Folk & Country > B Folk & Country

Bound to make you both happy and sad

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

Every review I've ever read about Jeff Buckley tells what a great singer he was. Well he got it from his dad, Tim, and whatever was in the Buckley family vocal genes I'd like to have some of that too please. This album, originally released on that great old LA label Elektra in 1969, and co-produced by The Lovin' Spoonful's duo of Jerry Yester and Zal Yanovsky, is one sweet, sweet trip through the extraordinary vocal talents of this man. Born in ...
...lady on 30 June 1975. Oh, the good ones they do die young. Buckley had an amazing range, going right from falsetto all the way down to a deep snarl. I don't think I've ever heard a male singer capable of doing the same. Yes, so much of this album sounds like the boys just set out camp in the San Francisco panhandle, smoked some dope and dropped some acid, then got on with the business of making a record, but remember this was 1968! Paris was burning, ...

pinkmatchstick 17.06.2005 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Happy Sad - Tim Buckley

Two Buckley albums for the price of one.

Advantages: Lyircal completeness, 2 albums in one
Disadvantages: Not everyone likes this sort of thing

...of the album taken from Tim Buckley, his first album. Both these albums have the story telling magic of lyricist/poet Larry Beckett, and the vocal's and musical wizardry of Tim Buckley. Tim's music was (early in his career) knwon for a strong and atheletic voice capable of reaching any high's or low's, and is said to have had a 5 octave voice. Track listing 1. I Can't See You 2. Wings 3. Song Of The Magician 4. Strange Street Affair Under Blue ...
...but astonishing lyrics about how Tim left his wife. Although not the greatest of subjects perhaps, the lyrics give the song a soft and easy feel of love of the mother of his child, but also a feeling that he can't go back to her. Beckett's lyrics here really do stand apart from most lyricist's since. A song anyone would be proud to do a half decent cover of, due to how well Buckley produces the goods. 10/10 Song of the magician, The simple musical ...

iamasadlittleboy 22.06.2006 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Tim Buckley/Goodbye And Hello - Tim Buckley

Country story-telling music

Advantages: Humourous lyrics, Pleasing melodies,
Disadvantages: Can be a little difficult to get

County singer, Bobby Bare has released a surprising sometimes stunning new record, "The Moon Was Blue," co-produced by his son Bobby Bare Jr, twenty years after his last album. This was the gist of a recent newspaper article that caught my eye. Why? Well because way back in the 1970s, as a young babysitter, I was introduced to the music of Bobby Bare in particular his album, "Lullabys, Legends and Lies". On one of the tracks, a shy 5 year old Bobby ...
...lullabies, legends and lies". Bobby Bare was quite innovative for his day. He always promoted his belief that the songwriters were more important than singers. He was the first country singer to produce his own records and the first to make what was termed a concept album.. That album was this, "Lullabys, Legends and Lies." A concept album in which there is a common theme to each of the tracks on the album. The theme is somewhat obvious from the ...

MAFARRIMOND 04.06.2006 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends & Lies - Bobby Bare

A look back over the career of Tim Buckley

Advantages: A wide scoping double CD album
Disadvantages: Misses his more experimental work

As many of you may know I'm a big admirer of Jeff Buckley, Tim's son. Though they shared little of their life time together, they shared some remarkable traits (they looked almost identical, and both were blessed with musical ability that was almost inhuman), as well as a tragic end, Jeff Drowned, Tim Od'd on Heroin both with many years ahead of them. Despite this both have legacy's that still hold strong today, and here is evidence of Tim's, this ...
...1966 debut album "Tim Buckley" through to his 1972 album "Greetings from L.A.". (Missing 2 of Tim's studio albums out altogether, in Sefronia (1973) and Look at the Fool (1974)). So a track by track review of 33 songs would get boring (trust me, after around 15 songs they become boring to write, so doubtless boring to read), so instead I'll just give an over-view of the track listing and what i think of a select few songs. Full track listing: ...

iamasadlittleboy 08.05.2007 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Morning Glory (The Anthology) - Tim Buckley

Can't Fight the Moonlight

Advantages: Nice songs, great voice, duets
Disadvantages: None

...win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Since her debut, Rimes has won many major industry awards, which include two Grammys, three ACMs, one CMA, twelve Billboard Music Awards, and one American Music award. In addition, Rimes has also released ten studio albums and four compilation albums through her record label of 13 years, Asylum-Curb, and placed over 40 singles on American and international charts since 1996. She has sold over 50 million albums ...
...with touselled hair. The Best of LeAnn Rimes is a greatest hits album. It was released in 2004. It is the international edition of LeAnn Rimes Greatest Hits, released in the US in 2003. The album peaked at #2 on the UK charts, becoming her highest-charting album there. Worldwide, album has sold over 2.5 million copies. One of my favourite tracks on the album is the first song, Can't Fight the Moonlight. I think this is probably because it was featured ...

Spottydog11 06.12.2009 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Best Of LeAnn Rimes, The - LeAnn Rimes