Greetings From L.A.

Instrumentation was solid. Vocals are very different from the other tim buckley album i got. Coincidentally the other was before led zepplins first album and this one after. To me he sounds like he got inspired by robert plant but it just doesnt work for me.

Summer vibes, but a bit weird

Buena voz con canciones algo rítmicas. Pinta de crooner. Escuchable en diferentes ambientes.

Funky blues

Very interesting, especially when comparing it to Happy Sad. I like this one more for sure. The funk/r&b elements add a lot and there's a good amount of variety here.

solid 7, nice production. tim buckley's eclectic musical expertise translates pretty well here. pretty wild this is immediately after Starsailor. white boy funk

Funky, but ultimately not my cup of tea. 2.5/5

Tim Buckley is that hyperactive kid who annoyed everyone making dumb noises and faces. This was actually decent aside from Get on Top. Hong along Bar was the standout for me. 3 stars

Stacked up against his earlier work I don't find this album as good. With the exception of Get On Top it sounds like run of the mill San Fran psychedelia 5 years after the fact

Too many Buckley's are represented on said list. So many that I almost skipped listening to this for spite. But it turns out it's my Green Eggs and Ham. I actually liked it. We can still kill off some Buckley's from the list. Jeff and Tim certainly know a thing or two about that...

Interesting in places

kinda cool. a little self indulgent. pretty jammy/groovy. wouldn’t feel inclined to put it on again though tbh.

I didn't like his other albums but kinda enjoyed this, just sounds like someone sitting at a Piano getting high and getting laid and having fun.

Aika rock n roll meininkiä. Erilaista kuin tää toinen levy. Musta toinen levy kuitenkin oli parempi. Mutta menevää kuitenkin. Vika kappale paras, Make It Right.

There's some great sax and female backing vocals. I wasn't expecting that. The L.A. in the title is dominant throughout. This is a showbiz album, again a surprise. It really is quite soulful.

Good band, too bad they had Ace Ventura on vocals. The jam for last few minutes of Devil Eyes was worth the listen.

A decent if forgettable 60s/70s album. Bit folky at times, bit Doorsy/psych at others. Has some really good little bits that tend to get swamped with forgettable parts. Probably wouldnt bother again.

Generally okay in the background, enjoyed the rockier side of funk theme and the guy has a good voice for it. Didn't outstay it's welcome either. Can't see myself returning though so can't go higher than a 3.

6/10. I forgot that Tim Buckley and Jeff Buckley were seperate people, and this album reminded me of that. It didn't do much else for me, though.

I’m conflicted. The music was actually pretty decent but the lyrics were so bad. 6/10

That was a nice sounding album that nobody ever bought.

“Sweet Surrender” is a brilliant song. It may challenge "Song to the Siren" as my favourite TB song. I like the haunting guitar intro, the strings building throughout, and of course Tim's vocal calisthenics. I also like “Make it Right”. “Get on Top” is a segue between these melodic, structured tracks and the others - the bluesy, more rambling tracks. Tim does a lot of interesting jazzy/experimental things with his voice – he sounds like a squawky Ornette Coleman solo at one point, but those songs sound like extended jams more than compositions.

Similar to yesterday's Bert Jansch, this genre of music isn't my jam, but I do appreciate his bluesy, raunchy, soulful style. His voice is an acquired taste, but he can sing and and he can also write some good tunes. Sweet Surrender was the highlight for me.

Zappacore with enough falsettos that you know without a doubt that this man sired Jeff Buckley. Unfortunately less directional than his son's music. Truly heroin music. Kinda bad production asw. and despite all this i liked it! very fun and bright, nice basslines. sits itself as of its time so intensely.

What's annoying is that I like this kind of funky, sexy, bluesy jam. Tim just needed to dial back the affectations a bit and this would be a really good album.

More interesting than not...

I like sex.

Jak się nie skupiasz na tekście to gitarka i wokal całkiem dobry, ale tekst momentami żenujący.

3.2 - Jeff Buckley's dad was one horny fucker. I'm not denying the lush instrumentation and the soaring vocals (runs in the Buckley bloodline, apparently) but after listening to this record, I feel like I need a shower. He's done the seemingly impossible and managed to sound like an even more lecherous and depraved version of Jimmy Morrison. A little unsettling.

Quite different to a previous Time Buckley LP on The List. This is psychedelic funk of the Van Morrison feel rather than the superior Sly Stone. Ok, nothing to write home about.

Some funky music here but the horny obsession in the lyrics is wearing and at times pretty offensive. Tricky.

I liked this album. Nice composition and instrumentation. But gotta say the dude seems a little unhinged haha

'Greetings from L.A.' has a more blues-y sound than his early works which I'm more familiar with. It was a good listen.

Every song is about makin’ it with the ladies. “Get On Top”. It’s like if Prince had recorded a simple acoustic folk album.

No es mi estilo, pero estuvo bien tenerlo de fondo mientras me ponía al día con el foro de Círculo Vicioso esta tarde de sábado.

Me gusto mas la musica que la voz. El muchcacho este estaba un poco alzado cuando escribio este album. De todas formas tiene muy buen groove.

very solid album. not my normal cup of tea but really enjoyed it

Love Tim Prefer the hippy shiz tho’ Happy Sad and the live Album is immense Great grooves - Just the dated lyrics and all the misogynistic cringe on it … Also find it very sad thinking about Jeff and his young family and all of that history … Still …some pipes on the chap

Folk que flui bem.

I liked the beats. It was a bit folksy indie with psychedelic influences. His singing voice and the way he delivered things kinda ruined it for me. I think I could like a lot of these songs more if artists I liked covered them. Overall, can see his influence in the music I'd listen to regularly.

First impression, "wow this dude's sounds a little to horny". Second impression, "ok really this dude needs to calm down" lol. Fun to listen to though I guess

Solid bluesy rock

Very much of a time and place. I like ‘Made it right’ but not feeling much of anything about it other than he can sing. Maybe if I was back there and back then I’d feel differently but time has moved on. Like Scott I’d rather listen to Starsailor…

I really liked the guitar, organ and percussion parts in "Devil eyes" and I liked this song in particular, but others I enjoyed less. Probably wouldn't listen to it again.

Sounds like a standard issue seventies rock album to me.

I didn't love this - pretty generic to me.

I mostly liked this. Some of the songs devolved a little too much into kind of weird hippy horniness, especially the back half of the album, but overall not bad.

Blues-y thing that I didn't care much for. "Get on Top" was pretty good though, with its funky guitars. The last part of the song especially gets funky and I liked that song. Overall, it was pretty boring though. 2.5/5

Okay, from my (admittedly limited) knowledge of Tim Buckley, I was not expecting him to make a proto-Ed Sheeran acoustic white guy funk album. It’s not bad? Definitely sounds like what I just described, but not as embarrassing as you’d think, yet I feel like I’d prefer his folkier stuff. Or, y’no, PFunk. C

Nice, fun, but nothing outstanding

the album started out sounding one way (bad) and ended differently (fine). didn't like the piano bar sound of the first two songs but the latter half was better.

Ooh, some of the songs on this album had an icky factor. It was just alright.

Oversexed lyrically and overwrought vocally, if musically interesting in a basic, groovy kinda way. We’ve surely reached peak TB, and one thinks the cult can only – definitely should – get smaller.

Most of these songs went on too long

Okay, well this album is hilariously horny. It opens with this; I went down to the meat rack tavern And found myself a big ol' healthy girl Now she was drinkin' alone Aw what a waste of sin So I went on over to sweet talk that girl Lord I moved on in Then moves on to a song that spends 7 minutes saying Get On Top, make me speak in tongues. Lol. If you ever wondered what a cross between Harry Nilsson and Marvin Gaye might be like, this is the album for you. It descends a touch too often into noodly twiddling, but was enjoyably silly and different.

For 1972’s “Greetings from L.A.”, Tim Buckley trades in his dreamy, psychedelic folk for a rocking, hard hitting, “sex funk” sound. The career of Buckley is sort of strange. He had this sort of crooning, deep voice that seemed to change with every record. He was big in the underground L.A. scene, but never really made it out. This record was a huge change in sound for him. There are a lot of Jim Morrison-esque moments and a few Janis Joplin moments on this record as well. The lyrical content is - well - sexual to say the least. Some of it certainly didn’t age well, and some of it is sort of strange, but I think a majority of it is pretty fun. If the lyrical content varied more, this would’ve received a higher score. Overall an enjoyable listen.

Sex obsessed honky tonk funk, not what I was expecting from a Tim Buckley album at all. But it was pretty enjoyable nonetheless.

No one could ever accuse Tim Buckley of not giving it his all. Man, this is a weird one to evaluate. I like Tim Buckley, but I also think he often sounds like a parody of himself. I think his vocal shenanigans work best when paired up with equally bizarre music (as it is on the excellent Starsailor, which somehow NOT on this list?). On this album they were more distracting than impressive, even though the dude has a range most singers would be jealous of. That said, the band here is on fire and there are moments when everything comes together. I especially dug "Sweet Surrender" and "Making it Right." The other songs, though, I wish we could take the backing tracks and give them to other singers to see what kind of melodies and lyrics they could come up with. (Imagine James Brown singing "Get on Top.") And speaking of lyrics . . . well, again, I found them more distracting than interesting. Having said all of that, I was surprised to find that I was sad when the album was over. Tim Buckley's a hard guy to know how to recommend to people because he changed his sound so often. For my money, Starsailor is where it's at, but I also recognize that that album is not for everyone, even Tim Buckley fans. YMMV

This album is an absolute mess, but it's entertaining. 3/5

Quite liked this one. Energetic, swinging.

Not sure why this album is on 1001albums list

Very funky album with some really nice soul songs. The sing style makes me think of Jim Morrison.

Bowdy, swinging, unique vocals. I'll take it.

Kind of on the fence the whole time about this high tight hollerin’ kind of singing style, which at times seemed Out of phase or at odds with the music. I wasn’t getting the lyrics so maybe they were great, I don’t know. Clearly a talent but for me not quite fully baked.

Meh

I prefer his son's music.

Some really nice bass playing!

Songs are excellent, Tim Buckley's voice is.. well... I was hoping the back up singers would be more prominent. This record is like a buffet, seems to offer a little bit of everything, but nothing that's unique to it. Might come back to it if the mood is right.

While no particular song stood out to me, I liked this. It was fun and upbeat. I preferred the music more than the singing. The singing was...a lot at times. Did his singing remind anyone else of Shakira? At times, it was so uncanny that it was distracting.

not as good as the other Tim Buckley album.

Maybe I'm a prude. Maybe I had a headache. Maybe it was just an off day. Or maybe...just maybe...I don't like Tim Buckley all that much. Happy Sad was a little better.

Listened Before? N This one was FUNKY. It was alright... kind of overtly sexual and good sex music probably. After reading his history I'd really be more interested in checking out some of his earlier stuff. Added to Library? N Songs added to Playlist: Move With Me

First time listening to Tim Buckley, and it's not quite what I expected. There's a lot of honky tonk energy here, not too dissimilar from some of the stuff The Rolling Stones did. Overall this album is good, but there wasn't much stand out stuff here. Favorites: "Get On Top", "Sweet Surrender", "Make It Right"

This album could almost be a the prototye for 70s rock/white-blues/soul, as it sounds so generic and firmly rooted in that decade. If you like this kind of stuff, you will like the album too. For me, this is not bad by any means, but really nothing special. 2.5/5

This was ho-hum and solidly 3/5

quite dull, last track is cool

Musically interesting but if you’re expecting his son’s introspection from this album - you’re not going to get it - it’s a sleazy LA album with a hint of Jim Morrison and a lot of misogyny. Still some good music at times

Very different from what I was expecting, a pleasant enough interlude, less folk and more bluesy rock.

Beetje standaard rock'n'roll uit Amerika. Ik vind het niet veel bijzonders, alhoewel het nummer "Make It Right" wel lekker klinkt. ***

Decent listen, elements of blues and country

Pleasant songwriting. I find Tim generally unremarkable although I'd happily listen to his work for an extended period of time without complaint.

Le principal problème de cet album est que Tim Buckley nous envoie des nouvelles de ses vacances à Los Angeles alors même qu'on ne lui a rien demandé.

Bueno

I like more his son Jeff

That is a sad image of Los Angeles, but accurate for the mid-1970s. It's not *all* smog, some of it is dirt in the air from the Owens Valley, blowing down over the city. Tim Buckley feels like a poser. Maybe that's wrong, maybe he's the real deal. Dead at 28. His song Jeff, who I should appreciate for popularizing the Leonard Cohen song, made it another two years to die at 30. He never met his dad. Okay, I take it back. Not a poser, seems real close to the real deal. Pretty good. Glad I heard it before I died.

A few of these were bops but I wasn't crazy about the album as a whole (interestingly, my two least favorites were the ones with the most streams on Spotify. Although those were also probably the most musically interesting ones, but I guess I just like boring stuff)

Solid 70’s blues feel, but also weird lyrics, that do not do it for me. Gets boring

Some decent 70s bluesy rock with dated lyrics.

Well this was a bit of a grower, quite enjoyed some of the more bluesy and orchestral ones. Its not peak Tim Buckley, I have to say - but I did enjoy it.

Očekivala sam nešto drugačije. Bilo je dobro al ne i ko i goodbye and Hello

Greeting from ZGB

Sembra Mick Jagger con un sound più funk e fricchettone. Bello, ampio, non troppo però. 3/4

Actually liked this more than I expected to. I'm not a big fan of what I've heard of his post-Goodbye & Hello stuff, but this is the first I've heard this album in full and sexy R&B Tim actually worked for me quite well.

Höjer sig från en tvåa pga bra gung på vissa låtar, skeptisk i övrigt

Vill gilla det, men han är lite sexist??? cancellerad.

Very west coast, not your usual Buckley, not bad..

This was pretty good! I've heard 4 Tim Buckley albums before (really enjoyed 3 of them) but hadn't got to this one, and it was verrrry different to what I was used to Wikipedia described this as the first move to Buckley's 'sex funk era' and... yeah that sums it up really A lot of it is really fun and there are some great grooves, but some of the songs outstay their welcome. It was also quite unlucky for this to come up in the project so shortly after Let's Get It On, which basically does the same thing in a more effective way

Sounds like Tim likes to do it all with his big ole mamas! And everyone else! I especially enjoyed Hong Kong bar.

Neke su mi bile dobre neke bi odma preskočila. Al ove koje su mi bile dobre su mi super, volim tog malo country štiha nez zašto mi ulipša svaku pismu.. Ili se to uopće tako ne zove al ne znam kako bi drugačije opisala taj štih. Sve u svemu okej!

Not bad

The best of this album IMO: - Devil Eyes It was okay. 2.8/5

Normal.

Not bad

Gaanz schlechte 3.

First, this album is offensive and toxic. Second, a huge part of the 1001 albums are the US bluesy bands and performers which starts to bore me.

odd mix of jam and blues

Nice

Prefer his son but not a bad listen.

Pabbi Jeff Buckley. Vel áhlustanlegt folk rock með blúsívafi.

An enjoyable listen, a much more interesting album than I expected. would revisit

Groovy.

Ended up as decent background sound.

Hmpf

I nice little album of bluesy-country-rocky songs.

Musically the first couple of tracks were fantastic, but there are some uncomfortable lyrics in here. The latter half of the album was a lot less interesting to listen to, but was fine background music. The strings in 'Make It Right' caught my attention again but not enough to give this more than 3 stars.

Kuulosti kuin Rollarit ja Aerosmith oltais vedetty tehosekottimessa smoothieks. Aika kitkerää... 2 liian vähän ja kolme liikaa.

Ihan pätevä levy

Good album. Able to understand its importance and influence, but not quite my style.

Really enjoyed this one. It was over before I knew it though, which means it didn't stand out enough and probably shouldn't get 4 stars

Plätschert so dahin. Hong Kong Bar ganz netter song.

Didn’t really make an impact. But didn’t offend.

Was upbeat and funky so the music was good for the most part. Probably better without the lyrics.

Not a big fan of most of the lyrics and songs, but make it right is GG playlist

Fun 70's sound with a bit more funk than I've heard in albums from a similar time frame. Nothing super compelling here, but a fun listen. 3.0

3

Nun ja, irgendwie 70ies... in den 60ern klang er aber besser...

It's fine, but it's like Robert Plant without LZ. Vocals are too much for me personally. Maybe I'd like the folk-era Buckley better.

The album is quite funky and neat. Though I don't see anything too special about it. The singer's manner of singing is interesting.

Pretty darn sex funky.

It was better than I thought it was going to be. Sounded kinda like Led Zeppelin mixed with Bluesy Folk? I enjoyed it, but probably won’t ever listen to it again.

Buckley brings a blend of Soul, R&B, Rock, and Folk all into one unique album. This record welcomes you and invites you to experience something new and refreshing. Although it lacks any major ear worms, it is a notable effort that warrants deeper listening.

Sounds interesting.

not keen on the voice - songs are fine

A little bit of jazz, some R&B and a heap of funk. BT: Move With Me, Get on Top, Nighthawkin'

some crazy stuff in here....some good some not so good - had to skip "get on top" as....WTF?

Heel wat anders dan zoonlief later deed. Maar wat een energie. Af en toe zelfs een zweem van The Doors. Ik vond dit best wel tof!

Het is wel duidelijk dat Jeff er niet eentje van de melkboer is, maar dat hij zijn vocale capaciteiten van papa Tim heeft. Dit album is voor mij iets te experimenteel - Tim heeft mooiere ingetogenere albums gemaakt. Maar het is ook ergens wel fascinerend om te horen.

Twijfelgeval. Ik houd van de energie op deze plaat, van blues en van Tim Buckley's stem, maar ik vind dat hij zijn stem voor blues een beetje vervelend gebruikt. Daarom geen 4 maar een 3.

5

Quite enjoyed the one-two punch of Tim Buckley this app has delivered up. I think I might prefer this one to Starsailor. Okay, nobody is confusing him for George Clinton, but as a blue-eyed soul cut this ain't half bad

Ok, but not made for me

The album is a great jam for instrument aficionados, but average from a songwriting perspective. I’d be more interested in what his folk output was.

Folk, rock suave, blues...

Insane album. Pretty annoying but I also kinda love it. 6/10

enjoyable. but that's as far as i'd go.

It’s ok

Lekker soul albumpje, niks mis mee

Some of the songs were great, but others are a bit underwhelming. I think I enjoyed Sweet Surrender, Hong Kong Bar, and Make It Right the most. If the rest of them would be as good as those, it would be a 4 but, 3.5 down to 3 for me.

Nice, chill old rock.

Kul æra og stil, men låten er litt både og synes jeg. 3/5

3

hmmm

Gets a bit weird at times, but enjoyable. Hit to miss ratio is not the best. Best track: Make It Right

This is the second Tim Buckley record I've listened to. I liked elements of the first album, Happy Sad, quite a bit, although I felt like the album could have used some judicial editing in the production. Starting this album, I thought this might wind up in the same place. Buckley can sing and the band is good, but I really started disliking this album after the first song. It contains all the worst elements of the previous album, but intensified. It's not a particularly interesting investigation of sex and it really feels like he's making up the lyrics as he's going along. The intermixing of funk, the blues, and folk is really done much better by Bill Withers. This isn't very good.

I’m getting mad dela vu from this album

There's something about this, but I can't put my finger in it.

It was ok musically but some of the vocals drop it a star. 👎

JL : 2, Move with Me

You know, for everything I could say about this record, I have to respect the audacity. Most people wouldn't confess to some of the shit here under the threat of torture and here is this gooner singing about it in vivid lustful detail. Tim was an expressive vocalist with an incredible vocal range and the music here is well made, but this is quite possibly the least sexy album about sex I have ever heard. I have heard other artists sing songs about kink but they make it sound fun, tantilising, sleazy, or dangerous, whereas this is just juvenile. I haven't read the 1001 albums book, but I have to wonder if this is an album that Dimery genuinely thought we have to listen to before we die, or if he just thought it was funny to make people hear songs about sucking a lady's toe jam. Saved from 1 star because the music is too good for that, but I am in no hurry to hear it again.

Amazing backing band, weirdo singing.

Didn't really like this. Can't put my finger on exactly why.

So... After a career downturn and excessive substance use, Tim Buckley decided to "try something else" to grow his audience. And this was it. His fans "didn't know what to make of it." Yeah, I bet. Song to the Siren is an incredible song. This is pretty weird. I mean hell yeah Chuck Rainey, but this is a bizarre choice.

boring

My man needs to get laid. Or did. Like, a lot. Whatever, pretty lame. Decent blues rock, and if you wanna talk about banging, this fella is your huckleberry.

Don't like it. Don't like his voice or what he's singing about. I'm surprised, as he's still feted by some as a great artist. He's not. A waste of good musicians.

Bluesy. Not sure that it works for me.

Jeff is better

Nowhere near as bad as the first one we had from him (1.33 rating), but not quite good enough to be a 3.

meh

It was quite an experience to listen to on a very hot morning. Some parts were bad and some were okay. I honestly think this might be my least favorite of all his other work as it wasn’t very interesting to me and sometimes his voice annoyed me.

Found it to kind of uninteresting and overall boring. Don't think I have enjoyed any of his albums on this list. 2/5 Won't listen again

An extra star for a son worth listening to.

boring

Just OK, but wouldn't listen again.

I liked the style but the lyrics were pretty awful and dated.

This had more groove than I expected

It is a shame that such a wonderful voice is being used to so little effect. There were a couple of songs where it was able to shine, but it was mostly lost in pretty standard 70s American Rock. Disappointing.

I feel shell shocked

Like the music and rhythm section far more than the singing and lyrics.

Pretty solid stuff, but nothing that stood out incredibly too much. I think I like this slightly less than the last album we got from him, although I don't remember much about that one either. Now that I'm thinking about it, though, I seem to recall a lot of interesting instrumentation and other things that convinced me to rate it somewhat highly. This album, not so much. I don't know if it was attention bias, but the first song stood out to me the most. Like I said about the Rolling Stones album, I think rock 'n' roll and piano go together like butter and toast (yee haw). Despite being an album of modest length, most of the songs were too long, and just ran with the same idea for the duration. Sometimes I like his singing, and I appreciate that it's pitch accurate, but sometimes it's over performative and annoying. I might have to give this a (strong) 2, just because I expect a bit more from a 70s album in this space

This is the kind of stuff that gives the 70's a bad name. The word "insufferable" comes to mind. When he's not singing it's not too bad. I really don't think there needed to be 3 of his albums in the list

Okay, mas não muito meu estilo, deve ser americano

Musically great but Tim Buckley's voice is like nails on a chalkboard

Man apnicis sitas hannah montana country music

Freaky aahh albūms, insane lyrics "Like a bitch dog in heat we had those bed springs a squeakin"

Tim Buckley just doesn’t resonate with me. I didn’t hate this but it was very forgettable to me.

Songs that are way too long. Odd choice of lyrics. And a singing style that is pretty exhausting. I really didn’t enjoy any part of this.

The good: songs had a good groove. Liked some of the bongos, bass and miss of instruments The bad: songs way too long, longer they went the weirder Tim got. Confessing that he loves black women, licking between the toes (I did a double take on that one in Devil Eyes) and trying to justify cheating in sweet surrender were all just weird to me. Also his voice was pretty annoying and I didn’t love how thin the guitar sounded. A solid 2.0 for me dog.

So much Tim Buckley, too much. This one was slightly better than the last, so I will say 2.5, round down.

Even when I tried to hold on to something interesting like Hong Kong Bar and enjoy it, I really didn't. It wasn't bad exactly, it was just like a try-hard sexed-up Bill Withers impressionist with a really fantastic band.

Nothing really of interest for me here. Didn’t hate anything, didn’t really like anything. I don’t mind his vocals so maybe I’ll enjoy another album of his a bit more.

Not as bad as some others make it out to be but also not that great either.

Major step down from Happy/Sad, though the last few songs almost saved it. Highlights-Devil Eyes, Hong Kong Bar, and Make it Right.

Greetings from a guy who definitely didn’t need to hear multiple Tim Buckley albums before he dies

God this album is weird. Really funky backing, that could honestly be pretty enjoyable to listen to, but unfortunately the lyrical content means it ends up coming across like an amped-up porn soundtrack. The vocals are not my bag. Tim's voice is just outright weird. The lyrics are... just wow. They have not aged well. Not much more to say. Low 2.

Singer Songwriter, a genre I will never understand. Something about all if it feels so fake despite trying to come across genuine? The psychadelic guitar vibes saves this from a 1 tho

Bro saved his only decent song for last lol

Not his stronger, too manly American. 4/10

OK music with garbage lyrics

Sounds like the Blues Brothers but not funny.

Ok. What was that. The only thing that's keeping me from giving this a 1 is I thought the instrumentation was pretty decent. But I did not need to hear Tim Buckley howl and make garbly goop nonsense into a microphone for however long this album is

I'm not sure which is more repetitive, the overlong, rip-off funk tracks or the pathetically creepy sexual lyrics, but I must admit a soft spot for Buckley's tuneful and curiously androgynous voice.

The music is fun, but I cannot get into his voice

It's fine, but a bit much after a while even if you try to not pay too much attention to the lyrics (which is extremely good advice in any case). Sweeet sweeet surrendaaahhh uhhhhh ahhh mamaaaa toooooooo.... And so on. Definitely think Isaac Hayes was parodying not just himself but this album (and others like it) as Chef in South Park. Chocolate salty Balls is a better track than any of those here, though.

Whilst there is some funk to the music the overall vibe is killed by Tim's vocal stylings and the icky lyrics. An instrumental version would be 100% better.

Greetings from LA I like Tim Buckley, but I don’t think I like this record much. It's good to try something different, but right from the start the knock off barroom honky tonk really didn’t land with me, especially in combination with the lyrics. He’s not a sexy man, and to hear him contort his voice into letting you know that he likes having sex is particularly not sexy, and the whole effect is rather off putting. There are occasions where his folkiness and jazziness poke through though, the intro, strings and overall 70s California vibes to Sweet Surrender are great, and the bluesy guitar and hammond intro to Devil Eyes is possibly the one time the funkiness doesn’t feel forced or ill fitting. Hong Kong Bar is possibly the stand out, the folk-blues acoustic nature of it is great, standing out against the rest of the album. Aside from those three songs I don’t think this has much going for it, and Move With Me, Get on Top and Make it Right are actually quite irritating, and I can’t think I’d listen again, so a 2. 🌅🌅 Playlist submission: Hong Kong Bar

Je savais pas que le père de jeff buckley était musicien aussi Bonne découverte, voix sympa. Rien de transcendant non plus mais un bon moment passé à écouter. Pas de son qui sort du lot. On dirait vraiment un ado en chaleur

Zzzz

Musically the most up my alley compared to the other Tim Buckley albums I've heard, but his vocal performance on here is so annoying. Why does it sound like someone is squeezing his throat? The lyrics are also a bit... weird.

Was this bad music? No. Was it uncomfortable to listen to and made me feel bad? Yes. Will I listen to this again? Hel no.

nooo

Wow, the resolute jauntiness here really belies Jeff Buckley's estranged origin story six years prior

Very difficult to listen to.

not bad but not for me

Nothing really remarkable that hasn't been done better by other artists? Why is this an album I need to listen to?

I guess this is supposed to be avant garde or something? I found it inchoate and just pretty boring.

Another album by “that guy” as dad so aptly described. A fairly uninteresting 70s album

That was just bad.

It would actually be pretty good without Tim Buckley. If you have a streaming service that can mute the vocals it’s worth it

I’m angry at this. There is no way in hell that Tim Buckley deserves three albums in this list.

alright

desastre

Álbum normal, se deja escuchar. Identidad propia, eso sí.

idk not my vibe

Not for me

I was out when the rubbing monkey started.

I feel far more distant towards this record than the more patient, introspective Happy Sad (the only other Tim Buckley album I’ve heard). He is going for a jubilant, carefree mix of blues and funk which I don’t think he is naturally suited to and I had trouble surrendering to.

“…Greetings from L.A. did not sell well, although this is probably his best seller…” Gee whiz Wikipedia, I can’t imagine why this dreck didn’t sell.

<3

Meh

I really like the album artwork and the name of the album but I cannot give stars to album artwork alone. I wanted more from this and it was disappointing and lacking any vibe. Tim Buckley had a vision but couldn't deliver the LA vibes I was promised

Greetings from L.A. is an album on which a deeply troubled man self-aggrandizes about his lifestyle. This drug addicted deadbeat father brags about his sexual exploits in a way that I can't imagine would've had the staying power it does in the public consciousness if it weren't for the fact that: a) He died tragically young from a drug overdose b) He has a famous son c) His son also died tragically young, although in a tragic accident that had nothing to do with drugs. These things are like lightning in a bottle for fame. Do we over-hype Jeff Buckley because he died so young, and had so much potential? Yeah, probably... But there's also no denying that Jeff was an incredible songwriter and performer. Tim, on the other hand seems to be a fairly decent musician who wrote some pretty average songs before his untimely demise that would've faded into obscurity if not for his personal life, family and death being what they are. Now having listened to this album, I wish it had faded into obscurity. I really don't think this is essential listening, let alone good music. On my journey so far I've learned that sometimes an album isn't good, but still qualifies as a "must hear" because it has some other significance or importance beyond the quality of the recording itself. Maybe I've missed something, I don't know... but if the only significance this album offers is that it's a window into the mind of the man who abandoned Jeff Buckley, and therefore that it contributed to his legacy in some way... then it doesn't deserve to be on this list. Take it off, give me a single Weezer album.

No thanks.

Horny (derogatory)

Apparently Tim referred to this era of his music as “Sex Funk”. Who’s more insistent on their ability to funk, this guy or Parliament? Still laughing at the review, Frank. Spot on. Anyway, Doors did this whole thing better.

Tim Buckley proves that you can be a horny freak but as long as you have a weird enough voice, people won’t think of you like that

Within 10 seconds I realised that there was a whole side of Tim Buckley I was not previously aware of. Quite mixed feelings about this, which was clearly made to be a bit obnoxious. Felt a bit crap and weirdly sleazy, but maybe there's more to it that would be revealed by further listened. For now, it's a low mark.

Did we really need more than one album from this artist? I get what he thought he was doing. But this was some caterwauling bullshit.

It was ok in spots. It is a pretty patchy sort of album

I just got this guy a couple days ago why is he back?

move w me - what kinda noise did he make at the start</3 groovy tho "i dont care if u tell me ur married" pardon? get on top - groovy, wtf kinda noises he makin tho sweet surrender - i dont rly agree w his morals.. hes got a nice voice tho ill give him that. kinda sounds like shakira tho (not a bad thing) devil eyes - genuinely what is his problem dude GENUINELY js hootin n hollerin bro make it right - holy hell this guys kinky (i say as if im not)

As I listened to the album, I kept thinking that someone should help this guy. He's clearly struggling.

Have to assume Nighthawkin' isn't referring to when people use metal detectors to steal artifacts from archeological sights. Not really a fan- don't think I needed to hear him sing about licking toes. Favourite song: Nighthawkin' Least: Devil Eyes

I've liked some of Tim Buckley's earlier, more folk-forward material. This albums is very different, and on the whole very odd, and not very good. There are some fun white boy funk moments - "Sweet Surrender" is the arguable album highlight - but for the most part the songs are forgettable funky jams with odd lyrics. Don't hate it, but its pretty forgettable and feels a bit mailed in.

Ok...

4/10 I strongly disliked large amounts of this. A lot of it feels aimless, weaving melodies with no destination. There are some periods of acceptable somgsmithery that are interesting enough, but there are equal amounts of infuriating warbling that make me want to scream SHUT UP. It also appears that Tim is lucky I'm not a lyrics guy as I was oblivious to the crap he was spewing out until I read the other reviews and I revisited them. Jeez....

The sound was funky and inventive, but the vocals weren't always my favorite. Also, minus one for chauvinistic lyrics ...

Not my thing

Not a fan

Huh, so this is the (not very good) father of Jeff Buckley That album cover looks pretty depressing

Music had energy and fun at times but not much lasting power. Nothing stood out.

I don't care for Tim Buckley.

could be good, the music is sonically funky and bluesy but it's more just background music that's more annoying that it's such a long song, and then you realize it's all about sex and then you're annoyed you're giving it so much of a chance

Lowkey feverish.

The endless stream of albums where 80 percent of the songs are about fucking is getting tiring. It's not a bad album. I'm just getting a bit sick of it.

Interesting change of style but a weird record that I didn’t really enjoy.

I think the best thing Tim did was beget Jeff. Both died too young. Jeff has the greater impact currently and after listening to this I can't see that changing.

How are there 3 Tim Buckley albums and I've rated all of them a 2? Must be a sign that they shouldn't be on this list. Is he related to Jeff Buckley or something? I like Jeff Buckley but this Tim guy can take a hike!

"Now you wanna know the reason why I cheated on you? Well, I had to be hunter again." He then goes on to call her old--or, more precisely, claim he's too young to do her right. Which I guess is a convenient excuse for a 25 year old alcoholic. My favorite parts were the ones where he wasn't singing.

Missed it

Bergochdalbana i kvalitet här. Bästa låten var Make It Right

I don't think I was as mad at this album as other reviewers have been, but maybe because I wasn't paying close enough attention all the way through. The music has been perfectly fine, and yes, I'd tend to agree that Tim is grating. It's maybe a little sub-par for me, and not something I'm really ever going to want to put on again. But it was ok.

Like listening your sexed up weirdo buddy tell stories for a while. Can’t say I liked it very much. I appreciate the jams but my goodness this dude was a freak.

wow he really fell off

Take a shot every time Tim makes an annoying sound that does nothing to make the music better Starting to become a pattern on this list, where the music’s pretty solid (there are some great sax solos in there), but the vocals are actively detrimental. I am starting dig more psychedelic sounding albums a lot. For “experimental” music it doesn’t sound that bad at all. A lot of the lyrics are just shallow, repetitive, and borderline trashy. The actual sound of the vocals themselves is whatever, but it just gets on your nerves so much after a while. The random sounds he shits out really really suck and made it really hard to not skip to the end This is another one where I really don’t know why this one’s on the list; it’s another one that was really tough to research since there’s so little discussion/legacy on it, and it’s really not that special of an album at all.

If it wasn't for that organ, this album would not make it past 2 stars. As it stands, it's just alright. The riff in Hong Kong Bar really drags (again, no organ there so that explains why it's the worst song) There's nothing here that hasn't been done better elsewhere

figured I'd like, but didn't like something that looks good on the clothes rack, but does't suit you in the mirror

Tim Buckley is a talented singer but sucks as a lyricist. His sexual exploits are not sexy but vaguely ridiculous. Less Marvin Gaye than This Is Spinal Tap. Perhaps he was influenced by “Deep Throat” which was a sensation the same year. I saved “Nighthawkin” to my Generator playlist.

If you do t listen to the lyrics this could be a 3/4 star

Trying to speed run the last few days, this was fine. Felt like a mediocre version of other very good artists.

Please don’t ask me to form a coherent opinion of this album, it was fine if I didn’t listen to the lyrics too closely?

another day, another album

Dude clearly thought he was way cooler than he actually was

Cheesy horns and back up singers. Too shmaltzy.

70’s Folk ⭐️

2.0 stars I can appreciate the pivot into funk and groove on this record, and there are flashes of solid songwriting throughout, but it ultimately didn’t land for me. The musical elements were competent and occasionally interesting, yet the overall persona felt forced. The overt sexuality came across more try-hard than embodied, which made it difficult to connect with the record on any deeper level. Sometimes albums hit differently depending on where you’re at when you hear them...this one just didn’t resonate with me right now. There’s talent here, but the vibe wasn’t for me. Favorite track: Nighthawk

Really why

Dude this sucked. Tim just rambles for about 5 minutes too long on every song and is just super horny. I could not care less about this album or Mr. Buckley.

I get it, the man had sex. I knew it before, he has a son whose music I enjoy way more.

There is an alternative universe out there, where this is a decent album performed by a likeable R&B singer with a sense of lyrical nuance. Sadly, we're stuck in the timeline where Tim Buckley is staining the CV of Chuck Rainey and a bunch of other great musicians. What a shame...

This sounded like washing your face with sandpaper must feel.

Saaie instrumentals, vervelend stemmetje.

Ik vond het helaas niet super interessant. Inoffensive maar niet heel boeiend

Tamelijke saaie listen. Gek stemmetje heeft deze man

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Did not care for it.

Kinda sound like an uptempo The Doors, but if Jim's mouth was full of cotton wool balls. And without anyone pretended the lyrics are deep. Which as boring and horny as they are, is kind of refreshing

beetje irritante zangstijl ma wel nog leuke blues enzo

It didnt really mesh with me. But I can kinda hear Jeff Buckley, especially in Sweet Surrender, so thats nice

The Good: This album is civil! The Bad: I was just in LA, and there’s no need to greet me from there… The Ugly: Second TB album… why? Yes, another Buckley album… another time I wish that his son would get a second album on the list, instead of the dad… I do have to say that it starts of decent, but then descends into absolute horror… Will give it 2* due to the first 2 songs… you might want to skip the rest

Im happy i got to listen to an album i probably wouldn’t have heard without this project. There were some highlights and cool moments of genre blending. But ultimately it feels like a forgettable album for me.

trevligt, stack inte ut alls, men gammalt och gosigt.

And hello goodbye Tim Buckley seemed like he was pretending to be a folk singer. In this album, it seems like he is pretending to be a blue singer. Many of the songs just turn into him hollering or jabbering. The Hong Kong song was okay.

This is fine, but not a huge fan of his voice or the songs.

not for me

Tim B is not my thing. It’s not awful. But not sure he needs 3+ albums on the list.

not like jeff buckley

2.5*

Funky but not funkalicious.

The further I got into this album the less I liked it, not really a ringing endorsement.