Grace

RIP to a real one.

Hallelujah.

Still sounds original and vital, a sound that still appears in music today. Mainstream music made possible by albums like this.

In Feb 1996 Jeff Buckley played my home town. I was keen on going but had a few things on, and figured I'd just see him next time he swung through Australia. Regrets, I've had a few, but that is up on the top of the list. Anyway, this is just a landmark 90s album. Guitar playing is impressive, love how we he can just wrap his thumb over the top and hit those chords. Songwriting is masterful and passionate. But the voice - what a voice! I hadn't played this for years, but listening again I had a new appreciation for how much power and emotion he delivered.

Had never listened to this artist previously and really like him Don't have a favourite song but liked the overall vibe of the album.

Jeff Buckley’s beautiful voice is one of many good reasons for this album to continue to top so many lists after all these years. His silky falsetto, haunting operatic vibrato and his insane ability to belt high notes are all on full display on Grace. The last assignment I spoke about Otis Redding and Bjork being my all time favorite singers, Jeff Buckley is high on that list too. His death was tragic on its own but I can’t help but wonder how his voice and songwriting would have progressed had he not died so young. I imagine he would have had an incredible late phase as his voice began to show signs of wear and tear and his writing grew more reflective and introspective. Jeff was also an incredible guitar player and has some really impressive playing on Grace and the band compliments him perfectly. There’s plenty of peaks and valleys on this album and some songs take their time to build which makes the eventual impact all the more intense and explosive. There’s also a fairly wide variety of styles here, the biggest contrast being between songs “Corpus Christi Carol” which has a soft angelic sound and flows nicely into what almost sounds like a Red Hot Chili Peppers rocker “Eternal Life”. The variety in the compositions, emotive songwriting and vocal execution keeps me coming back to Grace after all these years and I was happy to revisit it today.

one of the best ive ever heard. impactful, to say the least.

A fantastic album I discovered way too late in my life.

Well, what a strange journey I’ve had with this one. I was so disappointed on first listen but something drew my back again and again and now I have listened about 5 times and I think it is truly wonderful. The voice, the guitar, the production. I get it. What a loss

This is a great album. I had only heard a couple Jeff Buckley's songs prior to going into this, and I'm a little disappointed in myself that I never listened to this before. I heard people for years mention him and this album, but it apparently was never enough to get me to seek it out. Anyway, everything on this album is great. Every track is great in it's own way. At times it even reminds me of early Radiohead. He has a great voice, and the guitar on here is great as well. Sad we didn't get anymore from Jeff before he left us.

Ethereal — I love the raw passion Jeff Buckley provides in his music. The album makes me feel a series of emotions: "Last Goodbye" and "Lover..." are heart-wrenching, "Eternal Life" is raw and angry, "Corpus Christi Carol" is angelic. Even the outtake "Forget Her" was a marvelous listen. Mostly, the fact that he cemented himself into musical history with one single album (and a few compilations) is a testament to the potential Jeff Buckley had. His flame burned out too soon.

Amazing!

Wonderful album. A cohesive combination of rythmn and blues with 90's pop rock elements. Fundamentally brilliant song writing by a generational talent lost too soon. This album is timeless.

In every song, I heard some parts that I really liked. Either a guitar riff with an interesting rhythm or melody, or a vocal choice that sounded really cool. But then nearly every song also had some part that got me bored, maybe just because the songs are longer than most modern ones. Lilac Wine was straight up beautiful. And there’s Hallelujah. I was wondering why I had heard of Jeff Buckley. Beautiful rendition. His falsetto is great, and he uses it a lot, but his chest voice is also great in a completely different way.

I was worried that I was too high on this album after my first listen because I was starting a road trip and excited for the weekend. After my second listen on Sunday evening, I can firmly say that this album is a five. Yes, the standout song is a cover, but I think there’s a lot more to offer even if the styling of this cover is now how every cover since has been done. Lover, You Should Have Come Over, Forget Her, Grace, and Last Goodbye all caught my attention instantly, and Eternal Life comes out of nowhere absolutely jamming. The only critique I have is that Corpus Cristi Carol seems completely out of place and isn’t that good in general, but it also helps the shock factor with Eternal Life coming in with heavy rock right after. I’m willing to overlook that blemish with how much I enjoyed listening to this album.

sexy af

I'm shook. This album is incredible, and feels very intimate and raw, like you’re sitting in the room with Jeff. The vocals are full of emotion, almost like early Radiohead but more delicate. It draws you in, not with force, but with a quiet intensity. Simple yet deeply affecting. Blown away.

this is an all timer 96

chef buckley cause he cooked on this one

HOLY SHIT ILY JEFF 5/5 if u don’t think the same.. u smell and it will be your last goodbye on this planet 🙏

life changing 5/5

I think this album is lovely and I do like listening to it but it also makes me a bit sad due what played out a few years. Very sad….

This is on of, if not, the most utterly beautiful album to ever exist. Jeff’s voice is so expressive and works on every level attempted. Every song he touches turns to gold. I love this album. So raw, so talented, so dead. Tragically profound. 5/5

As much soul as a white boy can have.

Instant 5. Don't need to say much - Lover, You Should've Come Over and Mama You've Been on My Mind (on expanded version) are my favourites. Prior especially the soundtrack to my first breakup and bonding with Dom. The title track gets better with every listen. Last goodbye as well. Only once I read that he was a big Led Zeppelin fan that the dots connected slightly better - him singing Whole Lotta Love before he died. Greta Van Shite should look at Buckley's way of channelling Led Zeppelin rather than just ripping them off. Very difficult to tell what is a cover and isn't because all the songs belong on the album. So Real is like a soft, psychological horror score condensed into 5 minutes. Stopping at LYSCO to enjoy it.

One of the greatest albums ever released.

Absolutely incredible.

True brilliance. An album you have to listen in full. A unique style and he makes the covers on the album truly his own too. Such a shame we only got one album from him 5/5

A helluva album to sgtart this journey on. I always forget Buckley only ever put out one studio album. You can definitely see how he influenced Thom Yorke a bit to get a little more melodic and falsetto on later Radiohead records. His Hallelujah cover is iconic and some might argue the definitive version, with all due respect to Leonard Cohen.

Classic and amazing. Vibes vibes vibes.

The perfect 90’s rock album, such a tragedy this was the only album we got from Jeff Buckley.

I remember my brother having this on, and liking it, but not loving it... It turns out I do in fact love it!

Perfect album. Underrated guitar player. Eternal Life is absolutely rocking.

Never heard of this guy and, wow, it is a shame that he died, because this was awesome. First, his voice is really good. There is a lot of emotion in how he sings and it sounds nostalgic yet new, maybe because of the 90s sound. Also the song structures continuously surprised me. My favorites here are Grace, So Real, and Lover, You Should Have Come Over.

Wasn't sure of this at first then the more I listened the more it grew on me. Will definitely be listening again.

What a voice, what a guitarist, what songs. I think the most baller thing is that there are two covers, but he thought "80s Leonard Cohen and a choral piece by Britten is what we need".

Such an amazing record. Every time I listen to this, I like it more. His voice, the guitar, the keys. I love the elements of blues and psych with this record. It builds, crashes, whines, moans, aches and pains. His voice mixes so well with the emotion of the music. When I first listened to this album 10 years ago, I didn't understand and every listen since has been better. Its a shame he died so young, I really wish we could have had more Jeff Buckley.

Gorgeous. More genre-spanning than I thought. Such talent lost so young :(

Some of the best sad music ever.

Another surprisingly strong album I can see adding to my main rota. Hallelujah came out of the blue compared to the rest

Brilliant fucking album.

What a debut. Huge splash. Always leave the audience wanting more.

My generation (and younger) probably only heard Tim, the dad, on account of Jeff. And when you hear dad's Song to the Siren - which is one of the greatest songs of all time - you don't really feel the impact because you feel, based, on the genius of this record, of course its in the genes and why wouldn't the dad also be writing the greatest songs you've ever heard? Grace is diverse, comple, popular and virtuoso. Its one of the best records of the 1990s and to think I've been listening to it for 30 years makes me feel old. A talent gone too soon.

Other than Hallelujah I hadn’t heard much about Jeff Buckley. But what an album! The range is incredible. Such a shame that this was to become his only album.

5 Sterne aufgrund romantischer Verklärung der Vergangenheit

Own

No idea who this was before starting the album. I was blown away by the full sound and emotion.

Fantastic album and writing. Great guitar work, and the cover of Hallelujah was incredible. Not one of my favorite albums of all time, but definitely one I've gone back to a few times. In the scheme of this list so far, it deserves a 5 against the competition by my scale.

Such a brilliant album.

Oooooh. Any excuse for listening to Jeff. It’s already a 10/10 btw. Mojo Pin, what an opener and then into the title track Grace. It’s so good. I wish he could’ve made more 😔. God this hallelujah is so good.

A hauntingly beautiful masterpiece. Raw and vulnerable emotion mixed with driving and fun melodies. A perfect balance of upbeat and somber. Nothing but good things to say

A truly great album with some great vocals and songwriting. There are a couple songs I am not crazy about but I can see myself enjoying them more on future listens. I can also see how he inspired Thom Yorke to use his falsetto more. 4.5 (but may go up to a 5 on future listens)

Love album

A really solid rock album with a mellow, laid back feel. I enjoyed this one while doing work.

It's really funny to me that this is the first one... This was my favourite album ever made for most of my life, and is still easily top 3. Favourites: 1. Lover, You Should've Come Over 2. Mojo Pinn 3. Last Goodbye 4. Forget Her 5. Hallelujah My Rating: 100/100

Just brilliant, what a voice, what an album… 4.8

I absolutely love this album and have since the ninties when i first got it, I remember being in shock when he died it was such a promising career cut short. It's hard to pick out highlights on the album as everything a great but for me Last Goodbye with its catchy chorus, rocket Eternal Life and the heartbreaking renditions of Lilac Wine & Hallelujah are personal highlights.

Instant 5 as soon as I saw the album pop up. It took me a long time to appreciate Buckley. I was a hater of his "Hallelujah" cover for a long time (I always preferred the Rufus Wainwright version). But over the last year it finally clicked for me. This was one of the first vinyl records I purchased after buying a turntable, and it was a very good decision. Buckley managed to convey emotion in a way few vocalists are capable of, and he had one of the best voices in the business. His songs are haunting, his vocals somehow delicate and powerful at the same time (like on his cover of Nina Simone's "Lilac Wine"). The musicianship is great as well — I particularly love the guitar on the title track. There's not a bad song on this album, and it's a shame we didn't get to hear what else he was capable of because of his tragic death. Highlights: Grace, Lilac Wine, Hallelujah, Lover You Should've Come Over

Beautiful voice. Amazing guitarist.

I’ve listened to this album before but just had it on in the background. This time I listened on a good stereo and read the lyrics. What a difference. This album really rocks at a lot of points too. Lots of great songs. A lot of pain too. I will definitely be listening more to this.

Great songs, nice easy listen

Jeff Buckley has an amazing voice and he blew me away

I loved this CD, you can see how it influenced Radiohead. His legacy lives on.

Amazing

Sehr schwieriges Album - „Halleluja“ dieser Song hat sich in die Bilder von 9/11 und Tsunami 2024 eingebrannt. Die damit empfundenen Emotionen werden unvergesslich bleiben. Das Album erfordert ein mehrmaligen Hören um die vielen Facetten des Albums zu erahnen. Bei zwei Songs ist mir das noch gelungen. „Mojo Pin“ ist unausgewogen, „Grace“ zu unruhig. Gut sind dafür aber die Ballade „Lilac Wine“, die klare Kopfstimme in „Corpus Christi Carol“, der Hard Rock in „Eternal Life“, der ins Wave driftende „Dream Brother“ und das melancholische Finale „Forget Her“. Ja, auch schwere Kost ist manchmal sehr sehr lecker 😋.

Wow. What an amazing listen! From the first note, I was hooked. His voice is great, and his guitar work is awesome. The album offers a perfect mix of folk, rock, and soul. I had to look further into Jeff's bio while listening. I knew he had passed, but imagine my surprise finding out he drowned. What a damn shame. This adds an even deeper sadness to a record already steeped in emotion. Another interesting fact I discovered is that he once had a band with TOOL's future drummer Danny Carey. Although they never recorded in a studio, some live tracks exist from their time together. Buckley's story is absolutely wild, and his debut album is incredible. I don't think I've ever gone from being unfamiliar with an artist (aside from his beautiful "Hallelujah" cover) to giving a 5-star rating so quickly. Grace is an unreal, absolutely awesome discovery, thanks to this hit-or-miss list.

я улетел

Это необычно... очень. Блин, я и с истории конечно тоже под впечатлением остался: вдохновлялся величайшими, имел батю легенду, который сторчался, и сам ушёл... трагично и безвозвратно. Короче, вау. Музкально пушка-бомба, и лирика, и какой-то разнос присутствует... короче жоска. Попадает в список любимых альбомов этого списка, однозначно

Alt rock, singer-songwriter. Just an amazing album beginning to end. I don't really have any favorite moments, the whole thing was just incredible and sincere. Just dripping with melancholy and love and romance. And great variety too, never a moment where I was wanting it to end. Such a gifted songwriter and musician. Will revisit for sure. 5/5

Amazing

if lana was a man in the nineties

I heard Last Goodbye on the Atlanta alternative station when I was a sophomore in high school and I fell in love with it. There are so many great songs on this album. Love the lilac wine cover.

The perfect album. Every song is dripping with passion and impeccable musicianship, one great song transitioning into another, i get lost in it everytime. Last Goodbye is one of best songs of the 90s, but Grace is my favorite track today - that changes every couple of years with so many choices.

Soaring talent and range, and it's such a good things when talent and commercial success an somehow happen with compromise. If course the tragedy being his death and this is all we have. The emotional intensity and attention needed make this wonderful to listen to, and such an exemplar, but also I need to pause for air at times. It's so intense. Which is why I would have loved to see him mature and fill out in style and repertoire. If this is the ernest exhibition price to pass the exam, I would have loved to see his lyrical expressionism develop and relax, and to see his performance personality grow to give room for playfulness and fun to enter on stage too. I've had the album for decades. It the kind of album you find when moving how or rearranging furniture and you compulsively out it on. It was so rare for pure vocal talent to be pop. Lilac Wine is a song, somehow I heard as it I had never played the album. I did need to pause. I can't fault or criticise this. It's past that point. It's easily in a top 500 or 300 or 100 list as something to hear once. It can be almost unbearable intensity and there is its purity - nothing is held back. I can't hear this with critical ears. Only amazement. As an aside, I think Katie Noonan is another of these rare voices which is such pleasure to hear doing virtuoso things, but even more trained and practiced... I don't out them side by side- but for vocals .

Fucking incredible, reminds me a lot of the melancholy in elliot smith

This is one of my favorite albums of all time, top 3 for sure. It's just so perfect in every way - instrumentation, production, lyrics. And, man, that guy could sing. What a voice. I mean I know that music is subjective to a point but if you don't like this album, sorry you're wrong and need to go back and listen again. Jeff Buckley was one of the few geniuses we've had in modern music. So much of the music that came after Jeff Buckley would not have happened without this album. It is a masterpiece and it is so sad that we didn't get more from him in his much too brief life. ∞/5

Top5 Album all time! What a joy to listen to, and what a disappointment to see that Hallelujah doesn't even come close to top 100 most played songs on Spotify.

Jaja een van mijn favorieten. Lover you shouldve come over een van de mooiste nummers ooit, wat kon deze man zingen zeg

heerlijk, vond dit altijd al een mooi album, echt een roald album wel, hij zal ook wel 5 sterren geven met een pretentieus review over dat hij de lp heeft, let maar op

Hauntingly beautiful - I often wonder whether this would have blown up the way it did had Jeff lived longer, and whether he would have continued making boundary-pushing music or become a bit of a twat. Either way we're blessed to have this effort.

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Gorgeous, nuanced, so much talent, such a tragedy his early death

I don’t deserve to listen to an album this good.

Wow. Just gorgeous. Complex and fluid. Bummer about the tugboat.

this was overall a great album. Songs like “So Real” really set the album apart. Very interesting to see how this really influenced people like Tom Yorke. I’ve heard about Jeff Buckley but never gave a listen. Extremely underrated

5/5/5. Stunning. Everything I could ever want in a singer of Jeff Buckley's caliber. He is in his own lane. The songs are often dark, melancholic, yet so intimate and live-feeling. You get the feeling that an audience member could shuffle or cough a little too loudly and interrupt the spell that he casts. I think this album is kind of un-repeatable. The more I get into this list, the more I realize how much of a rarity it is that a singer of Jeff Buckley's abilities is also a good songwriter, also a conjurer of worlds, also such a unique and yet somehow restrained performer. A true troubadour. Shame we get only one album. In an alternate world, a sophomore album would have been hard-pressed to beat this. 5/5

His voice is haunting. Not a lot of memorable top line melodies on this, his biggest album, other than the Cohen cover. But the way he vocally delivers each and every song as well as some of the interesting psychedelic arrangements makes this album a must listen and must have for me. Wow.

I have never listen to this album but I know intimately his version of Hallelujah, which is one of my favourite songs. It’s a gem, that song, and it’s amazing to hear it in context here, in the middle of an album that wraps around it. It puts the song in context both musically and lyrically. Production is great, arrangements suberb. The band is great and Buckley’s voice is perfect for this material. Added to the library.

I spent many, many hours listening to this record when it came out. It is fascinating to revisit these albums that have shaped my musical taste in so many ways. This one smells like sleepless nights with friends, listening to music, playing cool and thinking about what it would mean to live the kind of life that Buckley and others talk about in their songs. What it would mean to be in love like this, to live like this, feel like this, dream like this. We were a bunch of teenagers trying to understand what being alive was supposed to mean, by listening to these songs. Jeff Buckley taught us a lot. This album also opened my eyes and ears to other music that would become important: Nina Simone, Benjamin Britten, Captain Beefheart (Gary Lucas, who co-wrote 2 songs here, used to be Beefheart's guitarist in the later part of his career). Life courses through these songs, often over the top epic, but always sincere. He caught lightning in a bottle with this one. Many tried after, but I can't think of anyone who got it in the same way. And then he was gone. Just like that, it was over. This is one that walks with me.

Jeez, this is just such an incredible album. Buckley's control of his voice, the musicianship, the 90s singer-songwriter vibe that's so much more. It feels like most 90s music with the familiar tropes like acoustic guitar supported by strings but at this same time is just unique.

I spent years trying to get into this album. I knew its reputation, but I couldn’t figure out what made it special. No doubt Buckley voice is enough for some to make it a stand out, but vocals alone aren’t usually enough for me. Not that I’m speaking negatively of the musicianship present, which was also immediately obvious when I first dove in, as in every subsequent attempt there after, but I just couldn’t quite connect. Then one day, my shuffle threw on Lover, You Should’ve Come Over, and in that moment I realized it was simply one of the greatest songs I had ever heard. Everything else fell into place after that, and every song began hitting harder than it ever had before. It wasn’t just talent that stood out to me anymore, it was the emotion, and unique beauty that accompanies every song on the album. Brilliant stuff.

Masterpiece

I never listened to this album before now, and WOW!

very chilled out rock. it's mostly mellow but steadily goes into grunge territory. keeps you very interested with what's going on throughout. is it prog? maybe not, but it's very close to it in more ways than one i feel. shame this album was the only one he did.

One of the most mournfully sweet, magical albums. My god, if angels could speak through people, they absolutely sang through Jeff Buckley.

Amazing voice my goodness. Always loved this album. Gone too soon.

Need I say anything

#196. I've listened to this album many times before, and this time it was just as brilliant as every other time. It's great start to finish. I have no complaints, really. 5/5: perfect.

Beast of a debut. What a talent? Sad that he went too soon

Simply awesome!!

Classic, incredible album

it's so good & the lilac wine cover knocks me straight out.

Aside from the vocal talent on display across the whole album, I love this album dearly because Lover You Should've Come Over will remain my heartbreak anthem forever, even makes me want to have my heart broken so I can feel how he felt singing.

I recall the first time I heard about this album and being excited to listen, and when I did... eh, I would have given it 3 stars maybe. As time has passed though, the album grew on me. Prior to this appearing on the 1001 Album list, I would have given this 4 stars, which is what I expected when I pulled it up for a listen. But wow, this is 5 star material. As Brad Pitt said about the album, "It just... it's under my skin." Interesting side note for those who didn't read the full Wikipedia article. Bob Dylan named Buckley "one of the great songwriters of the decade", and David Bowie considered Grace to be the best album ever made. Those two guys know a thing or two about music :) 5 stars.

Ah, what a delightful album. And I gave it a good listen too. I noticed that Lilac Wine stood out a bit compared to the songs around it, making sense that it’s a cover. Eternal life also stood out quite a bit as being a more hard rock sound. I quite enjoyed it. And of course the classic love songs. Lover you should’ve come over. So heartbreaking. His voice is so full of emotion. An album which seems to be there for me during heartbreak. Lyrically pleasant. Love it

One of the biggest losses to music was Jeff Buckley. This album is full of examples of his incredible talent.

te amo jeff, de lo mejor que escuché nunca

No.

10/10

Was looking forward to checking this one out, and it was great.

Jeffs a bit of a whiny boy but I’m here for it 100% all the time. One of my favourite, if not my favourite album. Classic post break up Elliot music this. Best version of Hallelujah. Lyrically just sad and beautiful, real cathartic gut punch of an album. Lover You Should've Come Over is a favourite of mine, paints a beautiful picture lyrically and I'm a fan of a unique time signature (6/8) I know Forget Her is a bonus track so I don't know if I should count it but I love it so much. Been on many drunk night walks listening to this album and feeling sorry for myself, 10/10 would recommend.

This album really is a masterpiece!

A few years ago I heard the singer/guitarist of one of my favorite bands, bought Jeff Buckley's guitar but I didn't even know who he was or why that was significant. Now I finally understand.

Truly incredible

We're on fire now, another on of my favourites of all time. Singer-Songwriter albums can be really hard to pull off but are by far some of the best albums when done right. Jeff Buckley was always going to be a star, his dad was a huge artist and song-writer so it was clearly in the family. This album came together so perfectly, the instruments are so unique to me and I do not know who played them or any information on the recording but it just assists his voice so well. A voice which is just brilliant, one of my favourite male vocalists which I normally struggle to really like male vocalists compared to female. This is one of the exceptions it is just so brilliant and it is a clear example of how someone can really produce a great album with the backing of a big label. He struggle a lot with living up to the success and from what I know the album was quite slept on when it came out, it is such a shame he never got to see huge success definitely one of the biggest losses of talent. I actually showed this album to a friend at college and it is probably now his favourite album always playing it always mentioning. We even played Forget Her at the college gig the album was such a big part of college and I still love it. I think a lot of these songs would have been really big in the 2000's like "last goodbye", and I think that stands why it took more time to get popular. I do have it currently as my 21st favourite albums, singer-songwriter is one genre where I don't feel there is much space for dead space. Hallelujah is definitely an overplayed song but this is it's best rendition and I think it works perfectly. The only 2 songs I am not hugely fond of are Lilac Wine and Corpus Christi Carol. Replace the latter with Forget Her, which somehow didn't make the official release, and you have a Top 10 album. Stand Out Songs Grace Lover, You Should've Come Over Dream Brother

Listened to it many many times. Got in my attention after I read that it influenced many bands… like Radiohead. Fall in love with it ever since. Too many good ones here. “So real”, “lover you should come over”. Good memories. Amazing album

One of my favourite albums ever. No skips

I was VERY into this album 15 or so years ago (in my 20s). I believe I got into Jeff Buckley toward the end of high school, because I remember listening to "Last Goodbye" with a group of friends around and telling the girl I had a thing for that she might like it, and a different friend gave me shit because they played it all the time on a radio station that we listened to a lot at the time. If I have my memories correctly lined up, that would've been summer '04. So, shit... 20 years ago... Anyway, I wasn't expecting to enjoy this much having not listened to it in probably 10 or more years. I never lost appreciation or respect, but I just don't still listen to very much from that time in my life. Tastes evolve, times change, and so do we. Well this dude's voice is still as impressive as ever, and the music doesn't sound as dated as I'd thought it would. For a 30 year old record, it holds up quite well. Is it fair to call it timeless? His influences are clear, his training is obvious... This album is very good. I might even let the Legacy Edition bonus disc section play out...

Whats not to like, I mean it's Jeff Buckley

I had listened to this album before and previously been at a 4 on it, but it was great to listen to it again cuz I'm bumping it up to a 5. I don't think every song is a 5 out of 5 for me, but the opening of the album, closing of the album, and of course hallelujah, are just absolutely perfect. Such an awful loss, but I am glad we at least have this album

How this got mixed reviews when it was released is beyond me

One of my favourite albums of all time I could honestly talk about how much I love it for hours!!!!

Absolutely essential.

Every song is beautiful

AUTOMATIC 5 STARS. ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDING ME. Jeff Buckley should be considered a legend in every regard. Do his vocals turn some people off? Sure but so do other legends like Geddy Lee and that fuckin guy from Placebo but lyrically and emotionally this shit slaps and will make you remember that one ex who destroyed your soul but you can’t blame them because they’re too beautiful to even be alive.

Back in 94 this was my litmus test of if I’d get on with someone. If they had this album I knew we’d be friends. His voice is extraordinary obviously, and there’s a few covers (Hallelujah most famously) but his own songs are equally strong. About as good as it gets

Mää odotinkin milloin tää levy tulee. Tiesin, että tän on oltava tällä listalla. Levy joka on inspiroinut Musea ja Radioheadia. Aivan kultaa. Ei ehkä nyt iskenyt niin, kun tätä levyä on kuitenkin niin monesti kuunnellut, mutta on 5 tähteä. Parhaat: Hallelujah, Lover You Should've Come Over, Eternal Life, Grace

incredibly moving. so sad that he was taken so early, he clearly had a great gift. 4.5

Pretty good - chill style with good voice 5/5

Amazing singer and songwriter. I have no idea how he wasn’t on my radar before this.

Come for hallelujah but stay for his amazing voice. Mojo pin starts like what I think would be playing when I walked into heaven then just unloads with the guitars and drums! Great songs and just the voice of an angel 5/5

A couple of weaker songs, and too many covers but still

Jeff Buckley tragically had a short career. A few years after his one solo album, Grace, Buckley died while swimming in the Mississippi river. Grace is an exceptional album. Buckley's potent, near-operatic voice compliments a collection of rich, engaging songs. His cover of "Hallelujah" is lovely, and his songs "Last Goodbye" seems a near-perfect match to it. This is a beautiful collection of songs, and a testament to a career that could have been...

One of the best albums of all time imo a true 10/10

Beautiful, creative Singer-Songwriter, like Fiona Apples

Had no time for a review today, but obviously great album: highlight of course is “Hallelujah” and "Lover You Should Have Come Over" - just so much emotion in one voice..

любовь. словно я совершенно случайно, бесконечно сильно, с огромной скоростью влюбилась в прохожего человека, а потом с такой же невероятной силой разлюбила. и мне вновь стало хорошо.

This album is iconic. The songwriting is top notch, the way he sings is full of emotion, the songs are great with some massive tracks, even the filler songs play their part and the way it flows from one song to the next is lovely. Even the album cover is special. When it comes to giving a 5, it’s down to personal preference and this album makes me feel a special kind of way. It’s a shame we didn’t get more of Jeff Buckley but what we got from this one album is more than most artists will ever contribute in their whole career.

Haunting acoustic riff sets the tone in the opener. Folk underpinnings and some angry alt rock guitars crashing through the calm to great effect. Unexpectedly pretty chord progressions with Buckley's clear voice piercing through. His take on Hallelujah just sparkles, maybe one of the best covers ever. We've covered a lot of ground by the time Forget Her fades out. Exceptional.

Floating in the atmosphere. Great voice. Definitely knows how to hit the emotional layer of a song. Also got a sense that Thom Yorke and Radio Head made notes on how this was built. Excellent singing range and mix of vocal variations. One of the issues I have with groups like Radiohead and Coldplay is how much they use falsetto such that it becomes annoying or at the very least a drawback to listening to an album as a whole.

I love the covers and the originals on this album

Musical genius, powerful vocals. A top album.

This is a beautiful album. I think it slows slightly at the last third, but overall it’s magnificent. It’s very much “of its time,” but it simultaneously transcends its time. It’s an excellent album, a special album by an artist who may have taken 90s rock in a slightly different direction had he lived long enough to continue his story.

great album

One of the best albums ever made. Ahead of it's time.

One and done. An absolute masterpiece. There's a very short list of debut albums that are this good. His talent fronting his supporting band fires on all cylinders all the time.

Beautiful and sad voice

Love it.

Great

It's an absolute joy revisiting this. Stuffed with ideas and one of the all time vocal performances. Puts me in mind of The Smiths in parts (He did a great cover of The Boy with the Thorn in his Side). Highlights for me are Lilac Wine, Lover you..., Dream Brother. Think this is the definitive recording of Hallelujah as well, pity it's so overplayed.

Completely and totally obsessed. Jeff Buckley knows me and every heartbreak I've ever had, down to my core. Genuinely his grasp of anger and intimacy and devotion and grief is stunning and musically it's so rich, his vocals are incredible. Nothing but praise.

Excellent album!

Awesome and fire i love jeff buckley im gay

Excellent. The influences are obvious but something about this album and the songs presented here seem to transcend genre, bridging things you otherwise might not think would get along. What I really wasn't expecting was the certain level of energy, intensity, and mysterious quality I've only encountered from Jeremy Enigk. I will definitely revisit but perhaps occasionally as it does have an overwhelming presence, primarily regarding the vocals.

Oh that was soo reeaaaal

He has the voice on an angel. Combined with that jangley guitar, just beautiful. Eerie and haunting.

A masterpiece.

המנוני רוק, תפילות של חשמלית, כאילו זמר של מקהלת כנסיה החליט להביא לקרקע גן עדן וגיהנות לרקוח צלילים מאוד מאוד יפים. זה אלבום מאוד מאוד טוב

one of the most influential albums of my life. it took me time and i didnt get it at first, but then when my soul accepted this magic to enter, it entered and followed me since then

One of my favorite albums. So good.

Interesting blend of west African music & electronica but it doesn’t quite hang together

This is a beautiful album from start to finish. The falsetto voice against the guitar sound is a stunning combination. The songs are filled with emotion and jaw dropping heart. I could listen to Last Goodbye on a loop for a year and still feel my heart swell.

Liefde op het eerste gezicht, landt gelijk in de rotation

this album is almost perfect, the songs are all great and fenomenal examples of every single aspect in song producing and composing. it has tho some too dense songs for my taste, like so real and dream brother. theyre good songs of course, but their sentimental wheight overwhelm me. again, my taste. maybe im just too young or too old. speaking of that, holy fucking shit how can someone write a song like lover, you shouldve come over???? its sooo beautiful and the perfect balance in catchy and complex. his orgasmic way of singing is something i took a little bit to get used to, but now i see blatantly how beautiful of a singer this man was. its a perfect exemple of how much can music grow in you on some listens. have been listening to this for a long time now, and only started loving it a couple listens ago.

So good. I’m downloading this one

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE 5/5

To p 10 of all time

Really enjoyed this album, it wasn’t repetitive and had lots of variety. Super well composed/scored. Nothing really you’d tap your foot to, but mellow/emotional vibes throughout.

Kind of blown away by how good this is, the first half in particular is brilliant. I thought Jeff Buckley was from at least the 80s, not the mid 90s. I also thought he was quite a laid back acoustic sort of singer songwriter but he has a lot in common with Radiohead, hallelujah is admittedly great in its own right but it's been tarred by too many covers and it warped my perception of Jeff. My one criticism would the vocals get a bit warbly at times, I think some parts would have been better if he'd sang them a bit straighter. That said, I'm going to listen to this again a lot.

Tu vaux bien mieux que ton père Jeff

il mérite

Its so beautiful one of my all time favorite albums. I love his voice, its so heartbreaking, I wish he had been able to make more music :(

Incredible vocals. Damn clean production. Fantastic cover of Hallelujah. Personal stand-out track: Love, You should've come over. Expertly mixed and produced, incredible talent. Can easily see why this album has the status it does.

4.8 - I didn't think I was going to like this as much as I did. I've always liked Buckley's live album and thought I was just going to wait for hallelujah to come on, but the whole album just felt complete. I think some might be turned off by his voice, but fuck em

The first 7 tracks of Grace are all flawless to me. There's no other album that is so consistently perfect from the get-go. Jeff's vocal range and the character of his voice are spectacular and unique. The guitar tones are some of the most beautiful ever recorded. The performance is so raw and emotional. There are two of the best covers of all time on the album, "Lilac Wine" and "Hallelujah", two outstanding songs in their own right that Jeff fully makes his own. Anyone with a heart and a working set of ears knows. 5/5

5+ stars. Still spine-tingling on the hundredth listen.

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I would love to know what music Jeff Buckley would have put out if he had lived and his music had matured. His sound is incredible! It's such a shame he is no longer with us and under such tragic circumstances. I love this album - it transports me right back to mid highschool when I first listened to it. Buckley's covers of Lilac Wine and Hallelujah are amazing and obviously well loved - but it's 'Lover, you should've come over' which will always be my personal favourite. I feel like Mojo pin is the weakest, so it is a shame that is the opening track, but honestly the whole album is amazing - his voice, the lyrics, the guitar/band - I love it all. I had a bit of a moment to myself while listening to the album last night - standing outside on the balcony, full moon over the river, glass of wine - completely ethereal (or maybe I just have a thing for musicians who sing in falsetto?) Top three in order to most fave: Dream brother, Grace, Lover you should've come over

One of the greatest albums of all time.

What an excellent first album to start this journey of discovery!

amazing. love it. album saved, and will be listened to again.

This album proves to me that singer songwriters are a spacial and rare breed - here you will find the amazing Leonard Cohen song Hallelulah which is in its own way a classic but Jeff takes it to a whole another level. Listen to this album, and get deep into the vocals of Jeff Buckley and here just as few hints to to sounds of his dad Tim.

Will always invoke surrealism and introspection. Lovely album.

Outrageous Eternal life is insane, ridiculous contrast to track before

Not sure if it's just the mystique surrounding him or his tragic death but this album has an aura. Even the fact that some of these are covers he did some of the best covers. Accomplished guitarist and beautiful fragile voice.

What a classic!

A damn near perfect collection of songs suffused with emotion and, of course, tragedy. As familiar as this gets, repeat listens highlight new moments which surprise and move and strike home the loss of this peerless artist all the more. And the audacity to not only cover Cohen but to make the definitive version of Hallelujah speaks to an artist of true insight and inspiration.

A wonderful album which swells into life and surges forward with honesty, complexity, and sincerity.

The fact that this album got mixed reviews at the time of release speaks more to the time than the music I think. It's absolutely timeless. Buckley comes out of the gate swinging with hands down some of the most impressive vocals you've ever heard in your life. The versatility in his range is unmatched. Combine that with eclectic instrumentation that effortlessly blends pop, rock and psychedelic sounds, and you've got nothing but eyebrow-raising tracks. It's a damn shame Mr. Buckley left us as early as he did, and in one of the more unfair tragedies among rockstars. I can only imagine what a collab would sound like with a modern master like Yorke (who was very much influenced by Jeff).

Buckley’s unique mix of raw virtuosity, remarkable vocal range, and tender vulnerability results in a classic one-and-done legacy that, like the mighty Mississippi, remains unfuckwitable.

"Grace remains one of the most engaging, inspired records ever made, and its 10 original songs serve as the best possible portrait of Buckley as a diva, songwriter and artist. Grace's strengths have been well-documented over the years: The flawless choice of cover songs, including the definitive reading of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" - the mystic, blue textures of "Mojo Pin", "So Real" and "Dream Brother". And of course, he sang the hell out of those songs. His reading of Nina Simone's "Lilac Wine" transformed from misty cocktail lament into transcendental experience."

So haunting. So beautiful.

Perfect Album

This is not an easy listen. I know this album very well and it's a 'break glass in case of breakup' album. Some of the songs are clearly better than the others, but the songs that hit me have me in tears. An unreserved masterpiece. Another easy 5/5 from me.

my name is jeff

This album is so good, every track feels so thought through and heartfelt. RIP Jeff Buckley

Heartbreaking, mesmerizing, 90s personified.

Sublime.

Straight up one of the best albums ever by songwriting and singing ability Gone too soon RIP Shame about corpus Christi carol being a bit slower and not really the same calibre to the others but still, there's no one like him and I doubt there will be.

Good

The GOAT

Own this one, it's really good.

With the exception of Corpus Christi Carol this is a great album. Hallelujah being an obvious highlight, still reminds me of Shrek before Leonard Cohen

First listen Saved 9/11 Top track: Eternal Life

Much better than I expected

Great, and deep cut album. Alleluia is a must listen.

Peerless.

Absolutely fucking everything about this album is a 10/10, 5 star experience. Holy shit. I've never listened to this album all the way through for some reason, until today, but I completely get why it's a favorite of so many people. The lyrics, the music, the mix, the production, the musicianship, Buckley's voice? I mean holy FUCK. I can confidently say after just one listen that if you dislike this album, I don't trust your ears, and that this definitely needs to be heard by EVERYONE before they die. Definitely lives up to the title of this whole thing.

Wow!

Day 1 Jeff Buckley Grace Reminds me of Mark engineer 7 years ago telling me I needed to hear this since it was one of the greatest albums of all time, and he sensed Jeff Buckley potential from me. Androgynous, operatic, grand, but also relatable singer songwriter lyrics like Van Morrison. Combining goo storytelling with intense musicality and experimental expression, definitely not pop. Musician’s music. It's a masterpiece. I've favourited almost every single song.

Honestly great stuff , underrated

Awesome album, downloaded it.

This is such a beautiful album, and a tragedy we lost him so young; image all the great albums we missed out on. If you've only heard his cover of Hallelujah, you are missing out the rest of the album. I think Last Goodbye might be in my list of one of the best songs of all time. This is just a beautiful album and I'm doubting my rating already, it might be too low! Standouts: Grace, Last Goodbye, Hallelujah, Lover, You Should've Come Over, Eternal Life

Hallelujah has always been one of my favorite songs so this shit was at a baseline 3 before I even listened but I had no idea the rest of the album would be so full of emotion. Lover you should’ve come over might be a top 3 track OAT. Very Glad I listened and RIP Jeff, gone too soon

Love it

One of the best albums ever made!

Awesome. Feels like it may have inspired early Radiohead

Such a beautiful album. I liked it more the longer I listened to it. It has really great dynamics between soft songs like Hallelujah and the intensity of Lover You Should’ve Come Over.

No lo conocia, muy bueno me gusto mucho!

Amazing, whole album feels very cohesive and there are very good tracks

Beautiful album!!

Absolute masterpiece! This is THE definitive version of Hallelujah

Crushed it

First time listening to this one, recognised the cover but didn’t know anything about the album or Jeff. Absolutely astonishing songwriting, vocals, guitar playing and album. Blown away, truly deserving of a “widely considered as one of the greatest albums ever” in the wiki description.

4.6 The songs that are great on this are absolute masterpieces, some are skips imo compared but probably cos the standard is so high. Fave songs: Lover you should have come over, Mojo Pin, grace

Such an amazing voice. It's sad that he got to make only one album.

I'm pretty familiar with this one and have bounced off it a lot of times in the past but yesterday it hit just right and I loved it.

No thanks. Great album mind.

Sublime

Loved it! His voice was so beautiful ♥️

90/100

Voice is spectacular. The music works. Jeff's tragic end just adds to the mystic Listen to this album people. Thank you Jeff.

Great album, too bad this is the only one he made. His singing is incredible. The title track Grace is a great song. Last Goodbye, great guitars, great singing. His cover of Hallelujah was superior to the original, in my opinion is the definitive version of the song. Lover you should have come over is just brilliant, great song. Eternal Life surprised me, much more grunge than the rest of the tracks. Overall a great mix of music, excellent album.

This album is unfortunately Jeff Buckley's only one. He has a penchant for crafting suite-like guitar and voice forward songs that expertly navigate tonal and dynamic changes. He is an excellent guitar player, but what really shines through is his voice. His control is exceptional and his ability to oscillate between delicate and powerful is incredible. The music itself is very well crafted with alternative/psychedelic impulses that are mellowed and made more accessible. People who prefer pop versus grunge/alternative can all find something to enjoy this album. It's a shame that this is all we have.

that was so real

I LOVE JEFF BUCKLEY

Excellent. I never had a Jeff Buckley phase, but I now understand why most of my friends absolutely loved this album. I really missed out at the time but glad to have listened as part of this challenge. Beautiful piece.

All time classic. - Sad, emotional, real. - Great lyrics, awesome karaoke material.

Amazing album, wow

Incredible album from start to finish

One of my all time favourite albums.

Beautiful man, beautiful voice, beautiful album, tragic loss.

Had heard Hallelujah before but lots of good songs. Really good! Performed Zeppelin, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bob Dylan, Édith Piaf, Elton John, the Smiths, Bad Brains, Leonard Cohen, Robert Johnson and Siouxsie Sioux.. Father was “Tim Buckley” who was a singer himself. 9/21/23

I had only ever heard the song Halleujah by Jeff Buckley but had knew about him. So I went into this album thinking it might be over-hyped. I was so wrong, this album is a beautiful album. It is such a shame that we only got to have one album of songs from Jeff but listening to the songs you can tell that he was a pained man, leaving us so soon.

fabulous; one of my favorite albums (5)

I loved this album and give it five stars. He mixes so many disparate influences deftly and I feel like we lost him way too soon.

Angelic voice and some very interesting mix of songs. Hallelujah is obviously what makes this album standout. As far as covers go, I have no problem defending that alongside All Along The Watchtower, this is a top-tier cover. The song is brutally passionate and mesmerizing; it’s hauntingly beautiful. Lover you should come over is no less transcendent and you realize that with each listen, this album was onto something special.

When I first heard this album I was surprised by how much it rocked. It’s got a lot of loud moments, despite relying mostly on distortion-free guitar sounds. In fact it touches a lot of bases, from soulful to woozy to heavy to ethereal, all with a theatrical flair, which I like. The more restrained moments are equally effective though (I put on Corpus Christi Carol every Christmas Day when we’re opening our presents, and there can be no higher compliment than that). I guess when you’ve got a voice that good you can pull off whatever genre you want. Oh, and is Jeff‘s version of Hallelujah the best cover of any song ever? Yes. Yes it is. 4.5

Soooo good. I knew about Jeff Buckley but never listened to the whole album. Amazing need to get a copy

Gloria total.

From this generator my partner and I have discovered two things, with each of us discovering one. On my side, I got Kimono My House, which pointed us towards discovering Sparks and now having a mutual favorite band of all time. And for them, they discovered the Buckley family. First it was Tim Buckley, in which they loved his voice and more eccentric musical pallette, but then they got Jeff Buckley. Now, it's safe to say this album would rank in their top ten favorites of all time, and that obviously means I got to hear this one before I got it on here too. As for the album itself for me? It's amazing. Buckley's voice is angelic and mesmerizing. The band performing with him knows the exact mood to go for to really know when to go all out and reel it back in, and the obvious inspirations this had on artists like Thom Yorke and Matt Bellamy is worn on their sleeves. To say that this album is amazing in every way is a very easy statement. I mean, I really don't know what to say that hasn't been said. The opening track is fantastic and keeps that solid energy all the way through to the very end of the album. If I had slight critiques it'd be the length of some of the tracks, but that really doesn't matter too much when you're in the mood for this sort of stuff. I may not love this as much as my partner, but this is still an easy five star (two in a row, woo-hoo!)

Jeff Buckley - possibly the best rock album of the 90’s. Such an incredible singer and songwriter. “Lover you Should’ve Come Over” gets me every time. So does “Last Goodbye” and “So Real”. Honestly, every song is so good. Really love the dynamics and heavier moments on songs like Eternal Life. Super nuanced and organic feeling album.

Such a well done album, really great writing and production. kept me interested the whole time.

Wow! I love how different each song is and exciting. I can’t believe Hallelujah and Eternal Life is on the same album. Definitely on regular rotation from here on out.

The tragic circumstances surrounding Buckley’s way to early death surely helped lift this album to surreal acclaim. Exactly where it belongs. Grace is one of the strongest albums of the entire 90’s and I’m shocked every time I listen just how great everything is. Buckley might have been the greatest songwriter of his generation. It’s definitely what Grace is pointing towards.

Jeff Buckley is one of my all-time favorite vocalists. His voice just does whatever he wants it to do, effortlessly. An incredible combination of Nina Simone and Robert Plant. This album packs such a wide range of emotion. Buckley's Hallelujah is probably the definitive version at this point, but it might not even be the best cover on the album, because Lilac Wine is also there. Grace is packed full of great songs with just a couple that are only pretty good. It's a shame we lost such a talent so young, but at least we have Grace.

YES GAVE ME AN EXCUSE TO LISTEN TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS EVER ON IT

The range on this album is simply stunning. I've made my feelings on singer-songwriter albums in this book excruciatingly clear. But, like Joan Armatrading, this is a cut against the grain. Incredibly impressive amount of styles covered by a single singer here, and the arrangements are clearly a big focal point as well. Favorite track: Eternal Life

really liked it

Hallelujah! Strong 9

wonderful

hace bastante un disco no me gustaba tanto en la 1ra escuchada

This is one of the best albums from the 90s. It has everything: tenderness, touch, feeling, emotive vocal delivery, and exquisite guitar work. I still remember when I got to listen to it for the first time. Grace blew my mind. It still does. Jeff is one of those music martyrs that left so much to say.

It is memories. It reminds me of what it’s like to be alive. His soul can be heard yearning to escape his form. Beautiful record. Wish he was still around.

One of the best albums oat

With a voice like that, and with such guitar skills, Jeff Buckley could play the classified section of a newspaper and turn it into a transcendent experience. But what he played was terrific original compositions, plus a string of stellar covers. When you take a Leonard Cohen song and your version of it erases the original one in public consciousness, it means you're a genius up to the level of Nina Simone. Add to this the iconic impact of a talented artist gone too soon (and the son of another one to boot, also gone too soon!) and you get an album that obviously deserves to be in a rather high slot in such a list. 5/5, what else? Number of albums left to review: 518 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 231 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 110 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 141

ah my heart. Easiest 5 ever.

This guy was shockingly good. Amazing playing style, crazy creative vocal style, and then vanished. Wow.

An amazing album. Full of heart and soul. A complete and utter joy to listen to.

real nice

day 19. This album is sublime and I'm so glad I only knew Hallelujah before listening. When it came up, I knew enough to know I should be paying attention to this one, so I saved it for a relaxed Sunday night. So many feelings about this. I'm starting to understand why so many artists cite him as an influence both for guitar and vocals. I could hear so many parallels. What stands out to me is how dynamic it is. You're getting a wide range of genres on the album, but also great progression on each individual track, especially in the first half of the album. So many tone shifts and songs that went a different direction than you would expect, sounds interwoven beautifully. Two of my faves, Grace and So Real were great examples of this. And yet the album is balanced as if he knew exactly where people may perceive him as doing "too much", and pull back. Hallelujah is perfectly timed on the album. The only song I would skip is Corpus Christi Carol, but even that one sets up nicely in juxtaposition to Eternal Life afterward. EASY 5/5 rating random note - the closer on Spotify is Forget Her, which was not on the original release. I read it was supposed to be on the album, but Buckley (who seemed repulsed by the song) pulled it at the last minute in favor of So Real. It was later released posthumously. I felt a little guilty for enjoying the song after hearing how Buckley felt about it. But, before knowing this I did think it felt off as a closer, with Dream Brother suiting the mood of the album better.

So much better than I was expecting. Pretty varied stuff

Really surprised me, enjoyed most of the songs and was a great listen, probably will listen to it again sometime in the future.

I've heard Hallelujah before, but nothing else. Digging this. It's maybe a bit overdramatic and emotionally overwrought, but Buckley and the band sell it. Great use of dynamics. I'll want to dig this out again. 4.5

Loved it

Jeff still fresh

Incredible album

Cet album me butte du début à la fin c'est sûrement un de mes albums préférés

The delicate guitar work, that haunting siren voice, an entire lifetime of pain expressed in yearning for what can never be again. What an incredible body of work we were robbed of.

best album ever ⁉️

One of the most begrudging 5's ever. Its not just peer pressure, honest

Stunning. Absolutely stunning. I don't think I've ever listened to his version of "Hallelujah" this intensely, but the entire album was a masterpiece and I felt changed. I cannot explain how much I love his voice.

The best album of all time. Absolute perfection from the first note to the last. An album I listen to at least four times a week, and always hear something special. The tragedy is that it is his only completed album, but that makes it more special rather than less. Miss you Jeff

People have been telling me to listen to this album for years and I wish I had sooner. This is one of the greatest albums I have ever heard. The way Buckley sings with passion and moving lyrics over ethereal melodies is truly magical. I don't think I could pick a favorite when the whole album is almost perfect.

Lots of very very different stuff in here. Really loved it

Completely unexpected. So many good riffs and little melodies, great guitar and bass tone and really dynamic progressions that keep you guessing and driving the songs forwards. I can't wait to listen to this again and actually pay attention to the lyrics since musically this is a pure standout album. * Grace * Lover, You Should've Come Over * Eternal Life * Dream Brother

Righteous. Impossible to define - this album is all over the place, in a good way. Both guitar and vocal hero all at once all over this one ... guitar hero not necessarily with ripping solos but with unusual chord voicings (almost reminiscent of how Joni Mitchell would use alt-tuning and come up with what almost sounded like new chords) and fingerpicking; his guitar tone ranges from pure clarity to hard-rock aggressive. Jeff was the rare singer who drew my attention, even on lesser songs - had vocal acrobatics akin to both Robert Plant and Nina Simone and everywhere in-between. So the best on here was truly unique and amazing (e.g. first 3 cuts set the tone and mood; the album probably would be worth a minimum 4/5 if the next 7 were simply silence). As a complete entity it sometimes feels not *perfect* to me (although "Last Goodbye" is a 100/10 song) but I wonder if that's just because he was trying *everything* for his first album as it goes from old hymns to hard rock ... but again: this is/was *his first album* (and of course his only album before dying). Cannot imagine where he'd have taken things when he'd have shed some covers and stuck with his own material. In the small handful of greatest debuts in history, worthy of any keeper status. Love getting a 5 star weekend album. 9.5/10 5 stars.

I just got a Tim Buckley album not very long ago and I loved it, so I figured I would like this album if they were similar at all. This was absolutely amazing. I had high expectations, but I was caught off guard by just how much I liked this. I just sat there in awe for about a minute when the album started. What can I say, I like it when men whine and moan when they sing. He had an amazing voice, and he showed it off prominently in this album. Absolute shame he passed away so young. It is very hard to pick favourite songs when basically everything is a banger, but I'd say my favourite songs were Dream Brother, Lilac Wine, and Forget Her.

People have been telling me to listen to this album for years and I wish I had sooner. This is one of the greatest albums I have ever heard. The way Buckley sings with passion and moving lyrics over ethereal melodies is truly magical. I don't think I could pick a favorite when the whole album is almost perfect.

Haunting choral like vocals with hard hitting 90s alternative rock drums. This album is a masterpiece. Highlight tracks: Grace, Lilac Wine, Hallelujah, Lover You Should’ve Come Over

Amazing. Wow!! 5 stars (91%)

Lovely stuff

eu tenho que admitir que não esperava um album tão bom. não conhecia esse cara e quando vi a capa assumi que seria um rock pop bem poser, mas recebi uma mistura de varios tipos de glam rock com arranjos muito bem feitos e um vocal esplendido. primeiro album que dou 5 estrelas e nunca tinha ouvido.

Unbelievable voice. Idk if it’s too early to say that this album changed my life but I feel like it has that power. Standouts: Lover, You Should’ve Come Over Mojo Pin Hallelujah

Beautiful album. It’s Pink Moon for the 90s.

Loved lilac wine. So real is great This album is hot hot hot imo. Never something uninteresting or too boring and I like that it’s generally pretty soft but not afraid to hit you over the head with some GROOOOVES (mainly talkin about the guitar on Eternal Life). It feels like this album takes everything good about rock from the past 2 decades and just does it all better and with more love and care.

Wonderfully gothic and pure

One of my favorite albums growing up. 10/10