Grace (10th Anniversary Legacy Edition/Remastered/+DVD) [Digipak] - Jeff Buckley > Reviews

Advantages: Powerful song structure and the voice of an angel.
Disadvantages: Eventually, it comes to an end.

It was the song 'Hallelujah' (a cover of a Leonard Cohen song / poem) that originally got me into Jeff Buckley. Since then, I have musically fallen in love with all of Jeff's music. 'Grace' was the only studio album brought out by Jeff himself, who was the only son of cult folk singer / songwriter Tim Buckley. Jeff was determined not to be simply a sum of all of his creative influences (including The Smiths, Led Zeppelin, and Nina Simone), but ... Read review

Advantages: The DVD - music videos for a handful of songs
Disadvantages: It doesn't include the song 'Best of Me'

Jeff Buckley's melodic voice ranges from high pitch notes to a raw, deep, angry sound. I cant think of any artist, past or present to have such an infectious voice and range of music style, along with amazing guiter skills. He uses different types of odd sounds in his music: for example the chainsaw type sound in one of his songs. The CD basically covers all of the tracks which I would say are my personal favourites. To name a few: Last ... Read review