERE IS PEACE? WHEN WILL I FIND THE STRENGTH TO BRING ME RELEEAAAAAEASE? TELL ME WHERE IS THE LOVE IN WHAT YOUR PROPHET HAS SAID? MAN IT SOUNDS 2 ME JUST LIKE A PRISON 4 THE WALKING DEAD <-- id say im always saying this at family thanksgiving but ive uninvited myself for the rest of time + changed my last name legally. but like in spirit i would hope they can hear me there being pissed off at them. mm and then dream brother is very classic kinda psychadelic trippy vague fantasy themes dream stuff. not really my thing but okay enough. forget her sounds nice n moody to start tho....nmmmmn like what is the way to find more guitars like this. the world before her was sober w/no place to go......yeah thats a good one. GROWLYYYY GUITAARRR man i wish i knew how to write for guitar. i have never known how 2 write for polyphonic instruments + it was kind of my downfall as a composer + also the aphantasia kind of + also the lack of practicing. but nkt knowjng how to write for keyboard or guitar really. god this guy is good is that like. organ??? haha unless???? okay the musicians whosoever they may be also rocked out this album. david that was so delightful. this is 5 stars. ik im like "would i buy a vinyl" ad my review bit but if i wasnt kinda =( abt the petrochemical consumption of vinyls i would buy a vinyl player just so i could get grace by jeff buckley. standout tracks: mojo pin, last goodbye, lilac wine, so real, eternal life. if i could name a fault for this its that this is still straight guy music but like. fine hes allowed

This is a rare, very easy 5 star record for me. I first dug into this record about 15 years ago because I was intrigued by the timeless cover of Hallelujah. What happened was that I realized that it was not even the highlight of the record, but rather a compliment to the overall sound and feel. Jeff’s voice is unlike anything else I have ever heard. He could sing reading from a phone book and it would pierce right through me. The vulnerability with that much strength at the same time? God damn, man. The guitar tones throughout the record also have a phenomenal sound that perfectly compliments everything else happening. The whole record is really beautiful and dark. It will lift you up and haunt you just the same. A fucking perfect album start to finish, highlighted by some of my favorite tracks: Grace and Eternal Life

nothing I could say here can match the love I have for this album. Every time I hear this it makes me feel good, sad, beautiful feelings. 5/5.

Been meaning to listen to this for ages, I've already heard a couple of songs and love them so expecting good things Update: This is genuinely now a favourite album, holy shit

ogni volta che ascolto "so real" mi innamoro sempre di più disco nella mia bucket list cmq

Personal favourite, greatest album of all time 10/10. Jeff Buckley was a talented individual with an immense ear for music. You can hear the emotion in his voice, an album that is timeless and still popular today. 10/10.

This is like my 5th time listening to this album in full... and I swear with every listen this album gets better. Just his voice alone is just powerful enough to give it a perfect rating, and to think it's just... this... from him. man. the world didn't deserve jeff buckley. fav song: grace

🤭

Pre-listening thoughts: oh we are soooo back. I am so excited to listen to this album in full. I’ve heard maybe 3-4 songs from this already so I’ve got a good sense of what I’m getting into. Also crazy we got this before any of Tim’s stuff. Glad it happened this way. Post/during listening thoughts: god Jeff Buckley’s voice is unreal. It’s rare that someone’s performance can carry so much emotion while sounding so effortless. The lyricism is devastatingly beautiful. The instrumentation complements everything perfectly. Even in the covers he sprinkles magic. This version of Hallelujah is still the only one I will really listen to. This is a phenomenal album. Gone too soon. 10/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: yeah Fav tracks: all of them. Last Goodbye is my absolute fav but this is just about as perfect as music gets Least fav tracks: n/a

Het intro nummer trok meteen mijn interesse. Wat een pakkend nummer! Een gigantisch album (figuurlijk) waarin Jeff je even helemaal meesleurt in het liefdesverdriet dat hij voelt. De hallelujah cover voelde als een mooie opbouw tot het volgende nummer. Écht een goed album.

Lovely

Emotional

This album is on my all-time greatest list. I can listen to every song without needing to play it. Best ever versions of Lilac Wine and Hallelujah, plus his own tracks are brilliant too.

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Deeply soulful, a surprising standout.

A lot more rock than I was expecting but I loved it. I liked the more uptempo songs more than the more famous slow ballads but those were pleasant too. Rating: 4.8

I loved the song Grace already but the rest of the album is just as phenomenal

Un alma peediday, una voz prodigiosa, un talento incalculable

que discazo. cornudisima mal

Loved it! His vocal range is ridiculous and Hallelujah makes me cry.

Lilac Wine, Hallelujah, Last Goodbye, Lover You Should’ve Come Over are absolutely beautiful. The rest are still a great listen as they do have their own specific vibes.

This one is an easy 5 for me. I loved this album since the first time I heard it and already own it in FLAC and vinyl form.

Man, it's a goddamn shame he only ever got to make one record because this is gooooorgeous.

One of the greatest albums ever recorded. What a loss. There isn’t another album with the tension and release of tension that this album has.

Emotional. Breakup album

Jeff Buckley, tortured pretty boy bohemian, the music industry wanted to brand him a nepo-baby decades before the concept entered the cultural consciousness. Buckley never knew his father, 1960s folk troubadour, Tim Buckley, and resented having his music connected to the man who abandoned his mother. Being seen as a scruffy, grunge era heart throb affecting an Elvis Presley pose on the cover of his debut album Grace, may have inspired some casual listeners to deprive themselves of his powerful music. Unfortunately, his drowning in the Mississippi, while recording a follow up album in 1997, meant that his limited studio output his been accorded a tragic mythology and left fans wondering what might have been. His voice is mystical and transcendently passionate, Buckley considered Sufi devotional singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to be his Elvis Presley, and the influence of such global classical, multi-octave singing is evident on "Grace" and "Last Goodbye" whose string sections sound a little like Bollywood instrumentals. But, the guitar playing is also electrifying and the band is beautifully cohesive. Jazz standard "Lilac Wine" starts as a delicate vocal and electric guitar strumming before the brushed snare drums and cymbals come in and build to retreat, leaving Buckley's voice unaccompanied, fragile, tender and stunning. "So Real" comes in waves, earthly and ethereal, building to a guitar feedback battle that ends in a seductively whispered "I love you, but I'm afraid to love you." His acoustic Leonard Cohen cover, which inspired the Canadian songwriter to perform it in a similar style (like how Jimi Hendrix's cover inspired Bob Dylan to perform his "All Along the Watchtower" differently), is probably the most ubiquitous of the songs from Grace (it was also similarly covered by Rufus Wainwright and associated with the soundtrack to Shrek, before it inexplicably became a widely covered "Christmas song" (proving that Christians are quite literal in their assumptions about faith and incapable of interpreting texts (like poetry or the Bible)). "Lover, You Should Have Come Over" is iconic and the lyrics are incredible. Though I have been listening to this album for years the front half tends to stick in my mind a lot more than all of the songs following "Corpus Christi Carol" but "Eternal Life" rocks and "Dream Brother" has mystical, swirling, Middle Eastern guitar melodies and powerful vocals. "Forget Her" is a bluesy closing number that I, ironically, forget. It is such an incredible song, although a fadeout ending is kind of a slap in the face to both artist and the audience, especially since Buckley and the band sounded like they were in a groove and the singer was beginning to vocalize as the song fades to silence.

Oh! BITCH! I dont even *need* to listen to this. This is one of my favorite albums ever. I fucking love Jeff Buckley and have loved him and this album since I was a kid.

This album is definitely something you should listen to before you pass. Truly beautiful and unique. 90s aesthetics but still sounds completely contemporary. You can't beat Buckley's voice and performance.

As a debut album it's impressive. No doubt the legend has helped its critical standing - but listening with critical distance I think it's a great album, full of atmosphere, emotion, great harmonies and Radiohead-influencing melodies. Self-indulgent here and there but hey, who doesn't like to indulge. I know I do.

Good

terrific

obviously all of jeff buckley’s music is tinged with tragedy regardless of what it sounds like, but i think the emotional depth of this album is staggering anyway. his soaring voice, his lyrics, his guitar, the oscillation between extremes in terms of volume and sound and emotion…it’s all transcendent. ironically the one song on the album that doesn’t necessarily floor me the way the others do is the title track. fav tracks: lover you should’ve come over; mojo pin; so real; last goodbye; eternal life

Loved it

This is a perfect and essential record in my life and I would gladly give it 50 stars if I could.

I adore this album and always have.

имба. один из любимых альбомов и исполнителей. мой топ песен (не рейтинг): Grace, Last Goodbye, So Real, Eternal Life. ну а вообще, это один из редких альбомов, в котором нравятся все песни (кроме алелуя)...

There are just some artists that stand so solidly on their work that I HAVE to give them a second listen, and Jeff Buckley was no exception. Something about this album felt so cohesive and raw. The instrumentals felt on point, and that vocal work was out of this world! Plenty of standout tracks here, but I'm going with 'Forget Her' as my fave of the bunch. If I had a nickle for every time I've listened to an album (twice I might add!) just to find out the artist left the world too soon, I'd have two too many. (The other being Nick Drake.) I do think part of their legacy may not have happened without such tragic catalysts advancing it further, but it's heartbreaking to consider how young they were and how much they could give to the world had they not been taken from it so soon.

Yeah, the man is good.

beauty

I'm giving this a 5 for nostalgia / my personal cut of the album that ends with "Lover, You Should've Come Over" being repeated 4 times. I had a burned cd of this that was later transferred to an iPod and I still have the old skips from that cd etched into my audio memory - a classic.

a legendary album by a legendary artist

timeless music, rich in variety, fun to listen to!

Sandwiching a one star with two five stars I see! Gorgeous, I love this album. Hallelujah makes me want to cry every time

album so good it’s haunting me and the hoes

Really thought it would be more sad, but I’m sure it might be if I personally could tell what people are saying better. (Update: googled it and the words are in fact largely sad) Hear me out: R patz circa never think doing some kind of collab Tbh I like all the Auauauoo EAAAAaaa No idea what playlists of mine these songs belong on but they’re going on some playlists. Off the bat I was thinking “wow, solid 4, fantastic (great music but doesn’t make me go crazy go stupid like a 5). But then Last Goodbye made me go crazy go stupid and boom this album is a 5! And my opinion remained the same listening to the rest of the album. I need a Jeff Buckley T shirt. Buckley girl winter.

One of my favorite albums (Understand why people might feel differently). I've listened to this so much, but still end up hearing something different that catches my attention. ETERNAL LIFE probably a top 10 song for me.

Impressive the fussion of Plant, Bono, Gavin Rossedale, as the pokemon evolution before Chris Martin. Great album very unpredictable, kind of borong at first but the last half is amazing. Versatile and a envidiable vocal range. The song eternal life is a must here for every rock fan and should be in everyones playlist

I lobve this! Some of the songs are covers I think, but no doubt with his own spin onto it. I can see how The bends was partially inspired by some of this, as songs like So Real and Lover, you should have come over remind me of fake plastic trees etc. Theres probably no downsides at all, minus maybe that I don't like the halleluiah song too much (its still quite good though). Favorite songs: Lilac Wine, So Real, Lover, you should have come over and the one after that. wow this is such an indie NPC take but.. Overall around 9/10

One of the greats. So many feelings! A voice that rises and falls like my heart strings.

Oh, God, what a voice... It's hard to find such soulful and powerful music from artists this young. I was truly in awe of the sheer beauty of half of these songs, such as 'Mojo Pin', 'Last Goodbye', and 'Lover, You Should've Come Over'. Of course, the defining act of this album is his rendition of 'Hallelujah', which could easily bring a tear to anyone's eyes. It's a shame we lost him so young.

This is fucking magnificent. What a voice Jeff Buckley has, and he can seemingly do any type of song he wants and anything he covers becomes his. Just wow all over the board. Not a single bad moment on this entire record. One of my favs

Perfect

Beautiful, beautiful album. Songwriting is outstanding and his guitar playing and voice are almost transcendent. ‘Lover you should have come over’ takes me right back to being a 20 something year old guy trying to figure things out. An album that I will always revisit.

I can't get over how much I enjoyed this album. Had never heard of it or Jeff before now. That rendition of Hallelujah was beautiful and haunting (and I am not a religious person). Probably the best version I've ever heard. Something about the musical arrangements and the sound of his voice just do it for me. I am so sad he doesn't have more of a catalogue to look up but I will definitely be coming back to this.

Superb, delicious, nostalgic, it's angsty but in the best way. Buckley's voice, my god, velvet soft on one track, raw, angry and tremoring the next - amazing emotional range in this album.

one of the best albums ever fr fr

I have heard many people talk about this album, but I have never gotten around to it until now. I am so mad that I didn’t listen to it sooner because it is right up my alley. I love it

Somehow never listened to the album before, despite obsessively listening to Hallelujah I the past (this and multiple other versions). Pretty good isn't it?

Probably been 17 years since I listened to this whole album through. I forgot how good it was.

Apart from maybe 2 tracks it is a no skip listen. Incredible record that is full of emotion, composed brilliantly musically and lyrically. You can understand why it is so highly rated

My guy could fuckin sing Also some really inventive guitar playing All the instruments just sound so perfect on this Can only imagine how good a follow up album could have been RIP

immaculate album - production, tone, lyricism, genre-spanning wow

Et fedt album! Det er varieret, det går lige fra Halleluja, til Eternal life. - Klart et album jeg kan høre igen og igen. Eternal life = Grunge.

Det er bare er vanvittigt album det her. Råt og alligevel føltsomt. På en gang fint og hårdt. Det er en perlerække af fantastiske sange/melodier. Så gode at jeg tilgiver 3 minutters julesalme. Og så er der jo et cover, ikke bare et hvilket som helst cover, men verdens bedste cover, af verdens bedste sang. Jeff Buckley ejer Halleluja og tilfører den så meget af ham selv at den står som en ny stjerne på himlen.

Ik vermoed dat de eerste keer dat ik dit album hoorde, vast niet zo onder de indruk was. Het is namelijk tamelijk theatraal, mede door de zang. Maar sindsdien heb ik dit album talloze keren geluisterd en vind ik het geniaal. De zang blijft natuurlijk theatraal, maar de composities zijn prachtig, met heerlijke drums en gitaarriffs zoals op het titelnummer Grace. Het heeft ook wat postrock in zich, in dat de nummers opbouwen naar een apotheose. En als je dan als klap op de vuurpijl een van de meest gecoverde nummers pakt, en dat naar je hand weet te zetten. Dat is verrekte knap. Zonde dat hij maar 1 album heeft kunnen maken, al vergroot dat de mythische status natuurlijk alleen maar.

One of a kind voice for sure. The songwriting is really quite detailed/intricate as well. Definitely a one of a kind singer songwriter/rocker record that I really enjoy the more I listen to. Love the whole thing. Angelic.

After multiple listens to this album my thoughts stray from "this is some well-performed crybaby bullshit" and "this is some well-performed crybaby gold". Buckley's vocals are next-level but it feels in every song that he must demonstrate his full vocal range and go over the top, which can become a bit tiresome on repeat listens (if you're a sicko who doesn't take breaks between repeat listens). Buckley isn't just a great singer but he knows how to write lyrics and instrumentation that works perfectly well with his voice. Having said that, it does feel cathartic to just having this soulful white boy just belt out in every single track and give it his all. Very few songs here are a miss and the variety in musical style here makes this an interesting listen. The songs on here work super well to put into a "i am going to feel upset on purpose" playlist and together as an album. I was going to give this a 4, but then I realised I had listened to this about eight times in the day that it was assigned to me. That and Jeff Buckley died the same time I was born so I really only have one option. Highlights: Grace, Last Goodbye, So Real, Hallelujah, Lover, You Should Have Come Over, Dream Brother

Come on you already know what this is getting 🥲😢😢😢🥵🥵😈 Inject it into my veins baby

The soulful and interesting singing was the standout here by far. Somgs which could have been dull but for his VOICE!! The musical choices and contrast were really daring and artful. I was especially surprised by the heaviness of Eternal Life after the christmas carol one. Definitely worth my time

The best

Didn’t listen all the way through (this time) but this album deserves its legendary reputation. Absolutely killer stuff

sure, why not weep on my walk to work

Jeff Buckley once described himself as "the warped lovechild of Nina Simone and all four members of Led Zeppelin." This self-description is apt, especially if we add Chet Baker to the mix. "Grace" is a remarkable journey in terms of musical genres, and vocal registers. When considering this album nowadays, it is a delightful surprise to see how well it has aged, in my opinion. As a big fan of Simone and Led Zeppelin "Grace" clearly hits the mark. Although some tracks are, by no means, perfect, the overall impression is satisfying. Beyond Buckley's famous rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Halleluiah", there are many notable songs. My personal favorite is "Lilac Wine", where Buckley completes the empty spaces of Nina Simone's harmonic version while also emphasizing the emotional power of his intimate and flexible range.

This is really great, surprisingly proggy but with loads of beautiful bits too.

Damn, he used his voice well. I've loved the title track since I first heard it about 5 years ago. I got some new favourites in Dream Brother, Mojo Pin, Last Goodbye and Lover, You Should've Come Over. Damn, that's half the album. I love the moody atmosphere, the guitars and those organs.

A melancholically romantic and beautiful album. The soulfulness and originality of the instrumentals perfectly convey the lyrics. The standout tracks for me are those in the middle: "So Real," "Hallelujah," and "Lover, You Should Have Come Over." Buckley's untimely loss is a profound one for the music world. He was an exceptionally talented musician

I don’t really listen to the album much because it’s just got such a soul piercing quality to it that makes me struggle to listen to it in full without just breaking down in tears. But saying that… so real, lover you should come over, hallelujah and forget her on the same album just makes a masterpiece 5/5

Probably my favourite album of all time. A masterpiece of a unique artist that left us too soon.

AWESOME!!! INCREDIBLE!!!

Such a great album. Interesting that it didn't do well when it was first released. It's probably best known for Buckey's version of Hallelujah, but there are so many good songs. I spotify-liked nearly all of them.

Having really one known the Buckley version of Hallelujah, I found it so interesting that Grace and Last Goodbye are actually pretty rockin'. What a sad story his life and death are... worth a read for anyone unfamiliar.

It always deeply saddens me that this was the only studio release he ever got to release. Jeff was so ridiculously talented and this album is perfect prove of this. This man could turn any cover this own and this album is so breathtakingly beautiful all throughout.

Oh boy… This album is an absolute enigma. But it is sooooooooo good. I remember the first time I heard it I absolutely hated it. Falsetto. A hymn. Is it rock? Metal? Folk? Wtf? After years I listened again and I liked it but I still couldn’t say why. It just felt familiar. I listened front to back about 5 times yesterday and all I can say is it is honest, heartfelt, real. This is exactly what Jeff wanted- it is one of the most self representative albums I’ve ever heard. It is immaculate in that way. Yeah, some jf the songs are just okay. Some of old have probably evolved had he continued to make music. (If you don’t know the story of Jeff Buckley look it up- the dude died swimming in a lake, on tour, totally sober… he just drowned). One of the other things that struck me this time is that I can hear both his influence on the music world and theirs on him. One of his closest friends was in a band and at least one of these songs sounds like it should have been on their album Louder Than Love. I remember Chris Cornell saying how much Jeff influenced him. Thom Yorke from Radiohead said that he began singing falsetto after listening to this record because it convinced him that it would be okay. Ultimately this is all we have if him and I wish there were more. I’d give it a 9/10 but what the hell…

One of the most beautiful albums ever made. Buckley showcases his amazing voice on every damn song with such incredible passion. And that cover of Hallelujah is one of the greatest songs to ever grace my ears (Pun DEFINITELY intended). Jeff Buckley was taken from us too soon, I would love to have seen what he would have gone on to make after this.

I'm sure I'll be the only person to give this a positive review but I remember listening to this as an angsty teenager, and I can remember a time before Hallelujah was an overplayed joke song. I can't not give it 5 stars. I'm sorry.

I was ready to hate this and did a very quick heel turn. Singer songwriter definitely has some negative scores in our little group but wow, what a good listen. The Chris Cornellness about him is great. The sad stuff lands. Hallelujah is pretty good, maybe not as iconic as John Cale's version. Jeff Buckley died swimming in a river and getting hit by a tugboat while not on narcotics.

easy

one of my favourite albums ever, truly beautiful, so emotional, rest in peace jeff buckley

Simply beautiful

Really good

i listened to this album a few years ago on a whim and was blown away. i love hallelujah and it’s probably the worst song on here fave song: so real

Okay. So yea. This is by far the best cover of Hallelujah in the history of our world. And will always be the best cover. It’s absolutely amazing. Was super excited to listen to the rest of this album, especially after I realized that Hallelujah was on this album. And the album did not disappoint. This was great. Some really touching and personal lyrics. The guitar is phenomenal. It’s a perfect length. His voice is fucking amazing. The highs and the lows, the changes of the pitch, the volume changes. The range that he shows on the guitar styles and the range of his voice is one of a kind. Wow. Whatever you do, don’t look up how he died. I got very sad :(. Another amazing artist who died way too young. There are many songs on this album I saved. I’ll be returning to listen to the full album many times in the future. This is why we are doing this journey!! To experience amazing and historical music we didn’t know existed!!

Loved this

Beautiful tragedy. Jeff Buckley was an incredible musician, writer, and singer. Grace is one of the best albums to come out of the 90’s. It’s a shame we won’t be hearing any of his new creations, aside from posthumous releases.

Conocía algunas canciones, pero las que más me gustaron fueron las que no conocía. Un sonido agradable con un toque experimental.

why is my face wet:(

When I listen to this album I think of one word: beauty. This is a beautiful album - that voice, the production, the compositions. His guitar playing is often understated, yet surprisingly complex I feel like the world missed out on Buckley's future output due to his premature death. At least we have Grace. Liked Songs Added: Last Goodbye Hallelujah Eternal Life

Difficult to believe this had mixed reviews on release. Outstanding

So fire this is what a soulful white boy sounds like

Amazing voice , so much emotion behind his music

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This is another album on this list that I’ve heard a few times before that hadn’t grabbed me as hard as its reputation says it should. It’s again one of those albums on this list with that scenario that I’ve now developed a new appreciation and love for. It’s a singular, beautiful, and tragic masterpiece. Singular because I can’t think of another album quite like it. Beautiful because Jeff had the voice of an actual angel. Tragic because it’s the only one we got from him. It’s incredible for many reasons, not the least of which is that it resurrected what many consider the greatest song ever written, Hallelujah. Buckley’s version is arguably the best (I vote for John Cale personally by the slimmest margin but Buckley’s is at worst also perfect), and certainly expanded the public consciousness of the song. Every song is amazing. It’s highlights for me include Mojo Pin, So Real, Hallelujah, and Lover You Should Have Come Over. The arrangements are great, the fingerpicked guitars are fantastic, and the band and album mix correctly support the star of the show: Buckley’s vocals. An amazing album that I hope continues to grow on me with every return.

corpus christi carol is a wild choice to cover lmao

Una obra para la eternidad. Único álbum del malogrado Jeff ahogado 3 años después e hijo del también malogrado y eterno Tim Buckley. Este Grace no ha dejado de adquirir notoriedad e importancia con el paso de los años. Algo muy merecido. La apertura con Mojo Pin, delicada y potente a la vez, ya justifica la obra, incluso toda una carrera. Grace te hace volar. Lilac Wine, otra estupenda versión (como Corpus Christi Carol) que Jeff hace suya del mejor modo. So real, donde Jeff sintetiza lo mejor de Slint, Jane´s Addiction y de toda la música rock de los 90, la hace suya y nos la devuelve en este temazo. Hallelujah es una de las mejores versiones jamás realizadas de cualquier canción. Aquí es donde Leonard Cohen dejó de ser dueño de la misma y jeff nos la regaló para siempre. Eternal life o Last goodbye podrían ser un temazos de los Afghan Whigs. Lover, You Should've Come Over es otra maravilla. Dream Brother es nebulosa, supone un cierre frágil pero con enorme fuerza. Después de esto... una excelsa gira de 2 años... y el mito. Everybody here es soul de muchos quilates, grabada para el que sería su siguiente disco Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk... All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun con su entonces novia, la incomparable Elizabeth Fraser... que luego le cantó Teardrop con Massive Attack. Otros discos de una de las mejores cosechas que ha dado la música, 1994: BLUR: Parklife, PORTISHEAD: Dummy, MANO NEGRA: Casa Babylon, SUEDE: Dog Man Star, NAS: Illmatic, OASIS: Definitely Maybe, NEIL YOUNG: Sleeps With Angels, AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB: San Francisco, R.E.M.: Monster, HOLE: Live Through This, PAVEMENT: Crooked rain, Crooked rain, MASSIVE ATTACK: Protection, THE AUTERS: Now I’m A Cowboy, NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: Let Love In, JOHNNY CASH: American Recordings, SEBADOH: Bakesale, UNDERWORLD: Dubnobasswithmyheadman, STONE ROSES: Second Coming, BECK: Mellow Gold, MARK LANEGAN: Whiskey For The Holy Ghost, TOM PETTY: Wildflowers, THE BEASTIE BOYS: Ill Comunication, KRISTIN HERSH: Hips And Makers, SABRES OF PARADISE: Haunted Dancehall, JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION: Orange, NIRVANA: Unplugged In New York, ALI FARKA TOURE & RY COODER: Talking Timbuktu, PULP: His’n’Hers, THE PRODIGY: Music For The Gilted Generation, VERUCA SALT: American Thighs, THE WALKABOUTS: Satisfied Ma, MANIC STREET PREACHERS: The Holy bible, Elvis Costello: Brutal Youth, The Offspring- Smash,

One of my favourites, so I'll only be making notes with one eye open. What a great debut. I imagine he would've gotten better and better, with more life experience and a little more maturity, but so often it's the imperfect, untempered, passionate and flawed music that attracts. Once it becomes fine-tuned and over produced, it loses some essence of what made it good. I guess we'll never know, with only another half-finished album to judge. Anyway, good range of tunes. Not all great but mostly at least good, with some absolute gold. Probably didn't need Corpus Christi Carol. Favourite tracks Grace; Last Goodbye; Lover, You Should've Come Over. I'm giving Jeff five stars.

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I'm not entirely sure if I would have appreciated this album when it was released in 1994 - my palette hadn't quite matured. But listening to this on the cusp of 49, it makes me realize how much it sucked not having this album in my arsenal for the past 30 years. Buckley has such range, he doesn't stick to one specific genre, so his songs are all beautifully different. The only tracks I had been familiar with were "Last Goodbye" (vaguely) and his rendition of "Hallelujah," which make all other versions (including the original) just pale in comparison. This was a spectacular and haunting listen.

One of my favourite albums, ever, period. Jeff Buckley manages to do more with less, just his amazing voice and a well written song does the job. His own compositions are really good (and are the majority of songs on the album) but his interpretation of the classics Hallelujah and (my personal favourite) Lilac Wine is otherworldly. I never tire of those songs and this 54 year old bloke rarely keeps it dry listening to those songs. Not only is this an amazing album, it is a real legacy album by an artist who died way too young. Very sad. A very easy 5* for me.

Memorably and legendary, "Grace" highlights Jeff Buckley's insane vocal range with an expressive singing that transcends the wild style of his father (the tragic Tim Buckley). With menacing original songs like 'So Real' and several obscure covers: Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' rendered so unlike every other copycat cover, Nina Simone's elegant 'Lilac Wine', Benjamin Britten's austere arrangement of 'Corpus Christi Carole'; populated with songs such as these, this record is loaded with emotion, scope, and trenchant talent. A high five for me.

Awesome, classic album.

Hartverscheurend

I've heard a little from Jeff Buckley. Most of it is his rendition of "Hallelujah" and Chris Cornell citing him as a primary influence on his first solo album Euphoria Mourning. I LOVE that album, so it's incredible getting a deeper look into what Cornell was tapping into when he said that. And wow - the genius on display here is shattering. From the first phrase of the first song I get it. This guy has that special something just overflowing out of him. And it turns out I do know a Jeff Buckley song - "Last Goodbye" came on and I was flooded with nostalgia. That's Cameron Crowe for you. His movies are always an epic tour through must hear classic rock, and probably the best thing about his movie Vanilla Sky is the soundtrack. And in a fun way, the soundtrack actually becomes part of the storyline itself and makes the text of the film that much sweeter. Anyway, I can't say enough good things about this album. Every song is special - plus, "Lover, You Should Have Come Over" is top tier - and every song has that exquisite blend of slightly weird but totally accessible. Can't quite understand why the album initially got a mixed reception at the time of its release, but I am glad it got and continues to get its due because it is a legendary 5 out of 5 collection of songs.

Masterful talent who left us way too young. This is a magnum opus album.

This might be the best album on here. Simultaneously raw and pure, hopeful and hopeless between each song. Truly astounding.

This one is simply amazing. Some of the best male vocal performances ever recorded. Even tough it's a cover song, this is where all the endless versions of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" stem from, as hardly anyone has heard the original and you can practically hear Coldplay being born while listening to songs such as "So Real" or the title track. I do wonder, however, whether this would be held in such high regard had Buckley not tragically died before being able to finish his second album. I think it's great regardless of that, though. Key tracks: Mojo Pin Grace So Real Hallelujah Lover, You Should've Come Over Dream Brother

Classic

He could have gone on to do so much more!

A very unique record. A true talent sadly lost too early. Really good album.