JEFF BUCKLEY
''GRACE (LEGACY EDITION), DISC TWO''
AUGUST 23 1994
AUGUST 24 2004
112:23
DISC ONE
1/Mojo Pin/5:42
2/Grace/5:22
3/Last Goodbye/4:35
4/Lilac Wine
James Alan Shelton/4:32
5/So Real/4:43
6/Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen/6:53
7/Lover, You Should've Come Over/6:43
8/Corpus Christi Carol/2:57
9/Eternal Life/4:52
10/Dream Brother/5:25
DISC TWO
1/Forget Her/5:12
2/Dream Brother/4:56
3/Lost Highway/4:24
4/Alligator Wine/3:20
5/Mama, You Been on My Mind/3:26
6/Parchman Farm Blues/6:18
7/The Other Woman/3:05
8/Kanga-Roo/14:08
9/I Want Someone Badly/Feat. Shudder To Think/2:36
10/Eternal Life/4:48
11/Kick Out the Jams/3:05
12/Dream Brother/5:21
Jeff Buckley /Dulcimer, Guitar, Harmonium, Organ, Tabla, Vocals
Mick Grondahl /Bass
Stuart Hill /Bass
Loris Holland /Organ
Matt Johnson /Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone
Nathan Larson /Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Kevin March /Drums
Misha Masud /Tabla
Shudder to Think
Michael Tighe /Guitar
Craig Wedren /Guitar, Vocals (Background)
REVIEW
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Jeff Buckley was many things, but humble wasn't one of them. Grace is an audacious debut album, filled with sweeping choruses, bombastic arrangements, searching lyrics, and above all, the richly textured voice of Buckley himself, which resembled a cross between Robert Plant, Van Morrison, and his father Tim. And that's a fair starting point for his music: Grace sounds like a Led Zeppelin album written by an ambitious folkie with a fondness for lounge jazz. At his best -- the soaring title track, "Last Goodbye," and the mournful "Lover, You Should've Come Over" -- Buckley's grasp met his reach with startling results; at its worst, Grace is merely promising.
BIOGRAPHY
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Since he was the son of cult songwriter Tim Buckley, Jeff Buckley faced more expectations and pre-conceived notions than most singer/songwriters. Perhaps it wasn't surprising that Jeff Buckley's music was related to his father's by only the thinnest of margins. Buckley's voice was grand and sweeping, which fit with the mock-operatic grandeur of his Van Morrison-meets-Led Zeppelin music. His audacious debut Grace made him one of the most popular alternative artists of the '90s, accentuated by his early and tragic death in 1997, and his cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" virtually redefined the song for a modern audience.
Buckley began playing while in high school. Eventually, he moved to Los Angeles to study music; while he was there, he performed with several jazz and funk bands, as well as playing with Shinehead, a leader in the dancehall reggae movement. A few years later, he moved to New York, forming Gods & Monsters with the experimental guitarist Gary Lucas. The band became a hip name, yet their lifespan was short. Buckley began a solo career playing clubs and coffeehouses, building up a considerable following. Soon, he signed a record deal with Columbia Records, releasing the Live at Sin-e EP in November of 1993. It received good reviews, yet they didn't compare to the raves Buckley's full-length debut, 1994's Grace, received. Unlike the EP, the album was recorded with a full band, which gave the record textures that surprised some of his long-time New York followers. Nevertheless, it made several year-end "Best of 1994" lists and earned him a belated alternative hit, "Last Goodbye," in the spring of 1995.
A long hiatus followed as Buckley worked on material for his follow-up effort, provisionally titled My Sweetheart, The Drunk. Originally slated to be produced by Tom Verlaine, who later dropped out of the project, Buckley finally began work on the record in Memphis during the late spring of 1997. On the night of May 29, he and a friend traveled to the local Mud Island Harbor, where Buckley spontaneously decided to go swimming in the Mississippi River and waded into the water fully clothed. A few minutes later, he disappeared under the waves; authorities were quickly contacted, but to no avail -- on June 4, his body was finally found floating near the city's famed Beale Street area. Buckley was 30 years old. A collection of unreleased recordings, Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, appeared in 1998, and two live albums arrived during 2000-2001, Mystery White Boy and Live a l'Olympia.
''GRACE (LEGACY EDITION), DISC TWO''
AUGUST 23 1994
AUGUST 24 2004
112:23
DISC ONE
1/Mojo Pin/5:42
2/Grace/5:22
3/Last Goodbye/4:35
4/Lilac Wine
James Alan Shelton/4:32
5/So Real/4:43
6/Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen/6:53
7/Lover, You Should've Come Over/6:43
8/Corpus Christi Carol/2:57
9/Eternal Life/4:52
10/Dream Brother/5:25
DISC TWO
1/Forget Her/5:12
2/Dream Brother/4:56
3/Lost Highway/4:24
4/Alligator Wine/3:20
5/Mama, You Been on My Mind/3:26
6/Parchman Farm Blues/6:18
7/The Other Woman/3:05
8/Kanga-Roo/14:08
9/I Want Someone Badly/Feat. Shudder To Think/2:36
10/Eternal Life/4:48
11/Kick Out the Jams/3:05
12/Dream Brother/5:21
Jeff Buckley /Dulcimer, Guitar, Harmonium, Organ, Tabla, Vocals
Mick Grondahl /Bass
Stuart Hill /Bass
Loris Holland /Organ
Matt Johnson /Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone
Nathan Larson /Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Kevin March /Drums
Misha Masud /Tabla
Shudder to Think
Michael Tighe /Guitar
Craig Wedren /Guitar, Vocals (Background)
REVIEW
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Jeff Buckley was many things, but humble wasn't one of them. Grace is an audacious debut album, filled with sweeping choruses, bombastic arrangements, searching lyrics, and above all, the richly textured voice of Buckley himself, which resembled a cross between Robert Plant, Van Morrison, and his father Tim. And that's a fair starting point for his music: Grace sounds like a Led Zeppelin album written by an ambitious folkie with a fondness for lounge jazz. At his best -- the soaring title track, "Last Goodbye," and the mournful "Lover, You Should've Come Over" -- Buckley's grasp met his reach with startling results; at its worst, Grace is merely promising.
BIOGRAPHY
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Since he was the son of cult songwriter Tim Buckley, Jeff Buckley faced more expectations and pre-conceived notions than most singer/songwriters. Perhaps it wasn't surprising that Jeff Buckley's music was related to his father's by only the thinnest of margins. Buckley's voice was grand and sweeping, which fit with the mock-operatic grandeur of his Van Morrison-meets-Led Zeppelin music. His audacious debut Grace made him one of the most popular alternative artists of the '90s, accentuated by his early and tragic death in 1997, and his cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" virtually redefined the song for a modern audience.
Buckley began playing while in high school. Eventually, he moved to Los Angeles to study music; while he was there, he performed with several jazz and funk bands, as well as playing with Shinehead, a leader in the dancehall reggae movement. A few years later, he moved to New York, forming Gods & Monsters with the experimental guitarist Gary Lucas. The band became a hip name, yet their lifespan was short. Buckley began a solo career playing clubs and coffeehouses, building up a considerable following. Soon, he signed a record deal with Columbia Records, releasing the Live at Sin-e EP in November of 1993. It received good reviews, yet they didn't compare to the raves Buckley's full-length debut, 1994's Grace, received. Unlike the EP, the album was recorded with a full band, which gave the record textures that surprised some of his long-time New York followers. Nevertheless, it made several year-end "Best of 1994" lists and earned him a belated alternative hit, "Last Goodbye," in the spring of 1995.
A long hiatus followed as Buckley worked on material for his follow-up effort, provisionally titled My Sweetheart, The Drunk. Originally slated to be produced by Tom Verlaine, who later dropped out of the project, Buckley finally began work on the record in Memphis during the late spring of 1997. On the night of May 29, he and a friend traveled to the local Mud Island Harbor, where Buckley spontaneously decided to go swimming in the Mississippi River and waded into the water fully clothed. A few minutes later, he disappeared under the waves; authorities were quickly contacted, but to no avail -- on June 4, his body was finally found floating near the city's famed Beale Street area. Buckley was 30 years old. A collection of unreleased recordings, Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, appeared in 1998, and two live albums arrived during 2000-2001, Mystery White Boy and Live a l'Olympia.