Grace by Jeff Buckley

Grace

Jeff Buckley

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Grace is the only studio album by American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley, released on August 23, 1994, by Columbia Records. The album had poor sales and received mixed reviews at the time of its release. However, in recent years it has dramatically risen in critical reputation. An extended version of the album (subtitled "Legacy Edition"), celebrating its tenth anniversary, was released on August 23, 2004, and peaked at number 44 in the UK. Grace re-entered the albums chart in Australia at number 44 for the week of January 29 to February 5, 2007, 13 years after its original release date. It is currently certified 8× platinum in Australia. The album has been cited by critics and listeners as one of the greatest albums of all time.

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Men who aren't trying to impress women with how vulnerable and sensitive they are just don't randomly hop in rivers for a swim. There's absolutely that type of guy who's all "let me take my shoes off, let's jump in this river, THIS WILL BE A MOMENT. I am so spontaneous and artistic and have a beautiful soul." But it's 1996, you're single and in your apartment just got done a massive cleanup, have a bottle of wine open and she's coming over any minute complete with her Jennifer Aniston haircut. This is the album you have on...not cued up to the first track because that's too obvious, you want to appear that this is what you're actually listening to when she arrives. You don't have to say you're sensitive and in tune with her emotions, Jeff Buckley is doing all the heavy lifting for you. I don't have to like this record because he died young. Imagine what could have been, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, I get it. This is an album for women and I don't mean that in a disparaging way. But it's very much a "look how sensitive I am, look how beautiful I am, look how wounded and vulnerable I am" which is completely fine. I HAVE FEELINGS AND THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. There's nothing wrong with that, truly. For men, it's an album that they'll use to try to impress a woman...you're at a bar, you're talking to her and just drop "Grace by Jeff Buckley is one of my favorite albums ever, it's amazing," because you know she won't vibe with what you're really listening to which is Metallica. Or it's an album a man plays when they invite a woman over to their place to make dinner on the 4th or 5th date. Some of the guitar here is cool, his voice is great. It's not bad at all...but this album gets spoken about in such reverential tones and while I get it a little bit, I don't feel the need to listen to it again. Hallelujah is overrated.

1-2 punch of Hallelujah followed by Lover You Should Have Come Over

Highlights: - Hallelujah - Eternal Life 3.7

Whingebag

Am I the baddie? Everyone seems to love this album, but it does nothing for me. I guess I'm just a little too insensitive.

My favorite

This Singer-Songwriter album feels like sitting in a dimly lit theatre while an intensely emotional performer pours his heart out onstage, yet somehow never manages to reach me in the audience. Jeff Buckley's voice rises from fragile whispers to soaring, dramatic cries, accompanied by ringing guitars, deep bass and swelling arrangements that seem determined to create emotional depth. But instead of drawing me into this intensity, the music leaves me feeling increasingly distant. The songs aim for something profound, yet the emotional gestures seem to disappear into a void, neither engaging me as background music nor giving me enough to connect with as an intense listening experience. Even the dramatic crescendos fail to bridge the distance. I remain an observer watching someone express enormous feelings without ever making me feel them myself.

Back in the nineties, when I had just turned sixteen, I worked in a supermarket with a bunch of older kids in their late teens and even early twenties. I was introduced to a lot of great music from some of those co-workers. One day, one of the guys came back from his lunch with a bag from Zhivago, our local music shop. When I asked him what he bought, he held up his copy of Jeff Buckley’s Grace and cryptically said “Jeff Buckley: The man who walked into the Mississippi and never came back.” I was intrigued. As soon as I could, I bought the album myself, and it very quickly became one of my all-time favourite albums. I couldn’t get over his voice. The control he has over his vocals are absolutely unmatched by any other male singer I’ve ever heard in my entire life. He controlled the intensity of a song with the volume, timbre and ferocity of his voice in a way that I’ve never encountered before or after. He fearlessly leaned into his falsetto high notes on songs like the haunting “Corpus Christi Carol”, while other songs showed how he could turn from soft and fragile to a snarling gruff and roar in an instant. His voice is an obvious one to focus on, but what’s equally astonishing about this genius is his guitar playing. Songs are built from strange, intricate chord voicings, little melodic figures and constantly shifting embellishments, all making for some fascinatingly original music. You really can’t categorise his stuff at all. It was both completely fresh, original and unique, while somehow remaining very accessible and easy to listen to. But it’s the combination of all of this otherworldly musical talent with his uncompromising visionary songwriting that makes this album so special. A delicate, fragmented riff textured with harmonics starts off the beautiful “Mojo Pin”. Everything slowly and subtly builds up and up in intensity, Buckley’s voice and guitar working together to explode at the end of the second chorus. He does the same build-up in the gorgeous title track “Grace” and the sublime, gospel-influenced “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over”. It’s an insane run of songs from start to finish in this absolute masterpiece, and I could spend days talking about all of the amazing details of each and every one, but I’ll spare you and focus on three tracks in particular. As an angsty sixteen year old, “So Real” stuck out to me immediately. It’s eerie, dark, and ominous. It creates an uneasy feeling, like something sinister is coming. And it does, in the form of that incredible anti-solo of noise, dissonance and despair. What follows is a moment of silence and Buckley’s whisper of “I love you, but I'm afraid to love you”. Incredible stuff. It’s hard to make a Leonard Cohen song sound even better than the original. But that’s exactly what Jeff manages with “Hallelujah”. The fragile and intricate guitar arrangement is incredible, particularly during the intro and the quiet moment when everything else falls away for that solo. It's the song you take pride in playing “properly” rather than just mindlessly strumming the chords like so many buskers would (causing my blood to boil as I walk past them on the street). His voice again is the instrument that composes and conducts the intensity of the song, rising and falling in volume and intensity from soft spoken to full roar, with an ambience that feels like it's being performed in the vastness of an ancient cathedral. With the recent passing of Irish legend Glen Hansard, a lot of stories started circulating. One I’d never heard about until recently was how instrumental Hansard was in helping Buckley get started. He was apparently working as a guitar tech for the Commitments on their U.S. tour, and became very good pals with Glen over their mutual love of Dylan and Van Morrison. When a friend of Hansard’s asked if he could wrangle getting the Commitments to play his small Irish bar, Glen arranged instead for himself and Jeff to play. That Irish bar was Sin-é, the venue where Buckley would go on to be discovered, after a residency made him known and revered. I love the Irish connection. Before he released Grace, he somehow ended up playing the Trinity College Ball in 1992, and performed a solo gig in Whelan’s in ‘94. There are tales of him staying with his A&R rep’s parents’ house in Dublin, sitting around the kitchen table watching the Late Late Show on a Friday night. He was a monumental loss to the world. I didn’t know of him until after his death. Or as my co-worker poetically put it: after he walked into the Mississippi and never came back. We’ve heard snippets of the interesting musical direction he was going down with the recordings that were released as “Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk”. My god, what I’d give to hear what that would have sounded like. Around the time that I first discovered Jeff Buckley, I started going to bars and clubs. It was the nineties and you’d have to put up with some terrible manufactured pop and dance music on a night out usually. But imagine my delight to discover a club called “Cuba”, that was randomly co-owned by Huey from the Fun Lovin’ Criminals, where they played all of the music I loved at the time. Everything from Queens of the Stone Age to Pixies to Rage Against the Machine, and yes, you guessed it, Jeff Buckley. The song “Last Goodbye” and Cuba are forever linked together in my memory. It was a staple of every DJ set, every single night there. And always welcomed by a dash to the dancefloor. The iconic bluesy slide guitar intro still causes goosebumps on my skin today. The gorgeous verse melody is punctuated with Eastern-influenced orchestration before pounding into that intense middle part that rocks so damn hard. And it breaks off into the glorious “Kiss me, please kiss me. Kiss me out of desire, baby, not consolation”. What a perfect song. We spent so much of our late teens and early twenties upstairs in Cuba. It became an important haven for us during that time. I even have a bit of the drywall that had come off as a souvenir of the place, because I’m a sentimental loon. I wasn’t still going to clubs when Cuba closed down, but I heard that the very last song they played was “Last Goodbye”.

A classic - an album you can sit down and listen to or have on in the background. Comforting sound - “maybe I’m too young, too keep good love from going wrong” Standout song - lover, you should come over

Buckley’s voice does a lot of the heavy lifting here by being able to carry so much emotion even with the range in his vocals going from rock to falsetto. On top of that, the instrumentals and guitar here complement each song really well. Overall a hauntingly beautiful listening experience. Likes: Mojo Pin; Grace; Lilac Wine; Hallelujah; Lover You Should Come Over; Dream Brother; Forget Her

never listened to this album before, but i knew about it. only heard 'Hallelujah' from Jeff Buckley before and expected this album to basically be just more of that. but boy, was i wrong to assume that and was left pleasantly surprised! did not expect to actually enjoy every other song on that album, but i did. phenomenal voice, incredible talent.

I keep coming back to did I actually like this album. I think I did, I didn’t not like it but there was nothing aside from the penultimate, Eternal Life, that actually made an impression.

This will always remain the highest standard for singer/songwriters, and the fact that we never got a proper successor to it makes me feel a little ill.

A wonderful album; more than just its most well-known hit “hallelujah.”

This album was released in 1994. I would describe it as alternative rock/pop that has a prog rock feel to it. He's mostly known for his cover of Hallelujah and the "vocal elasticity" of his voice which is amazing. It's also interesting to then listen to and see clips of his father, Tim Buckley....genetics. He's also a good guitar player. The electric guitar riffs and chord voicings give his music its prog feel. This is good album worth listening to. For me, his best songs are his slower ballads: Grace Last Goodbye Lilac Wine Hallelujah Lover, You Should Have Come Over Forget Her

Well, the 1001 albums reviewer seemed to like this more than I did. Lots of swirly dreamscapes sung in an often mannered falsetto. The songs were in general overly long and tended to meander, and I think would have benefited from more structure. Best songs for me were his cover of Leonard Cohen‘s “Hallelujah”, and his own “Eternal Life”, where he cuts loose and essays a real rock song. Three stars, though I think there could be a four star album hiding in there.

Álbum bastante ovacionado, gostei.. esperava um pouco mais só

The guy knows how to work a guitar

Honestly don’t get why people call this a 10/10. Would be good to experience live in a smoky bar on a snowy night.

Damn, this album would get a 6 from me if it was available. It's insane. I was crying listening to it, and then I found out that the guy died almost right after this.

Aged so well

Super influential.

liked grace and lastgoodbye didnt like half of the songs had a lot of skips but also good songs

5/5 I think Kate will agree, a sad one for the first weekday she’s gone. I first heard this when I was 16 and became a performative male for the rest of my life

I've owned this album since it's release, it was a 5/5 and it still has to be, unless I could give it a real 4.6 or something. Thing is I've heard his other material and he just got better and better. Definitely should be on anyone's 1001 list. There's a passion being shown here that I have never seen matched by anyone else on an album. Plus it introduced me to Nina Simone who also covered Lilac Wine, and Leonard Coen. Sometimes I evaluate albums based on their influence on later artists or bands. I cant do that this time because I don't believe Jeff Buckley influenced anyone, if if they tried they failed because you can't copy what he had, the knowledge and the passion. It has to be lived and earned so I don't think anyone has really followed in his footsteps. So I have to settle for this one album (and "live at the sin-e" and the posthumous "sketches".) But I can't overstate the passion and intensity enough. Nothing has ever hit me so hard.

not in the mood

A couple of stand out songs, not written by Buckley, but surprisingly hollow much of the time. It's all very sad but it didn't really connect with me.

Nice voice and esay to listen to, but the best the best track is a LC song

My first thought was "yee haw American Radiohead" thought that wasn't the vibe throughout. Beautiful in ways I hadn't expected. I'd avoided this for too long because the "singer-songwriter" label led me to believe it'd be boring. A life cut short too soon. Favorite songs: Mojo Wine Grace Dream Brother

There is one good song and you have heard it.

- I'm not really into the songwriting here... it's all so cluttered -- the melodies (which don't do it for me - they're so overworked, and I don't like the try hard "I'm so unique" key/tone choices), vocals, and instrumentation compete with each other, so it kind of feels like everyone is noodling at once a lot of the time. The songs become dissonant and chaotic as they go on. - That said, there are some really beautiful moments on almost all of the songs, and I did enjoy the album more on subsequent listens. - I find the vocals can be really piercing and meandering, and they tend to feel off key when it gets into the higher wailing parts (because of the weird key choices and the competition with the instrumentation, probably). I hear a lot of references in Jeff's voice but let's go with Hercules and Love Affair does Radiohead (but I also hear Manic Street Preachers, the Darkness, and Zeppelin in places, and others that I can't place). I like the fully mezzo soprano song (Corpus Christi Carol), but the song that follows it is unlistenable to me - so flat. - The album felt like it went on for a long time. I listened 3 times because I didn't know what to rate it. Maybe a 2.5? Hallelujah was the standout because it has a beautiful melody, sorry to say, unlike any of the other songs.

this was depressing

Meh, 3 stars.

8/10. very nice. beatufiul vocals.

Goddamn. Up until now I've avoided this album because I owned the Shrek soundtrack as a kid and got tired of hearing Hallelujah over and over (not even the Jeff Buckley version) and I figured this would just be an album full of Hallelujahs. I was wrong; this is so good.

Kind of album that makes you mad at your loved ones for not showing it to you sooner

it's fine, nothing special

This is my favorite album of all time. I love this album so much, I could listen to it every day and never get tired of it. RIP, Jeff

Pre Listen: Yet another album with a guy I've never heard of, who feels important enough to include only himself as the album cover. Expecting a nothingburger of an album. Notable Tracks: So Real - Favorite track. I love the progression, the singing, and the odd, slightly discordant guitar work. You can feel the tension in the song by the music, reflected well in the lyrics. Hallelujah - Ahhh, it's this guy. I've always felt this song was overrated. It's a very dramatic song that Gen X'rs and older like to play when their cat dies or something. I prefer the Waluigi version, excellent satirical take on an otherwise ok song. https://youtu.be/HSZT0etiEeo?list=RDHSZT0etiEeo Corpus Christi Carol - Ok Jeff, it's very impressive you can hit those high notes. Very impressive, here's a gold star. Next time, remember to make your song sound good though, this is ear-piercingly bad. Least favorite track. Post Listen: Better than I expected! That boy Jeff sure can sing. There were certainly moments I think Jeff took his singing a little bit too far, moments where less would've been more, as he has an incredibly solid band backing him. The guitarist specifically was very impressive, reminded me a lot of Jimmy Page. I'd go so far as to say the guitarists work was my favorite part of the album, but the drummer and bassist were great as well. Regardless, most every song had a good sound to it, maybe an odd moment or two, but otherwise really good. Great variety in the sounds too, across it's songs. I know this came out in the mid-90's, but even still it has a very modern feel to it. Very cool Jeff, very cool. 4/5

It's fine, he has a nice voice but it's a little boring.

This was an album I had heard a lot about but kept myself from listening to it when I started this experience because I knew it would eventually pop up. I did really enjoy this record. Especially his covers of "Lilac Wine" and of course "Hallelujah." However, in my opinion, as good as this album is it did not live up to the massive hype that everyone and their cat had been giving it. Maybe it will grow on me as I give it some repeat listens. As it stands its a... 4/5

Grace is an album I do like, but I almost never listen to, despite having had it in my album collection for almost 20 years. About 3.7 stars.

mamma mia, qualche gene dal padre direi che c'è arrivato

I only knew this from the cover of Hallelujah previously so I was a little surprised at how hard it rocks at times. Extremely soulful, Buckley‘s voice can soar in incredible ways. I think it’s just not for me though.

This is why we do it!!! I think I must have been put off this album because of the ubiquity of Hallelujah when I was younger, or possibly I tried and couldn't get into it but I'm here now and I get it. Thank goodness your brain keeps developing after 17.

I think I have to give it a 5. It’s just so…emotional. RIP.

Barely mediocre originals interspersed with horrible cover versions. Sounds like a last placed finisher at a 6th form talent show.

Incredible! Sometimes when people talk about how good and influential an album is, it’s okay to not be cynical because it’s really that good and you’ll end up loving it! Sure, I’ve heard a few songs from this album before - His cover of “Hallelujah” is arguably one of the most famous songs of all time- but never listened to the whole thing. WOW! Just every choice is perfect. The covers. The originals. The VOICE. Both strong and delicate. He is the prototypical “white guy with a guitar” and there’s maybe never been anyone better than him. So influential on the sound of alt music in the 90s, and honestly, you’re still hearing people aping him today. Just amazing stuff. Glad I finally listened to it. Sometimes the popular opinion is right!

Sad boi music. It's okay, but gets overrated just because he was a bad swimmer. 3.5

Some good songs. Some not so much

Oh it hits you right in the heart this album. Top bops: Lilac wine Hallelujah Lover, you should’ve come over Dream brother

21/10/2026 Yeah I can get behind Mr. Buckley. This was a decent album. Spotify listeners: 12.8 million

It doesn't live up to the hype but it is a good album. Forget Her was way ahead of its time

Cool, soft rock is nice to listen to, but the second half is a lot better than the first imo Top 3: Hallelujah, Lover You Should Have Come Over, Forget Her

Jeff Buckley’s voice is just a sounding board of emotions. He so easily conveys what he wants the listener to feel.

Solid album, Hallelujah and Lover, You Should've Come Over are bangers. Rest of the album doesn't quite live up and is kind of same-y which keeps this from being a 5.

A journey!

Another Van Gogh artist, becoming more famous after death. I didn't realize how he pointlessly died untill today. He drowned after spontaneously swimming in a river, a tugboat passed, he didn't come up. All he had to do was not do that & he'd still be alive. Weird part is I don't remember any of this on the news. I was 17 when he died. I watched entertainment news back then. I knew when Cobain died & Jerry Garcia, the Milli Vinilli scandal, etc. Just a blind spot for me. Interesting.

This albums fills my soul and makes me feel things. Fantastic vocals and a tight band this is an all time great for me.

A man with a beautiful voice who's life ended too soon. His version of Hallelujah is the best.

Like last goodbye Lilac wine is decent His cover of hallelujah is great Enjoyed lover you should come over Didn't like the first two songs found them whiney but then the album picked up

Love his voice, love the guitar work Title track is sick. Kinda sounds like a precursor to Muse and Radiohead and the like. Maybe a little Opeth too? Hallelujah is the weakest track, but only because Leonard Cohen made all other covers of that song obsolete

Great album, overall! notes, his voice can be like Allison Krauss for me and after a while the thing I love about it, starts to grate one me...

21 Oct 2026 · 7/10 This was a really interesting listen and I don't know how to rate it properly... I'll be listening again for sure. It's really varied and enjoyable to listen to. Super powerful songs and vocals. But something about the way he sings sort of annoys me.

Jeff Buckley made damn good music. Haven't heard this album, and it was very enjoyable

This is a 4.5 star album. Jeff's voice is beautiful and the songs Grace, Hallelujah and Corpus Christi Carol set a unique tone to this album. My only issue is that it's a song too long.

I am a The Cure fan but this is not my cup of tea.

Good easy listening. Just making me want to sleep, though. Not sure if this is peak music or absolute trash because it makes you try to do something that makes you unable to hear it called "sleeping" and also has loud f**king rock. Mojo Pin is a good example of this.

10s across the board!

A triumph of a debut for a man that could have been an all timer.

One of my fave albums ever!!

Jeff Buckley’s father Tim recently hit this list with one of his albums. Is this the first (only?) father & son entries on the list? Anyhow, this was the only album from Jeff before he died. It took awhile for me to warm to this one, but overall it was pretty decent. Most of the sings are reasonably mellow, but there are a few rockers. Better than expected but not quite four stars.

Here's the baby Buckley. I didn't realise he only had the one album; makes sense why it became so very popular (sort of a Nick Drake situation). 'Grace' is one of the rare songs where I like the music (which is nice, very hopeful) better than the vocals. It's on the Rolling Stone Top 500 list, so I've heard it many times before and still have not added it to any playlists, which means... I must not like it that much. 'Last Goodbye' is on my liked songs list though! Looking back I'm not sure what the difference is, because it's very similar to 'Grace', maybe it was just on the radio so much that I conflated it with Pearl Jam and now associate it with 90s alt-rock. And there are strings! The rest of the songs* are pretty similar. Fine, delicate even, but his vocals aren't anything special to me (in terms of how much I like to listen, that is; I'm not saying he's not talented). The cover of 'Hallelujah' being by far the most lauded version of the song also annoys me, both on the traditional "Leonard Cohen's version is better, and original" level but also on the "there are 7 billion covers of this song and at least some of them are also better" level. I know this because I used to have an iTunes playlist of Hallelujah covers in the triple digits! It's my area of expertise! Still, it is a good song and I appreciate that JB popularized it for so many people, and it's probably in the top 25% of cover versions, anyway. *Except 'Eternal Life', which is different in a bad way. Good job emulating Led Zeppelin though! Interesting to see 'Corpus Christi Carol' was arranged by Britten, one of BBC Proms' most celebrated guys. Language observation: "because it brings me back you" is surely unacceptable to many (I allow me it though). Highlights: 'Last Goodbye', 'Hallelujah' Lowlight: 'Eternal Life'

His voice is great! "Dream Brother" stays with me.

Великолепный альбом Я пердвзято к нему отношусь, холодно просто не могу оценить Меня так никто никогда так не хлестал, как это делает трек So Real Атмосфера альбома потрясающая, где-то тебя ласкают, где-то хлещут, а где-то твое сердечко крутится под иглой винилового проигрывателя. Чел поет прям в тебя, это не получается игнорировать Люблю музыку которая пробуждает чувства Не люблю грустить из-за музыки, но тут скорее стоит задуматься: а под какую должна рваться душа если не под эту. Грейс - плотный, кайфовый, запоминающийся Моджо пин - твердая четверка, для ввода тоже хорош Со рил - бесконечность Лавер - шрам Алелуя - уже давно не ассоциируется со шреком, очень трогательно, переосмысливаю любовь теперь Чертов гений Своими травмами заразил целые поколения ненавижу его 4.6

Phenomenal. Swooning, heady (like lilac wine?) vocals and lyricism mixed with fantastic dynamic guitar work, and drums kind of stand out to me too - not in a showoffy kind of way but always complements the song Clear best version of Hallelujah, I also love Mojo Pin (especially when the aggressive guitar/drums kick in), title track, so real, that grungey sounding one, lover you should have come over, and there's not a single track that I'm waiting to be over. Maybe Corpus Christi Carol is the worst track and even that is a great vibe Imagine what he’d have made with a bit more time. Dolby Atmos mix made for a very enlightening listen, thanks Apple Music Did not like AI Jeff bobbing back and forth, not thanks Apple Music

A canon event in everyone’s lives is hearing the song Hallelujah for the first time during the movie shrek, a song so perfect it could never be topped. Until, 6 years earlier in 1994 Jeff Buckley decided to release his cover of the song, a rendition so powerful and passionate I can’t even remember what the shrek version sounds like and had gaslit myself into thinking they were one and the same. Enough people have spoke about this version of the song being the peak performance of this song, what stands out most to me is how different it is from the original. The Leonard Cohen version sounds almost alien to this, despite still being a good song, it’s impossible not to compare the two and be disappointed by Cohens version. Hallelujah isn’t even the best song on this album though. In my eyes that title belongs to So Real, although Grace and Lover, You Should’ve Come Over are very close behind it. When I first heard this album I had that song on repeat like crazy. The little riffs in the background on the acoustic guitar were honestly the best thing I’d ever heard. Forget Her off of the bonus tracks is 100% worth finding and listening to if it isn’t on your streaming platform of choice by default (it’s the only version of the album available on Qobuz). I do struggle to understand and appreciate Corpus Christi Carol though, I know it’s another cover, but it always just takes me out of the flow of the album. Still a five though. 5

It’s a 5. Only gets better each time I listen to it. I’d call it a “desert island album” at this point.

Bit waily

Who doesn’t like the bass line of Last Goodbye or the haunting vocals on Hallelujah. The rest of the album is a little moody.

I’ve heard his cover of Hallelujah before and absolutely loved it. Never listened to the full album though. It’s got a borderline Radiohead like sound to it. And apparently Thom Yorke was influenced by him. It’s a genuine shame he was lost so soon. Based on this record alone, he had so much talent. His vocals are great, everything is beautifully composed, insanely impressive guitar work, and it wasn’t like anything of its time. This is a really special album.

No notes. The goat. RIP king

A totally unique singer, a band on the top of their game and a great collection of original songs and covers equals a fantastic album. What's not to like about this album. One of the greatest losses to music and he never probably reached full potential but what an album to leave.

What a hauntingly beautiful album. Some of the most soulful songwriting, vocal performances and instrumentation on any album ever. Seriously, this album is one of the most emotion-filled experiences ever, and it is insane that these songs came out in the 90s. What an album, 10/10.

surprose me with how kinda different it gets . like sure lover you should have come over is like, good . but that was the only one i had heard beforehand so i went into this expecting like that vibe the whole time all bombastic and such but no man ! the riff from so real for real sounds like some slint shit and that's awesome!! eternal life is all grungy like i went into it expecting like an acoustic mopefest, which i probably would have still liked because i did like the acoustic mopey songs, but naww it rocks . #RockOn but also #MopeOn . lots of diversity and range in this one folks mandatory hot take lover you should have come over is good but it's not THAT good there's at least like five better ones on here . in fact i blame that song for me not listening to this sooner why isn't mojo pin the one that blew up ?? hellooo????

Like the mood But not favourite

Soulful with a bluesy rock sensibility. Unique and haunting vocals with dark, moody original music as well as a classic cover. Definitely adding to my Playlist. Album highlights: Lilac Wine and Hallelujah.

Rating: 4.9/5 Short Review: God, that voice. Jeff Buckley goes from a delicate whisper to something absolutely devastating without making it feel forced. The guitars are gorgeous, the atmosphere is haunting, and there’s so much emotion packed into every song. Occasionally dramatic to the point of excess, but when it works, it’s breathtaking. Favorite Track: Lover, You Should’ve Come Over

An old favourite

Man, what a shame we lost this man way too early.

10/10 album, behöver jag ens motivera??

Sounds like his old man! Of course would’ve had some great albums I reckon