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“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.” - me when I saw this was my album for today. I have had two other Tim Buckley albums thus far, and I’m honestly shocked to see that he has at least three on here. Lord tell me he doesn’t have more. I could name ten albums not on this list more deserving of his spots than he is. I sincerely hope my listen makes me feel better about this album because I do not feel good about it right now. We’ll see. ~~~~~~~~~~ Where has this version of Tim Buckley been this whole time???? Goddamn. He was energetic, he was alive, he had soul and a full band, he sang his heart out and then some. Sure the lyrical content was questionable at times but whatever. This was such a departure from the prior two albums that I damn near want to give this five stars. But I won’t overreact. I’ll give it four. That’s what it probably deserves. This reminded me of early CCR. Big “Susie Q.” vibes, if you see what I’m getting at. High energy folk rock with some soul and some kick. A fun time, made even more fun if you had to suffer through two of his lesser albums. Four stars. Thank goodness. Standout Tracks: Move with Me, Get On Top, Nighthawkin’, Devil Eyes
Yes
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.
Good chill stuff from this era.
fine, i guess
This album feels less like the Tim we grew to know from his earlier works and more like Elvin Bishop, and I don’t mean that in no nice way. The production is great, the lyrics are fine, the instrumentation is good. A good number of tracks are unjustifiably long. Mr. Buckley ends up rambling for a while and it leaves the listener wondering why the song hasn’t just fucking ended already. Tim’s writing and performance have dropped in quality on this project in my opinion, but the album as a whole is pretty cohesive. I’ll give it that. 3/5
not as bad as expected. Still no joy
Really enjoyed this tbh what a fun time
Coming off Starsailor and Lorca, it's a bit underwhelming. But at least the last two tracks are pretty great.
Sweet surrender
4 - Really enjoyed and quite a performance. Something's stopping this from being higher and I'm not sure what.
I love the style and the intention behind this album, but I find it lacks the substance in the songwriting at times. Maybe I just listened to it a bit too passively, seems like something that should be right up my street. Fave Tracks: Hong Kong Bar, Make It Right 3.5/5
This was annoying. I appreciate singing shenanigans when likes of Nina Hagen do it, but this did not hit the mark for me.
Mid ass
His voice was grating
70’s rock
Easy to listen to and easy to forget alternative Rock. Like a greeting card. Nice to get unlikely to keep for a long time.
Jarenzeventigsingersongwriterkrijsmuziek? Je kunt alles wel in een hokje douwen. Lange nummers, Tim laat zichzelf lekker gaan, het resultaat kon ik meerdere keren luisteren, maar ik kon er niet goed de vinger op leggen wat ik nou gehoord had. Wellicht is dat ook niet altijd nodig.
O jee. Tim Buckley. Die heeft van mij al twee tweeën gehad. Voor goed gezongen aanstellerij en voor een belachelijk gezongen achtbaanrit. Dit album houdt het midden. Hij brengt wat emotie over, maar het is niet aanstellerig. Het is niet te eentonig, maar schiet ook niet alle kanten op. Hij schiet wel eens uit met bijvoorbeeld een flink trillende stem, maar niet zo vaak dat het irritant wordt. Tim moet blijkbaar niet te gek doen om een mooi product te leveren. Wellicht omdat die fratsen de aandacht van zijn talent wegnemen? 3,5 ster.
Dit is wel het meest toegankelijke van Tim Buckley wat ik tot nu toe gehoord heb. Het is een soort the Doors light. De nadruk ligt wel op het repeterende gitaarriffje over het algemeen, maar er komt regelmatig een vrolijk hammond orgeltje doorheen en hij zingt (en probeert soms te krolkrijsen) als Jim Morrisson. Zijn stem had wat zwaarder mogen zijn of wat meer mogen raspen voor het mooie, dan had het beter gepast bij de psychedelische bluesrocknummers van de plaat. Het is wel muziek waar ik graag naar mag luisteren, alleen jammer dat hij af en toe als een krolse kater er doorheen wil janken. Dat scheelt toch een punt op het eindoordeel. Ik zie dat Eric het een 3,5 vindt en een 4 uitdeelt. Als ik nu op de 3 sterren klik, komen we samen op de 3,5 uit die we allebei graag hadden willen geven.
This was a bit of a surprise to be honest. I’ve heard of Tim Buckley as being the father of Jeff and similar demise. I suppose I was expecting more Jeff than this sex crazed Oedipal funk machine. Lotta lotta mamma love going on but I draw the line at licking stretch marks and between the toes. Don’t care if it’s a celebration of mature woman hood or just sicko Tarantino territory. Less is more apart from those funky Latin vibes!
The men in the Buckley family don’t do well at living long. Don’t hate this, didn’t love this.
Instrumentals - yay Vocals/lyrics- nay
Not mine
I liked this quite a bit, probably because of the horns and piano. It had a fun honky tonk sort of vibe.
One of those albums which might as well be white noise for all the impression it left.
Clanky, annoying nonsense. A wind chime of an album.
From 'Song To The Siren' to this in just a few years. What the hell happened? Dreadful
Did Tim Buckley’s relative make this list?
Complete shit
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.
Great variety. Excellent guitar
I like the fact this album is not as serious (and annoying) like his other albums (Happy Sad, Hello and Goodbye). The introvert singer-songwriter is replaced by a half drunk crooner singing about getting laid. I guess it has not aged that well, but it must have been a real shock to his early fans.
This was a pretty good listen. I enjoyed Tim's vocals, he reminds me a lot of Eric Burdon with a bit of Jim Morrison. This album was full of what seemed improvisational jam sessions where each instrument was showcased at some point such as in the track 'Devil Eyes'. I also liked the vibes in Hong Kong Bar which remind me of early delta blues but with more of a modern twist talking about being in a Hong Kong Bar reminiscing about a past love. I would listen to this album again.
When you don't really listen to the lyrics this is actually OK. Decent music and while I can understand that some people don't like the singing I found it acceptable. What is not really acceptable are the lyrics that are mostly very dated, some might say objectionable. OK not as objectionable as "Rosemary" by Lenny Kravitz but I am still deducting 1 star for them.
Meh this just wasn’t very interesting or exciting.
The WTF/s rate was high with this album
I am incredibly mad at the fact this was picked instead of "Starsailor", not because Starsailor is an incredible, genre-defying masterpiece, but because the reviews for it would have been really funny to read. This is very safe Tim Buckley. You can tell he was just goofing around on this one. No avantgarde mind-meltingness, just one of the best vocalists of all time flexing on everybody for 40 minutes. I can respect it. Still would have preferred Starsailor or Lorca though. 4/5.
I got scared seeing 70s singer-songwriter but honestly I’m just glad it had actual sounds in it and wasn’t just some fuck with his guitar singing about the usual 70s stuff. It was some fuck with multiple instruments singing about being a sex addict and picking up street hookers.
Kinds groovy at times but kinda whatever most of the time
It's no Starsailor but it gets the job done. RIP TIM BUCKLEY, you would have loved posting on r/ihavesex
Nice.
Never heard of it before, and I dug it's overall feel. I'm not likely to seek this out again, but it was well done.
I did not listen to any lyrics at all, so this worked for me alright, the reviews seem to hate them though. Instrumentals were usually good. Will I listen to again: 25%
Groovy little album. Took me a bit to get into, but I would probably listen to it again. Very 70s.
A bit pointless, didn't realy hit a chord with me
++: Move with Me, Get on Top, Nighthawkin', Devil Eyes +: Sweet Surrender, Hong Kong Bar, Make It Right 9,0/10
Love the guy's voice. Weird but super talented. Songs were kinda average though
"Greetings from L.A." is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Tim Buckley. The Wiki genres listed are funk and R&B which is a major style change from his previous albums which are pyschdelic folk, baroque pop and avant-garde jazz. Buckley is the lead singer and plays a 12-string guitar. He enlisted a bunch of session musicians which also included string and horn arrangements and female backing singers. The album did not do well commercially. Electric and acoustic guitars and a bouncey piano get the funk and boogie going in the opener "Move with Me." The three female back-up singers and the saxophone make an appearance. The song is mostly a long jam which is a commonality in most these songs. He doesn't carry if you're married, you're with me now. "Get on Top" lays down some more funk with guitar slashes and a more pronounced bass. Buckley's singing is more yelling and scatting. An organ is added to the jam. Just outstanding drumming by Ed Greene. The song title is self explanatory. The most straight-forward rock song is "Nighthawkin.'" Congas are added to the mix. He's just driving around. It's probably my favorite song on the album. Layered guitar build a nice groove in "Devil Eyes." I heard an element of jazz with the improvisation of the instruments and Buckley's random noise making. Those devil eyes melt his eyes. This is an album of mostly long and extended funky jams. There are elements of jazz, blues and folk occasionally. Buckley's vocals are more experimental than his early folk style and at times he sounds like he's making up noises. The strings add a sense of drama in those particular sings. The lyrics are pretty direct and about sleeze and sex. I really liked Buckley's two previous albums that I had: the baroque pop of "Goodbye and Hello" and the jazzy elements of "Happy Sad." I had trouble getting into this album. It's not bad; the musicianship is top notch but if I'm looking for funky R&B from 1972 there are a lot of better options. If you want to check out Tim Buckley, I recommend his early albums.
this album is strange to me. for fans of buckley like myself its not as interesting as his early works and for people who dont like him its still too weird for them. its not bad but it isnt a favorite of mine like most of his other stuff. 7/10
Not for me
An album that rambles over a lot of different styles that doesn't feel cohesively connected. More of a singer songwriter that doesn't edit themselves. 3/5
Not my type of music
did not expect the funkiness of this album at all get on top is awesome
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.
Did not like
Very good
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.
Tim has some really fun tunes on this.
Weird. Kinda repetitive, he used a lot of the same vocal licks over and over. The instrumentation is cool, and i respect the creativity, but it all kinda meshed into one giant song for me
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Checking out my notes from the last Buckley album, I stated this guy was way to slow and boring. I think he found his happy pills. This album had some get up and go. Move With Me was a little honkey tonk sounding, but some times, I can't get enough honkey tonk. For the most part, he was finding his groove. Heard some blues and even a little funk in there. What can I say, I thought this was decent after ripping his first album. It could be the previous several albums were so bad, but either way, I thought my listens were decent. A few other tracks that stood out include, Get On Top and Nighthawkin. Can't say I would seek this album out or downloaded anything, but overall a big improvement over the last few albums. Right down the middle for me, 2.5 to 3. I'll go with the 3. Mainly because the last 2 albums were brutal. 3
3 Way more accessible than our last outing with Buckley Sr., but just as horny - if not moreso. Like, I’m pretty sure every song here boils down to sex - the dude was still clearly stuck in the Summer of Love three years later, but fortunately, it seems that his music improved quite a bit in that time. I guess I’m in the minority with that opinion though, as a lot of people consider this Tim’s sellout album, but personally, I find it so much more listenable and enjoyable (and much less pretentious) than Happy Sad. Plus, it just flows nicer and feels much better paced. It’s also nothing that I loved by any means, but there’s definitely a mildly infectious groove to it. While there isn’t any one song in particular that I would say I enjoyed, there definitely weren’t any that I would say I disliked. There’s somewhat of a distinctness to each, yet they all seemed to have the same general level of quality to them. In doing some reading on the album, I saw some people refer to it as sexist and racist, but I really didn’t pick up on that. I was bracing myself for Hong Kong Bar in particular knowing that, but there’s no sort of reference to race at all in the song, at least that I heard - sounds like dude’s just longing for a past lover while drinking at a Hong Kong bar. Think we’ve all been there. As for sexist, I mean, yeah, this album is very sexualized, but nothing here really stood out to me as particularly degrading towards women - hell, dude’s even offering them the top. More enjoyable than not, but also not particularly remarkable or memorable. Still looking forward to hearing some Jeff!
ещё почитала про Тима. Тим искал разные жанры и диапазоны. этот жанр и диапазон также не для меня, но слышу тут всякие Элвис и дорз поползновения
Second Buckley album on this list, this time by Buckley Senior. I didn't even know father was a singer as well, and he had as tragic story as the son. The record itself was a really fun trip, Tim's vocal was pretty good at times, but mostly I was impressed by the instrumentation. Amazing riffs, melodies and guitar solos. Very solid album, I will give a four for now, but let it be known it's a really strong four.
Torture.
Honestly made me realize why they call it “rock ‘n roll” since that’s certainly what this album does.
Not bad not good
Couldn't make it through the whole album.
I tried hard to not like this. Who needs to hear another singer/songwriter from the 70s? There’s plenty of Paul Simon, Harry Nilsson, and John Prine to go around. But I actually found this kind of likeable in spite of some of its cliche nature.
I feel I stumbled upon a backwoods after hours lounge. It’s a bit naughty, but the musicians are giving it their all, and I am totally captivated. I gave it three listens and I’ll be back for more soon!
Great music. Sex funk, another new genre for me.
I liked the music, but the lyrics were sorta gross, comical or just strange at various points. I think he's probably a good singer when he's not trying to sound like a blues man.
Forgive a spoiler for the second season of the Sopranos: in his final moments, the character Big Puss simulates cunnilingus to his friends, soon to be his murderers. A moving scene. Greetings From L.A.’s main revelation is that this performance is a discrete homage to Tim Buckley’s lascivious scat on the song “Devil Eyes”, soon after the words “do the monkey rub”. This is representative of the album’s schoolboy horny, dick-windmilling vibe. Too ridiculous to offend, worth it for the sheer wtf and the band’s bounce and grit. Hong Kong Bar has been added to my playlist of 70’s burn-out freak blues tracks.
About 1/3 of this is pretty good, quite different style from the folk minstrel material I was familiar with. I'm not fully convinced by the UrghSexBuckley on display here, but "Move With Me", "Sweet Surrender" and "Make It Right" are entertaining. Beautiful cover brings home the 3*
I'll admit to not really knowing who Tim Buckley was before listening to this album. I'd seen and heard the name, but couldn't tell you any of his songs. I wasn't sure what to expect, and perhaps that helped my listening experience as I had a completely open mind. I thought it was a very good album, the first few tracks were excellent, there was a short lull (drop in quality) but it finished on a high with with the final track. Wikipedia lists it as Funk and R&B - and while it certainly had elements of those I thought it was more folk pop.
Really enjoyed this.
(Not) Bob Dylan
Great vocals. Weird musical choices. Overly sex focused.
My favorite album of his. Totally different in style from his previous stuff it shows the range of his vocals and flat out rocks.
Tim Buckley has a great, distinctive and unusual voice that uses a lot of technique and may not be everyone's cup of tea. Personally I love it, I always remember being gobsmacked when I heard a track called 'I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain' on a comp a friend did for me years ago. Although much of his music has a jazz-folk tinge, this particular album has a much more dirty funk rock sound, with risque lyrics. He's uncompromising, which often veers into sheer self indulgence but to a degree it is expected, given his particular brand of art-rock. It's not his best album, but it is a very good one.
Yeah funky cool and breezy highly enjoyable.
Blimey. Surely this was cringewothy even in the 70s?
I surprised myself on how much I enjoyed this one. I'll give it another listen some time.
I really enjoyed this. Good early 70s am music. A mix of folk, rock, light jazz at times, psychedelia. A good weekend listen on a lazy afternoon. RIP. Another artist gone too soon from addiction.
I actually enjoyed this album, I'm not the biggest fan of ol Timmy from the ones we have gotten on this list, but this one got me. I think the vibe of LA with a more rockish type energy on some of these songs is what did it. He still goes into some spots that can I can't really follow, but for the most part I found myself connecting.
Another from Buckley, Sr. and it's great. Some really interesting stylistic choices on here, which I'm just now realizing remind me of Tom Waits, but just not as cheesy. There was a lyric on here that really struck me, on "Move With Me" he's signing about a girl drinking alone in a bar and says "what a waste of sin." Not sure why I found that line so profound but I really like it. Tim Buckley definitely has the sauce, all three that we've had are four and above for me. Keep 'em coming. Favorite tracks: Move With Me, Get On Top, Hong Kong Bar. Album art: An inset picture of the LA cityscape, quite hazy too. Nothing crazy but the bold yellow backdrop is nice. 4/5
Didn’t enjoy this, cringey lyrics
Definitely better than i was expecting. Fairly smooth and bluesy, but not moving my needle too much
Album 432 of 1001 Tim Buckley - Greetings From L.A. Rating : 4 / 5 2 days in a row with a Tim Buckley album. The music gods are trying to push him on me. This one is much more upbeat and enjoyable. Maybe not something I'm going to get an urge to listen to again but a fine album. This list really likes Tim Buckley. His story is an interesting one.
This is pretty good! Goodness you can hear the similarities in his and Jeff’s voices! Some of the lyrics and themes are a little dated looking back now from 2024, however, the music sounds good and his voice is good so I don’t mind this.
This is one of those technically good albums that just doesn't stand out enough for me to care greatly for it, although that may just be me writing from my 21st century perspective on it. That being said, every one of these songs would be awesome put over a scene of a car driving down a California highway in some 1975 movie or TV show.
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
A lot more funk driven than Tim Buckleys other albums. Definitely prefer his other sound but this is cool
Groovy and vibe-y and pretty interesting musically, even if one is justifiably skeptical of any record using the term “boogaloo” in apparent earnestness. The layering of organs, bongos, horns and strings – jam band meets string quartet cum brass (“Sweet Surrender”), as if channeled thru ‘70s a.m. radio – is interesting at first, then gradually begins to seem too much. Similarly, this is vocally overwrought, and from start to finish; TB seems to struggle to channel his inflaming passions and the profound torture love causes him to feel. Lyrically, one’s main takeaway is that hipsters aren’t necessarily enlightened relative as to sexual politics (Exhibits A, B, C being “Get on Top” [“Get on top of me woman/I just want to see what you learned/Well like a bitch dog in heat we had those bed springs a Squeakin' all day long”] and “Sweet Surrender” and “Devil Eyes” [“I'm down between the sheets, I do the monkey rub, mama”] ) which would have gotten TB into more than a little trouble in #MeToo era). For all the sex, it just doesn't seem that sexy. Besides not lasting, passions, not unlike musical vibes, do not typically age well, as this record more than convincingly evidences. Here again, it’s a cult for a reason – and a very small one at that.
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
Shocked and surprised that I somewhat enjoyed this album. Not bad.
Not as good as his son, which isn't often how these things go, but pretty solid. Much more funk and heft than I had expected, given his reputation, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. Interesting collaborations as well, which might explain the change from his more delicate early work
Cool funk-inspired stuff, very different to the other album I've had from him (Happy Sad). Lyrics are pretty weak but the music and overall performance is strong enough to make up for that
Good 70s white guy R&B.
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.
Slightly dated but fun bluesy rock and good voice. Pleasant surprise as I had never heard of him.
He's undoubtedly talented- so unique. This one of the later 70's albums and has that '70s' feel.... Need another listen I thing.
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.
Did not like this one. My second Tim Buckley album and I didn’t like this one for totally different reasons. The media was groovy but the lyrics were gross and he just doesn’t shut up. D teir cause the musicians are great
It was okay. It was country though.
Ok yeah Jeff’s dad. Died at 28. - Good voice. Good jam. Sax solo. I like this 2) funky af 3 is every song about sex? 4 good jam again Hong Kong bar good shit Strong finish
Very interesting and unexpected album, combining elements of funk/psych/folk/indie/r&b. Fun mix, wouldn't say it sounds too 'serious' if that makes sense, but a good combination of tracks. 4.5
The first track kinda slaps. A lot of the "same" vibe from song to song. It's not terrible terrible, and the guy obviously found his recipe and stuck to it. Like, he didn't add any spice or try different ingredients much.
Yikes. 2.
If you don't listen to the lyrics, the instrumentation and melodies are interesting and his voice is unique. These lyrics are horrible, though. Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5
ok album nothing special
I simply cannot think of one good reason why this album is on a list of albums i must listen to before I die.
It was....interesting to say the least. I don't really know where to classify this, funk, blues, rock, folk, i really dont know. I've never heard of this artist or any of the songs before. It wasn't bad, it was just a whole jumble of genres
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.
I need whatever this guy was on when he sang this
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.
This album didn't really grab me in. Im a little burnt out on early 70s blues-rock and this didn't really do anything I hadn't heard so far. I did like Make It Right, pretty good song and kind of funny, too.
Different. Good. Nice to have been made aware of this artist.
Funny that an album just as erotic as Different Classes would come next. Tim Buckley wants to have some sex and he doesn't seem to care much who it's with. I've heard Happy Sad and Starsailor so I'm familiar with how incredible a singer Tim was but this is a whole new style that's just as impressive. Words won't do his vocal performance justice but I'll say I think across the 3 albums I've heard he has a solid argument for best rock singer ever. These songs drip with energy, total joy to listen to. My main critique is that as nice as this is to hear once, it's so jam-focused I can't imagine myself coming back to the full album without being a bit annoyed at it's length. It's a vibe-album I suppose, definitely not totally timeless, and the quirks get a little old by the full length of the album.
fine. not overly memorable at the end of the day.
Not exactly sure why this is a “must hear” album.
Enjoyed the 100% 70s sound - favourite track Get on Top
Dude, what on earth is this?!?
Easy to listen to. Good music.
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
Fucking groovy
Don't mind it.
Pretty fun and enjoyable.
I wish Tim Buckley had focused his talent in a different direction away from this funky mush of indistinct blues music—nevertheless, some of the more soulful scatting is insanely great!
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.
very wow. more wild than his son. they are both unique singers with a lot of personality, sharing good aspects but still unalike in good ways.
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.
If you’re into bigoted dirty old men, the lyrics of this album are for you! If you can shut that part out, the rockabilly is top notch. I would listen to the instrumental version of Welcome to L.A. often. Buckleys voice is fantastically interesting, the musicianship is superb, but the lyrical content is horrendous.
Wow this most certainly was an album
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
Lots of yelling, but pretty good background music as I did my taxes 7.5/10
4/10 - Not the best in my opinion. Some of the songs were fine but most were just slightly bad.
Enjoyed all the songs but got each one was just a bit too long imo
Eh 4/10
Bro sounds like Barney from the Simpsons in the earlier parts of the album. This was pretty annoying and dude seems like a real POS.
Kind of there. A bit of funky
It was kind of good
yeah i have no doubt the boomer hipsters dug the shit out of this at the time
Nice and funky, exceedingly weird lyrics.
No subtly here. Album made for a smash session. Good beat and jazzy sound. Left me wondering if seven songs too much or not enough ;)
This album sounds so claustrophobic. Tim Buckley sounds like a white guy trying to be Bill Withers with a stuffy funky boogie. On top of that, his voice just kind of pisses me off. Pass!
It’s funky and groovy and lustful. I like his voice and soulfulness. Not really something I’d come back to, but it’s good music.
Favorite was "Get On Top"
Pretty good album, longer than I would like. Some of the songs were rather boring.
Not my favorite from Tim Buckley
Singer/ Songwriter around awhile. Never made it as a popular artist.
Weirdly different to some of his other stuff. A Doors-meets-funk jam, full of sex. Pretty good
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
Takes some guts in 1972 to make the first track of an album the worst track. This is also the year I was born, maybe that's why the scattergories of this album didn't bug me at all. 3
Normal.
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.
Like narration of a 70's porn flick. Lyrics aside, the music and the quirky vocals are excellent. I will listen to any album with Chuck Rainey playing funky bass which is why this get 4 stars rather than 2.5.
Yeaaahhh, that’s not for me. The music is really good, but no thanks on those vocals.
I didn't like any of this. I was glad when it was done.
I didn't ... hate this? It's very strange. But I liked it a lot more than I thought I would.
Pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this album… Rockabilly type vibe With rollicking vocals and musicianship …. And of course, there seem to be a running theme through this album. How should I put it… Oh, I know, Sex … Had never heard of Tim Buckley, but I liked it so much. I pulled up the rest of this catalog and listen to a little bit… Rest of his work, not so much… But I did like this one!
Well – that was unfortunate… Sex-Funk huh??? So this was my 2nd Tim Buckley album and I’m only about 40 albums in, so not sure what I did to deserve this… I will say that his 1967 “Hello & Goodbye” effort was the first album on the 1,001 that I would have given a “0” to, as it had no redeeming qualities whatsoever, and was pretentious as hell… 1972’s “Greetings From LA” is definitely different from that previous album – so at least there’s that, and for the most part – some of the musical jams weren’t all that awful, and certainly better than “Hello & Goodbye”, but the lyrics were simply abysmal… It sounds like this departure from his early folk work really pissed off his initial fan base, and not quite sure what other fan base he was looking to appeal to with this record… While some of the vocal sections were interesting at times – as a whole however, it was simply a hot mess… Lyrically, it’s as if he didn’t bother to write any – and just sang, moaned, or screamed whatever came to mind while in some drug-induced state… "Move With Me", "Get On Top", "Devil Eyes" - just a frickin' nightmare,,, Actually surprised that he didn’t have someone give him a blow-job like Jim Morrison did, while recording the song “LA Woman” in order to pull out some degree of authenticity… Anyways, not as dreadful as the “Hello & Goodbye” – so not the "Animal House" Belushi grade point average, but maybe tad higher like a 0.25 if I could go there… Was really puzzled why “Hello & Goodbye” was on this list, and now even more puzzled that this one is on here as well… Begrudgingly giving it a 1 since I’m not allowed to go any lower, as this was simply a train wreck…
Not my cup of tea.
Some albums would benefit from an instrumental version
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.
Incredibly funky output from Buckley Sr, alas one where you should probably ignore large parts of the lyrics. There’s really no reason for him to have two albums on this list but here we are. So just enjoy the funky feelings.
So so
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...
See now this is what im fuckin talking about. This here is why i wanted to do this project, to find music i never would have found. Great tunes, great instruments. At one point he said "sticking my tongue between those stretch marks" Hell yeah
For the love of me, I couldn't figure out how an album that has a wiki entry that says "Like most of his (Tim Buckley) other albums, Greetings from L.A. did not sell well, although this is probably his best seller" made the list of something I should listen to before I die. Sure, it's got a 1972 Jim Morrison vibe to it but, c'mon, give me L.A. Woman and get this weak shit outta here.
Good
Wow this gets a lot of bad reviews although I came awW without remembering any tunes. The extended soul/funk/rock track give a good vibe. 3.5.
This album had a couple of moments, but did not leave much of a lasting impression. I didn't really like his singing style, which sounded like a forced Van Morrison affectation.
Sex songs
Holy hell this was awful. A candidate for the worst album on this list and Tim Buckley is a candidate for worst artist on this list.
Wow, my third Tim Buckley album. None of them have really blown me away, and I know he certainly wasn't big during his lifetime, so it's surprising to see so many entries with his name on them. This one was probably my favorite of the three, though. The guy himself seemed shitty, and the lyrics here seem to back that up. But the music itself is pretty groovy. Some real funky basslines, to be sure. The whole thing is almost a little much, and certainly would have been if it went on any longer than its 40 minutes. But as it stands, it was a decent listen that I bopped along to as I worked. As with the last Tim album I received, this is closer to a 3.5, but again, I will oh-so-generously bump it up because I'm having a good day.
Meh. Sorta old timey but had some good vibes, but no interest in revisiting Tim Buckley going forward.
Tim Buckley gives me the ick
Victim of whole stars. Better than 3 but not 4. Solid generational rock album. A little different and a few standouts. Not heavily structured.
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)
Bad
Never heard of any of it, but it's a fun bluesy rock.
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.
I had this on CD, and remember thinking that Tim isn't a patch on Jeff. I still think that now, although he does a good line in Doors-lite. It's a shame I don't really like the Doors. The stand out track for me is Nighthawkin', which sounds nothing like The Doors, but is basically Dan-esque yacht rock. Lovely stuff
Tim Buckley?!! What is this??! How did he go from psychedelic folk rock to this sexually-charged, sleazy music? Talk about musical whiplash. Strangely though, I kinda liked it? Barring the outdated, eye roll-inducing lyrics, the vibe was actually quite nice. It has a sticky, beerhouse R&B feel which interestingly complements Buckley's rich, classical voice. Amazing how this style fit him just as well as soft folk rock did - you can't deny the talent that goes into making that possible. Standout tracks here are Move With Me and Sweet Surrender.
Positiivinen yllätys!
10/10 damn, Tim Buckley really delivered such an amazing and diverse discography despite it being tragically short, it really did so much
A forgotten indie darling that regained traction through re-release. 2nd best output after Jeff.
Slightly better than the previous one, but …
Man this was not for me. Way too jammy. I'm sitting here trying to enjoy my morning coffee and some wanked out jam is happening where he's crooning about the Boogaloo? What the fuck is this shit?
Interesting irreverence to this album and a fun kind of ramshackle sound.
Amazing album
Enjoyable!
Some very heart rending tunes in here, very soulful and good music. I enjoyed this one.
Ok 3/5
This was the beginning of his low period. Just SAD.
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.
Fuck is wrong with this guy?
Wouldn't want to listen to listen to this again.
There were several songs I enjoyed. Not really my style, but not bad.
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.
It was certainly interesting, but not really the kind that captured my attention
Get this man a glass of water because he’s thirsty as fuck. 7/10
Hey this was pretty good. Pleasant surprise for me cuz I have no clue who this dude is. Good complex songs with jazz elements and he's pretty smooth on the mic. 7/10
What a strangely unique voice. Some questionable lyrics but man was this jammin. Reminded me a bit of Talking Heads which Im all for. Pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this album front to back. 9/10
This album was definitely more intense than the two previous Buckley albums we had. Intense in a good way, definitely rockier and infusing his various styles of crooning with some blues-rock elements as well. I enjoyed it.
I know he has a cult following but I've never been a fan, it's years since I listened to him but listening to him again my opinion hasn't changed. Not for me.
E-Gitarrenlastiger Folk
It's a 2.5 but I'm rounding down
Good music...too bad he was such a waste of a person personally
Definitely the 70s
I like the music, but I can't stand his voice.
A little groovy, nice guitar and instrumentals. His voice is great too. Tragic to find he died shortly after this album!
Interesting. II'm glad sex funk exists, don't know that I will ever listen to it again.
Love it. Tim Buckley had problems though, damn.
I certainly wasn’t expecting this album to be quite so…horny. It’s honestly a little off-putting, but Buckley’s pleasant voice and the jammy instrumentation are enough to push through to the end.
Move with Me - Piano and old rock might be one of my favorites combinati- OMG FEMALE SINGERS, LOVE IT. Get on Top - Lovely organ, catchy riff and upbeat drums, this song should be sountrack for a movie. Sweet Surrender - Pretty chill, fucking love it. Nighthawkin' - Was perfect for killing zombies in GMOD. Devil Eyes - Is perfect for a GMOD lobby. Hong Kong Bar - Doesn't sound like HK, but does sound like a bar, which is incredibly good. Make it Right - Good ending, pretty solid. Solid album, the first half was better tho. Top 3 Move with Me Get on Top Sweet Surrender
Early 70's again, Tim Buckley tried another mix of style and the mix was ejoyable early kind of R&B
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
Loved the ladies
a tough album to rate. it falls into the Bob Dylan pit trap. super cool when it’s the full band but pretty boring when it’s just him and guitar. 4 if it was full electric the whole time
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
cool record, great vocalist, didn't really juice me up though.
I fell deeper and deeper into this album as it went on even though my immediate reaction was negative. By the end I made a decision to listen to it again. Initially I felt the name of the album was odd- not seeming very LA. But then, what do I know about LA in '72. Just a boogie down album, mama.
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.
I enjoyed this album quite a bit. Move With Me, Nighthawkin’, and Make It Right stood out while the other four tracks were just so so. The strings and congas are excellent layers to the sound. This was a close one, a 3 + 3/7, that I had to round down. It was fun though.
Funkier than expected but didn't blow me away.
Not bad, just not Buckley's best.
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 what I expected, knowing a little Tim Buckley. The music is nice in spots but the lyrics are a little awkward. Sweet Surrender is a pretty good song but again don’t love the lyrics. Guitar on Hong Kong Bar is cool. Real stripped down. 3/5 though. Not for me, overall.
Was Tim high as F*ck on this album? Damn dude that was some amazing and wild vocals. Also, sex addict?
Tough competition with his brother but love that hes still doing his thing. Enjoyable listen
Not a fan. 2.
i liked some songs but i felt like most of them dragged unnecessarily. like, devil eyes started so good, but at the end he's just doing random noises for like a minute or so. i had added it to my playlist at first, but as it went on i removed cause i knew i wasn't going to have the patience to hear that everytime this song came on
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.
God’s horniest soldier telling it like it is for 40 minutes.
The title Making it Right stands out, with strings and acoustic guitar, but a typical 70s sound like all the songs on the album. The album is still worth listening to in 2023, it is full of variety.
Boah, ist das ein langweiliges Geklampfe
This is the 3rd Tim Buckley album I got from the list (until now). I'm absolutely sure he doesn't deserve 3 spots on the list, although this is the best one. It's more uptime and interesting musically. The best of Tim Buckley. Now I understand, and we can agree to avoid more Tim Buckley on the list, right?
I thought it was surprisingly funky (not sure who I was getting confused with) then all the reviews mentioned the lyrics so I gave them a read. Someone needs a good wank, don't they, Tim?
Vic Reeves pub singer meets Jazz Club for me. Not going into my ITunes at this point in time.
Is Vic Reeves singing on this album?!?
Does Tim Buckley really need 3 albums on this list? This is my third of his. It’s alright. Funky in some ways but drab in others.
Like Tim Buckley, didn't love this album.
Boring and too misogynistic for my liking
I don't know who the post card on the cover is addressed to, but whoever it is, he wants them to know that he's horny. Tim has a lot of other acclaimed records, but I haven't heard them. Is he always like this? Is this his thing? I did enjoy the album, but I don't know that this was the right introduction. We just met, Tim. Let me get to know you first.
Close to a 4.
1 Is not interesting for me.
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
Not what I was expecting from Tim Buckley after the other more introspective offerings. But here he kinda comes across as just wanging on about sex endlessly, and it sounds a bit like bad Doors songs. Half the time he sounds like a demented gibbon on acid - and not in a good way.
"i love me a black woman" wow. Racist, and crass. Funky sound tho.
nice - need a few more listens for a better assessment. had never listened to this one before!
послушал значится Тима Бакли. особо никаких эмоций не получил. я не очень впринципе чувствителен к такому ритм н блюзу или фанку, особенно когда все тексты тут о том, как Тим хочет трахнуть чёрную женщину. нечего сказать кроме как "вам всем лишь бы поебаться". из плюсов могу отметить объективно хорошее звучание, для 72 года тем более, и приятный вокал Бакли, тут он мастер. также лично я дико кайфанул от гитарки, особенно на последних двух треках, так бы 6 минут и слушал эту игру. в целом рад был ознакомиться, но не моё. короче намана оценка - 6,5/10
This is my second Tim Buckley, and this was much more interesting than the first one (Happy Sad).
Suprising really good - not actually heard any Tim Buckley before today (or not noticed I had anyway) - but this is really rather excellent.
Not for me.
Strange musical style mixing folk, R&B, funk. Crazy weird.
Nostalgic but didn't really capture me
I did listen but I retained very little, sorry Mr. Buckley (2.5/5)
Am a bit confused as to why Tim Buckley is on this list if none of his albums sold well.
Old school heteronormative but nice voice and vibe
Meh
Reminds me of The Doors, but less doom-y. Cool, detached early 70s California rock. Pretty good throughout; starts strong and the closing trio ends strong. Highlights are Devil Eyes and Hong Kong bar. Part of a tradition, a vibe, a signature of an era. Not a forever part of my rotation, though.
The bass is the only thing that I'm really enjoying from this album. His voice isn't impressive, nor do I feel like unique or interesting.
Very experimental mix of genres. Brave, but not quite my personal taste.
Inte mycket rätt här.
Music about sex and not in the cute way. But also not quite silly. Funny at times, rude all the time.
Interesting for sure.
Got a bit better as it went along
Tim Buckley was getting around I'll tell you what Album is pretty good, fairly groovy, funky, and absolutely horny. Couldn't even begin to imagine what the monkey rub is.
bland
Eh. The volume of these 60s and 70s rockish records is way too high. This is just another in a long line of them.
He’s never really grabbed me.
This album was ok. Good background music. Wasn't too intrusive and I certainly would listen to it again.
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.
Huh
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.
Yup… this is pretty flat. A few days removed here, and I don’t feel anything from this album. Tim Buckley as an artist is one of my least favorite types: singers who are so naturally, obviously talented, who use their voice for mediocre music. It always boggles the mind! You’re so talented. Do something cool with your gifts! I got about 5% of what I usually get from, say, Van Morrison out of this. The sound from this period is rich… but we’ve had better albums from this time. Cole described it as “listening to a bar band.” I agree. All the worse because these are supposed to be songs! 1/5. Maybe a little low. But I won’t be coming back here anytime soon.