Reviews (page 7 of 8)
This could be a decent album if he just kept his mouth shut. Like there's genuinely good guitars, bass and percussion, but I can't stand the vocals.
Kao komercijalno izdanje nakon potpunog ludila na starstailoru. Na rate your musicu su ovo nazvali najboljim White boy funk albumom, ali zapravo više zvuči kao da su robert planet i jim morrison legitimno opsjednuti a ne occult for pay😃ima nešto vrlo ekspresivno i vrlo uznemirujuće ovdje
This was an alright album. I can see why Tim Buckley was never really that famous for his music. It’s a bit crass and aged poorly. The instrumentals on this album are the only thing keeping it enjoyable. Buckley chooses to proudly talk about the bad behavior of his life. It makes the album a bit weird to listen to as you’re paying attention to the lyrics instead of just hearing it as music. This is easily an album that isn’t required to listen to. 4.7/10
Quite good 3/5
Same-ish kind of yelping songs, like the illicit love child of Van Morrison, Kermit The Frog, and the yelling goats one can find on YouTube.
Never knew him as a kinky fuck. Alright. I thought Tim Buckley was pretty cool in the psychedelic folk albums, but he goes full James Brown funk here. It's good. He has a wild, hilarious voice to scat with. And the instruments get weird, reminds me of the more prog soul albums from the era. Pretty jazzy in some areas. The long arrangements work. In some ways it feels really jammy and the focus is still on his crazy vocals, but funk still works with his style. With only 7 tracks, they each left an impression. It's not anything to blow me away. But it's weird and lush yet has a not-give-a-fuck attitude I can relate to.
Tim Buckley, huh? Well let's see what we've got here. Blues-y. Deceiving voice. I like it I'm tempted to give it a 4 but then I'd feel bad giving some of the past albums a 3. I feel like the 70s was a time when a lot of experimental stuff came out and was being explored. This is nothing short of that lol Especially the end of Devil Eyes. lol
J'entends l'enthousiasme dans la musique, mais trop cacophonique à mon goût actuellement.
Instrumental aspects are great but the vocals and lyrical content drag this way down
Fun and funky album. Minus points for questionable lyrics
Questionable lyrics, but pretty funky so I can overlook it
Yay, a third album from Tim Buckley. This one takes an unexpected turn and is terrible in a whole new way. Extra star for the band, though.
No siis periaatteessa kyllä. Kaipaa useamman kuuntelun, mihin en nyt taipunut, mutta vetää, bailaa. Sais kolme tähteä, jos ois enemmän mun tyyliä eli jos jaksaisin oikeasti palata tähän.
Mongertava ääni laulamassa törkyä rockin muodossa. Ei itseasiassa paha, ei ollenkaan - kuuntelin osan levystä uusiksi. Hitti puuttuu: 2,5.
I don’t care for this album, even though it sounds familiar to the Beatles. Something about it annoys me.
Yay, more Tim Buckley! This is definitely a very sexual album, which tends to turn me off, but it was fine here. I kinda wish that this album had more short songs rather than a few long ones. I would have like the 6-7 minute long songs more if they were shorter. A lot of them felt like the last two minutes were nothing. Still, this was alright. I like his voice, for the most part. I prefer how it sounded in Goodbye and Hello, where it was consistently higher, but you can still hear remnants of that here and there. I do like the songs on here, even if I wish they were more concise sometimes. I don't love it, and I was more excited for Happy Sad than this, but I'm just happy that I got another album of his. My favourite songs were Make It Right and Sweet Surrender.
Thought this was worth a listen, will check out again.
You really aren't playing to your strengths here, Tim
Meh. One song I liked, but I prefer the earlier Tim.
All right, but not very memorable.
Not really sure why this album is included. I'm not super familiar with Tim Buckley's catalog, but this was pretty mid. The lyrics are pretty horned up and a little awkward at times. The music is fine and serviceable but nothing on this record really grabbed me.
If you're into folk-y Americana music then you'll probably love this album from Tim Buckley. Don't confuse him with Jeff Buckley, because that'll be a mistake you don't make twice. A perfectly average Americana album, even though Wikipedia classes this as "Funk, R&B", interspersed with what I can only describe as weird vocalisations. Glad I don't need to listen to this again. Best: Move with Me Worst: Nighthawkin'
Boomer mating calls
its was ok he just sang about fucking
Car music. Nothing super special but I liked it. Stand-out: Make It Right
It's a fine 70s rock album, although the lyrics are pretty distasteful at times. I don't really see a reason to include it on the list since there isn't anything special about it. It seems they had already put other Tim Buckley albums and just wanted to show the range of his music. Buckley does have good vocals; he sounds a bit like the guy from Golden Earring on this album.
I never knew Jeff Buckley’s dad was black.
Tim Buckley was a musical chameleon. This album is vastly different from Happy Sad. It’s sexual and funky and somewhat inappropriate, but also sounds much more alive than his folk stuff (and much more interesting). His style of singing is still dated - the opener sounds like a flower power hippie singing Brown Sugar - but he does show off some vocal pyrotechnics that I’m sure his son may have emulated. I want Tim Buckley to be the long lost misunderstood troubadour that I’ve always imagined him to be, and this is the closest I’ve gotten to believing that myth. 3.5/5.
Tim's vocals are very emotive, reminds me of Van Morrison. Middle 3 songs and the last song feel the tightest, everything else seems less remarkable.
Another very solid Tim Buckley album! Haven’t spent as much time with this one as Lorca or Starsailor but this is a good middle ground between his late career jamming and free jazz experimentation
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Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Make it right
This was pretty good, but it only made me want to listen to other, better albums.
Monkey rub down under the sheets? WTF? Anyway. Lots of groove, a bit of wistfulness, some wanton lust and free spirit. A good sound, but perhaps a bit dated.
Not my type
It’s like a less moody Jim Morrison singing in a smoky whisky bar.
Boring
Ehhhhh. I only liked Make it Right. Probably better if it was in a live music setting. Would not listen again
Weird experimental funk, but enjoyable.
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.
4, slušaću nekad opet
Pretty middle of the road, Tim.
Did not really enjoy this.
28th September 2023 Can’t remember when I listened to this or what we were doing that day but I remember loving this.
Bit boring
I was completely unfamiliar with this album and yet, listening to it, the sound was very familiar. It’s definitely a sound very specific to the early 70’s.
Boring
easy listen. easily forgotten. 3
The issues I had with "Happy/Sad" still persist here. "Focus" is the word of the day, and this record (much like "H/S") gets lost in the weeds a lot. Sometimes, it ends up well, and sometimes it just... doesn't ("Hong Kong Bar"). Still, a spirited performance and, despite my criticisms, a tighter set of songs than previous. Favorite tracks: "Move With Me", "Devil Eyes"
This ran the gamut from decent to meh to outright weird (I'm sorry, did he just sing about licking between someone's toes?). 2.5 stars.
This is like a cross between Van Morrison & Jimmy Buffet except it's forgettable.
Cantautor es desmelena divagant sobre noies i sexe, mentre transforma el seu so folk habitual, obrint la porta a sonoritats del rock, jazz i r&b. Malauradament, el resultat no és gaire encissador
2.5
This really reminded me of the guy who sings Love Power in the Producers. Overall it was good, I can see how it influenced future musicians.
This is an interesting mix of funk, country rock, even a little blues. It sounds like Mr. Buckley and crew are having a blast playing around, without a care in the world who is listening—they just be groovin'! tldr; I'm overthinking it. I enjoyed the music and am perhaps too prudish to listen to this with other people around. My first impression—taken from the very second line of lyrics—is that the album's primary theme relates to the title, if perhaps “L.A.” isn't referring to “the City of Angels,” but to “the Lower Abdomen.” [Tangent] I wonder if listeners in 1972 thought about this album similar to listeners in 2000 did of Shaggy's album, Hot Shot—a guilty pleasure that somehow acceptably loosens society's typically uptight chastity belt for a moment. Get on Top carries the fun to the next level with a bunch of nonsense scatting and a great, upbeat groove. Once we get a little further into the album though, we get a glimpse that perhaps there's more to this than one's celebration of kinky, sexy times: There's Nighthawking, a dichotomically upbeat story about an encounter with an angry, drunk, possibly racist former soldier; Hong Kong Bar is a sharp contrast from other tracks, painting a mellow, bluesy atmosphere while signing about loss and making due with what one's got—it sounds reminiscent of a work song slaves in the US South might have sung; and Make it Right closes out the album by pairing a hitchhiker's masochistic daydream with some energetic Flamenco-like guitar picking and dramatic, sweeping violin strings. Maybe I'm overthinking it, but is this album on the list because it is fun and has notably risque lyrics for the time period? Are these songs random vignettes of the subject's outré encounters and fondness for robust women? Or, is this more about the subject drowning out the pain of heartbreak, the horrors of war, the shame of society's rejection, in the only way they know how? Is the subject punishing themself for their own past transgressions? Are they lingering between numbness and fleeting ecstasy, feeling lost and without a map? I find this album musically unique and quirky. Lyrically, I'm curious if there's something more lurking beneath the surface. It may not be frequent, but I will certainly revisit this album again.
"Sweet Surrender" was a bit extra for my tastes, but largely I enjoyed this album. Solid funky/bluesy stuff.
The first few songs were impressive, I liked his energy, vocals and it worked musically. The rest of the album didn’t stand out much.
I have listened to a lot of albums in my life which makes me uniquely qualified to say that this is one of the sluttiest records ever produced. It is also a good reason why multiple listens is helpful. After my first play through it was a total miss. Buckley's voice hovers right around that grating and irritating zone, but he is saved by the brilliant musicians he surrounded himself with. Zoning out and imagining his voice like a jazz sax made it more barrable. It also gives you the ability to ignore the words, which were icky at times. If it weren't for the first 2 songs this would be a 5 star record. Side 2 was excellent, but I could go the rest of my life without hearing the first two tracks again, which will, sadly, keep this one shelved for me. I will give it three stars on behalf of the backing band.
Ehh the music itself was nice but the lyrics were awful.
okay tim!
The band and the songs: 5 stars. The vocals: 2 stars. Overall: 4 stars. (A couple of weeks ago the generator generated Goodbye and Hello, a very different album, which I also rated as 4 star: a totally different style and better way of singing but less consistent.)
The music is not bad but that nervous chicken spoils it.
Listened to a couple Tim albums over the years. First time with this one. Some nice tunes.
Although I liked the groove to a lot of the songs, the lyrics really left a lot to be desired. It felt very "scat"-ty, that they were improvised mostly. I wish that he had a better lyricist. I mean, most of the songs were pretty obvious what they were about. "Get On Top." Hmmmmm. "Sweet Surrender" really felt a bit trapped in its time with the strings. Singing "Suurrender that love Sweet, sweet, sweet Surrender, Mama to love, to love to love..." yikes. It just sounds so...dated. Work on the lyrics man, really.
I don't know anything about Tim Buckley or his various musical styles but I found this attempt at funky R&B fused with a debauched sex odyssey theme a lot of fun (love his backing band and that jangly piano). His vocals and approach reminded me of Dr. John and even Nick Cave (goes deep on a theme), and I've been pleasantly surprised by their work. I don't know if it's the album's energy or the complete lack of apology in his cheeky lyrics, but I really dug it. Move With Me is like a raunchier (but still funny) version of Give me Two Steps by Skynyrd. Sweet Surrender shows his vocal range. Nighthawkin' and Make It Right had the intensity and funky beats reminiscent of Disco Inferno by the Trammps or Showdown by ELO. This album is just cool.
I’m not sure if this guy has sex…. Other than that great music!
Bit meh. Liked the closer
Kind of a weird album. Not sure what is special about it.
Surprising melding of early 70s country-rock sensibilities with soul/RnB sounds - not what I was expecting at all. The funk bass lines are great: dancey and hypnotic they propel the songs along. Hammond organs and sparse electric guitar build up the jazzy chords, rhythm and vamps. Bongos add more texture on top of the drums and horns come in for quick solos (move with me) in transition and strings appear for dramatic effect (sweet surrender). The vocals are not my thing. Impressive range and strong delivery, but it always sounds like he's doing a bit. So much wailing and the scatting is way too much (get on top). Nighthawkin veers into 70s sitcom theme song territory. Honk Kong Bar is more of the acoustic folk sound I associated with TB. Make it right is a jazzy western. Favourite: devil eyes, make it right
This album is just embarrassing. Buckley seems desperate for us to believe that he has a lot of sex. Any merit the music had is subverted by the very cringe lyrics. Wait, he was Jeff Buckley's father? Wikipedia says they only met once when Jeff was 8. Right, that tracks.
Not pulling it off
I've never heard Tim Buckley before, but have been a long-time fan of his son Jeff. I can definitely hear similarities in their voices. This is a really funky record and I love the production. It's all a kind of basic affair by modern standards though, I think. Favourite tracks: Devil Eyes, which gives me ELP - Tarkus vibes, and Make It Right, which has some really nice string arrangements. Most of the record just kind of washed over me though.
A little bit different from other Tim Buckley that I've heard. A bit more up-tempo and rock n' roll. It's okay but still not sure I see the appeal of Tim Buckley. 3 stars.
Decent album with some nice songs
Tim goes less weird. Tim goes white funk. Time goes good but not great.
Oh well, I guess that was a Tim Buckley album?
This album is like eating a sandwich at the Subway. It was good, it was quick, the job is done and you can go on to your next meal.
I apparently listened to the whole thing but remember none of it. Oh right kinda sounded jazzy. 3 stars.
Instrumentation was solid. Vocals are very different from the other tim buckley album i got. Coincidentally the other was before led zepplins first album and this one after. To me he sounds like he got inspired by robert plant but it just doesnt work for me.
Summer vibes, but a bit weird
Buena voz con canciones algo rítmicas. Pinta de crooner. Escuchable en diferentes ambientes.
really fun actually New Orleans jazz rock the first song is awesome
Funky blues
Tough to get through. Not at all shocking that I never heard of him before. Hopefully this is the only album by him on this list.
Never listened to him but this was pretty good.
Very interesting, especially when comparing it to Happy Sad. I like this one more for sure. The funk/r&b elements add a lot and there's a good amount of variety here.
This is the third Tim Buckley album in this project, and like the others it has its own distinct sound, and I wasn't sure if I loved it or hated it. The first try listening was more on the hate side, but when I gave it another chance it was bluesy, kind of funky, and somewhat kinky and I really liked it.
I wasn't expecting what I was hearing from Tim Buckley. Rough and bluesy...sometimes the lyrics (which I don't generally pay close attention to) would make me do a second take. It was somewhat appealing and catchy to my ear.
It's late and I'm tired and it's nine minutes until my birthday so I'm not going to go too much into detail about the sexism and racism on this album. It's there. Did I enjoy it anyway? Sure did.
I thought I knew what to expect from Tim Buckley. But I didn’t expect a rock album dripping with backup gloriousness. The backup singers on that opening track “Move With Me” sounded right out of the Schoolhouse Rock “Verb” song. I loved this!!!
solid 7, nice production. tim buckley's eclectic musical expertise translates pretty well here. pretty wild this is immediately after Starsailor. white boy funk
Pas mauvais. Beaucoup de sonorités/ styles différents. Pas tout a fait mon genre par exemple. 5.5/10
Funky, but ultimately not my cup of tea. 2.5/5
Dull. Nothing special about this.
Tim Buckley is that hyperactive kid who annoyed everyone making dumb noises and faces. This was actually decent aside from Get on Top. Hong along Bar was the standout for me. 3 stars
I reaffirm my statement in Happy Sad.
It's great to be sex positive, but make sure you don't test positive. Wrap it before you tap it kids. Oh, and this album is creepy.
C- Move With Me - 3 Get On Top - 2 Sweet Surrender - 2 Nighthawkin’ - 2 Devil Eyes - 2 Hong Kong Bar - 1 Make It Right - 4 I noticed that woofmeow rated Buckley's previous album right after we got this, I don't know if it was coincidence or not. I liked her review, so I felt compelled to learn some more about this guy. I learned that he's Jeff Buckley's pop. If you don't know Jeff, he's the guy who sings Hallelujah. I thought that's all he was. His entire album, Grace, is fantastic and I keep listening to it. So, if I have anything to thank Greetings From L.A. for, it is another album.
Exhausting
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
I was a little worried this was going to be some honky tonk bar band bullshit based off of the first track. On the back half of “Get on Top”, I’m reminded a bit of that late 70’s Can performance on German TV: they’re playing “Moonshake” off of Future Days (or maybe it’s “Don’t Say No” - same song, essentially), an exceptionally funky rendition. You may have seen the clip, they’re playing the funkiest shit you ever heard and they cut to the audience who is sitting there, perfectly still, with the exception of one college student who is causally bouncing his knee up and down to the beat. Its funny as hell and doesn’t do much to dispel the notion that the Germans are an extremely serious people. Sorry for the sidetrack, we’ll talk about Can another day… Greetings from LA sounds of its time, for sure, but it does enough to differentiate itself from its peers to make it a unique listening experience. It’s fun and funky, well produced and a little unorthodox; a worthy entry on this list.
Stacked up against his earlier work I don't find this album as good. With the exception of Get On Top it sounds like run of the mill San Fran psychedelia 5 years after the fact
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.
Too many Buckley's are represented on said list. So many that I almost skipped listening to this for spite. But it turns out it's my Green Eggs and Ham. I actually liked it. We can still kill off some Buckley's from the list. Jeff and Tim certainly know a thing or two about that...
Unremarkable.
4/5. What a funky album, not at all what I expected. It’s so groovy and heavily inspired by r&b and soul. Some funny lyrics and vocal trains that make this one so fun to listen to.
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.
I know for a fact there are 1001 albums that are better than this.
Interesting in places
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.
Imagine Jay from The Inbetweeners learned guitar, moved to LA and told his sex stories over some jangly riffs. Sleazy, cringey and uncomfortable, the worst part being this isn't even satire - it's just another Tim Buckley record.
Tremendo disco, me encantó. Es raro ponerle similitues, tiene cositas de Sabina en vivo. Está para exprimirlo.
kinda cool. a little self indulgent. pretty jammy/groovy. wouldn’t feel inclined to put it on again though tbh.
This didn't really get to me.
I didn't like his other albums but kinda enjoyed this, just sounds like someone sitting at a Piano getting high and getting laid and having fun.
Aika rock n roll meininkiä. Erilaista kuin tää toinen levy. Musta toinen levy kuitenkin oli parempi. Mutta menevää kuitenkin. Vika kappale paras, Make It Right.
Parts of this were giving me a bit of a Charles Manson Cease To Exist vibe. Maybe it's a 60s thing - or 60s hangover thing - but it didn't ease me into these tracks. Other than that, my over-riding feeling was that he liked sleeping with 'attached' women. Not one I'll be revisiting.
There's some great sax and female backing vocals. I wasn't expecting that. The L.A. in the title is dominant throughout. This is a showbiz album, again a surprise. It really is quite soulful.
Funky
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.
Surprised at how upbeat this is, I like it a lot. Gets a bit Led-Zep bluesy in places.
Odd lyrics, made me a little uncomfortable, this aside, okay album, not the worst album on this list, but far from best
........
Enjoyed the music, singing was good, would listen again.
Not for me.
Good band, too bad they had Ace Ventura on vocals. The jam for last few minutes of Devil Eyes was worth the listen.
A decent if forgettable 60s/70s album. Bit folky at times, bit Doorsy/psych at others. Has some really good little bits that tend to get swamped with forgettable parts. Probably wouldnt bother again.
Generally okay in the background, enjoyed the rockier side of funk theme and the guy has a good voice for it. Didn't outstay it's welcome either. Can't see myself returning though so can't go higher than a 3.
I quite enjoyed this one. Turns out I wasn't really listening to the lyrics, he's a bit of a filthy animal. Lovely melodies and vocals.
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
Enjoyed the opening tracks, and also the final track. Pretty filthy lyrically! The rest was pretty good too, although pretty forgettable. Highlights: Move with me Get on top Make it right 3.5 if I could
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.
1.5
6/10. I forgot that Tim Buckley and Jeff Buckley were seperate people, and this album reminded me of that. It didn't do much else for me, though.
I’m conflicted. The music was actually pretty decent but the lyrics were so bad. 6/10
why does this list blow tim Buckley
That was a nice sounding album that nobody ever bought.
“Sweet Surrender” is a brilliant song. It may challenge "Song to the Siren" as my favourite TB song. I like the haunting guitar intro, the strings building throughout, and of course Tim's vocal calisthenics. I also like “Make it Right”. “Get on Top” is a segue between these melodic, structured tracks and the others - the bluesy, more rambling tracks. Tim does a lot of interesting jazzy/experimental things with his voice – he sounds like a squawky Ornette Coleman solo at one point, but those songs sound like extended jams more than compositions.
Similar to yesterday's Bert Jansch, this genre of music isn't my jam, but I do appreciate his bluesy, raunchy, soulful style. His voice is an acquired taste, but he can sing and and he can also write some good tunes. Sweet Surrender was the highlight for me.
esto àlbum es muy sospechoso me gusta sexismo ocasionalmente tambien (obviamente, francamente, etc.), pero esto es simplemente poco convincente burrido
Zappacore with enough falsettos that you know without a doubt that this man sired Jeff Buckley. Unfortunately less directional than his son's music. Truly heroin music. Kinda bad production asw. and despite all this i liked it! very fun and bright, nice basslines. sits itself as of its time so intensely.
Very cool Avant-Garde like rock album! The vocals are great, instrumentation even better. Never quite gave Buckley the attention I Should have, very good album! 8 out of 10
Þetta er barasta mjög næs áttundatugar grúv. Röddin sérstök en á oft mjög flotta spretti. Ég hlustaði tvisvar, er til í meira.
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
Amazing, i really really enjoyed this album.
What's annoying is that I like this kind of funky, sexy, bluesy jam. Tim just needed to dial back the affectations a bit and this would be a really good album.
Funk-rock. Me ha gustado bastante. Venga, le pongo un 5.
"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.
More interesting than not...
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.
I like sex.
Jak się nie skupiasz na tekście to gitarka i wokal całkiem dobry, ale tekst momentami żenujący.
Almost got a mark for the music - but the lyrics are such a negative any redeeming qualities of this album are lost. Not feeling guilty about stopping this listen halfway through
You can't be angry when listening to Paul Simon, it's illegal.
sonzao
Wasn’t expecting much from this seeing some of the top reviews, but I was surprised really enjoyed this great funky blues sound, vocals can get a bit weird but adds to the album, added to my frequent rotation. Cheesey horny lyrics stop it being a true masterpiece
3.2 - Jeff Buckley's dad was one horny fucker. I'm not denying the lush instrumentation and the soaring vocals (runs in the Buckley bloodline, apparently) but after listening to this record, I feel like I need a shower. He's done the seemingly impossible and managed to sound like an even more lecherous and depraved version of Jimmy Morrison. A little unsettling.
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
12 string guitars should be banned.
Nice
Quite different to a previous Time Buckley LP on The List. This is psychedelic funk of the Van Morrison feel rather than the superior Sly Stone. Ok, nothing to write home about.
Beautiful.
Some funky music here but the horny obsession in the lyrics is wearing and at times pretty offensive. Tricky.
I liked this album. Nice composition and instrumentation. But gotta say the dude seems a little unhinged haha
Some of the lyrics are cringeworthy in 2023, but Tim Buckley's vocals are undeniably impressive. The band adds flourishes that distinguish this album from earlier ones. It all depends on which Tim you like. The singer songwriter version of his earlier works or the more experimental Tim represented here. He reaches a bit stylistically on some tracks and some don't work, but overall, this is an impressive piece of music.
Hadn't heard this before. Not what I would have expected. Much more bluesy and harder rocking songs. Would like to give this 3.5 but I think it serves to be rounded up.
I thought this was really strong top to bottom. He had great presence and the band did a great job keeping the songs interesting musically. Better than the other Tim Buckley album we heard, which I also liked.
'Greetings from L.A.' has a more blues-y sound than his early works which I'm more familiar with. It was a good listen.
Every song is about makin’ it with the ladies. “Get On Top”. It’s like if Prince had recorded a simple acoustic folk album.
No es mi estilo, pero estuvo bien tenerlo de fondo mientras me ponía al día con el foro de Círculo Vicioso esta tarde de sábado.
Perfect mix between folk blues and new wave. Excellent for musicians.
Todo pelota. Siga, siga!
Me gusto mas la musica que la voz. El muchcacho este estaba un poco alzado cuando escribio este album. De todas formas tiene muy buen groove.
S'écoute vraiment bien, un bon folk rock qui nous plonge dans les années 70.
very solid album. not my normal cup of tea but really enjoyed it
loathsome
Excellent Rock/Blues album, reminiscent of the doors LA woman. Killer vocals with huge range. Funky, jamming instrumentals supporting lyrical styles from from detailed stories to wild howls to playful skat. Tight guitar work on the likes of Hong Kong bar. Not a bad song. All new to me. 4.5
Bizarre rock and roll, jazz pornographic shrieky man.
Love Tim Prefer the hippy shiz tho’ Happy Sad and the live Album is immense Great grooves - Just the dated lyrics and all the misogynistic cringe on it … Also find it very sad thinking about Jeff and his young family and all of that history … Still …some pipes on the chap
Didn't like a single song save for the last track
Okay Tim likes to rock out
Meh
This was pretty fun. Nothing special, but pretty fun.
Pretty interestą
What an interesting album. I also read up a bit on this artist and I'm really interested in trying his other works Saved tracks: Get on Top, Sweet Surrender, Hong Kong Bar, Make It Right
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!
Folk que flui bem.
sweet surrender gave me a headache
Rubbish
I liked the beats. It was a bit folksy indie with psychedelic influences. His singing voice and the way he delivered things kinda ruined it for me. I think I could like a lot of these songs more if artists I liked covered them. Overall, can see his influence in the music I'd listen to regularly.
First impression, "wow this dude's sounds a little to horny". Second impression, "ok really this dude needs to calm down" lol. Fun to listen to though I guess
Solid bluesy rock
Very much of a time and place. I like ‘Made it right’ but not feeling much of anything about it other than he can sing. Maybe if I was back there and back then I’d feel differently but time has moved on. Like Scott I’d rather listen to Starsailor…
I really liked the guitar, organ and percussion parts in "Devil eyes" and I liked this song in particular, but others I enjoyed less. Probably wouldn't listen to it again.
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.
Onsitä 1972 parempaakin musiikkia tehty.. Helppoa musiikkia kuunnella.. Ensimmäisen biisin rock popittelu antaa tälle albumille yhden tähden!
Sounds like a standard issue seventies rock album to me.
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
Never really listened to Tim Buckley before even though I thought I had. Feels like in an alternate timeline this takes the place of some bluesy 70s band in the general zeitgeist. Pretty good stuff.
J'ai écouté l'albulm partitionné un peu car je n'avais pas le temps de l'écouter tout d'un coup. Cela a fait en sorte que je l'ai écouté plusieurs fois. Cependant, jen ,ai pas toujours eu la même émotion. J'ai adoré les 3 derni;res quand j'ai écouté la 2e fois mais trouvé correct les premiere chansons la 1er fois. ens omme J'ai adoré le registre de l'album et j'aurais bien aimé avoir plus de matériel de Tim Buckley. 4.75
I didn't love this - pretty generic to me.
I mostly liked this. Some of the songs devolved a little too much into kind of weird hippy horniness, especially the back half of the album, but overall not bad.
Blues-y thing that I didn't care much for. "Get on Top" was pretty good though, with its funky guitars. The last part of the song especially gets funky and I liked that song. Overall, it was pretty boring though. 2.5/5
Okay, from my (admittedly limited) knowledge of Tim Buckley, I was not expecting him to make a proto-Ed Sheeran acoustic white guy funk album. It’s not bad? Definitely sounds like what I just described, but not as embarrassing as you’d think, yet I feel like I’d prefer his folkier stuff. Or, y’no, PFunk. C
Nice, fun, but nothing outstanding
Loved his voice. Crazy how similar in tone and range he was to his son he had nothing to do with.
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.
the album started out sounding one way (bad) and ended differently (fine). didn't like the piano bar sound of the first two songs but the latter half was better.
Ooh, some of the songs on this album had an icky factor. It was just alright.
Oversexed lyrically and overwrought vocally, if musically interesting in a basic, groovy kinda way. We’ve surely reached peak TB, and one thinks the cult can only – definitely should – get smaller.
Most of these songs went on too long
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
Okay, well this album is hilariously horny. It opens with this; I went down to the meat rack tavern And found myself a big ol' healthy girl Now she was drinkin' alone Aw what a waste of sin So I went on over to sweet talk that girl Lord I moved on in Then moves on to a song that spends 7 minutes saying Get On Top, make me speak in tongues. Lol. If you ever wondered what a cross between Harry Nilsson and Marvin Gaye might be like, this is the album for you. It descends a touch too often into noodly twiddling, but was enjoyably silly and different.
Not even remotely what I was wanting/expecting from Tim Buckley, and honestly surprised he even recorded this dreck!
Great mood music.
For 1972’s “Greetings from L.A.”, Tim Buckley trades in his dreamy, psychedelic folk for a rocking, hard hitting, “sex funk” sound. The career of Buckley is sort of strange. He had this sort of crooning, deep voice that seemed to change with every record. He was big in the underground L.A. scene, but never really made it out. This record was a huge change in sound for him. There are a lot of Jim Morrison-esque moments and a few Janis Joplin moments on this record as well. The lyrical content is - well - sexual to say the least. Some of it certainly didn’t age well, and some of it is sort of strange, but I think a majority of it is pretty fun. If the lyrical content varied more, this would’ve received a higher score. Overall an enjoyable listen.
Fun songs
i'm going to LA next week, i'll let you know if this is what LA actually sounds like. i like his continuation of Jim Morrisons vibe, he probably would have been a good replacement. pretty solid album, i reckon i'll listen to this again someday which is a fucking massive upgrade on most.
My first born child died so this record could be made. Tim Buckley does that sacrifice justice.
Not arsed, Tim. Try harder. Nonce.
Sex obsessed honky tonk funk, not what I was expecting from a Tim Buckley album at all. But it was pretty enjoyable nonetheless.
Seems like it wanted to be a Doors album but fell far short.
Very "70s L.A." with both positive and negative connotations 4/5.
I like the album cover. Fatalistic vibe, kind of the Bizarro Welcome to Asbury Park. First song starts... OK, it's the '70s I guess, different social clime, but still, pretty sleazy. Next up... maybe this is kind of sexy? But I'm not feeling it. What's up next? Nope. This is like all the stupid impulses of an asshole, serial cheater put to music. He can sing. I mean, maybe if the lyrical content were different. But even the songs started sounding similar. How did this album make this list?
No one could ever accuse Tim Buckley of not giving it his all. Man, this is a weird one to evaluate. I like Tim Buckley, but I also think he often sounds like a parody of himself. I think his vocal shenanigans work best when paired up with equally bizarre music (as it is on the excellent Starsailor, which somehow NOT on this list?). On this album they were more distracting than impressive, even though the dude has a range most singers would be jealous of. That said, the band here is on fire and there are moments when everything comes together. I especially dug "Sweet Surrender" and "Making it Right." The other songs, though, I wish we could take the backing tracks and give them to other singers to see what kind of melodies and lyrics they could come up with. (Imagine James Brown singing "Get on Top.") And speaking of lyrics . . . well, again, I found them more distracting than interesting. Having said all of that, I was surprised to find that I was sad when the album was over. Tim Buckley's a hard guy to know how to recommend to people because he changed his sound so often. For my money, Starsailor is where it's at, but I also recognize that that album is not for everyone, even Tim Buckley fans. YMMV
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?
Probably the most commercial album that Tim made. You can imagine Jeff singing some of these songs. This is a good way in to discovering Tim. Work your way backwards from here!
Honestly. Time has forgotten this album. So will I.
Top 3 Songs: 1 - Nighthawkin' 2 - Hong Kong Bar (6) 3 - Move with Me (1)
This album gets into such a hard groove at times, a lot of fun to listen to! I just wish it wasn't such a horny album, Tim was down bad the entire duration of Greetings from LA Get on Top Make it Right
This album is an absolute mess, but it's entertaining. 3/5
Quite liked this one. Energetic, swinging.
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!
Not sure why this album is on 1001albums list
Each song has more offensive lyrics than the next. The racism and chauvinism age poorly.
Very funky album with some really nice soul songs. The sing style makes me think of Jim Morrison.
Bowdy, swinging, unique vocals. I'll take it.
Kind of on the fence the whole time about this high tight hollerin’ kind of singing style, which at times seemed Out of phase or at odds with the music. I wasn’t getting the lyrics so maybe they were great, I don’t know. Clearly a talent but for me not quite fully baked.
Meh
I prefer his son's music.
Some really nice bass playing!
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.
Songs are excellent, Tim Buckley's voice is.. well... I was hoping the back up singers would be more prominent. This record is like a buffet, seems to offer a little bit of everything, but nothing that's unique to it. Might come back to it if the mood is right.
Upon first glance, a funk album made by a troubled folk rock troubadour screams all sorts of thoughts: an act of artistic desperation, an awkward attempt to fit in with then-prevailing trends, a curious case of cashing in. Yet, when one come across Greetings From L.A., one finds Tim Buckley once again finding a genre and making it fit on his terms. Yeah, he helps and grovells and becomes frankly sexual in a strange fashion but at least he is honest about where he is. A missive from one of the more curious musicians of his era, this is a postcard that shall be reexamined and reevaluated in due time. Favorites: Move With Me, Get on Top, Sweet Surrender, Devil Eyes, Hong Kong Bar.
Очень такой блюзо-роковый альбом. Мне он понравился, звучит бодро и качает хорошо.
Never heard any Tim Buckley before and I liked this a lot. Great upbeat songs with a great great band laying down the foundation for Tim's amazing voice; powerful, emotive, versatile. A really good album that will stay in rotation. 4 🌟
While no particular song stood out to me, I liked this. It was fun and upbeat. I preferred the music more than the singing. The singing was...a lot at times. Did his singing remind anyone else of Shakira? At times, it was so uncanny that it was distracting.
Sweet surrender is great. I like that sexy vibe of 70s. Obvious and naive.
Terrible. No redeeming features at all.
Couldn't wait to be done with this album from the lyrics alone.
Not bad, easy listening
not as good as the other Tim Buckley album.
Maybe I'm a prude. Maybe I had a headache. Maybe it was just an off day. Or maybe...just maybe...I don't like Tim Buckley all that much. Happy Sad was a little better.
Good organ work. Vocalist has Daniel Blue vibes but not really into it.
Listened Before? N This one was FUNKY. It was alright... kind of overtly sexual and good sex music probably. After reading his history I'd really be more interested in checking out some of his earlier stuff. Added to Library? N Songs added to Playlist: Move With Me
First time listening to Tim Buckley, and it's not quite what I expected. There's a lot of honky tonk energy here, not too dissimilar from some of the stuff The Rolling Stones did. Overall this album is good, but there wasn't much stand out stuff here. Favorites: "Get On Top", "Sweet Surrender", "Make It Right"
I liked this album. Tim is a hard guy to judge. Not certain how much of the music is being playing straight and how much is pointed satire. Absent thinking about the lyrics though it’s a great album
some real good tracks here, this album is one you can really sink into. didn’t know anything about tim buckley except for his son, going to check out more of his music.
This album could almost be a the prototye for 70s rock/white-blues/soul, as it sounds so generic and firmly rooted in that decade. If you like this kind of stuff, you will like the album too. For me, this is not bad by any means, but really nothing special. 2.5/5
The music makes it clear the dude fucks. And tbh, the album does fuck. I liked it more than I thought I would.
Great voice, great songwriter
This was ho-hum and solidly 3/5
quite dull, last track is cool
Musically interesting but if you’re expecting his son’s introspection from this album - you’re not going to get it - it’s a sleazy LA album with a hint of Jim Morrison and a lot of misogyny. Still some good music at times
Top notch road music
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
Very different from what I was expecting, a pleasant enough interlude, less folk and more bluesy rock.
Beetje standaard rock'n'roll uit Amerika. Ik vind het niet veel bijzonders, alhoewel het nummer "Make It Right" wel lekker klinkt. ***
Cool
Decent listen, elements of blues and country
Pleasant songwriting. I find Tim generally unremarkable although I'd happily listen to his work for an extended period of time without complaint.
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
Thrusts AF, but pretty good musically
Such a soulful voice! Not sure its my kind of music, but it's really good anyway.
Fuck off, you small dick energy little cunt. Didn't even have the decency to die before breeding. 1/5.
Le principal problème de cet album est que Tim Buckley nous envoie des nouvelles de ses vacances à Los Angeles alors même qu'on ne lui a rien demandé.
Cet album de l'imposture Buckley est extrêmement convaincant. La voix du faux Buckley est en effet des plus impressionnantes, et la musicalité n'est pas sans rappeler la musique du réel Buckley. Fort heureusement, nous ne sommes pas dupes au sein du générateur, et n'accordant à cette copie qu'un 4/5, là où le réel Buckley parvenait à aller chercher la note suprême.
Bueno
I like more his son Jeff
Whats not to love about Tim Buckley apart from the fact that he is no longer with us to give us those searing blues compositions? Love "Nighthawking" and "Sweet Surrender". Classic Album rightfully on the list.
That is a sad image of Los Angeles, but accurate for the mid-1970s. It's not *all* smog, some of it is dirt in the air from the Owens Valley, blowing down over the city. Tim Buckley feels like a poser. Maybe that's wrong, maybe he's the real deal. Dead at 28. His song Jeff, who I should appreciate for popularizing the Leonard Cohen song, made it another two years to die at 30. He never met his dad. Okay, I take it back. Not a poser, seems real close to the real deal. Pretty good. Glad I heard it before I died.
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
A few of these were bops but I wasn't crazy about the album as a whole (interestingly, my two least favorites were the ones with the most streams on Spotify. Although those were also probably the most musically interesting ones, but I guess I just like boring stuff)
Solid 70’s blues feel, but also weird lyrics, that do not do it for me. Gets boring