Greetings From L.A.

Timmy needs a cold shower.

This ain't good

Mid. Like bad mid.

bleh

Really did not dig this Best Song: Sweet Surrender Rating: 3.0/10 Stars: 2

I wish I hadn't had time to listen to this today.

Boring

I once heard someone say Jeff Buckley wasn't as good as his dad. I think they got the names round the wrong way.

Not his best. A few flashes of brilliance but not peak.

this dude needs a cold shower

I thought this was also shite. Last song was ok but that’s the only time I didn’t want to dig out my ear drum with a pencil while listening.

I'm really looking forward to listening to this, as I have been a big Jeff Buckley fan for more than 30.years and have never made time to listen to his dad . Well! That was jarring. On the positive side, I think he's got a great voice and I liked the music. However, I just listened to the musical equivalent of someone putting ketchup and mustard on a decent medium rare steak. ⭐⭐

Not a fan

Nemam pojma šta da mislim. Znači da je efekat šoka na nivou? Nek ostane dvica pa sam poprilično sigurna da ću na listi čuti za šta je bio sposoban Buckley Sr. dok ga se nije otarasila cijela fan-baza.

Very average. Its ok musically in parts, but lyrically it's like a teenager who's just discovered sex.

Just not my thing.

shibirila

This dude just did not know how to end a song. Long and drawn out for no particular reason. The lyrics were...interesting. It didn't feel ground breaking though.

I don’t think I really cared about any of these songs. Fundamentally they are fine, I just thought they had no character. Nothing that defined it as intriguing but instead just something safe and easy.

Barely a 2.

Not for me but can see there may be an audience for this album

Entirely forgettable. No idea how this made the list.

Not my thing at all. The vocals were bad, the lyrics were weird, just not my type of album.

Not funny enough to be weird.

Hmm. Fun music, not fun lyrics.

Yah I gave this album a bunch of chances cause I did like the instrumentation but the vocals were such a turnoff for me. I was never blown away with his vocal ability and I didn’t think he ever did anything interesting or difffernet with his voice. Honestly I just thought the whole album was wildly boring. Not bad, just unmemorable.

This album was nothing I expected it to be. I had heard of Tim Buckley, but mainly because of his son, Jeff Buckley. I thought Tim Buckley was a singer/songwriter, and he is, but he evolved from the hippie folk scene to a more avant-garde sound, then to a funk sound before passing away at 28 from a drug overdose. It doesn’t seem like Tim Buckley had enough of a career to land an album on the 1,001 list. Greetings From L.A. was probably his biggest-selling album, but it points out in the Wikipedia article, “Like most of his other albums, Greetings from L.A. did not sell well.” Greetings is a kind of a funk album, kind of a rock album, it’s just kind of weird. I can’t tell if it’s supposed to be a parody album or if Tim Buckley is on the level. As a praody album, it's not bad, but as a legit, 'No, this is the album,' it seems a bit self-indulgent to me. I’m just not sure if I’m supposed to take it seriously. Move With Me is the lead song about a man trying to get a married woman to have an affair with him. Actually, most of the songs are about a man trying to have sex with a woman. Wikipedia did refer to this point of Tim Buckley’s career as the “sex funk” period. The problem with the “sex funk” albums was that the lyrics were a little too out there for pop radio, and what few fans Tim Buckley had made as a folk artist were not into sex funk. But he did gain a cult following, probably swingers and folks from nudist colonies, and those who love visiting nude beaches. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’s just not a big enough fan base to get you to sell out Madison Square Garden. I still don’t know what to do about this album. Tim Bucklety seems like he might be an a-hole, as he left Jeff Buckley and his mother about six months after Jeff was born and died before any relationship could have been worked out. Jeff Buckley went on to only outlive his father by two years before drowning in the Mississippi River in a weird swimming mishap of some sort. You can live a nice, long life without ever hearing Tim Buckley’s Greetings From L.A. But, if you're into sex funk or are a little sex funk curious, then feel free to indulge.

I'm actually not sure if I *dislike* anything about this record, but I'm not exactly sure I *like* anything about it either. It just kind of wanders aimlessly for me, with none of Buckley's interesting songwriting skills on display and no instrumental passages that offer much in the way of signifigance or memorability. 2.5/5

Some cool moments but could click with it when listening through.

A bit outdated, some songs were just kind of weird, but I liked the part where he scatted and there were some surprisingly nice beats

A few goodsongs that all have somethjng off putting and a couple of mehs add up to two stars

Nice vibe and flow to the songs but his voice becomes annoying.

#706. I absolutely love the Jeff Buckley album that is in this book, so I was quite interested in hearing the music his father made. After listening to three of his albums now, I think I can say with a fair amount of certainty that I do not like Tim Buckley's music. 2/5: not great.

Just ok

I like freaky shit and I especially like 70s freaky shit, but I couldn't enjoy the raunchiness when it was sung through such a ridiculously affected voice.

I still don't like Tim Buckley. This one was very raw. No imagery, very cathartic.

It’s not a terrible album, but it’s definitely very possible. I don’t ever see my self listen to this one again, but it’s not necessarily offensive or anything. I’m between a two and a one star.

This was really disappointing. I was a big Jeff Buckley fan in the 90s. People always said "His father Tim Buckley was even better! A musical genius who died too young." I always just accepted that as a well-known fact. But I never got around to checking it out. Today I learned that he was just run-of-the-mill early 70s rock. I've heard hundreds of small-town bar bands that make basically the sand music.

Isto passou-me muito ao lado, nooop… não dou 1 porque o instrumental até cativa às vezes.

He likes wailing with his voice. I maybe like it less?

I didn't enjoy this.

Another Tim Buckley, another terrible album. Pretty close to a 1.

Not enjoyable

My initial impression was "wow this is bad". > ... Like most of his other albums, Greetings from L.A. did not sell well ... I was like "I fucnking wonder why?". Terrible lyrics, sex-funk, stupid and profane. But I gave it another go. And in the end I even liked a couple of tracks like "Hong Kong Bar" and "Make It Right". "Devil's eyes" is still too graphical to me but the album redeemed itself a bit. Not bad.

Of all the late 60s early 70s singer songwriters I didn’t expect Tim Buckley to be the first to get a repeat for me. Especially his take on funk? Cause well I don’t really like Tim Buckley, think he’s so overrated by critics, some kind of cult artist, that because of his vocal histrionics are taken as value over any good songwriting he gets smoke blown up his ass, did the singer bit shame about the song, and again he did the kill ya self trip to infamy that seems to be good to get yourself on this here list. The songs we get here lame white man blues funk with dodgy sexualised lyrics and if the songs here are in anyway autobiographical he was a shitty person into the bargain. This is his usual vocal gymnastics and if you like it fine, I just find it starts to grate quickly and gets tiresome like get over yourself, want to give it 1 but it’s not quite that shitty 2 Star

2.75

Burde gå på noe rus om man skal høre på dette

Once again, I found Tim Buckley's voice really really hard to listen to for a full LP's worth of somewhat summery tunes. The vibe was ok but the songs were forgettable.

bluesige und funkige momente, aber eine schrille stimme ohne ende. hörbar, aber kein „must-have-listened“.

Fine music. Good for what it is. Not my cup of tea.

Musically the sound of some of it was alright and could have been promising. But it was hard to get past the awful singing that accompanied it.

Very dated, sleazy and dull.

I'm firmly in the Jeff Buckley camp through the first song. This is like dime store Dr. John crossed with the poor man's CCR. Abraxas called, it wants its sound back. It's not bad to sound like Santana, Get on Top feels like a rip off of it though. He sounds like a blend of absolutely everything happening in the 70s: Outlaw Country, Psychedelic Rock, Funk, the Sexual Revolution, Drugs, Civil Rights. Tim Buckley's favorite musician was Jim Morrison, I have no doubt.

It's giving Jim Carey / Steve Carell in Bruce Almighty.

Pretty boring, fairly generic. 70’s were an interesting time for rock music, with a lot of change. This one was a last gasp from a dying breed of 60’s era doe-eyed folk crooners. Pleasant enough, but nothing that stands the test of time.

Not a fan. Clearly a musician's musician. I think all his talent was passed on to his son.

This one was really weird. The production was great, I love that early 70s sound but the vocals and howling were just weird. I won’t come back to this one.

Maybe his weakest album that I’ve heard so far but fine

The only reason why I can give this album a 2 instead of a 1 is because the guitar, bass, and drums are really good and pretty funky on this one. Tim's vocals are annoying at times (most times) and the lyrics just keep getting worse and worse as the album goes on. This guy just seems like a real tool who is trying to convince his middle school friends that he has had sex.

Each song starts off kinda cool then gets progressively more lame.

The only thing that redeems this album is the instrumentals. Every song is about sex and cheating and has some racist remark in it. This album did NOT age well, and should stay in the 70s. Next please. Standout Songs Nighthawkin’ (I guess?)

I prefer more chill Time Buckley :/

Heyo, Tim Buckley. First, I listened to Jeff Buckley and now I guess it's time for me to work my way backwards. It’s neat that this book includes genetic lineages on the list. I wonder how many more I’m going to encounter. A lot of lengthy songs on this album. Can’t say that the length is justified, though for what it is it could be worse. Move with Me is a good opener and is likely my favourite song on the album. The chorus is solid, especially with the backup singers. Tim's vocals are mixed in a strange way, however. I get the impression that they should have been much more pronounced than they are in actuality. The performances themselves leave a lot to be desired, too. They’re generally pretty underwhelming. There are other decent moments on this album. Sweet Surrender has some very good strings and other experimental flourishes. I like the instrumental to Devil Eyes. Make It Right is a solid closer. I enjoy the strings and acoustic guitar. The book doesn’t have much to say about this album outside of its genre-blending approach and the Wikipedia page is surprisingly sparse, too. I'm unsure of how to feel about this inclusion. Tim seems to be a well-regarded artist, though his work appears to be heavily out-shined by the work of his successor. I’m inclined to let this one slide, though I think it occupies the lower end of the “must-listen” spectrum.

I never really took the time to listen to anything by Tim Buckley which surprises me a little considering how much I enjoy his son Jeff's music. Having listened to this I can say they are nothing alike. I found this to be generally uninteresting, lyrically offensive and vocally grating. Often times I got the impression that these were parody songs as they have that sort of over the top feeling to vocals and such. It's not the worst thing I've ever heard but it isn't even remotely enjoyable.

This album is fine, and pretty nice background music, but I didn't find anything iconic about it.

This is funny cuz I was just listening to Grace right before this today before I even knew this was the album of the day! That being said that’s really not the craziest coincidence because I listen to Grace a lot haha. Regarding the album, the music is enticing and well made. The lyrical content however is… well he’s racist, constantly horny, and romanticizes infidelity and getting raped so. There isn’t much to love. I feel bad Jeff had to have the deadbeat this man obviously was as a father. I guess he overdosed when Jeff was only 9 anyway. Checks out.

p272, 1972. 2 stars. Startlingly good voice, let down by average songs and the usual early 70s excessive song length. There's a reason it didn't sell well. Also, the lyrics to "Devil Eyes" suggest he may be covering for performance issues. "She's gonna beat me, whip me, spank me". Typical Saturday night out in Stoke, then.

Didn't get very far

Heard of Time Buckley before, but I don't see how he's any different from other late '70s singers.

Funky but racist

Didn’t do anything for me.

On the surface it’s not bad, but the lyrics are gross and cringy

Not really my style, and nothing here stood out as particularly memorable.

★★¼

This was not great. I liked it more than his other album I listened to the day before. I’m not good at paying attention to lyrics so I missed a lot of the gross horny stuff. This is definitely 1-2 territory but since I liked it better than his other album I’ll give it a 2

Sorry, not a fan.

Nothing stood out to me

Not my kind of music

Nada, no lo voy a puntuar mal, pero no me ha interesado nada. Le puse interés, más bien por ser el padre de Jeff que por mérito propio, aunque al final no me ha interesado. Intentaré oír otros trabajos suyos.

Oh hell yeah. Fun quick listen! None of it really stuck with me but I enjoyed the rock vibe, and the instrumentation was varied and creative. Fav Track: Move with Me

Problematic album created by prickly deadbeat.

Enjoyed it but likely wouldn’t return to it. I liked the use of strings and appreciated that it sounded very 70s. However, considering some of the other albums on the list that I’ve really enjoyed, I would struggle to place it higher than 3 stars. For now, I’ve opted for 2 but I may change it later if it grows on me.

Came out with a banger and then fell on its face….

One of the strongest opening lyrics of any album: "I went down to the meat rack tavern And found myself a big ol' healthy girl" It was all downhill from there. Found myself actually laughing out loud by sweet surrender. Really terrible with the exception of track 1, which was awesome.

Yeh, fine

Better than the last Tim Buckley album on the list, but still feels like someone trying to be Jim Morrison, imitation is fine I guess but Jim Morrison was crap too...

A little more pleasant to listen to than his earlier work, but that comes at the cost of sounding a lot more cliché. I didn't really enjoy his earlier albums, but they had their own distinct sound to them. This album sounds like a knock off of any number of bands combining rock, funk and soul at the time. Looking at the wikipedia-page and other sites, this doesn't seem to be a very influential album of his either. I think it was a boring listen, not one I'd return to.

it's okay. everything is executed properly, but after the emotional and visceral Starsailor (which ISN'T ON THIS LIST???), this feels a bit understated. mildly groovy, lyrics are still up to par, and not a terrible album by any means, but it's not really giving me much. Make It Right is beautifully submissive. deserves to be one of the 1001? over STARSAILOR?? not a chance

another nothing album

“Like most of his other albums, Greetings from L.A. did not sell well” Why is it on this list? Not terrible, but just not my taste. Some of the songs were all right.

i liked everything about this album except the vocals, which made it a bit of a tough listen. Way too over the top.

More or less did not listen. I did like 2 tracks and decided I'd rather listen to something I enjoy

I enjoyed the Jeff Buckley album “Grace” on here, but my first time with Tim here, I was not very impressed. Seemed to be trying way too hard to have a persona instead of letting his work stand on its own, I don’t know enough about him to know if it was schtick on this album or career-long, but I disliked it. 2/5

Greetings from Tsüüüri by Brüeder han Termin. Isch mir echli vill nöd spezielli Albe im oke Territorium in letster ziit, denn fallts eim schwer immer was us em Huet z zaubere. Aber ich bin ja nöd um süsch de GeoGandalf im Geoguesser oder im mac Vorschau sehr flexibel mitm Zauberstab bim Bilderbearbeite. Also e chline Zauberer. Und daher hani mir au das Review hinder-, für-, ufe- und abezauberet. Das wärs denn aber scho, biz zu boring die songs. 2 Zauberstäb statt Revolver uf L.A. via wilde weste

uh da heds mer wüki gad chli zu fest eis inebluest… bin kein fan gsi, has gfühl nöd mal imne live setting wür mer das öppis gäh 2 bli bla blues für de brüeder

just sounds old. didn't find anything on here that I particularly liked.

Ich fühle mich molested

This guy is nuts

I had never heard of Tim Buckley before this list. When I initially looked over all the artists on this list before I started in, I saw his name on it, not once or twice but three times and looked forward to discovering his music. I really wanted to like this album, truly. There are so many things that seem like the makings of compilation of good songs. But honestly each songs sounded like a hodgepodge of popular sounds. There’s some solid blues guitar and piano, there’s some funky bass lines, and some solid rnb style vocal rhythms. But none of it went well with one another. Top that with Buckley seemingly trying to sound like Mick Jagger on pretty much every song, it made for a bad recipe. To add on, Buckley’s lyrics were ok by and large, but there were some really odd moments where I turned my head and thought, he said what?!? And the skatting was overall a bad touch. This album just seemed like a guy with an above average musical talent level was experimenting with popular songs of the late 50s to early 70s to try to create something unique. He accomplished that, it is unique. But unique doesn’t always make something good. There were so many moments in pretty much every song where I thought that they’d bring it together and make a good song but they couldn’t get over the hump. 4.8/10 #32/1001

Devil Eyes is pretty gross.

I’m not a fan of his singing style. I was grateful this album wasn’t any longer. Everything about this was just very forgettable.

Is this the album where he goes off the rails? Based on the other two albums on this list this one just doesn't work for me.

What's with all the screaming?!? No Bueno

Decent folk

Good music, bad singing, terrible lyrics.

за что старину не любят местные обыватели? не пойму. ну явно не на 1

Not feeling it, feels like background music even though there are good instrumentals. 2/5, liked some of his other album more

I'm pretty sure this is the last album of his that I will be forced to listen to, and for that I'm grateful.

First tracks were fine. Then Sweet Surrender came on. What a dog of a song. Seemed like it went on for 30 minutes. I kept checking the progress hoping it was over, but it just kept going. That was only 6:47? By 5:30 is was crawling out of my seat wanting to press the skip forward. But no. I MUST LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM BEFORE I DIE!!! Then it went back to fine. Spoke too soon. Make It Right made it wrong.

🤷

Started off strong but got real weird real fast

Extremely below average.

An interesting relic of the early 1970s: a mediocre Funk / R&B album, which didn't sell that well when it was released, so I'm not sure why it's in this list. I've never quite understood the cult that seems to have arisen around Tim Buckley, and this album is no exception, although I did quite like the track "Get on Top".

As I always do began to read the accompanying Wiki entry as l listened to this. Apparently an actual postcode was attached to initial pressings of this. Which led me to the thought if this is where Pink Floyd got the idea from for WYWH. But then I mused that I couldn’t see any of the Floyd members going anywhere near this record. Whilst I was wrestling with these thoughts the record ended and I realised I hadn’t taken one bit of notice. Didn’t bother listening again. 1 star for the music but 2 for the postcard concept. 2/5 17/3/25

I swapped the ratings and reviews between this album and Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones, so I'll talk about that one (Tim Buckley sucks BTW - rated that a 1). You know some things are just not for me. Loved her version of The Wire theme, but that's as deep into Tom as I need to get. Thanks for no thanks.

Tough one today because I was moving and grooving to the rhythm, and then I started listening to the lyrics. Oh no. Between the casual racism, the misogyny, the sex stuff and then the weird sex stuff, it's hard to find something to love. Still, I was grooving so I can't say I hated all of it

tem uns instrumental bem massa no mais não fede nem cheira. é só mais um branquelo tentando fazer funk.

Very meh about this one. 2 stars.

Get on Top is a bit messy, but a groovy jam no less. Otherwise, this one washed over me without making too much of an impression. Nothing offensive or really bad, but I have no urge to go back. Not really my cup of tea -- 2 / 5.

Geinig plaatje, maar z'n zoon is beter.

Some of the music was fun and I know this isn't a music-scientific sort of thing to say but he just seems like he'd be really annoying and come up to you in public and start talking and not stoooppppp

Weird is a word. This isn't especially great to listen to or deep in any way. It feels more like a decline than a showcase. This feels like the act of the movie where the protagonist has lost their way and needs a redemption to become something more. This is a less depressing L.A Woman by The Doors.

The musicianship and production is well done. This does not age well. I can't get into the details. This guy and his voices. I forgot we already did one of this guys albums.

Watered down version of The Doors?

Okay. So I was obviously trying to go into listening to this album without bias because I love Mr. Buckley’s son Jeff (he was my top artist of 2024 after all). HOWEVER after hearing the stark difference between the two it was hard to contain my emotions fr. Jeff’s songs are beautiful love songs with raw emotion. Mr TIM was just writing about fucking raw and cheating on his woman and being the absolute worst??? Like lowkey I had a NIN moment listening to this. I couldn’t believe it but it lowkey made me appreciate Jeff’s music more? Ok I will admit the instrumentals were kinda good but the lyrics oh man

not my style of music

A bit unsure how to feel about the opener - good storytelling, but the topic is certainly interesting. After a few more songs of feeling this way, I went to the full Wikipedia article to see if Tim Buckley was just playing a wretched character or if these songs were more biographical. Lo and behold, this is Jeff Buckley’s dad. Something clicked then, having already heard Jeff’s “Grace” album & gotten familiar with the story of his life. Father and son both lived careers of vices, doubt, and inner-turmoil. Both troubadours to some extent, using their music as a means of processing the lives they lived, both dying before their full audience could be realized. I think “Nighthawkin” is a fair microcosm of this whole record. Engaging story, a performance clearly empowered by cocaine, and then *boom* a couple of words you wish he didn’t use/ideas he didn’t convey. A record encapsulated in its time and place. It’s like you listen to this album unfold and wish for Tim to use his powers for good instead of evil. You can’t deny his vocal chops and heart for performing…but then you hear song after song about a vice, misfortune, or misbehavior. Perhaps the final song “Make It Right” is even more representative of the album as a whole, more than “Nighthawkin.” It’s a ‘mask off’ moment where Tim doubles down on the instrumental composition and production to elevate the energy to something really groovy and exciting. Then proceeds to dream and plead for a sex worker (?) to do all these things to him to “make it right” again. He takes the ending of the song to a pretty impressive peak where he goes on a crazy vocal run. It’s as if he’s accepting how lost he is in his vices. Will I go back to this album? No. Did I learn something? Sure - maybe Steely Dan & Van Morrison had a good thing going, in comparison to the more evil sides of this record.

His earlier albums were better.

This guy is one of a kind but not really my kind.

He only got 2 stars because it was kind of funny.

One of his better albums but a bit tired

Nice instrumentals, but absolutely no reason this should be on an all time list. Tim Buckley is only slightly less overrated than his son Jeff. Both Buckley's get way more attention than is warranted.

This is yet another album that shouldn’t be here. It’s not the best seller, and not the most critically acclaimed. So more hipster white boy nonsense. It’s kind of interesting, but nowhere near essential. 1.5

My least favorite Tim Buckley album so far

Nope

This really didn't do anything for me

The music is actually not that bad, but the lyrics are 90% complete sexist bullshit.

Hmm. Un noteworthy 🤷‍♂️ need to listen more

Interesting prog, need to be in a better headspace

I'm uncomfortable right now 3/10. Sounds all right then the lyrics hit.

Funky but zany. He also went completely insane during Devil Eyes

Jeff Buckleys Dad, hope I like this one better. Thinks he’s the shit and sounds kind of annoying. Type psych folk rock I don’t particularly enjoy. The kind of 70s music that just bores me.

Get on Top Sweet Surrender

I'm not sure what I just heard but I didn't really like it. I'm also wondering why I had to hear this before I died.

1.8 I thought I was missing some kind of inside joke about the artist on first listen, as the songs were so bad. Was it meant to be humurours. But reading on Wikipedia...nope, this is a legit, serious album. Good god. Other than the chilled out enjoyable Hong Kong bar that was a tough listen. I'm drained just having to sit through it. He just scored lower than Madonna ffs.

weirdly elvis-like, but pretty samey to me and i guess just not the type of music im a fan of here

🎧Wallpaper funk album, doesn’t belong in the book. Favorite track: Sweet Surrender

Technically the music wasn’t bad, but I did not like it. It’s all sounded like one long song and that song was annoying. Also, this album should have been called I Have Sex because holy shit all this guy sings about is banging chicks. It’s a forty minute brag about how he gets laid a lot.

I associated Tim Buckley with more whimsical psychedelic rock from his previous entry on this list and my limited prior exposure. Greetings From L.A. was a trip down a weirder funkier hippie-esque lane that I didn't expect. I can't say I was displeased but the album unfortunately doesn't hold up through the full duration. It's only 7 songs, and while any one of them is fine, they all kinda sound the same. For the most part Tim Buckley is slinging some bluesy lyrics over some simple beats and jams time and time again. While I'm happy to bring on the weirdness, there is limited variance from one song to the next. It's an OK album, and you can do a lot worse elsewhere on the list but not something I needed to hear before I die. 2.37 stars

Bluesy sort of thing.

Tim Buckley wrote some good songs, but there aren't any on here.

2 stars out of respect for the dead

It’s gonna be a no for me dog

Sexist lyrics, something you'd listen to while on cocaine. Not my bag.

I was honestly expecting it to be a LOT worse. I’ve heard his other albums so I was expecting a bomb but I’ve heard worse. Sure I’m doing an unfair comparison but I actually see why people like this album.

big fan of tim buckley but this one is infamously Not it, man

I'm not the purity police, if Tim Buckley wants to be unapologetically horny & racist on main that's his choice. The problem is that these songs just aren't that good. Disappointing considering I was pleasantly surprised by Buckley's "Goodbye and Hello" and was hoping for something similar here.

A pleasant experience but not earth shattering

It's a big fat 'Meh' from me, Jeff. I mean Tim.

Not really sure what to make of this. The genres its tagged on here don't seem very reflective to me. I don't think I particularly like it It's not even the horniness (although that is off-putting), I more find the vocals annoying. He sounds like a bad Jim Morrison impersonator

Kind of Boogie Nights-70s era, kind of Bob Dylan. Make it Right is probably the song I enjoyed most but for this album enjoy is a strong word for any song.

Blind album and artist. I can understand the appeal but this just wasn't for me. Not 1 memorable track either...

Bleh. This felt like a similar style to the past few albums I’ve gotten, which I’m a little sick of. I admit I was listening to this while working on something and wasn’t paying attention at all to the lyrics, but the ones I caught were off-putting. It might’ve actually gotten a lower rating had I been paying closer attention.

Tim Buckley has a very interesting voice. The trumpet in Move with Me was a blast. Most of the songs are ok, nothing great. Good music though. Hong Kong Bra and Make It Right were pretty fun. Best song: Hong Kong Bar

kind of weird sort of mix between rockabilly, folk, and indie with some odd eccentric tendencies from Tim thrown in. didn't hate it, but also wasn't a huge fan.

Infatuation with sex

While listenable musically at times, Buckley's annoying voice singing inane lyrics kinda ruins things. Every track is hypersexualized and the schtick wears off quickly.

'Greetings from L.A.! I left a tape recorder outside some random bar and this is what I got!'

more of an East Coast guy

I’ve never listened to Tim Buckley before, and I doubt I’ll want to again after hearing this one. The songs range from decent enough foot tappers to painfully drawn out, and there’s some odd vocal sounds in there akin to Yoko Ono for *bad* measure. The folk/psychedelic rock music has potential if put towards something a bit more fun, but this isn’t it.

Achei legal! Me lembrou um pouco de rolling stones

Every great singer has their mad moment

Musically it’s pretty good. But most of the lyrics seem to be written by a horny teenager… it’s dumb. And there’s just something a little off about the entire album, I feel. Nighthawkin’? That did not age well, did it?

I would've taken a whole album of Hong Kong Bar. The rest was too "Broadway showman meets sex addict folk star" for me. Buckley's vocal range is impressive, but it comes across here as silly; like we're not supposed to take any of this seriously. And maybe that was the intention. Who knows? Tim and Jeff reunion tour 2025? Sorry.

Not bad but sounds like a hillbilly Tom Jones

Why is this on the list?

Ihan passelit jamit, mutta ei tätä tee mieli kuunnella toistamiseen.

At first I thought it was going to enjoy it as parody and began to feel like this was not a parody I then realized it wasn't. He meant every word.

dude shut the fuck up atrocious as close to a one as you can get

I have been more aware of Jeff - of "Hallelujah" fame - than Tim Buckley, so this was a tad bit confusing for a sec. But now I see. And apart from Sweet Surrender, which is great, what a nice fit: music to leave your wife and offspring behind to.

Three Tim Buckley albums in this list is a bit unnecessary imo.

Yikes. I feel like this man's greatest contribution to music may have been his son.

Boring

Helt kiva vibes, gillar konstiga ljuden han "sjunger" och pianot. Sus lyrics

Rock/Pop, s.s., 1972 -> 2

Nice to meet you Mr Buckley. You’re album was fine.

Day226 - sounds like this would be the house band in a roadhouse knockoff movie

Never heard him before. Having no contextual knowledge of him, this album feels pretty flat. Has elements of genres I enjoy, but in a blah package. The instrumentation had some good moments. 2*

It was okay, I far prefer Goodbye and Hello. Not sure why this is on the list tbh.

His voice was grating

Instrumentals - yay Vocals/lyrics- nay

Not mine

One of those albums which might as well be white noise for all the impression it left.

From 'Song To The Siren' to this in just a few years. What the hell happened? Dreadful

I'm thinking about this album in a bit of two minds. Tim Buckly is a phenomenal singer, and musically this is not unpleasant. And while I normally like my musical pornography more on the erotic side, I have no issues with the straightforwardness either. From Prince's '23 positions in a one-night stand' to Peter Steele's ' I'll do anything to make you come' I've enjoyed it all. But this, this sounds more like the raunchy teenager's first steps into kink kind of amateur porn. And the album is much more of turn-off than arousal.

The WTF/s rate was high with this album

Kinds groovy at times but kinda whatever most of the time

Maybe there's a reason nobody bought his albums

Not very good. 2 stars for music that's good, but can't give more due to the annoying vocals and lyrics, very repetitive.

On this one Buckley uses his powers for evil.

Tim Buckley sounds like a sex tourist just back from a Mississippi bordello on this album. I sure hope this album got him laid, because I can't see anyone else gettin' it on to this skin-crawling performance. 1972 was a much better year for music than this album attests (Ziggy Stardust, Exile On Main St, Transformer, Talking Book, Music of My Mind, Big Star's #1 Record, Harvest, and so many more). Skip it.

Not bad not good

Great vocals. Weird musical choices. Overly sex focused.

Tim Buckley reminds me of one of those guys sitting in a pub telling anyone who will listen how many women he has had sex with, while everyone around him rolls their eyes

Definitely more of a Jeff fan, though I can see where he got his pipes from with this album. Despite being a fan of Jeff’s music and vocals, I really couldn’t get into Tim in the same way. I didn’t find the melodies as appealing and I had to skip the last minute of Sweet Surrender cause he was wailing for far too long. Meh, I’m just hoping for Grace to appear on this list at some point so I can give more stars to a Buckley

Soulless, wild, and full of sin. I guess that's '70s LA for you.

Ehhhhhh. I didn’t hate it but I didn’t love it.

I liked the blend of country/jazz/rock but after several listens, nothing really called out to me as something I needed. I tried to imagine a scenario where I would like to listen to this album, but the only the only one I could think of is an acid trip in a dive bar. That thought scares me, so I conclude this album is not for me.

It was okay. It was country though.

Yikes. 2.

Didn't like his voice and it went on too long unlike all the sex he claims to have been having

A challenging listen. Buckley's voice is interesting (and unique?), but it annoyed me more than kept my interest and the lyrics and songs seemed weird and over the top, not in a good way. I had to really push myself to sit through the whole thing which surprised me because I thought I had heard him before. I thought I would like this, but I must have been thinking about his son, Jeff.

Dude... I was excited to see a short album, but then my excitement quickly waned after realizing what this was. I thought the instrumentals were actually good, but the overall horniness and meandering nature of the songs brought this down a lot. Would love to know why this album was included.

fine. not overly memorable at the end of the day.

Not exactly sure why this is a “must hear” album.

Lyrically this album is pretty awful, musically it's quite catchy at times, however a lot of the songs are far too long for their own good and are of questionable quality.

Pretty cool, especially for its time, although not really my jam.

Yikes

I’ve had one Tim Buckley album generated already, and I honestly wasn’t wild for it. I’m usually in love with singer songwriter music from this era, so I’m going to try to remain optimistic with this album. Let’s listen! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Move With Me First thing’s first. There is far too much talk of licking between toes on this album. It made me feel ill. The music is fine sometimes and a bit dull at others. It’s certainly nothing amazing to my ears. Similarly, the vocals don’t really stand out here, and the aforementioned lyrics turn my stomach. It’s not for me.

David Allan Coe was cloned and they mixed in some Christopher Cross DNA...out comea rockabilly yacht rock. Lyrics were cheap drunken bar room antics, and the sound was folk infused country. Meh. 2.4.

Kinda boring

can't say it was totally gripping. Get On Top is a fun, rompy song, but not much else to it. maybe I'll revisit at some point.

I'm going to go with 'mostly annoying' on this one.

Generic 70s rock

I listened to this on the plane from Pittsburgh to home. I downloaded the album and forgot to rate it after my flight. I’m clearing out my downloads rn so that’s why i remembered to rate it. my specific thoughts but the overall vibe was meh. I don’t feel like listening to it again to give a more accurate rating and I think that says enough to rate it

4/10 - Not the best in my opinion. Some of the songs were fine but most were just slightly bad.

Eh 4/10

yeah i have no doubt the boomer hipsters dug the shit out of this at the time

sounds aren't bad, but the singing and lyrics are off putting. the sexual themes get boring and repetitive quickly, and the songs are longer than necessary

the backing band sounds pretty good, but with all respect to mr. buckley, the man can’t sing. he sounds like a weird mashup of tom jones, barry gibb, and just a *smidge* of jim morrison. this album would be much more enjoyable with a different singer, but as is, it’s a chore to get through this one.

Yeaaahhh, that’s not for me. The music is really good, but no thanks on those vocals.

Not my cup of tea.

Large parts of this was downright horrible, and definitely worse than Happy Sad, which was at least interesting. Tempted to give it a 1/5, but 'Make It Right' did get me to bop my head.

In German we have words for that kinda music („gniedelig“) and special singing style („knödelig“). They sound funny, yet they mean to dis this in a cute way. So…you get where I’m going...

Meh. Sorta old timey but had some good vibes, but no interest in revisiting Tim Buckley going forward.

Miscellaneous things to take away from this record: - I'm as much a fan as anyone else of "Song To The Siren", found on previous Tim Buckley's record *Starsailor* (and famously covered by This Mortal Coil). And I absolutely love his second LP *Goodbye And Hello* (also in Dimery's list, and in mine if I ever find a way to finish my own version of this list of 1001 essential albums). Yet it's not because some artists can have genius bout of inspiration that they cannot fall very low on subsequent efforts. Case in point: this record. You can't seriously think those meandering bluesy jams--pointless to the point where there's no point pointing out how pointless they are--are anything but self-indulgent music. Most of those cuts are not "compositions"--something Buckley had proven he could be very good at elsewhere, but not in here. They're just derivative rock drivel, even by 1972's standards--with only a few "funky" flourishes here and there to give it some sort of "originality", as weird-sounding as those flourishes are. - Man was Tim Buckley in constant heat during his last couple of years on this earth. I'm wondering if watching saucy porn videos online, instead of wasting my time listening to this album, would not be time better spent, actually. You really want to throw a bucket of icy cold water on Buckley's head so that he could get a grip on hisself at last. We get it, Tim. You want to f*ck your way all around the L.A. metropolitan area. But do we really need to be updated on your every lustful thought? And more importantly, were any of those thoughts good song material? The jury's still out on this one. - Tim Buckley was often a spectacular singer, but there are points in this album were his antics clearly become grating. Blame that on his obvious sexual frustration--the latter can inspire some other singers to greatness. But with Buckley, the effects are somewhat vulgar or even disturbing. The only exception among his most memorable vocal "moments" in the album being his performance on the more subdued acoustic-guitar-driven jammy cut "Hong Kong Bar" and the lush extravaganza of "Sweet Surrender" (more on that one in a second). - Harmonically speaking, there are thus three songs saving the album from the self-indulgent borefest it mostly is at heart. There's "Sweet Surrender", as stated earlier, whose dreamy string section and haunted vocal performance instantly erases from your memory the two dull cuts opening the record right before this particular song jumps to your ears. Closer "Make It Right" later digs the exact same trench, to even more effective and heartfelt effects. And as "improvisational" as "Hong Kong Bar" sounds at first glance, some of the notes hit by that guitar are actually pretty subtle and interesting. But three decent cuts a good album don't make. Especially when the rest is so uninspired and unoriginal. 1.5/5 for the purposes of this list of "essential albums (rounded up to 2). Which translates to a 6.5/10 grade for more general purposes (5+1.5). Next, please. Number of albums left to review: 268 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 322 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 180 Albums from the list I won't include in mine (many other records are more important to me): 236 (including this one)

Nice music, but lyrics are not positive

ew ew ew his voice, his singing, the lyrics EW I am giving it one star extra because the music is nice enough when the guy is quiet.

Amazing album

Hm, ik vind dit echt een heel saai album. Er gebeurd muzikaal weinig, de teksten zijn niet bijzonder, in de eerste nummers schreeuwt Tim vooral en voor een album dat in totaal minder dan 40 minuten duurt, voelt het toch als een te lang album. Ik denk niet dat ik dit album ooit had willen luisteren en nu ik het gehoord heb ben ik niet perse blijer of gelukkiger. Ik hou van bluesy nummers en muziek, maar vind dit eigenlijk een matige renditie van de blues waar ik dus wel van hou. Tim houdt 2 sterren aan dit album over vanwege "Make it Right" wat een goed nummer is, ondanks dat Tim aan het schreeuwen en doen is. Dus ja, dit album is 2 sterren, ondanks dat Tim er op staat.

Wouldn't want to listen to listen to this again.

Great start to the album but everything after that was crap. Music is decent but the lyrics are problematic and derivative of other artists. Van Morrison comes to mind. Not a great album. Not sure why it’s on the list. Definitely one of many that could have been edited. I truly believe that this list could have been paired down to 555 songs.

E-Gitarrenlastiger Folk

It's a 2.5 but I'm rounding down

I like the music, but I can't stand his voice.

If this could stick to a guitar-focused narrative with perhaps a tad less misogyny it would actually be a decent listen. Alas, it mostly rambles in a pretty TMI fashion and establishes Buckley as a very horny and mind of weird dude

Well this is a supremely silly album. Funk is done better by many many other people. It fails to pass my unlistenable test but really 1001 people, we deserve better than this.

Greetings from no thanks

I'm so glad I missed this generation. This is awful. It sounded good out of the gate, but then this dude starts singing and the funky white jazz saxophone starts in. This is the stuff you wanna see when your half shitfaced in Nashville after midnight in Printers Alley.

Falling short on the TBZ/JBZ 2/3 cutoff, as Tim Buckley’s style takes another swing. At first psychedelic folk, then jazzier, now with “Greetings From LA” funkier, but never really nailing any of it enough to break through.

This was a little worse than average, at least compared to alot of the nonsense on this 1001 list. Not horrible but not good, nevermind great, either. Felt like the Buckley tried to hard on this album. 5/10.

Not a fan. 2.

This album is deranged. I have never even heard of it before, let alone listened to it, and I don't know what I expected exactly, but it certainly wasn't what this album turned out to be. After listening to this album twice, I am STILL not sure what it is supposed to be. It makes me feel nothing but confused? I mean, it's not awful, but I wouldn't say it's good.

Vic Reeves pub singer meets Jazz Club for me. Not going into my ITunes at this point in time.

December 27th, 2023 HL: “Make it Right”, “Get on Top” Takes forever to go nowhere I don’t often think “I wish I was listening to the Doors right now”, but I had that a couple times today

"i love me a black woman" wow. Racist, and crass. Funky sound tho.

Not for me.

Am a bit confused as to why Tim Buckley is on this list if none of his albums sold well.

Meh

Interesting for sure.

bland

Not so much

Wasn’t really into it, bit niche

Those lyrics did not age well, but there is some decent instrumentation 2/5

Jeff's Dad. It's *interesting*, but it's not my taste.

Eh, it's alright.

I don’t get it. Sounds like I’m watching a local bar band and genuinely don’t get the appeal. 2/5

Okay maybe this one is too silly. Forced me to go back and listen again to his next album, Sefronia, which I spoke so highly of yesterday, an album which seems to have been critically panned even by his cult fan base. On Greetings, there is just too much blue-eyed, faux-soul going on. And not at all in a fun way. It plays more like a parody of Marvin Gaye than a tribute. Also starts to feel like an impersonation of Jim Morrison at moments. Like Jim Morrison meets Randy Newman, somehow. Again though, I really like the album cover! I want that postcard picture of the desolate LA wasteland on my fridge lol. And it speaks to something more going on beneath the surface with these songs. Something much darker. Much more desperate in his faux croonings and musical wanderlust. You get the sense that Tim, despite immense talent, never quite found what he was looking for, musically or otherwise. And he would die not long after. I’m now seeing some of the more blue-eyed moments on Sefronia are not as fun, and a bit more cringe-y than I initially thought. But the album still has major highlights at least in its Tom Waits and Fred Neil covers. I still think the album is underrated. Greetings is very much a stepping stone album. It is reaching for something different and it is quite evident that whatever that something is had not been found by the time of this album’s recording (I don't think it ever was). It almost sounds as if Mr. Buckley was in search of a commercial hit, but just could not commit to sacrificing his weirdo impulses, and so he continues to land somewhere underwhelming, undecided, and in between. Tim Buckley is a fascinating character though. I think he captures something uniquely Los Angelesian in his searching, varied, drug-fueled discography. I’d be interested to read a book or watch a documentary on his life. 2/5.

This could be a decent album if he just kept his mouth shut. Like there's genuinely good guitars, bass and percussion, but I can't stand the vocals.

This was an alright album. I can see why Tim Buckley was never really that famous for his music. It’s a bit crass and aged poorly. The instrumentals on this album are the only thing keeping it enjoyable. Buckley chooses to proudly talk about the bad behavior of his life. It makes the album a bit weird to listen to as you’re paying attention to the lyrics instead of just hearing it as music. This is easily an album that isn’t required to listen to. 4.7/10

Same-ish kind of yelping songs, like the illicit love child of Van Morrison, Kermit The Frog, and the yelling goats one can find on YouTube.

J'entends l'enthousiasme dans la musique, mais trop cacophonique à mon goût actuellement.

Yay, a third album from Tim Buckley. This one takes an unexpected turn and is terrible in a whole new way. Extra star for the band, though.

No siis periaatteessa kyllä. Kaipaa useamman kuuntelun, mihin en nyt taipunut, mutta vetää, bailaa. Sais kolme tähteä, jos ois enemmän mun tyyliä eli jos jaksaisin oikeasti palata tähän.

Mongertava ääni laulamassa törkyä rockin muodossa. Ei itseasiassa paha, ei ollenkaan - kuuntelin osan levystä uusiksi. Hitti puuttuu: 2,5.

I don’t care for this album, even though it sounds familiar to the Beatles. Something about it annoys me.

You really aren't playing to your strengths here, Tim

Meh. One song I liked, but I prefer the earlier Tim.

All right, but not very memorable.

Not really sure why this album is included. I'm not super familiar with Tim Buckley's catalog, but this was pretty mid. The lyrics are pretty horned up and a little awkward at times. The music is fine and serviceable but nothing on this record really grabbed me.

If you're into folk-y Americana music then you'll probably love this album from Tim Buckley. Don't confuse him with Jeff Buckley, because that'll be a mistake you don't make twice. A perfectly average Americana album, even though Wikipedia classes this as "Funk, R&B", interspersed with what I can only describe as weird vocalisations. Glad I don't need to listen to this again. Best: Move with Me Worst: Nighthawkin'

This was pretty good, but it only made me want to listen to other, better albums.

Ehhhhh. I only liked Make it Right. Probably better if it was in a live music setting. Would not listen again

Did not really enjoy this.

Bit boring

This ran the gamut from decent to meh to outright weird (I'm sorry, did he just sing about licking between someone's toes?). 2.5 stars.

This is like a cross between Van Morrison & Jimmy Buffet except it's forgettable.

Cantautor es desmelena divagant sobre noies i sexe, mentre transforma el seu so folk habitual, obrint la porta a sonoritats del rock, jazz i r&b. Malauradament, el resultat no és gaire encissador

2.5

Ehh the music itself was nice but the lyrics were awful.

The music is not bad but that nervous chicken spoils it.

Kind of a weird album. Not sure what is special about it.

Surprising melding of early 70s country-rock sensibilities with soul/RnB sounds - not what I was expecting at all. The funk bass lines are great: dancey and hypnotic they propel the songs along. Hammond organs and sparse electric guitar build up the jazzy chords, rhythm and vamps. Bongos add more texture on top of the drums and horns come in for quick solos (move with me) in transition and strings appear for dramatic effect (sweet surrender). The vocals are not my thing. Impressive range and strong delivery, but it always sounds like he's doing a bit. So much wailing and the scatting is way too much (get on top). Nighthawkin veers into 70s sitcom theme song territory. Honk Kong Bar is more of the acoustic folk sound I associated with TB. Make it right is a jazzy western. Favourite: devil eyes, make it right

Not pulling it off

Oh well, I guess that was a Tim Buckley album?

Pas mauvais. Beaucoup de sonorités/ styles différents. Pas tout a fait mon genre par exemple. 5.5/10

Dull. Nothing special about this.

I reaffirm my statement in Happy Sad.

It's great to be sex positive, but make sure you don't test positive. Wrap it before you tap it kids. Oh, and this album is creepy.

C- Move With Me - 3 Get On Top - 2 Sweet Surrender - 2 Nighthawkin’ - 2 Devil Eyes - 2 Hong Kong Bar - 1 Make It Right - 4 I noticed that woofmeow rated Buckley's previous album right after we got this, I don't know if it was coincidence or not. I liked her review, so I felt compelled to learn some more about this guy. I learned that he's Jeff Buckley's pop. If you don't know Jeff, he's the guy who sings Hallelujah. I thought that's all he was. His entire album, Grace, is fantastic and I keep listening to it. So, if I have anything to thank Greetings From L.A. for, it is another album.