Reviews (page 7 of 8)
Ive heard good words about Jeff Buckley but never Tim Buckley I can see why
I get the appeal, but I honestly have no idea what he was trying to do on this album
Well this sounds quite different from ‘Hello and Goodbye’. On one hand I admire the conviction of his reinvention as a purveyor of funky 70s jams. On the other, I didn’t think the music was much good. There’s a lot of meandering and it’s quite generic sounding, with little of the quirkiness that his older style had.
Unremarkable.
This is a complexly mid record in all honesty. Greetings from LA is a jazzy blues record undeniably but it is outclassed in a lot of areas. The instrumentals, while fine, don't really hit me that much. The jazzy parts don't feel that jazzy, nor do the more bluesy tracks feel that bluesy. The one folk-inspired track is not that good. It's very slow and generic folk rock and it sort of ruins the pace. On top of that, the vocals are the epitome of mid. The vocals are unique, but they are not good. It's just not that good. And the weird little vocalizations are also just really weird. On top of all of that, the lyrics are very creepy and perverted at times. I don't find them to be sexy or whatever emotion Tim Buckley was intending unless that emotion was disgust. While this isn't the only album during the 70's to directly reference sex or perversion, something about the lyrics is just bad. The Rolling Stones, for example, directly reference sex a lot in their music. However, it is usually very brief or there is some clever wordplay or idea that surrounds the notion of sex. The only song that I can think of off the top of my head that truly goes off the deep end unforgivably is "Brown Sugar", but that song has some of the greatest instrumentals of any Rolling Stones song so it gets a pass. This entire record is like if Tim Buckley tried to lyrically recreate Brown Sugar while doing the blandest blues instrumentals in the background. With all of this said, you may think I absolutely despise this album, however, it is just mid as hell. I have no strong feelings for this record except for the awfulness of the lyrics. With the lyrics the only truly awful thing about this record, it by default gets a 4/10. Don't listen to this. If you do, you more or less likely will not care about it.
This bloke is so desperate to come across as a shagger, it's quite tragic. Instrumentals are pretty decent, but I'm sure the best thing to come out of this fella is probably his son.
Was ok but not my cup of tea
Interesting, but not really something I liked. Not bad, it just didn't click with me.
Boring choice for the list.
This didn't really get to me.
Best Song: Make It Right. More than anything, I just liked the guitar lick. Worst Song: Sweet Surrender. It's full of that cheap, hippie horniness common to the time. The song is well-produced, but it is so of its time that, with a modern listening, it sounds cheesy and overwrought, rather than romantic or sexy. Overall: It's funky, but always in a way that seems more accessible than exciting. I would have liked to have heard something bigger, or something that took more risks. Knowing what other funk is out there, I can't imagine myself returning to specifically this.
Odd lyrics, made me a little uncomfortable, this aside, okay album, not the worst album on this list, but far from best
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Thought this was okay but most of the songs didn't stand out to me. I wouldn't listen to this again as I found overall a little boring. Highlights: Move with Me
Quite a weird album, sounds a bit like Jim Morrison. Just without the interesting lyrics
Got to accept this is 1972 but it all feels like a jam session with little direction. Mediocrity defined - I guess they are all accomplished musicians but the total is less than the sum of the parts.
esto àlbum es muy sospechoso me gusta sexismo ocasionalmente tambien (obviamente, francamente, etc.), pero esto es simplemente poco convincente burrido
Cool instrumentals, stupid lyrics, annoying singing voice. Overall, not for me. Hong Kong Bar and Make It Right put in a hell of an effort to make me change my mind on this album, but the damage was done
"Some American sings about sex for 40 mins." Nope. Just couldn't get on with this. I never really understood the appeal of overtly horny music like this. Was this endearing in 1972? Either way I feel repulsed. The songs themselves were okay and his range was impressive for sure. Despite this, I do not wish to listen to this again. Favourite: Hong Kong Bar
Oof. Tim. Come on, man. Just cool it for a minute. I'm glad Tim's having a good time and he sure can jam but I really don't want to hear him wail about sex for 40 minutes. There's way too much "heyheyhey, hummahumma, hawhawhaw, yeeeeeaaaaah!" for anyone's good. Dial that mess back about 60% and you've got a half-decent rock record. As it stands... well, it's a good thing Tim's band is so phenomenal. They're 100% holding the album up, here. I wanted to give it a 3 but I just couldn't. Tim is just working too hard to wreck what's otherwise a pretty solid rock album.
i prefer his brother jeff
Greetings from L.A. is the seventh album by singer-songwriter Tim Buckley. None of his albums sold well, but this one was probably his best seller. It was a nice, chilled-out, funky, R&B album with good vocals from Tim. I thought the album was pretty average, but still enjoyed it for what it was.
2.5
I don’t think I liked this much, songwriting was weird in a dated kinda way, I can imagine people in the 70s thought it was fire but now I think it’s dumb. Best track: get on top
2.5
I wanted to like this more than I ended up liking it.
Can’t say I enjoyed this very much. Terrible voice. High 2.
I really wanted to like it. It just didn't do much for me. It isn't bad and I think if I heard it enough times, it would be better, but for now, it is utterly forgettable. 2.5/5
Bizarre rock and roll, jazz pornographic shrieky man.
Didn't like a single song save for the last track
This was pretty fun. Nothing special, but pretty fun.
Bless him for having written Song to the Siren, which in This Mortal Coil version and the live version by Dead Can Dance is utterly beautiful. And for being father of Jeff Buckley. But the music is not special to me, only last song of album gripped me. 2 stars.
heyy timm!
sweet surrender gave me a headache
Every songs starts in way I should like but then devolved into lyrics that degrade woman and Buckley making incoherent yells and sounds. Very weird.
Co ten Tim Buckley, od psychodelicznego folkowania do funkowego jazzowania, tworca listy musi lubic tego pana, bo za zycia jakos szalu chyba nie zrobil, a tutaj juz trzeci album na liscie, siodmy w dyskografii z roku 72, album pochodzi z okresu ktory wiki okresla jako sex funkowy, co calkiem dobrze oddaje kontent greetings from L.A., no i wyjasnia zagadke przedawkowanego zgonu nad ktorym sie zastanawialem sluchajac wczesniejszych materialow, bo 39 minutach nagrania slychac zycie brane pelnymi garsciami twardych narkotykow zalewanych hektolitrami alko, calkiem inny glos, czy raczej maniera spiewania, bo slychac tutaj prawdziwe wycie i wicie sie przy mikrofonie w niektorych momentach, podobne nawet troche do tego od doorsowego Morrisona, lirycznie rozny czlowiek, bo sex funkowy okres wjechal mocno po kablach, no i funkowe brzmienie grane przez nowa bande, ktora byla przepelniona kongosami, wiolonczelami, ciezkim basem, jedny utwor ktory brzmi choc troche znajomo jest hong kong bar, o ile sluchalna plyta tak jestem rozczarowany jako fan poprzednich pozycji autorstwa tego pana
After a while I started wondering whether I was still listening to the album and whether it had finished. Not great not absolutely terrible either but probably will never listen to it again, it's just too boring
First notes with honkey tonk vibes. This record came out about 6 months after my sister was born. And, it feels old. Like maybe she felt at times before dying. Postcard on a yellow backdrop makes the cover: Greetings from L.A. An impossible dream — was that L.A. back then? It appears to already be a desert sprawl that fades into the horizon in 1972. All I know about Tim Buckley is that he's the father of Jeff Buckley who lasted maybe five years more on this earth. How to even listen to this record without all this baggage? Some guy goes to a tavern and talks up a healthy girl with an invitation to move with him. He's so charismatic he's got backup singers, except I'm not buying. This record is for someone else stuck in a different time.
Not a big fan of the whole "voice as instrument" stuff. Wouldn't turn it off, won't seek it out
Definitely not my favorite album, but I think that comes from Tim Buckley's vocals. I HATE his voice. His vocals kill awesome instrumentals, like in Devil Eyes. The only song that really benefits from his voice is Make it Right, which is my favorite song on the album by far. Apparently Radiohead and other acts have cited Tim Buckley as an influence. His influence alone makes him an important part of the list, but I still think his music is fairly forgettable. Best Songs: Hong Kong Bar, Make it Right Worst Songs: Sweet Surrender, Devil Eyes
Not arsed, Tim. Try harder. Nonce.
Cis. White. Male. This particular 70s flavor of music by men just ain’t a good jam. Would he even get a record deal today?
Top 3 Songs: 1 - Nighthawkin' 2 - Hong Kong Bar (6) 3 - Move with Me (1)
The band die great but the vocals of Buckley made me want to turn the album of many times. Felt like a parody at times. Lyrically it also felt very one dimensional. At least he gave us Jeff!
Funk is an interesting direction for Tim Buckley. I think highly of Buckley as a songwriter, but Greetings From L.A. is not a winner in my eyes. Performances are still stellar but the funk sound is not a good fit. As a result, Hong Kong Bar is a standout track for me, as the simple folk side of the album stands much taller than his whole funk rock thing.
Good organ work. Vocalist has Daniel Blue vibes but not really into it.
Not the biggest fan of this one. It sounds okay and has a decent groove but overall feels just generic. Don’t know why I’d choose to listen to this over many other funk/dance groups from the 70s. 3/10
A range of influences are apparent on what seems to be a well made album. This, however, only seems to make it a bit irritating rather than interesting. Overall, it is a bit annoying and instantly forgettable. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Get on Top Date listened: 27/04/22
Didn't really love this album. It soudned okay but the lyrics and content were a little weird. I love the concept of writing a song explaining why you cheated on your SO though, what a crazy idea
2/5 nothing memorable
Not what I expected, I wouldn't know it was Jeff's dad. Some cool bluesy funk sounds but average songs
First of all, the lyrics are a bit too horny on this one. The speaking in tongues bit is also weird and unnecessary. Furthermore, the music on this album isn’t groundbreaking in any way. It’s really just bluesed up folk guitar with a few superficial jazz elements. Again, nothing terribly influential
Non lo so, è un po' strano. Sto Tim Buckley mi sembra bello drogato.
Musically interesting, lyrically silly
Ne mislim da je losa glazba u smislu nekvalitetna, ali meni je baas bilo dosadno i znam da necu vise sama to ici slusati nikad
Nisam oduševljena, nije mi bilo lako slušljivo, vjerojatno sam trebala još jednom
It's not my cup of tea, dig the funkiness of it, but that's pretty much it.
I've never heard of Tim Buckley, and this was not great. I never really got a sense of a grounded genre, and while shifting is sometimes interesting, this wasn't. Slightly bluesy but not satisfyingly so.
I had no idea what to expect given this artist and his music are all new to me, and it has some pretty fun moments. Some great grooves here and there, very bluesy-folksy-funky, and very much early-70s rootsy rock. I don't love it, but it's not bad. I got curious so down the Wikipedia rabbit hole I went, and I learned Tim Buckley is Jeff Buckley's father, and Tim and Jeff both died super-young, Tim at 28 (OD) and Jeff at 30 (swimming accident, no drugs or alcohol in his system). That made me sad. I see that Chuck Rainey plays bass on this album so I read up on him, too. He's still around at age 81 and the list of amazing artists and bands with whom he's played is staggering. Chuck Rainey is incredible. Back to this album: the sound overall is a little too early 70s late-stage hippie for me (sorry, folks, I just don't like the sound of congas in rock all that much...if they had been sparingly used back then, I'm sure I would barely have noticed, but, dang, they invaded so many genres of music and, at least for me, it's a "No, thank you").
Have I heard of Tim Buckley? or am I confusing the name with Jeff Buckley? Some of the music is okay, but I was tempted to skip most of the tracks either for the lyrics or strange non-lyric vocals. I was glad this album wasn't any longer than it was.
Clearly talented, but not my type of music.
Meh
All the subtlety of a sledgehammer. I bet any money he was a terrible lover in real life, selfish and inconsiderate of his partner's needs. The music isn't unlistenable, but the lyrics are so immature and the artist is a loathsome piece of shit. Jeff Buckley is a far superior musician and artist compared to his deadbeat father.
Still don't enjoy his music. It's beter than the previous album, but lyrically dubious and I don't like his voice.
Strang mix decisions and questionable vocals male this one I can't recommend. His voice grated after one track.
hmmm it’s cool? just don’t rly like tim’s voice very much. very groovy tho. if i liked his voice more this would be a three
This was decent
I got bored listening to this. Some songs had a good beat and tune but others just kind of got lost.
Some nice tunes and singing. Unlikely to revisit.
Generally pleasant. Nothing too experimental for quirky.
This is not my music. It sounds like a lot of rock-blues musical cliches and the lyrics constantly bounce between stupid and misogynistic... doesn't really hold up over the years. Make It Right was slightly tolerable.
2/5. The album seems fine. This was my first time hearing it. Didn't know any of the songs. The sound of the album didn't 'grab me' and none of the songs stood out to me. Of course, this is common for me when I first hear an album. There are plenty of times when the album gets better with time. So, I'm open to this one and think I could grow to like it more. Damn Herione. I hate to read when anyone talented is taken from us too soon.
It my have been my mood that day, but it was a forgettable album for me. I already forgot most of how it sounded. Wasn’t too impressed.
Funk/Pop Eh
It was okay.
Very generic, like Billy Joel but worse. A couple good moments, but not enough for a playlist or relisten
Sweet surrender was annoying Didn’t like his vocal delivery Definitely not my thing, which is surprising given who his influences are - not as good as The Doors Did I add to library? No
öh öh öh kommer inte ihåg :S men var väl okej
very boring soul i am SNOOZING
não dei muita bola
So weird, but I got a tim buckley song recommended after the album that was awesome
Not horrible but didn't stand out to me and I wasn't a fan of the voice
Eh.
Car journeys
So so.
Quite mediocre throughout, nothing stands out, nothing is innovative or interesting. We've all heard this kind of thing a million times, and it doesn't get any better here. It's not even interesting enough to dislike with any conviction.
He, ik had hier wel zin in. Vind ik het na een paar nummers toch wel tegenvallen, Jammer!
Not enthralled **
Meh. It was fine but I'm starting to expect more than that...
Highlights: Get on top, Make It Right Lowlights: Hong Kong Bar Get On Top is a funky and a quite enjoyable listen and Make It Right does just that and feels "bigger" than it should. The rest is either too spastic or "jammy" or maybe it's just too avant-garde for me. I don't really get the appeal here...Of the late Buckleys, I prefer Jeff.
honestly, the most interesting part of this album was hearing it defined as his 'sexfunk' period. Music became forgettable quickly. A musician getting really horny and into drugs after becoming famous aint that novel.
He paints a picture of a womanizing sleazeball. Found his voice rather annoying. I did enjoy the instrumentation and liveliness of the songs.
Not bad. Some weird ass folk music. But not super memorable for me.
it's fine but just meh...
Eh, this album didn't really do it for me. It had some OK funky grooves, but as a whole, I didn't feel very moved. Might be worthy of another listen when I'm in a more funky mood...
It's always a bad sign when I'm already waiting for an album to end shortly after it begins. I'm not sure why I clashed with this one so hard, but I'm just not into it at all. It's simultaneously boring and exhausting 2/5
Not a fan at all, background music was the best
Goes downhill after an impressive first track
It was... fine. Buckley seems interesting enough as an artist and person, but if I end up liking this album it will be as a grower.
dont mind when it is on but it's nothign special
each song should be about 2 minutes but drags on for about 6
This is the second Tim Buckley album I've gotten this week. To his credit. He managed to make two bad albums that are bad in very different ways. The first was just plain boring this one while the music is slightly better, lyrically is bad cliche and innuendo and little more
When it’s not making me roll my eyes, I’m bored as hell
Troisième album proposé après 'Goodbye And Hello' et 'Happy Sad' que je n'avais pas apprécié (2/5 - accompagnement parfois original, quelques chorus mais ... trop de chant). Même constat ici, quand il arrête de chanter les morceaux passent mieux ... Mais là les vocalises sont absolument insupportables (-1). Heureusement c'est le dernier album ! =>1/5
I know Tim Buckley has a cult following, but I have no idea why. Plus the subject matter is pretty bad. 😐
The only good thing I can say about this album: It's music.
Fortunatly, this is the last Tim Buckley record on this list for me. Happy Sad was 1 star, Goodbye and Hello would have been a 0 star, so this should be way below zero, a -10 maybe. But I'm stuck with the 1 star.
ummmmm, no. I'm sure if you don't speak English, this album sounds great. Remember what I said about Beyoncé and not wanting to hear graphic depictions of her sexcepades? Yeah, that knife cuts both ways.
Just caterwauling over shitty quasi-funk. It's really sad that this dude got to make so many albums of slop and we only got one masterpiece from his much more talented son.
https://i.redd.it/v171cbqxy5ng1.gif Tim Buckley blows.
There ain’t a melody worth singin’ or an idea worth repeatin’ or anything that ain’t been played a million times by better musicians than these on this recording. Tim seems to just wanna talk about sex in a really creepy way in between cringeworthy fits of whirrs and yelps. If I was someone who had ever had sex with this dude before this album came out, I’d be hella embarrassed by it.
Awful, silly, goofy, nearly unlistenable.
An intensely distasteful one track mind.
I don't think I need to listen to this at all...
Tim was a lot of things, but he was not a Black Funk/Soul/R&B artist. This album doesn't come off as an homage, but rather a messy interpretation. The lyrics were shallow, boring and horny. Not an essential album, even if the final song was a bit of a bop. 1.4/5 -> 1/5
Not for me. 1/5
The music is nothing to write home about, and the lyrics are weird at best and kind of offensive at worst. And I don't like him. Take this 1.
Goodbye from LA
In a nutshell: boom-chaka-wow-wow To elaborate, I shall refer to the scripture of "Consumer Guide: 70s”by altruist Master Robert Christgau: "Perverse as it may seem, Buckley's mannered, androgynous moan has real erotic appeal for some, and here it turns a trick. This is rock pornography if anything is... and while I wouldn't call the band hard-core, it definitely fills the groove." Points to the band, for sure. Tim, I'm ordinarily fine with getting on top, but I need to climb off for this one. Overall: 2/10
Ass
Not for me
An ok album but nothing truly unique or worthy of my time. Minimally talented musician trying a bit too hard in my opinion.
Nope. Greasy and seedy reach for acid jazz grooves, but the caterwauling scatting (swiped from unhinged Jim Morrison and sane as hell Screaming Jay Hawkins) suck. The band is not enough. While foot fetishes, light S+M, infidelity, 'monkey rubs' and whatnot are a delight or some, the music is not.
When I reviewed Buckley’s second album Goodbye and Hello I noted that his reputation as a fey romantic folk singer was a misconception as it turned out he was actually a cheating lowlife who had walked out on his wife and infant son early in their marriage. This 1972 release only amplifies the impression that he was pretty much a sex addict on a path to inevitable self destruction. The album opens with a cheery number about sleeping with a black woman and hiding from a jealous husband, and moves on to songs about asking someone to get on top, creaking bed springs and there are no prizes for guessing what ‘talking in tongues’ is referring to. There is no love or romance here, just drunken screwing around with the morals of an alley cat. Musically, it’s pretty much by the numbers sleazy blues sung in a throaty croak which reminded me of Jim Morrison’s voice on LA Woman - another ‘romantic’ who was on a similar downward spiral. No coincidence that they both died without ever seeing their 30th birthdays.
Nope
Boring.
I'm glad that his son knew how to make good music. From these lyrics I only get that this guy was always a horny motherfucker. Jeff is the superior musician in the family.
Gross
This shit sounds like a parody of an album. Like something that a character in a sketch comedy show would make. Absolutely awful, it’s been a shit week for this list.
Um cantor de folk decide gravar um disco de funk explicitando seu fetiche por mulheres negras e balburdiando letras insípidas sobre nada… Quem diria que o resultado seria um álbum ruim? Que surpresa! 1/5
I put this on thinking it was Jeff then my ears were quickly assaulted with very non Jeff like sounds. I normally listen to albums a few times to give them a real shot but I can't stand the singing and some of the instrumentation is cheesy. I'm so glad this album was short!
More "music" from the height of the cock rock era when every other rocker decided to court the screeching girlie audiences with track after track of "let's fuck a fuck a fuck, I wanna fuck you and I want you to fuck me baybehhhhhhh" The only thing I want to hear about is Buckley fucking off.
Eh
Crazy wiki, sad. Dude was a real rascal. Not a fan of his music. Supposed to be sex funk but it’s not sexy or funky. I think standard funk is more of both.
That wasn't good at all. Jeff clears.
Not for me
I've never really got along with Tim Buckley's music. The entire time I was listening to this I just kept thinking that I could be listening to The Doors. Also, "Devil Eyes" is amongst the worst things I've ever heard. It doesn't feel genuine in any way, more like someone pretending to vibe.
I’m a hater. “SEX. I HAVE SEX,” is what listening to this feels like. Instrumentation is fine, good even— but I can’t get past this dude and his dumb tone/lyrics.
Often heard Tim Buckley's name mentioned, never listened before. I believe his other work is more folky, but I hated this.
Previously unknown. Not interested.
This is disgusting.
So this is my second Tim Buckley album. My first impression of the first album was "I kind of love this album...", and Greetings From L.A. gave me the complete opposite reaction. I kind of hated this album, and I say kind of because musically I like this. The backing band is great. But I hated this lyrically and couldn't stand his voice most of the time.
Boring. Derivative. Drivel.
What a terrible day to have ears. Those lyrics were a choice. Ugh.
1 song was ok but didn't like the others
I absolutely hated this. I couldn’t wait for it to be over.
This album is terrible. That man should not be singing those high notes. You can tell his voice can’t hit those notes and he’s pushing it. It sounds like a transsexual trying to sing. One out of five
Move with Me - 2/5 Get on Top - 1/5 Sweet Surrender - 1/5 Nighhawkin' - 1.5/5 Devil Eyes - 1/5 Hong Kong Bar - 1.5/5 Make It Right - 1.5/5
I hate it wow. Bad lyrics, bad vocals.
Baffled as to why this album is on this chart. No redeeming qualities and should be archived in my opinion. To say the least, I did not like it!
Top song Get on top
Tim Buckley is just awful. His voice is shit, his lyrical content is just trash, and others have done the same style of music better. At some point I clicked a link to YouTube that stopped the album, and I thanked it for putting me out of my misery. I did not go back and finish it.
I was exhausted by track 3. There are lyrics here that would make Snoop blush and the vocalizations were like fingernails on a chalkboard.
I have no interest in how horny this dude is.
Man Sex Funk is such a ridiculous term. The lyrics didn’t age well and when I was listening to the first song I thought he heard War and figured he could do the same thing but it lacks soul. It lacks rhythm from the singer. Tim Buckley is terrible but the band isn’t. On some songs when he isn’t trying to hard it seems okay but this album is shit. The music isn’t bad but he is shit.
if this man would shut up and let the band play it would be at least passably fun and funky. as is, it's a disaster, with neither lyrics nor their performance being tolerable.
After listening to this album, I instantly regretted my harsh ratings at the start of the project. Tim’s voice makes annoying sounds over endless blues songs, please spare me!
To jail with you. Alarmingly horny.
This was utterly horrific and worse than his other albums, which I did not think was possible.
ew, ew, ew. everything about this album is ick
There's not much I hate in music more than the species of 70s song that this albums is mostly populated by. It's the kind that after being done with the main substance of the song just keeps going, droning on and on and would rather become annoying and bad (which multiple of these songs do) than end, and even when it does end it is often in a fadeout, the absolute worst way for a song to end. If you see a 40 minute album with 7-8 4-7 minute songs - run, run before this groove filler gets you and wastes your precious time on bullshit. Controversially I think Young Americans is also made up of this kind of song. The thing is, Tim Buckley is no David Bowie.
The greatest impact Tim Buckley had on the music industry was siring his far more talented son. And even then he was an absent father, and an all around not great guy. It would make sense then that from a man who's greatest achievement was spurred from his loins, that he would create an album all about how much he loves sex. However it really does not create a comfortable listening experience. There are plenty of ways one can sing and write about sex in an interesting and enjoyable way, in fact we've been doing it for just about all of human history. It can be romantic, it can be sexy, it can be beautiful, hell it can even be funny. However on this record it really is just gross, I found myself cringing just about the whole way through listening to this man lecherously describe just how fucking horny he was. The music itself isn't particularly bad, in fact I quite enjoyed some moments, like really dug the strings on Make It Right, but then Tim comes creeping in with "beat me, whip me, spank me" and I'm turned right off. So yeah, shitty guy, creepy music... it's not looking good on this one Fav Track: 7 - Make It Right
Quite like the sound but the lyrics are rough
Hell nah,
Chaos for my ears
ICK. I gave Goodbye and Hello 3 stars earlier based on the vocal stylings of Mr Buckley. But this one, just ICK. ⭐ HATED IT
Big cringe. Much misogyny. Licking toes? 😶
Musically it’s fine - well recorded, right - but lyrically and vocally, that’s just some minstrelry. The horniness & bluesman persona is risible, particularly when you remember he’s called Tim.
wtf
Hated it
Boldly answers the question “what if funk was joyless, horny, and deeply uncomfortable?” Admirably committed to the bit, but listening feels like being trapped in someone else’s bad decision.
I suppose I enjoyed this more than Jeff Buckley but it’s fairly boring womanizing and wailing
It's a no from me...
His voice is grating. I don’t like his words. I don’t like it. 1
Kind of twangy for my liking
Wow, this was some hot garbage. There are two more records from him on this list? Yikes...
This is just an absolute mess, there's no common theme or any sense of pacing in the album's sound, it feels like each song was recorded without any regard for how the whole thing would sound as a finished product. His vocals are annoying as hell and don't fit the intsteumentals at all only further adding to how messy this is, and oh my God don't even get me started on the lyrics....
no thanks
This album should be listened to only when you need to induce vomiting. If the image of Tim Buckley sucking on a woman's toes doesn't do that to you, you have a stronger constitution that I do.
Oh good grief... Listen, I'm not really a lyrics person, first-and-foremost. When I listen to a song for the first time, I'm primarily focussed on how it sounds - are the melodies and production good? I can look past bad lyrics, silly lyrics, goofy lyrics, cringeworthy lyrics, as long as I still like the way the song sounds. Oftentimes I don't even fully notice or process the lyrics upon my first listen. So if I'm noticing lyrics, it's likely they're either outstanding, or in the case of this album, absolutely atrocious. This was so icky to listen to. Distractingly horny, but not at all sexy, and the way he sings about black women feels disturbingly fetishising. Felt like I needed a good long shower after this. Safe to say I will never listen to this again. That being said, the last song Make It Right has absolutely banging production - someone should steal that instrumental and write some half-decent lyrics over it.
What the hell is going on with “get on top”? Lol. Once again, what the hell is going on with “Devil Eyes”? This album feels like what racist white people think funk music sounds like
and i thought happy/sad was bad
lmao
Buckley Tier List: S: Jeff A: B: C: D: Tim
my first 1 star album of this project! 1 star means i couldn't even finish listening. i got through four songs; tim's vocal range on Sweet Surrender is clearly impressive, but most of this album feels too... cocaine-y for me, or maybe heroin-y. it's like listening to your older brother's band practicing in your house and you're forced to hear them jam for weeks and sometimes you'll catch a riff that's interesting but mostly it's just four guys doing drugs and noodling, which doesn't impress me much.
Not my thing. Decent guitar chops but not my jam. Like doors meet dire straits
- I already have an aversion to this guys son so this pick is not doing any favors. - okay nevermind, I’m actually surprised to find that anyone gave or gives a shit about this album after it’s released. His voice, annoying. His lyrics, one dimensional and pandering. The instrumentals are nothing above the typical honky tonk band. Literally listened to two tracks and skipped around to find this isn’t worth my time. Dare I say it, his son might actually be more listenable than this, and I have a strong aversion to his music as well. - not worth anyone’s time, I hate the genre blend, this album is a waste of time.
Silly and boring
Self indulgent LA muso cosplaying as a sexy person. 1 star sex funk
Unfortunately, this wasn’t my cup of tea
Incredibly boring, tedious and uninteresting. The worst thing about this project is his voice. I couldn't stand it. Feels very inauthentic and pretentious. The only redeemable aspects are some of the instruments, like the strings in 'Make it Right' and 'Sweet Surrender', or the change of pace at the end of 'Get on Top'. Nonetheless, I think the composition is very tame in general. On top of everything said, most of the songs are almost 7 minutes long, so yes, I didn't like this at all.
Naaah.
This is the sort of music your creepy uncle listens to. Quagmire would listen to this.
Was this written by a 15-year old? A score of zero should be available to separate this from the other bad albums on the list. Straight crap 1/5
This was so bad wtf, how did Buckley go from Goodbye and Hello to THIS raunchy disaster of a funk record
Self-indulgent, ephemeral, highly forgettable. Tough backstory, but still...
Absolutely terrible, should have saved “shit sandwich” for this
I'm sorry, ears. I will never again subject you to Tim Buckley's screaming about "speaking in tongues" or his drug-fueled sex songs. This *almost* makes me want to cue up Birthday Party. (Almost.)
I stopped listening to the second song about cheating, which was literally the third track on the album. "Now you wanna know the reason / Why I cheated on you? Well, I had to be a hunter again / This little man had to try / To make love feel new again," after the first track literally was about pretending to be a handyman to screw some dude's wife. Gross. There is too much good music in the world to waste time listening to stuff that grosses me out. Shrug.
Just no.
Sounds like musical blackface
Sweet surrender is the only song I saved
did not listen
How is Jeff Buckley so otherworldly and yet his dad made the most insufferable music imaginable
Alternate title: guy brags that he has sex for half an hour
Det här var ju dö'dåligt.
did not enjoy. DNF. 1/5
The funk and soul grooves are undeniably infectious, but the lyrical content is so drenched in misogyny that it feels like you’re dancing at a party where the host won’t stop cornering women in the kitchen. Tim & Jeff Buckley infect this list too much
Being the father of Jeff Buckley is probably enough reason to be on the list. Historically speaking that is interesting enough. Gives some context to his much more talented son. But knowing that he was such a massive PoS (only met his son once) makes his music almost impossible to listen to. And it's fine. Would probably be interesting even if I didn’t know the artist's history. Lyrics are very 14 yr old boy talking about all the sex he would have if he had sex. I'm sure he has other albums on the list because of how overrepresented this generation of musician is on the list, but surely this one could have been left off in favor of another of his albums.
Listen to Dream Letter instead. The most notable thing about Tim Buckley is that he's Jeff Buckley's absentee father (they only met once). His music was creative and every album was a different genre/iteration, and he was never able to find commercial success. Listening to this album seems like a music appreciation project in college - intended to expose you to music that exists. However, it's not particularly enjoyable. It's listening to musical experimentation. No Best Songs
I hate this dude! And I hate him more before I’ve had to listen to three albums of his shit so far for this project! His songs stink, and he either sounds like he’s doing a bad Jim Morrison impression, or he sounds like a chihuahua getting pinched. This was slightly better than the last album of his I got, in that it was shorter and less self-indulgent, but it’s the difference between a 1 and a 1.5. Stop making me listen to his guy!!
I feel like this is album is an inside joke that I’m not a part of.
Sort of typical bluesy roots 70s style stuff with super cringe lyrics. Pass
It's a shame that this is basically the soundtrack for the deadbeat dads who "go to the store for milk" and never come back. I wanted to find something to like about this album, but I grimaced more than once. Serious question, do some women find stuff like this flattering? Funny? Charming? It's definitely not tasteful. And now I feel bad as a heterosexual male.
Jamming or "grooving" type tunes. Songs are pretty long. Not a fan of Jamming music. Im not enjoying this.
40 minutes of groovy, blues-esque, unseasoned rockstuff. I still feel like I have a zest for life and that disqualifies me from meeting some form of minimum age threshhold to like this album My subjective brain is taking over to tell me to banish this to 1-star hell and I have lost the willpower within myself to fight against it I liked the part where he sang about licking between her toes but that's also just a joke because actually I didn't like that part Credit where credit's due for being an early pioneer in the sphere of foot fetish music Tedium Buckley I'm very glad that he has two more albums on this list that I haven't heard yet and both of them are rated lower than this one but that's also just a joke because actually I am fairly unhappy about that (but I'm sure that each of them are more important than Discovery by Daft Punk since they're on this list) I wish to leave
Not my taste at all, kind of laughable really. Sounds a bit like a Cher impersonator at times. Don't think I can finish this one haha; too cringe for me.
It sounds very 70s, something my guitar teacher would be into .
Pretty bad stuff here, won’t listen again
How did this make the list?! “Greetings from L.A. did not sell well, although this is probably his best seller” Cheesy Vegas lounge music, at best.
This was more...promiscuous and raunchier than I was expecting? It also was the longest 39 minutes of my life. I'm not sure who this album is for. I'm normally a funk guy, but not even the funk presence could save this record for me. Too one-note on the sex side of things and the late Tim Buckley's vocals are borderline uncomfortable to listen to.
I thoroughly hated this. Found the whole style to be grating and annoying
After 3 songs, this was increasingly irritating. I stopped when the 4th song started. I will now reclaim my life and get this trash out of my head.
Like if someone copied “The Doors” without the organ and instead just sang about his organ. Honestly, the lyrics were terrible, just songs about sex without any finesse. The songs were bland, felt like some kid tried to copy other famous acts (Rolling stones, The Doors etc.) and just took the worst parts of blues, rock and funk mixed together.
First listen
this starts off with one of the worst openers to an LP I've ever heard - it doesn't suit the other songs on the album and made me dread listening to the rest. fortunately the songs that followed were better, musically at least. the lyrics throughout the whole album are bad. like very bad. Buckley can hit some notes for sure, but honestly his voice doesn't do much for me most of the time. the only thing this record's got going for it, is that the band sounds good. I didn't hate the album completely, just casually listening to it, but I definitely didn't like it. I'd feel too generous giving it 2 stars, so 1 will have to do...
This guy has 3 albums on this list, 2 which are ok to good, but this one sucks.
I’ve heard of Tim Buckley, but don’t think I ever listened to him. I’m not sure what I expected, but it wasn’t this. Can’t say digging it much. Just because you can drag a song out past six minutes doesn’t mean you should. That seems to be the pattern on this album. A song that’s not great at three minutes, but forced to slog on long past the limits of good taste. Which was over pretty quick on this one.
1. move - 1.5 2. top - 1 3. zuueet - 1 4. night - 1 5. devil - 1.5 6. bar - 1.5 7. right - 1
Why is every song so long
genérico repetitivo chato ruim horrível quase desisti na segunda música
Nothing new, nothing special
This is #day205 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... here we are with the second Tim Buckley album on this list. Surprisingly, given how vibrant it is, I always thought he was more of a folk-rock guy. The music itself is okay, though I can’t say the same for the delivery or his persona. I just looked at some of the lyrics, and they're absolutely atrocious. Sweet Surrender was the last drop for me. Save yourself some time, you don't have to hear this before you die. This is a 1 out of 5. Looking forward to #day206.
I didn't like it this much \_____o______/
This was one of the longest 40 minute albums so far. I've liked Tim Buckley's other albums on this list so far, but I can't do *whatever this was.* 1.5
bland, boring, uninspiringn
⭐️ let's just say his earlier work was much better than whatever the fuck that was. wish i stayed oblivious of this side of Tim Buckley's music maybe i just don't see what some of you guys see. maybe i'll come back and re-evaluate
gettin a lot of the doors vibes from this. i never liked the doors. but honestly, jeff come collect your horny dad. he's been yowling like a cat in heat for forty minutes and the neighbors are starting to complain. marvin gaye this is not.
Why?
Meh. "Sexual funk" from Jeff Buckley's deadbeat Dad. Weird misogynistic, philandering, and racist lyrics
Too before my time. Folk just never grabbed my attention. On the plus side, Tim Buckley gave us Jeff Buckley.
First impressions were im going to like this. Opening track was great, unfortunately that's where it ended. Rest of the album was, well somewhat less than enjoyable. Can't really define why, but it was just rubbish. Really didn't like it, so it's a rare 1 from me.
After listening to this I was left baffled. I was trying to work out if I liked it or not - another case of Marmite syndrome? After a brief spell of reflection, the answer was no and a tiny bit of yes. Instrumentally it was OK, but the vast majority of the vocals were a big messy pre-Ayrton Senna style car crash (they knew how to do them properly before 1994). One thing is for sure, I shall not go out of my way to listen to anyone called Buckley in the future, unless James Buckley decides to do a cover album of Kasabian songs playing a violin.
Damn, this album was annoying. Another reviewer said it best. This dude just wanted to scream “I had sex!” 😂 I think the L.A. sun might have fried his brain. It was an imitation of a bunch of musical styles but worse. The production was hollow, absolutely no low end. A few good studio musicians playing but parts but the songs sucked. Worse version of the Doors which is a worse version of American soul and R&B.
My three previous albums were, unbelievably, NOT 70's classic/dad or terribly experimental punk rock, which was a complete anomaly. Three in a row that WEREN'T Strokes/Stooges/Dylan clones? I couldn't believe it. But with this one, we're back in the saddle. We've got: - nasally singing - electric guitar work you've heard a million times - repetitive rhythms - the one slower acoustic cut - and the feeling you're listening to a Miller Lite that became sentient and wrote music at a Boomer's BBQ. The whole shebang. We are so back baby.
Too much Buckley for this list.
There is nothing enjoyable about this album: The bigoted lyrics, the sub-par instrumental play, the singing, the production, the beats, and not even one song is "catchy". Favorite Song: "Make It Right"
Gather round kids and listen to daddy sing about his ebony fetish
I don't think Tim Buckley deserved a single album on this list, let alone the three or four we've had, and I didn't enjoy Greetings from LA very much. It's full of mostly crass lyrics and content and delivered in a style that aims to honour or imitate predecessors of a funk or rock and roll/rhythm and blues background but really only comes off as a poor effort at best, a mockery at worst. Actively annoyed me at times, not gonna get higher than a 1/5, and like I've said before, I think he's only revered for his lifestyle and his young death (plus Jeff) more than his music.
Wasn't sure why his other attempts were in the list, and this one manages to be worse than either of the previous 2. Lyrics are pretty uncomfortable, music is uninteresting, might scrape a 2 if I was feeling generous but I'm not. 1/5.
That didn’t necessarily sound horrible, but wow did I hate it. Worked about as well as you’d expect white man sex funk to work.
Snore fest
Like a 70s porn flick…this has not aged well. Not my bag, and doesn’t even seem that Tim Buckley was popular when he was putting out music (putting out…see what I did there? I could write these lyrics). White boy sex funk honky tonk bullshit. No thanks. 1⭐️
I hate to be so facile as to throw another complaint on the pile along the lines of "WHY DO WE HAVE SO MANY ALBUMS BY OBSCURE ARTIST XXXX" I truly do. But why tf do we have THREE albums by Tim Buckley? The previous 2 were at best curios and at worst a mess. But this album is immediately and sustainably comically-awful - one of the worst in >900 for many reasons. It mostly plays like a parody - is this a sexist-racist Barney Gumble singing??? What the actual living (dead) hell? Beyond a throwaway, this is insulting. This spot on this list would have been better served by even another Bowie album (mostly kidding). I've no way to prove it but "worst/most-stupid lyrics of all time" is not a reach in any way and sometime during the 3rd song I pulled the cord and bailed tf out of this travesty. Bass player (Chuck Rainey!) is killer, though. Have to remember this one when i'm done and compiling the 10 worst albums because this is an easy call. 1/10 0 stars.
Never heard of him and will soon forget his name.
Jeg var faktisk oppe mellem 2-3 i første halvdel, hans stemme og især hans tekster bliver aldrig lige min ting men jeg kunne godt lide musikken. I anden halvdel går luften noget af ballonen, så det ender på en stor 1'er. Ikke fan af Tim!
Thanks, i hate this.. sexist and racist lyrics... 🤷
For what would otherwise be a pretty solid album, the lyrics make it completely unlistenable. The babbling and moaning on get on top was awful. Where do I even begin with Devils Eyes? 1.5/5 simply for the instrumental
This was so weird. I was convinced this was a horny old man singing and then I realised Tim Buckley died at 28 and I couldn’t reconcile the voice and the subject matter with a man in his 20s. Too much going on, lots of screaming and wailing, and the songs were way too long. I’d never listen to this again but I’m glad I’ve heard of him.
His grating voice does not mesh with the instrumental music whatsoever. Poor emulation of Janis Joplin meets Eric Burden with no soul.
I had no idea who Tim Buckley was until June of this year when I this generator gave me one of his albums. I hated it. Since then I've gotten 2 more and I hate them too. This one has to be the absolute worst. The lyrics make me want to puke and the music isn't doing anything at all for me either I hope to never hear Tim Buckley again as long as I live.
hmm garnicht meins. oder heute halt nicht.
What is this shite?
not as bad as expected. Still no joy
This was annoying. I appreciate singing shenanigans when likes of Nina Hagen do it, but this did not hit the mark for me.
Clanky, annoying nonsense. A wind chime of an album.
Did Tim Buckley’s relative make this list?
Complete shit
Not for me
Not my type of music
Did not like
Torture.
Couldn't make it through the whole album.
(Not) Bob Dylan
Blimey. Surely this was cringewothy even in the 70s?
Didn’t enjoy this, cringey lyrics
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
I simply cannot think of one good reason why this album is on a list of albums i must listen to before I die.
Singer/ Songwriter around awhile. Never made it as a popular artist.
I didn't like any of this. I was glad when it was done.
Some albums would benefit from an instrumental version
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.
Tim Buckley gives me the ick
Bad
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?
Fuck is wrong with this guy?
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.
Boah, ist das ein langweiliges Geklampfe
Is Vic Reeves singing on this album?!?
Boring and too misogynistic for my liking
1 Is not interesting for me.
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.
Inte mycket rätt här.
Eh. The volume of these 60s and 70s rockish records is way too high. This is just another in a long line of them.
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.
Boomer mating calls
Not my type
Boring
Sleazy and creepy…but in a bad way. Probably my least favourite so far.
I thought I misheard the lyrics on the first track when he goes on and on about loving a black woman, but when I checked, that's what he was saying. Weird. Then the speaking in tongues stuff. Haven't listened to all of this yet but I don't think I'll bother. I just wanted to be listening to Jeff Buckley instead.