Grace [LP]

by Jeff Buckley

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

A rare talent whose life was cut far too short, Jeff Buckley’s artistry shines from beginning to end on Grace. His only proper studio album, Grace showcases Buckley's distinguished vocal range, spanning around four octaves, and his knack for songwriting. However, it is the understated emotion exuded by his cover of Leonard Cohen’s "Hallelujah" that is the showstopper, leaving you both on the verge of tears and wanting more..

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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	04/12/2011
Label:	Legacy / Sony Music Entertainment
UPC:	0886977798313
Rank:	621

Tracks

1. Mojo Pin
2. Grace
3. Last Goodbye
4. Lilac Wine
5. So Real
6. Hallelujah
7. Lover, You Should've Come Over
8. Corpus Christi Carol
9. Eternal Life
10. Dream Brother

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jeff Buckley   Primary Artist,Organ,Tabla,Guitar,Voices,Dulcimer,Harmonica,Harmonium,Lead Vocals
Shudder to Think   Featured Artist
Kevin March   Drums
Craig Wedren   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Misha Masud   Tabla
Loris Holland   Organ
Karl Berger   Strings
Nathan Larson   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Mick Grondahl   Bass
Michael Tighe   Guitar
Gary Lucas   Guitar
Stuart Hill   Bass
Matt Johnson   Drums,Percussion,Vibraphone

Technical Credits

Andy Wallace   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Steven Berkowitz   Executive Producer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Leonard Cohen   Composer
Andrew Goodsight   Composer
James Alan Shelton   Composer
Clif Norrell   Mixing,Engineer
Fred "Sonic" Smith   Composer
Jeff Buckley   Composer,Producer
Wayne Kramer   Composer
Dennis Thompson   Composer
Chris Laidlaw   Assistant Engineer
Rob Tyner   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Jessie Mae Robinson   Composer
Karl Berger   String Arrangements
Nathan Larson   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Leon Payne   Composer
Bukka White   Composer
Hank Williams   Composer
Alex Chilton   Composer
Mick Grondahl   Composer
Shudder to Think   Instrumentation
Steve Sisco   Assistant Engineer
Benjamin Britten   Composer
Howie Weinberg   Mastering
Michael Tighe   Composer
Gary Lucas   Composer
James Shelton   Composer
Robert Johnson   Composer
Jennifer Cohen   Design Assistant
Merri Cyr   Photography
Christopher Austopchuk   Design,Art Direction
Michael Davis   Composer
Matt Johnson   Composer
Robert Derminer   Composer
B. White   Composer
M. Davis   Composer
David Gahr   Photography
Nicky Lindeman   Design,Art Direction
F.M. Smith   Composer
Dennis Tomich   Composer
John McNally   Composer