Reviews (page 3 of 7)
"This Guy Fucks" – The Album. Such a sleazy album (often to its detriment), but there was still some catchy moments on here that I enjoyed.
Started out good, became fairly samey after that.
Better than expected, especially considering how much I didn’t care for Happy Sad. 6.5/10
This albums is really quite mediocre. Nothing really stands out. 3/5
Tim Buckley is a hound dog through and through. A loverboy and a heart breaker. Not for me. But the band has an amazing sound with good bass riffs and nicely balanced drums. I love the album cover a lot. It's a good album, Tim's singing style is just not for me.
Never listened. Expectations: High - Verdict: Good - Immediately this seems a lot more conventional sounding than other Tim Buckley albums I have heard. I still like it but it is quite a shift from the avant-garde leanings of Starsailor. Sweet Surrender gets a bit weirder while maintaining some of the groove from the first couple tracks. The second half definitely feels more like his earlier output, especially Hong Kong Bar. This is a good album but I was expecting a bit more based on his other work.
I had this on in the background, and I was digging the music and overall sound, although his voice was grating a little towards the end. I was going to give this 4* because I wasn't familiar with Tim Buckley, more of a fan of his son. Then I looked up some of the lyrics and crickey, he was one sex obsessed dude!
There's a point about 1:30 remaining in the opening "Move With Me" song where the lyrics on Spotify just suddenly stop... A line beings "Well now I..." and you're left to wonder what? What, Tim? and you're mind races trying to decipher what he's about to say... Well now I... love me Oh, I love a black woman Didn't expect that, it's that kind of album. The rest is overtly sexual... Tim fucks, and is mildly racist...
Better than Coldplay
It's ok, I guess.
Me pareció interesante, no es lo que escucharía pero tenía melodías divertidas.
This had my attention for a handful of songs. I wasnt expecting a dirty love making, bluesy album here. Tim doesnt have all of the mojo that Jagger or Morrison had, but hes in the same ball park Get On Top and Devil Eyes were fun. 2.5 stars and rounding up, but I likely wont be coming back
okay
01/05/2026 Nothing clicks for me with his music, it's very boring. Spotify listeners: 491.2k
Very different in style from the two other albums I’ve heard from him. This is some white boy funk and oh boy is it horny as hell. The grooving instrumentals often make you glaze over how nasty these lyrics can be. I liked this album. Favorites were Move With Me, Get On Top, and Make It Right.
Interesting.
Sleazeball lyrics but this album has a more enjoyable style than the other we had - Hello and Goodbye - which I couldn't finish. He has an interesting vocal style.
Für einen Künstler, der mir nichts sagt, ein überraschend gutes Album. Rock/Pop/Songwriter-Mix aus den 70ern. Angenehme, abwechslungsreiche Stimme. Die Texte sind allerdings durchwachsen. 3/5
Generic old guy rock
4 for the music, 2 for the misogyny. Let's call it a 3.
Pretty mid album, not bad but not great
This was better than I expected it would be
Funky but also some Jazz elements. not the best, but i enjoyed it
I liked the music in this one but I didn't like all the bits where he just made weird noises and I thought a lot of the lyrics were questionable. Don't think I would listen again. Fav song: Hong Kong Bar Least fav: Devil Eyes
Приблюзованный рок 70. Не могу сказать, что понравилось, но и сильной неприязни тоже не было. Вполне годится для ненавязчивого прослушивания
I really loved Goodbye and Hello. This oversexed cringefest not quite so much.
Meh
2.5, rounding up. Didn’t get a good listen, but the vocals were annoying.
I'm starting to wonder if there's a single black artist in this entire list
Nothing like abandoning your child so you can be off doing the monkey rub. RIP, Jeff...sorry your "dad" fucking sucked as a human. Stars are for the music only.
Not my thing, but it was fun
It was fine. Literally nothing stood out to me, there was parts of it that was really annoying, but other parts were good. The last song was good, other than that, it was pretty meh. Overall, I’d give this a 3.1/5!
6 / 10
3.5/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/tim-buckley/greetings-from-l_a/ The most overtly sexual album of the list so far, which is weird given my previous album was The Darkness. Good white boy funk with some psychedelic influences.
3 ESTRELLAS EL MEJOR HASTA AHORA PERO NO DESTACA NADA
Decent singer songwriter record
Dug the music but could have done with fewer mentions of licking toes.
Tim Buckley was very handsome and this was his seventh album, so I'm guessing he'd encountered amorous fans before. So why does Greetings From LA sound like the work of a man who's only just lost his virginity and is a bit too keen to let you know about it? If you can overlook the slightly awkward 'have I ever mentioned I really like having sex?' aspects of it though (and the noises he is making on Devil Eyes), there's some good music here.
A bunch of songs that were almost catchy, but not quite catchy enough to remain memorable.
Erre faren til jeff
Gotta give this one a 3 with some musically interesting elements that I enjoyed, offset by some wild lyrics.
Funk, father of jeff Sweet surrender
The music on Greetings from L.A. is pretty enjoyable, especially with its strong jazz influence and laid-back, groovy feel. But lyrically, it often feels like Tim Buckley is winging it, and it doesn’t always line up with what’s happening musically. The low point comes with “Devil Eyes,” whose lyrics are so cringeworthy they made me want to skip the track altogether. It’s not a bad listen overall, but I can’t say I wasn’t a little relieved when the album wrapped up after 40 minutes.
The music here was great to listen to, but Buckley is just spewing lyrics off the top of his head and it gets distracting. Those lyrics are occasionally questionable and you can really tell he needs to get laid more often. Some of the songs dragged on repeating the same phrases endlessly, The album started off well, but really drags in the back half.
Not terrible. In fact, I quite enjoyed it in places – the blues stuff was pretty decent. In other places I enjoyed it rather less and I'm not sure I'd dig this out again.
Groovyy, but i dont really vibe with his voice and this is just kinda meh. Low 3
Okay, last time I listened to Tim Buckley on my album journey, I remembered that he specialized in psychedelic folk, and Happy Sad saw him incorporating elements of jazz. So, I was admittedly surprised that he made a full-on genre shift to funk and R&B, and I'm not sure how to feel about it. At least instrumentally, it is a pretty good record. The personnel he assembled for Greetings from L.A. provided that necessary swagger, particularly from the tight rhythm section and Kevin Nelly's bouncing piano work. I especially liked some of the additional embellishments, like the saxophone playing on "Move With Me", and Joe Falsia's opulent string arrangements on "Sweet Surrender" and "Make It Right". There is a genuinely solid foundation here for a charismatic performer to take behind the mic and lay down a delicious vocal performance. If only that were the case here.... Okay, to be fair, Tim tried to meet the moment with enough shouting and hollering in clear emulation of other funk vocalists at the time, and is certainly an attempt, even if it gets rather ear-grating when he occasionally reached his falsetto or devolve into straight up gibberish. But, even a middling vocal performance could be forgiven if the lyrics were good, right? Yeah, this is the point where I reach the main problem with this album. Now, I'm not against the idea of someone wanting to explore more sexually explicit subject matter, that can work. What would be needed for a more sexually explicit song to work is if it can be approached from a sense of emotional maturity or genuine introspection into exploring the feelings that can be brought up from such passion, and I did not get much of that from Tim's words. If anything, he approached sex with the mindset of a teenage boy who came across their first Playboy magazine. All this talk of getting himself spanked, "talking in tongues", and other such innuendos carried little weight or substance throughout this record. Probably the most revealing of these is "Sweet Surrender", where the best explanation Tim could muster for cheating on someone is that he "had to be a hunter again" and "make love feel new again", which is a lame excuse. Then you remember that Tim abandoned Mary Guibert when she was pregnant with their child, Jeff, and it all feels terrible. Adding salt to the wound are the multiple derogatory remarks Tim used throughout this record. I did not need to hear about him wanting to "kill me a gook before dawn" on "Nighthawkin'", or about how there's a "big old girl doin' the monkey rub" on "Devil Eyes". I did not need to look these terms up and be disgusted at what I found. The only song that I didn't cringe at was "Hong Kong Bar", where there is a sense of longing for a past lover, though even that was admittedly hampered by the notion that he was gonna find another mama to help him "rest at night". Man, it sucks to say that for as instrumentally good as Greetings from L.A. is, the frontman behind the vocals went and soured the whole mood. It also sucks to say for Tim, as only a few years later he would die from accidental overdose. But I do not find myself coming back to this record.
Very surprising as I didn’t know he recorded music like this. Decent.
Découverte de l'artiste. Album fun, funk, très bonne humeur. S'écoute bien, les sons enchaînent sans pb.
Bonne découverte ! Je l’ai trouvé super cool, très smooth. Les influences jazz se retrouvent bien et se marient bien avec la base rock. J’aurais mis un 3,5 mais aujourd’hui, je suis d’humeur critique. Ce sera 3.
Cool album, some over the top playing by the band. Not sure it's an album I needed to hear before I die but I do like it. I've seen reviews mention how often Janis Joplin and Robert Plant scream "Baby", I have to say Tim's use of "Mama" is right up there with them.
I obviously didn't listen to the lyrics as much as I probably should have (sounds like this Tim guy might be a bit of a dick?). But, aside from that, It was hit and miss.
OK—not as bad as some of the other reviewers say. ★★★
groovy
Good not great, solid effort from a guy I'm not terribly familiar with but is right there in my favorite era. I'll give it another listen.
I have to say, I feel like Tim's unusual singing style and voice, which had worked so well and felt completely natural on his previous albums, don’t carry over into this funky style all that well. Although at times I actually thought the vocals were really great and, I found all the moaning a little tedious to listen to at times. I think Robert Plant did the sort of thing Tim was going for here a lot better. That said, I was really impressed by how smoothly and effortlessly he made the switch to this more funk influenced sound here. The instrumentation is generally excellent from start to finish, with the funky songs grooving pretty hard and some nice orchestrations and some folky stuff providing a bit of stylistic diversity. But looking at the credits and seeing names such as Chuck Rainey and Ed Greene here, it's no surprise that the playing here is high quality. What even are some of these lyrics though? The sexual theme feels a bit over the top and forced throughout the whole album. Some tracks, especially "Devil Eyes” made me cringe with how obvious and frankly nasty the lyrics were with all the toe licking going on. So in the end I had to knock the rating down a bit because I wasn't really a fan of the lyrics and the vocals were just okay, but if you focus on the actual music and great musicianship, you are in for a pretty good listen. Did I need to head this before I die? Maybe
nothing really stood out to me
My opinion of this album grew with each song, and the final track alone made it worth listening until the end. 3.4/5
It's hard for me to choose between a 3 and 4 stars for this. There are parts that do impress me, but I just think this is a case of an artist doing a style that is done better by others. So, there is some good stuff here, but I would give it a 3.5 and just feel it's unfair to bump it up to a 4 from what I hear.
Tim Buckley's been all over the place for me. With the first album of his I got, 'Happy Sad', I was not very impressed by it. In fact, I was kind of bored to shit. It's one of those albums where how much you enjoy it likely depends on you value technical skill and music theory, and as time's worn on I've come to realize that that stuff's just not really my bag. 'Goodbye & Hello' was way more up my alley. When I got that one, I was growing to realize just how much I valued aesthetic and sound (as shallow as I worry that comes across), and I think that album very much passed the sniff test. I can't remember being too wowed by it, but it did confirm that there was something for me to like about Tim Buckley. And then there's this album. Tim Buckley's ... sex funk/R&B album. OK, sure. I mean, look, just because **I** know the guy best for dying young at 28 doesn't mean everything he's made has to be sad in some way. If he wanted to make a dumb lil' horny album and have some fun, fine. I'm not against that in any way. It's just ... I'm not exactly sure why this album was included? Like, even acknowledging how arbitrary this list can be, and that it's by no means a "greatest of all time" list ... I don't understand this one. Most of the songs album this album range from "fine" to "yeah, sure." Which wouldn't be an issue, except for the fact that out of seven tracks, four of them are over six minutes, with one or two even approaching **seven**. As a fellow group member said, if you're not sold on these songs in the first minute, you're stuck with this shit for a long time. And Tim does not make these songs an easy sell sometimes, no. And this isn't about the lyrics, by the way. I've read reviews calling this album sexist and racist, but I ended up hardly paying attention to the words. No, my thing is that ... I mean, it's his vocals. There are so many times where I had to stop and ask myself, "Why does he **sound like that**? Does he really think he's pulling this sexy funk/R&B thing off with **these kinds of vocals**?" Once I noticed them in the second track, I spent the rest of the album judging Tim's vocals to hear if they ever got that bad again. And I don't think they do; for sure, the second half of this album is better than the first. But the second half is also where the thought of "Gawd, how long are these songs?" really starts to set in. Look, I wanna cut Tim some benefit and err on the side of positivty here. On a purely instrumental level, it's good stuff. For sure, there's better stuff funk/R&B you could be listening to — even white funk/R&B — but I didn't dislike anything that was happening instrumentally on this album. But with Tim's vocals sometimes and the horniness, its inclusion of this list feels like it's a goof that someone took way too seriously. And I can't act like that doesn't make the album come off slightly worse than it would have otherwise. Unlike his other two albums, even 'Happy Sad', I don't think this is something you **need** to hear before you die. All in all, just a weird way to close the book on Tim, given that this is the last his three albums on here. Well, fingers crossed I like Jeff album's a lot better than I did yours on average, Tim.
I’m at a 3.5 that I’ll bump down to a 3, though I'd prefer to stay at a 3.5. I mean, it’s definitely not a bad album. I don’t even know if it necessarily has a bad track. I just don’t think it’s the most compelling album in terms of buying into what Tim Buckley is selling here; the wit of his folksier stuff is gone, euphemism is dead, & frankly, it’s just kind of a horny album. One’s enjoyment of this album will center around how willing you are to buy into it, and I… I don’t know, I guess I rented it? A lot of these tracks set their soundscapes in stone really early, and don’t progress too much afterward – something like “Sweet Surrender” seems like a prime example. It’s a 7 minute track, but it kinda settles into itself about 3 minutes in & just stays around that vibe, never building up too much higher. If you’re not sold on that track by then, you’re just kinda stuck for the ride. A totally fine ride, and one that’ll get you to your destination without bothering you, but it’s not one you’d glowingly recommend. That’s my experience with it, but I can understand people loving that one. On the flipside of it, you have a track like “Hong Kong Bar” which literally never lifts past its acoustically driven start, but for my tastes, I bought into it even though I thought the pacing was slow & the instrumentation could use a little more to it. It’s just solid storytelling. All of those rentals leave me with an album that I kinda like, but not one that has me convinced to truly spread the word on it. I don’t think it’s as clever as his folksier stuff, and while I like the energy on a lot of these tracks, his vocals are prominent enough that the horniness of lyrics does directly impact that energy, in ways that both bring it up & down throughout the album. I don’t think there’s a bad track here, but there’s never a consistently strong throughpoint to keep the album as compelling as it wants to be & as it tries to make itself sound. Hence, a 3.5 that I’ll bump down to a 3. It’s probably my weakest Tim Buckley album here, which is a shame given how much I liked his other 2 albums on the list, but I really don’t think it’s that bad. It just didn’t click as much for me personally, and if anyone wants to go for a 4 or a 5, I wouldn’t blame them at all. For me though, just a 3.
nice album. I had never heard of Tim Buckley before.
I know him primarily only as Jeff's dad. I had assumed he was a floppy-haired folkie so I wasn't really primed for this album, with it's funk sound and onslaught of lasciviousness. I quite enjoyed it more for that though seems like he's overcompensating for something.
Genuinely disturbing lyrics and assorted moaning sounds frequent this album. It wasn't what I was expecting in the slightest, and it was a peculiar and unsettling experience. Some of it has aged really badly, like incredibly badly to be honest. However, I'm going with a three star rating, as the backing music isn't too bad, and it's just so weird that it made me think.
Good but really not my thing
There's definitely better funk albums from that time but it isn't the worst thing I've heard.
For years I had Tim Buckley pegged strictly as a folk singer. A lone troubadour with guitar and harp, very much in the vein of early Dylan records. Then I heard Greetings from L.A. and it completely flipped my expectations, I really enjoyed the shift to that bold, funky R&B style with its greasy grooves and swagger.
havent heard it
I grew up with Jeff and somehow never got around to exploring the lineage of his talent. Tim was never talked about or around my environment when I was growing up. It’s uncanny how similar they look in appearance and how similar they sound when Tim sings in a higher range. I’m not convinced that these kinds of blues-rock, soul-vamp pieces should be considered essential listening though. I see that this album is more mid-career so am curious to hear the albums in the beginning as well as at the end. I wonder if any of those would be more interesting than this one. The musicians are doing a fine job here but the stand out performance is definitely Tim’s vocalizations which Jeff clearly inherited and utilized so well. I do get the feeling that I need to hear more from the elder in order to understand this album better so for now it’s been a good listen and we’ll see after I’ve dug into his catalogue if I’ll be able to understand this album any better.
it's 3.5
He might have been a bit of a cunt - but I liked this album.
Get on Top Sweet Surrender Devil Eyes Hong Kong Bar Make it right
A bit of a departure as I was not familiar with Tim’s music but having previously encountered his son, Jeff’s music, it was an interesting musical experience. A funk record with jazz signatures and blues vocals, it is a bit of a mixed bag. I played it 3 times all the way through and what stood out, aside from the pretty distinctive and powerful vocals, were the sexual lyrics more typical of blues. In parts it reminded me of Muddy Waters, particularly on tracks like Get On Top and Sweet Surrender. Nighthawkin also turns out to be somewhat catchy and fun. Putting aside the weirdness of the music which is very competently played, the album is a little stiff for a funk band. That is, not that funky. It’s the vocals that are the most interesting overall, so is it worth a spin or two? Sure. I imagine this is best heard in a large field on a sunny afternoon smoking a joint in a crowd of thousands. 3/5
This was fine
Fun music, though no individual songs stood out to me.
This rocks. I wish I was a cool southern guy
I get that this guy famously laid a lot of pipe, but i think that his music interested me more when I thought he was a woman. Still good rock n roll
Blends rock, latin, soul and funky pop like a sleazy American vision of Van Morrison. Truck Morrison. Favourite tracks: Get On Top, Nighthawkin', Make It Right
Does anything itch on his body to make him sing this way?
Prima luisterbaar. Beetje aparte lyrical content soms (hou dat tenen likken lekker voor jezelf, Tim). Heb meer dan 1 keer gedacht 'dit klinkt als the Doors' en vervolgens 'luisterde ik maar the Doors'.
Interesting sound. Not as typical as other music of the time.
alright
A folky, New Orleansy vibe that had some good moments. Highlights: "Nighthawkin'" and "Hong Kong Bar"
Interesting. Good album to have on the list.
He wants a black woman I see you Timmy He has a distinctive singing voice Cool funk and folk Rock influence on here Doesn’t catch my ear as much as I’d like it to
Ok
Wel een leuke vibe maar het was niet speciaal ofzo 6.5/10
5/10 Nur wegen Ende noch 5 bekommen Irgendwie hat er ein bisschen geschafft mich zu nerven
Greetings From L.A. ist das siebte Studioalbum des US-amerikanischen Singer-Songwriters Tim Buckley und erschien im August 1972. Aufgenommen wurde es im Juni 1972 im Far Out Studios in Hollywood, Kalifornien. Die Produktion liegt bei Jerry Goldstein. Musikalisch entfernt sich Buckley hier deutlich von den folk- und jazzorientierten Arbeiten seiner frühen Karriere und schlägt einen funk- und rhythmusbasierten Kurs ein, der R&B-, Soul- und Rock-Elemente einbindet. Markante Songs sind “Move With Me”, “Get On Top”, “Sweet Surrender”, “Nighthawkin’” und “Make It Right” – Stücke, die Grooves und Backing-Vocals mit deutlichen, teils provokativen Texten verknüpfen. Die Instrumentierung ist erdig und funkbetont, mit Bass von Chuck Rainey, Saxophonpassagen, Hammond-Organ-Akzenten und einem straff groovenden Schlagzeug, was den Songs eine Rhythmus- und Dance-orientierung verleiht, die für Buckley ungewohnt, aber konsequent ist. Die Stimme Buckleys fungiert hier weniger als lyrisches Erzählinstrument denn als expressive Klangfarbe, die zwischen rauen Einsätzen und souligen Linien variiert. Als Album insgesamt wirkt Greetings From L.A. wie eine bewusste Abkehr von introspektiven Strukturen hin zu einem energiegeladenen, mitunter direkten musikalischen Statement. Die Arrangements sind konzentriert, die Produktion klar und rhythmisch fokussiert. Kurz abschließend: Ein stilistisch markanter Moment in Buckleys Diskographie, der funk- und rockorientierte Impulse mit seiner stimmlichen Präsenz verbindet, ohne ins Beliebige zu kippen.
Some great songs here. Never heard of Tim before this. Who would have thought that his son Jeff would make great music too. Loved the Jazz vibes here
This is ok - better than either of the other two Tim Buckley albums I’ve had on a less folksy, slightly rockier edge way.
It was alright. Kinda funky.
Wasn't bad. 2.5/5
-this is the fourth Tim Buckley album i’ve heard. i was not particularly enthused by any of the others so i wasn’t that excited to listen to this, but now that i have i think it’s probably my favorite by him -apparently that’s not a super popular opinion but idk there was something about it i really liked. far from perfect, got downright corny at times, but yeah, i’m a fan. nice job Tim you weird whore. 3.5 but could become a 4 -Favorites: Move With Me, Nighthawkin’, Make It Right
Greetings From L.A. by Tim Buckley is a good album from someone who must have been a flawed person judging by these lyrics. Lyrically this album is very dated. That said this album is quick, catchy and has really funky beats. so lyrics aside this is a strong album. Favourite tracks: I enjoyed make it right Least favourite tracks: Everything on the album was worth a listen. Album artwork: Cracking album cover. I love an ariel view of roads.
Tim Buckley sounded like a combination of Van Morrison and Allan Clarke, but that is not to his detriment. Its unfortunate that both Tim and his son Jeff would pass on so soon, but both certainly left an impact. Not quite my cup of tea, and there are certainly people who would like it better, but it wasnt unlistenable by any stretch.
this was perfect afternoon listening on a hot summers day! it is a little wannabe tony joe white but not as good - still enjoyed most of it!
Wonky sounds with criminal lyrics
This was a surprisingly pleasant album for me. I wasn't as focused on it as I am on some of the albums as I was listening during the workday but it was pretty OK!
So this is the final tim buckley album I have to do, so far I’ve got them all in chronological order, I really liked goodbye and hello, happy/sad is good but honestly haven’t revisited it. But when I saw this was labelled as funk I was like, what the fuck
It has kinda poor lyrics but good sound and voice 15/1/26
Lo esperaba mejor
Decent but not my kind of regular listening thing.
The last two songs are the best with Hong Kong Bar being my favorite. Even though this is in my wheelhouse it's not something I would want to listen to again but wasn't bad for a single pass through.
I actually enjoyed this, which surprised me. It transported me to a bar somewhere in middle America.
This was "meh", but nothing offensive enough to tip it down to a 2 or a 1.
The gutbucket, Louisiana style blues attracted me, his voice kept me interested.
This was actually quite good. Obviously the lyrics are kind of insane sometimes but the music is good. I'll have to come check it out again sometime.
American singer-songwriter. The album from '72 did not sell well.
This album frustrates me because the potential is obvious. Musically, there’s a lot to like. The grooves are strong, the band sounds engaged, and when Buckley leans into feel rather than provocation, the record can be genuinely compelling. There are moments where it clicks and hints at a really strong, funky, late-period statement. Unfortunately, the lyrics repeatedly get in the way. Some of the sexual shock tactics haven’t aged well at all, and in places they actively derail songs that otherwise work. “Devil Eyes” is the clearest example: solid musical ideas undone by a section that goes off the rails and pulls me completely out of the listening experience. Instead of deepening the record’s edge, the provocation often feels crude and unnecessary. I don’t hate this album, and I don’t regret hearing it. There’s enough good music here to justify a listen, and I can understand what Buckley was trying to do. But the execution doesn’t match the ambition, and the missteps are hard to ignore. I’ll round it up to a three, but it’s a disappointed three. A record with real promise that misses the mark often enough to keep it from being more than just respectable.
Jill likes it. I think I like his son better (musically at least) but not bad.
A good listen, I need to work out if there were fat boy slim samples on the 2nd trac
Decent.
Cool and funky music but lyrics were a bit off putting
Cool tunes but the vocals were a bit much
favs: get on top; move with me
Surprised by how knee-bouncing and toe-tapping this album ends up being. Buckley's playing has this real effervescent energy to it. fav tracks: Get On Top, Hong Kong Bar
Sí, los grititos pueden colmar la paciencia al cabo de un rato, pero se deja escuchar.
I am led to believe that Tim Buckley began his career in folk rock, and if that's true, it certainly doesn't sound that way on Greetings From L.A. This is kind of a funk or R&B album even. And while I'm not sure how he got here, the result isn't bad. Of all the components here (outside of all of Hong Kong Bar), I can see his folk origins most in the vocal stylings across this album. There is something conversational and expressive about his delivery in a way that comes across as really idiosyncratic on this album, but that I think would make more sense on a folk recording. It still does work though, the vocals give this album a kind of unique hook. On a songwriting level, my favorites are Get On Top, Sweet Surrender, Hong Kong Bar, and Make It Right. Get On Top may be the album's strongest funk moment. It quickly locks into a really enjoyable, driving funk groove that it wisely just kind of rides out. Sweet Surrender mixes things up with some psych textures, and I think it works. Also, as I mentioned, Hong Kong Bar is the albums follies moment. Buckley embraces interplaying acoustic parts that groove in a way that makes the song compatible with everything else here. But the acoustic textures and feel the song has give it a unique feeling all the same. And we do also close well with Make It Right, another folkier cut, but with a larger arrangement and more stylings consistent with the rest of the album. For how much of this I liked, it still has some flaws though: I wasn't really into Move With Me, Nighthawkin' or Devil Eyes. I think the strongest songs here are all really good at just finding a groove and living in it. Like, for example, on Get On Top, the central groove gets pushed and pulled through jam solos and lengthy vocal passages, and it gives the song a lot of control over its own energy. I just didnt think the weakest songs pulled the positives of this album of nearly as well. That being said, this was cooler than I thought, and I liked several songs here. It's neat.
Fuck! Why is this album on the list plus two other albums (WTF) by Tim Buckley but not Starsailor, his only album that actually deserves a place on the 1001 list is nowhere to be found? Fuck if I know. This is not a folk album (you think people playing folk music got laid in 1972 you absolute child?) It's a foot-tappin' funk blues-tinged rock (yawn) album that reminds me a little of Curtis Mayfield's work from that era NOT that Greetings from L.A. is anywhere as good Superfly. It's brilliant and often pedestrian. Adventurous and dull as white bread. A frustrating affair above all. Stop telling me how great you fuck and just fuck me! Drat! Truly a product of the me decade. Tim Buckley was never going to love any bitch more than he loved himself and he tells you why over and over in perhaps the most self-celebratory album since The Door's debut from 1967. The lyrics are very sexual in that please just cum & get off me sort of way. Sexual without sexy gets old fast. The vocals are often showy and too in love with their own sound. The production is a highlight. I imagine if you owned this album in 1972 you got laid a lot. Fuck yeah you did. Seriously GET OFF ME. I ain't your mama and daddy left town a long time ago.
I absolutely hated the last one of his we did, so I was braced for the worst. Musically I didn’t hate this, there were a few quite funky tracks that worked, but Tim himself is horrible and the lyrics/vocal delivery are so bad.
Better than I expected, had heard it was good, he's Jeff Buckets dad and both in the 28 club I think
Can’t come up with anything to say. It was fine. Some fun parts, but mostly just whatever. Not bad, bot great. Just alright.
Not my cup of tea
2.5
I was expecting this to be worse than it was, but I thought it was good. The jazzy folkiness of Buckley's earlier stuff never really appealed to me, but this bluesy sex funk is pretty cool. It kind of reminds me of proto-Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. I really liked "Get on Top" and "Devil Eyes". 3.5 stars.
3.5
Buckley was like forget all that introspective folk music, it’s the 70s, I’m gonna make a record about fucking. Most of it is a bit too Zep for me, but “Sweet Surrender” is a great song.
Singer-songwriter/pop
Tim Buckley seems like a wild man, which is appealing. This album is fun, but at times Buckley is too much.
Fairly enjoyable, probably better than the other Tim Buckley album I heard (Goodbye and Hello) but not by much
This was a bit unique, but not bad. Like unique as in the sense of it's not your traditional rock, but just outside that bubble. Kinda fun.
Very good.
How to review and rate an album that was pretty good, I liked it fine, but it constantly reminded me of other earlier albums like Cheap Thrills and In-a-gadda-da-vida. It sounded ok, it just wasn’t anything special. It didn’t feel additive. Sounds like a 3.
Found my enjoyment levels bouncing round like a yo-yo of doom on this one: really in the groove one minute, then annoyed by his warbling pronunciation the next.
Not quite my jam, but fav track was probably Hong Kong Bar. Very old school sort of noise for noises sake
I don't think a single album can really do justice to Tim Buckley. Each of his albums is so different, and his work in general is fairly eclectic, as he constantly changed his musical style moving from poetic and lyrically poignant albums, to jazz/folk type stuff, and then to this album, which is full of funk and soul. He doesn’t really show off his vocal range on this album, but he demonstrates amazing flexibility, shifting from very soulful delivery on some songs to belting out bluesy grit on the next. This album highlights Buckley’s creativity and versatility, even if it doesn't capture the full scope of his talent.
Fine but forgettable
Very Rolling Stones
I mean his ‘Sexy Funk’ era is kinda fun at the start, cringey lyrics notwithstanding, but the novelty soon wears off and it’s pretty unremarkable. This man is overhyped. 2.5
Nice mellow blues / jazz / bit of funk ? Great voice
Cool sound cool vibe good groove 6.5/10
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Interesting. Again, not mind blowing.
This is my second Tim Buckley album in a row and wtf this doesn't even sound like the same artist. I guess kudos to him for re-inventing himself, I just wish he didn't.
3/5
Daddy was pretty happy with this one. Not big on the scatting but liked the vocal range in general. Not anything I’d be running back to relisten
Didn’t listen too intently but sometimes he made funny noises
ooh he loves him a black woman apparently😏 (move with me) damn this man loves women (get on top (of me woman)) {devil eyes} was a hit funky ngl 4.9/10
One of the first concerts I attended while in college featured Tim. His music then was much more folk/rock and on that particular night he did acoustic guitar work. Great introduction, enjoyed him thoroughly. This album is clearly a departure from his early style. I enjoyed it, but not as much as his work that was more folk leaning.
This guy’s voice reminded me a lot of van Morrison. I know this guys name but not sure from where. Uneventful record for me - then Spotify started playing other Buckley stuff and he sounds different. Not like van Morrison. This pleasant street song from another album is a good one.
Non mi ha gasato ne nulla, ma non è neanche brutto
I thought I’d like it but the first song was really bad and put me off.
Musically it's quite good at times, folk, rock, cinematic at times, and then there's the vocals and lyrics, it's like a sleazy parody. Hard to nail down what to make of this record. An odd 3 for me.
smth about this is off idk how to explain it. he should stick to folk idk about this one
First album and review on this platform Got this album, am aware of the musician have never gave him a chance. Upon the first track, was greeted with great production for the time, twany guitar and tight music. However holy hell are the lyrics ever cornball shit. We get it man, you're a ladies man. Highlights: Sweet Surrender, fun little track, like the Flamenco licks, and the general atmosphere of the song. Enjoyable experience Lowlight: Get in Top and Nighthawkin' repetitive and wasn't prepared for the cornball lyrics. Right little album that's 7 tracks and 39 minutes. Would have rated it 4/5 but because of those lyrics it's a 3
3.3/5 Never heard of Buckley before, even though I'm rather deep into Blues and Rock lore. Wiki says he od'd on Heroin in 1975. Music's okay for Blues standards, some of the songs like Sweet Surrender could be fun on a roadtrip. Could be rated a bit higher, but legends like SRV and Johnny Lee Hooker exist. Also seems like many people are offended by the sexual lyrics, I think it's something different compared to a good percentage of Blues music being about alcohol. I bet that the ones who hate it don't have sex either, hence why they hate it.
It is chaotic and all over the place, but enjoyable even if he uses the same trick in every song. At a certain point his always screaming or making sex noises. Really an artefact of the peace and love generation. While listenable, the greatest thing Tim Buckley ever produced migth still be Jeff Buckley.
This took me back to watching the grand Ol Opry and Hee Haw when I was a kid. Or the first time I saw O Brother where Art thou. So much talent
I don't think I had ever listened to Tim Buckley before this. Clydie King (backup singer for Dylan, alleged wife of Dylan, mother of multiple Dylan children) sang on this! I enjoyed it.
Move with Me's lyrics are pretty gross but it's a bop. Overall, this guy's way too horny, but his sound is good.
Musicalement c'est pas mal, mais -1 pour la voix et les chansons interminables.
This is my second Tim Buckley album, and based on my first experience with him, it's fair to say my expectations were LOW. So I have to report that I am pleasantly surprised by this album. It's kinda catchy, even if there are some really weird, out-of-place vocalizations throughout the album. But it's only, like, 39 minutes long, so hat tip to Mr. Buckley for that. Overall, especially with how sick I am of 60s/70s rock albums, this was a fairly enjoyable listen.
For what starts off as sounding like a Jerry Lee Lewis album if he left his son at six months old instead of marrying his 13 year old cousin, the quality of Greetings From L.A. improves greatly when the piano-heavy rock n’ roll is phased out for a more dynamic, funky approach. I can’t speak too much for the lyrical content, apart from the vague themes of, incredibly surprisingly, love. Or, toxic love; Sweet Surrender opens with Timmy defending cheating because he had to go and get some experience with other women before coming back. Right, I’ll note that down for the next time I’m on r/relationshipadvice. It’s a fun listen, even if it does seem fairly long with a lot of tracks running over six minutes. There’s no denying that Buckley was both influential and in himself, pretty good at making music. That’s all you can gauge from this one-of-many 1970s singer-songwriter records anyway.
Okay
Kind of boring until the last song.
Middling
Decent country record. Overall, it's an easy-listen vibe and it's sequenced very well. I'd check it again.
Crazy how even a singing voice can be inherited. Jeff got it honestly is what I’m saying. Too bad his Dad was a deadbeat.
Not too bad. No song stands out in particular.
A lot of talk of making love. Miles better than his other album.
Just alright but some cool sections. I read his Wikipedia and the guy kinda sounds like a POS.
Sometimes I felt like I was listening to a parody album to much more talented artists but there is nothing objectively bad
Lyrically this guy is a depraved lunatic. It’s more rock and roll than the other Tim Buckley album (Goodbye and Hello), and better as a whole, but nothing all that catchy. Lyrics were pretty distracting.
Day 21, third album I own. Haven’t spun it a whole lot and always figured I liked his other acclaimed albums more but considering this one comes late in his brief career, I want to pay extra attention to it and hopefully come back to it when I get other Tim Buckley albums. I believe I once thought “who’s this black woman singing?” and it was Tim Buckley. Did the same with Adele. Wild that the Boss stole the whole album title/postcard design theme just months later for his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Dylan's one time girlfriend/possible wife Clydie King sings backing vocals on this album which came many years before her time with Bob. Anyways, to the music. Over the top, maximalist self-indulgent classic rock that isn’t prog? This one may really need time to settle in. It’s a complicated listen. Didn't give the lyrics a good listen and I imagine they might be the redeeming quality to the meandering "Hong Kong Bar" and might altogether raise my opinion of the album.
mehhhg, wasn’t as good as i thought it’d be
Would have been at least 4 stars if all the songs were cut shorter instead of drowning on with random noises. Not a bad showing from Buckley, though.
Pretty annoying singing. Music itself is fine.
Hmmm I don’t know. Liked it! More like background music for me, though.
Good
Interesting album. Comes with a lot of hype. Meh.
Clasico
Pretty horny
This is a more straight-ahead rock album with occasional strings and horns. In general, I liked this better than "Goodbye and Hello". I gave that one 3 stars, but it was at the low-end of 3 stars, more like 2.5 stars rounded up to 3. This album is more like 3.49 stars rounded down to 3 because I can't quite give it 4 stars. 3 stars.
I feel like I should have enjoyed this more. I normally like folk-rock experiments but I just couldn't with this one.
This is pretty good. Not my favorite. But grooves but some of the songs last too long.
Gefällt mit seiner funkigen Art. Und besser als sein Sohn, Jeff Buckley. Den hatten wir nämlich schon.
It’s cool to relax.
Fun album
good
Kinda funky, kinda bluesy. I was not looking forward to this album after two previous 1 star reviews for Tim Buckley but this wan't bad. Now I need to look at the other two albums again and see if I was fair to him.
Agnostic about this
Impassioned singing style somewhat overrides some pretty middle of the road bluesy rocking. Standard 3* album, and I haven’t and won’t write a letter home about it.
Love when he said hibidibadoobiedibadobi, it really spoke to me.
Almost gave this a 2 but the last song was fire. Fave song: Make It Right
Interesting lyrics and very "swingy" Favourite Song: Night Howlin
sweet surrender and night hawkin aint bad, overall didnt hate listening to it. but he is a horny bastard. enjoyed it enough to be a 3 but very close to being a 2
A poor man's Kenny Loggins
Had this album many years ago. Couple of lovely songs on here I'd not heard in years.
Reminds me a little bit of B-52 s in some way, the playfulness of it, much more funk and folk than them. It feels anchored like playing a song with friends in someone's backyard.
First album I've heard from Buckley, not a genre I listen to much. After listening, I find the songs quite nice and easy to listen to but I do feel like each song doesn't have many ideas in it. I wouldn't really call this bad but I don't find it all that interesting. Somewhat disappointing. I probably enjoyed "Devil Eyes" the most, honestly because it probably has the most going on out of all of these songs. "Hong Kong Bar" was also quite enjoyable for the exact opposite reason - I was able to enter a sort of trance with how calm the song was. The closer is pretty alright too, introducing some slightly lush instrumentation while remaining upbeat. Easily my least favorite track was "Get On Top" as it felt a bit uncomfortable to me (as well as repetitive).
Not bad. Good energy, but overall not super memorable. Not much love for the lyrics.
Decent 70s mellow rock but all the songs sounded the same, not very exciting
Nice 70's folk rock album. Sounds like a casual non planned get together with friends on a thursday that turns out great.
Quite a good listen 🎶
It was ok overall. Couple of tracks that brought the average down.
it was a nice listen, but i can't remember much of it on Monday morning.
Not much on this album that was crazy memorable, some good grooves mixed in here and there that I feel like justifies the three.
It's fine.
1. Make it Right 2. Move With Me 3. Sweet Surrender
I have to say, I feel like Tim's unusual singing style and voice, which had worked so well and felt completely natural on his previous avant-folk albums, don’t carry over into this funky style all that well. Although at times I actually thought the vocals were really great and delivered with a lot of passion (maybe a bit too much at times), I found all the crooning and moaning a little tedious to listen to at times. For instance, I think Robert Plant did the sort of thing Tim was going for here a lot better. That said, I was really impressed by how smoothly and effortlessly he made the switch to this more funk influenced sound here. The instrumentation is generally excellent from start to finish, with the funky songs grooving pretty hard and some nice orchestrations (like on Sweet Surrender and Make it Right) and some bluesy-folky stuff (Hong Kong Bar) providing a bit of stylistic diversity. But looking at the credits and seeing names such as Chuck Rainey and Ed Greene here, it's no surprise that the playing here is top-notch. What even are some of these lyrics though? The prominent sexual theme feels a bit over the top and forced throughout the whole album. Some tracks, especially "Devil Eyes" (which is definitely my least favorite on here) made me cringe with how obvious and frankly a little nasty the lyrics were with all the toe licking going on. I mean, I don't mind some R-rated lyrics in my music, but a little more subtlety would have been appreciated. So in the end I had to knock the rating down a bit because I wasn't really a fan of the lyrics and the vocals were just okay, but if you focus on the actual music and great musicianship, this is yet another strong record in Tim Buckley's catalog. I'm just hoping either Starsailor, Lorca, or Happy Sad are also included in the list. 3.5/5
Not the best, but not the worst. An acceptable slice of 70's if you're into it.
folkie
Some funny lyrics
Flamingo.
I liked the saxophone, rest was meh.
Interesting
Favorite Track: Sweet Surrender
3.5
5/10 hmmm. NO. 7-2-2025
This ok but this sort of lover boy music makes me want to punch the singer in the face
Musically almost a pleasant listen. But I'm not 100% fine with his vocals. weak three stars for this greetings. 2,5
Noisy
Whoever makes the decision about these albums must have a thing for Tim Buckley. According to my "records" this is the third Buckley album sent our way. I didn't mind this one though, it was fun to listen to while I did my emails and birthdays.
this white boy got soul!
this is why i did this list, to hear stuff my parents talk about but I never got around to actually checking out. Warren Zevon is on my list of top faves (as low as 5) of all time and this fits right in with the old school, beginning-of-irreversible-decay Los Angeles that this exudes. the beginning is goofy and fitting. very 70's rock pushing forward the evolution of 60's pioneering and where it can go. 3/5 is what I'm looking for in the albums i haven't heard of on this list. I don't know any of these songs but they are mellow and fresh for 72. the fatigue of the endless summer of love morphing the rock scene is evident. Nighthawkin' and Get on Top have a groovy, funky feel to them. it can slow down with tracks like Sweet Surrender and Hong Kong Bar, but its a very short album that gets to the point in less than 40 min. what a time to be alive in LA. Devil's Eyes is playful yet technical. i can't say too much more about it, the ending is very era appropriate and its a great example of the time period where the course of music changing was in the hands of the people and could go semi-unnoticed.
As someone who recently fell in love with Jeff Buckleys singing it was interesting listening to and learning about his father. The album is fun, bluesy, and Tim Buckleys vocals stand out across the project. I enjoyed the album quite a bit.
If you remove the vocals and the lyrics with them this album is pretty good. As a total package though it’s definitely a mixed bag.
Absolutely fine Its been a rough run of bad to meh albums so this one is probably helped by that. Okay
Not very familiar with this artist. A few moments really grooved, but mostly it disappeared into the background. It didn't hold my attention.
Weak 3
Oké, cool, talent zat dus in de familie. Sterven rond de leeftijd van 30 jaar jammer genoeg ook. Het klinkt wel ook een beetje zoals Jeff Buckley, of ja, Jeff Buckley klinkt een beetje zoals z'n vader. Muzikaal ook zeer mooi, wijze strijkers. Maar als je de bassist van Blood, Sweat & Tears en de drummer van The Mothers of Invention hebt, heb je wel al een streepje voor uiteraard. 3.4
Not what I expected Tim Buckley to sound like. Fairly explicit lyrics too! Could grow on me but the vocal style and instrumentation isn't my fav. It did lead me to Song for the Siren though, now that's a great song.
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Obscure for sure, but groovy and cool.
O álbum é um pouco cansativo, mas tem boas músicas. Não escutaria novamente.
This was okay.
God musik, halvsløj lyrik
Folk rock with some jazz elements at times. OK.
Solid 70s rock album with some soul sprinkled on top.
Greetings From L.A. May have changed my opinion on Buckley. The previous album I had heard was nothing special at all. On this one there is a swagger I wasn’t aware of, absolutely incredible vocals and energy. Very solid 6.8/10
Interesting. Not my jam, one listen is enough for me.
Sex funk with a twist of acoustic guitar near the end. I can see where Jeff got it from, but he was way better than his dad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfi-xoD_-d4 maybe Tim should've toned down the sexiness of his lyrics.
Nice
soooo bluesy, brother was 100% influenced by that black soul!!! period!!! i love blues so this was great, devil eyes has got to be my fav such a freaky deaky song, make it right bangsss omg groovalicious. moral of the story i think mr tim buckley wants a woman to abuse and dominate him
Very groovy very enjoyed . I really liked the guitar reminded me of like dire straits or the police . Only the guitar though . Chill listen , wasn’t too long which I liked . Just pretty solid
Appreciate this but not really my bag
Started off strong, but I got bored at the end.
Buckle up, Tim Buckleyuu's! Greetings zrug miteme eher churze review. 1, 2 lieder sind mer bliibe aber meh ned. Und chum ned drüber hinweg, dass de Tim Buckley biz tönt wie de homer simpson. drümaligs zuenicke from Z.H.
Second album on the list from Tim Buckley I think. Not sure I feel it's warranted, but ok. Must say I get some Jim Morrison vibes from this. Their singing style feels are not too different in some cases, like on 'Get On Top', for example. When I plowed through this the first time I didn't feel that much, so I tried to be a bit more attentative the second time. I actually think the sound is very nice, and the songs have a nice groove to them. I get some sexist vibes from Buckley, could be unwarranted, not sure. Overall I think the record is pretty decent. No single song strike me as particularly standout, it's more of the overall tone and quality of the record that holds up well.
Kelpo jamittelua! 3/5
What a party!! This was a fun listen
Solides Album, was sicherlich gut auf der Autobahn läuft.
Crazy how much he and his son sound a like. Good album too.
Solid
Okay album 6/10
Not the typical Tim Buckley, yet. I hardly recognized him initially and like later records better.
Hmmm, my antepenultimate and penultimate albums of the whole project have been Tim Buckley, and that's too much Tim Buckley in too short a space of time. (I had to look up the correct term for "third from last" and will now be on the lookout for opportunities to bust our "antepenultimate" in conversation. 🧐 ) Perversely, though, I think I'm going to listen to some more Tim Buckley today, as reading up on his discography to try to put these albums in context, I see that his album "Starsailor", which is not on the list, is the origin of "Song to the Siren" the This Mortal Coil version thereof is one of my fave tunes ever. I've apparently given his version a couple of listens over the years, but not the rest of the album. Anyway, back to "Greetings From L.A." - yeah, leaves me cold, pretty much. There were no standout irritating tracks, but nothing I really dug, either. I find his singing in low registers to be kinda inauthentic-sounding? Like he's trying to copy someone cooler? His higher register stuff is fine though. Fave track.... eh, "Hong Kong Bar" I think? 🤷
Wow, I thought I hated Tim Buckley but I am digging this! Get On Top almost feels like the intersection of Steely Dan and Pere Ubu.
If you'd asked me before I heard this album, I'd have guessed that Tim Buckley was some sort of political columnist for a major paper in the US (maybe William's brother/cousin). It appears that's not the case, but I'm not at all sure why this is one of three of his albums in this collection (the first for me, but chronologically the last), given that (a) none of his albums sold well or got much play time on the radio, and (b) there's nothing particularly distinctive about his style or music (at least on this album). I enjoyed it well enough as early 70s rock, with a kind of eclectic mix of styles, and definitely appreciated the 40 minute run time, and I thought "Get on it", "Devil eyes" and "Make it right" stood out a bit. I kind of wish the "1001 Albums" editors had just stuck with one Tim Buckley album, though, as I'm pretty sure I will be tired of his albums long before we're actually through them. And a shame that the Wikipedia entry for this album doesn't help make him any less obscure or interesting.
Fair to say the lyrics in "Move with Me" haven't aged well, but I really enjoyed the groove throughout this album.
Aggressively Horny. Didn't quite click though 7/10 Favorite Song: Nighthawkin
Some tracks have an intriguing confluence on sounds, but typically fail to evolve as they continue. The biggest creative risks here pay off, even if they retreading other popular sounds of the era (cough, Zeppelin). Too often though these tracks end up sounding the same, even when their notes and tones are quite different. Listened to: on a bus to Providence. Favorite tracks: Devil Eyes, Make It Right
Never really got Tim Buckley, certainly no where near as much as I did his son. But he is always listenable and this album is no exception. The songs are all California pop-rock-soul, with touchs of funk in the rhythms, some of them very good in the moment. The problem for me is that I may have listened to this before, I just don't know because nothing really grabs me, nothing sticks.
Good
Oo this is very 70s. Man this is one horny dude. Groovy man. 3.5 stars.
I enjoyed the frenetic energy of some of the songs, boring at worst but that's okay.
“I went down to the meat rack tavern” The opening line on this album gives no illusion of what we’re in for.
Mid
emo country music. or is it?
Didn't entirely like this one too much, but I liked how much he seemed to enjoy recording this.
Better than I expected, some good parts to this one
Меня продолжают пичкать музыкой семидесятых, а я и не против. В принципе, это лучше чем многое, что делают сейчас. Но, на самом деле, этот альбом мне показался довольно скучным. Здесь нет каких-то впечатляющих открытий и особо ничего не запомнилось. Обычный гитарный поп того времени.
I don’t know why but kinda felt like the doors if JM didn’t think he was all that. A nice listen.
It's temu Van Morrison and I'm here for it! Although, after reading the other reviews, I'm realizing maybe I need to be checking out lyrics. But then again if I only hear the vocals as just another sound source and not the words of a cringey gross message then maybe I'm doing it right?
Very average.
2.6 2x forgettable but not bad - catch up 3/18/25
R&B infused folk album, would listen again as it is a very distinct sound. 3
Not a terrible album, not a great one. Just right in the middle. I think I'd be ok not hearing this one before I die. 2.75/5 = 3 on this scale.
That's how to end an album. The strings on Make It Right were a ton of fun. Very cool album.
Move With Me // Sweet Surrender // Make It Right // 3.5/5
This is a pretty cool, though very sexual boogie groove early 70s album. I wouldn't say there is anything really ground breaking or a lot that I personally take away from this, other than Tim is horny, but its as good as some of the other brit pop trash that's in this list so w/e.
Kind of sounds like a combination of the Doors and Rolling Stones. Pretty above average classic rock sound with some absolutely freaky shit going on in Devil Eyes. Make it Right at the end was a pretty great song. This is a high 3
Tim Buck Tu loves a black woman apparently. Good for him! Not really sure what I expected from Tim Buckley but it wasn't this. This dude is a freak.
Really awesome groovy funky rock album with great instrumental tracks. Its too bad they let that minecraft villager into the studio to scream about cheating on his partner. I am going to pretend its a Chuck Rainey album and bump it up to 3 stars.
Not bad - not great either. Middle of the road
This album, bless Tim Buckley's dead soul, makes zero sense. There's no reason for Buckley to make such a horny on main album, nor make it sound so good. Being horny isn't a crime, but there's a definite male gaze view point that causes the album to fall flat. The lyrics are cheesy and not in the endearing way. Anyway, Buckley brought a natural easiness to Greetings from L.A.. The chill energy matches the album's title and lands it squarely into the folk and R&B genres. Usually folk sounds so abrasive, but Buckley combined it with R&B to make this album so smooth. So the lyrics weren't great, but the other aspects intrigued me enough. I can't help but imagine how great he could've been with another songwriter. The final song, "Make It Right," reminds me of E.L.O. with its orchestra backing. Not sure who inspired who, considering ELO is from the same time period-ish, but something cool to note nevertheless.
Who does this guy think he is coming in here with such a horny funk album? Marvin Gaye? I am a bit torn on the actual sexually provocative theme of this album. On one hand, it's always nice to see a product of the times, in this case one in which people were becoming very sexually liberated and expressive about that liberation. On the other hand, Buckley is singing about all of this from a very objectifying point of view on nearly every track. In other words, it's pretty much all about him and his pleasure. The style is fairly interesting, as Buckley is putting his typical folk-leaning style onto funk, and he actually executes this pretty well. The lyrics were a bit spotty on this album and the vocals were nothing special, but about on par with a lot of vocal styles of the time. The actual music was actually pretty enjoyable. I actually did find myself liking this album, which I wasn't expecting going into it. I probably would have liked it more if it hadn't been for the fact that nearly all the songs are about women being the objects of Buckley's sexual desires. In addition to feeling a bit gross, that particular angle and point of view dominating the entire album was just very one note.
Going into this, I expected the legendary Jeff Buckley's father, Tim Buckley, to sound more or less similar to him - or at least in that same folky lane as him. It was an admittedly stupid expectation to go in with...I mean we're talking a whole generation between the two. The standout element of this album was its Jazzy fusions. I'm talking the keys on 'Get on Top' and 'Devil Eyes' or the very tribal-sounding percussion all over this thing. The song 'Nighthawkin' I'd say draws its jazz-rock fusion sounds from many of Tim's contemporaries within the genre. We also get a lot of blues, rock, and funk thrown into the mix, though I found those moments, like with the bluesy 'Hong Kong Bar', far less compelling. The almost Latin-themed 'Make It Right', while not doing much for me, was an interesting and very grandiose sounding closer. So a lot of interesting sounds fused here but, say for a select few songs (near the beginning), I didn't find this hodgepodge of genres to be very cohesive. Tim himself is an interesting vocalist, and very dynamic as well. I swear there are times on here where it sounds like five different vocalists on the same track like on 'Sweet Surrender' - one of the more consistent songs instrumentally, sort of going in a very soulful direction. 'Devil Eyes', in many ways, reminded me of a classic Hendrix cut, and it has some of Tim's best and most consistently enjoyable vocal chops. So yeah, not too sure how to feel about this, it didn't keep me hooked in its final few songs. But It's still a very eclectic album and one that, very clearly, exhibits Tim's many talents as a musician.
This is odd, but I mostly like it
Cool Time Capsule of a rad LA sound
This was fine. I didn't hate it, but it wasn't my jam.
Raucous and rocky - shades of Leon Russel. The writing reveals a rather misogynist world view.
I liked this! Unexpectedly fast paced and funky. I like Tim's voice. None of these tracks are outstanding, but I enjoyed it. 3/3.5
um... anyway...
Pretty dated
Sure, not bad.
It was acceptable. Not great though. Lyrics were rather funny. Dude seemed to have a one track mind and only think about the ladies.
Well... it's not the Buckley I was hoping to get an album from, but here we are, I guess. This might just be the horniest album I've ever listened to. Not the sexiest (That honor still goes to Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On), but certainly the horniest. This is due to the writing, which is probably my least favorite part of this album. It's not offensive or anything, but it's certainly questionable. At least the style here is solid. There's some funk elements, which is certainly interesting. I think the execution fits the vibe of the album. Tim's singing is also interesting. Sometimes it's fun like, other times it's slightly annoying. "Sweet Surrender" is probably the album's high point. Greeting From L.A. is flawed, but I think it's alright. 3/5.
Chill. A good backdrop for working. Cosy winter-y comfort. 3 stars.