Reviews (page 8 of 8)
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.
Dude, what on earth is this?!?
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.
Boring
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.
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.
Exhausting
I know for a fact there are 1001 albums that are better than this.
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.
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.
Not for me.
1.5
why does this list blow tim Buckley
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
12 string guitars should be banned.
loathsome
Meh
Rubbish
Onsitä 1972 parempaakin musiikkia tehty.. Helppoa musiikkia kuunnella.. Ensimmäisen biisin rock popittelu antaa tälle albumille yhden tähden!
Not even remotely what I was wanting/expecting from Tim Buckley, and honestly surprised he even recorded this dreck!
Seems like it wanted to be a Doors album but fell far short.
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?
Honestly. Time has forgotten this album. So will I.
Terrible. No redeeming features at all.
Couldn't wait to be done with this album from the lyrics alone.
Fuck off, you small dick energy little cunt. Didn't even have the decency to die before breeding. 1/5.
Dull as dishwater meat and potatoes early 70s songwriter-rock.
I have to give it to Tim; He's really into what he's doing. Unfortunately, that energy doesn't translate into a connection for me. The band is tight, and they do well with the music they've been given. They even get to stretch their legs a few times, in tracks like 'Devil Eyes'. But that isn't enough to offset the fact that Tim's vocals and lyrical delivery are just too awkward for me to hear past. Moreover, the characters he trying to convey and/or the stories he's trying to tell in each song, just don't seem believable as he depicts them. Nowhere is this more apparent than 'Get on Top' and 'Sweet Surrender'. I was literally cringing and tensed listening to 'Sweet Surrender', which was basically a 2-minute song followed by 4m44s of Tim's warbling and nasally improvisations. You figure that they would've learned from the previous track 'Get on Top', where there is a very apparent and abrupt cut around the 5m50s mark in and amongst a similar 4+ minute long outro. I will say that I was almost into 'Nighthawkin''... almost. All told, it feels like an attempt was made to make a gritty album that told the stories of hard worn lives in a big city, but what came through was more like a kid telling tall tales.
1.5