Goodbye And Hello - Tim Buckley

...8. Knight-Errant
9. Goodbye and Hello
10. Morning Glory


No man can find the war, Is a softly sung song about Vietnam, written by Beckett, before Beckett got drafted. As with most the album the soft music allows buckley's voice to ride the waves above it. At only 2:59 it is a short song (third shortest on the album) which does reflect some what sadly upon it's rating. 7/10

Carnival song, Another ...
...mark. 6/10

Goodbye and hello, A marathon, a stunning tour, a feast. Buckley at his godly best. Starting off with slow music and peaceful singing, The musical "chorus" kicks in and sounds soft but yet you can almost hear theirs a lot more to come from the song. As the next verse approaches theirs a little change in music, before a speeddy interlude with Buckley seemingly going off on a tangent that yet fits so wonderfully ... more

This was Tim Buckley's second album of 9 (the first being the self-titled Tim Buckley), with lyrics co-written with Larry Beckett and music played by Tim, Jim Feildman, CC collin's among others.

This album was out before Tim took a go at advant-garde (seen in his Starsailor album), and has a soft rock appeal with political under-tones in many of Beckett's lyrics, with Tim's undaunting note perfect voice hitting the right tune through out.

Track Listings
1. No Man Can Find the War
2. Carnival Song
3. Pleasant Street
4. Hallucinations
5. I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain
6. Once I Was
7. Phantasmagoria in Two
8. Knight-Errant
9. Goodbye and Hello
10. Morning Glory

No man can find the war, Is a softly sung song about Vietnam, written by Beckett, before Beckett got drafted. As with most the album the soft music allows buckley's voice to ride the waves above it. At only 2:59 it is a short song (third shortest on the album) which does reflect some what sadly upon it's rating. 7/10

Carnival song, Another softly sung song, with Buckley staying well with in him self to produce an simple but yet brilliant vocal display. At just over 3 mins, and containing only 3 verses Buckley's voice doesn't quite save how simple this song is musically. 7/10

Pleasant street, This should have opened the album, a blissful song thats an absolute pleasure to listen to. It's the first song on the album to actually have a chorus as such and it shows the useage of such a section in a song. The singing is as always delightful, but this time it seems Beckett has given Buckley the perfect lyrics that his voice longs for.Easy contender for song of the album. 10/10

Hallucinations, This is a song where Buckley really comes into his own in the terms of vocals. Again a simple music component with Buckley's deligious voice singing over it. This reminds me of "Song of the Magician" from Tim's first album. The verses can faster then slower, showing to some extent where Buckley was later headed in his career. 9/10

I never asked to be your mountain, A bit of a lyrical marathon, in a song his son later covered. The song which is about Tim's relationship with his ex wife, and son (Jeff) is a lyrical masterpeice with similies and metaphors and other such linguistic devices almost displayed at will. Tim's voice scales peaks that few artists' ever dare, and in this song, tim's voices range's in marvelous fashion. Although Jeff's version is my prefered one, this is still and amazing song. 9/10

Once I was, Another one of Beckett's war related songs, or so you'd think from the opening lyrics, however it is thought to be about Tim's dad (Also called Tim). Either meaning has been accepted by many Buckley fans. As with most song's Tim's soft voice convey's emotions deep down you may not even have known existed. His silky voice makes you feel the sadness he hides behind his music. Though it does seem to miss a little something magical, he again astounds the listener, though not quite upto the very high standards of the previous 3 songs. 8/10

Phantasmagoria in two, A chirpy little peice Buckley seems to convey a happy loving feeling for the listener in the song, this is one of the paciest songs on the album and the vocals as always note perfect. Though the lyrics are less catchy than on some of the better songs such as "Pleasant street". 7/10

Knight errant, A sparkling little peice, that you may hear and forget you ever heard it as it's far too short at less than 2 mins long and seems to fit into the next song. A bright peice that Buckley should have extended. It's definately different to the marjority of the album and seems to feel a little out of place on the album, unfortunately this drags down it's mark. 6/10

Goodbye and hello, A marathon, a stunning tour, a feast. Buckley at his godly best. Starting off with slow music and peaceful singing, The musical "chorus" kicks in and sounds soft but yet you can almost hear theirs a lot more to come from the song. As the next verse approaches theirs a little change in music, before a speeddy interlude with Buckley seemingly going off on a tangent that yet fits so wonderfully and makes you wonder why so few people have replicated the effect that he does a little later in the song. Then back to the musical "chorus", then back to the pacey god send with a slightly high tone this time Tim takes on slightly more complex verse. Then back to a chorus, and so on. This song nears to 9 mins, and theirs not a wasted second. Almost a compendium of musical bravura, all some how fitting into a single peice. It has everything a perfect song has, originality, ease to listen to, lyrical perfect. Only song on the album that really gives "Pleasant street" challange for the best song on the album.10/10

Morning-glory, The second shortest song on the album at 2:49, shows Buckley's voice at his sweetest and Beckett's lyric's at their simple best. The A-A-A-B scheme used throughtout the song probably helps to make this the most conventional song on the album with it's simple verse--verse-chorus-verse-chorus structure sitting easily into modern music. The only shame with that, is the song isn't loud enough to shout above the crashendo of the modern era in music. 8/10 

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