Tim Buckley Songs Ranked
Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an American vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, and producer. His music and style changed considerably throughout the years. Buckley began his career based in folk music, but his subsequent albums experimented with jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul, avant-garde, and an evolving voice-as-instrument sound. He died at the age of 28 from a heroin overdose, leaving behind his sons Taylor and Jeff. Here are all of Tim Buckley’s songs ranked.
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11. Driftin’ (Lorca, 1970)
“The one thing I criticize is I think “Driftin ‘” could have been even better, if they had gone faster and faster and faster at the end. That’s what I’d do if I were covering it.”
10. Lorca (Lorca, 1970)
“Lorca sounds totally different; it feels like the giant leap forward in his discography, the moment when he stopped blending popular genres with each other and instead broke away from them entirely.”
9. Gypsy Woman (Happy Sad, 1969)
“Gypsy woman” is a little disengaging, and at 27.5% of the album’s running time it’s hard to ignore, but all the others have something to offer, given plenty of time.”
8. Starsailor (Starsailor, 1970)
“Talk about pain, then listen to Starsailor. It’s the most pained album that I can think of. In fact, if some albums are like touchstones, then Starsailor is like Spock touching the Horta. Tim Buckley looks all friendly and relaxed on the cover, but don’t let that fool you: he is going to tell you about pain, and he is not going to give you any breathing space.”
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7. Happy Time (Blue Afternoon, 1969)
“It is hard to put my finger on Tim Buckley in terms of who he sounds like, he sounds a tad folky but he does not have the voice of Bob Dylan, there music is not too dissimilar he sounds like his son Jeff a little. I would say at this point and time I am as big a fan as Tim as I am with Jeff Buckley. It is ashame my buddy Ricky was like why don’t they have any music by his father in this store, Vintage Vinyl where I shot my video review at for those of you who were wondering. I’m like dude both Jeff and Tim are talented.”
6. Nighthawkin’ (Greetings from L.A., 1972)
“Two points need be made here – firstly, the tragedy and lust may seem a product of personal lifestyle choices at first glance, but it’s really the city, man, it’s rotten and it gets to you, as the super-charged semi-filler track Nighthawkin’ reminds.”
5. Once I Was (Goodbye and Hello, 1967)
“Clearly this song seems to be about a loved one that moved on from him. He is recalling all the smiles and dreams they had together though she seems to “have forgotten”. Perhaps one of the greatest love (lost love) songs of his time. Easy to relate to if you’ve had the pleasure of being dumped and forgotten.”
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4. Buzzin’ Fly (Happy Sad, 1969)
“This is a perfect song with beautiful lyrics. It captures the feeling of first being in love ‘I think it knows it’s flowing through you and me’ – when everything seems invincible and it just radiates! It also has worry and a bit of doubt – ‘tell me when I should leave you’ and comfort – ‘ that’s how I know I’ve found a home’. You can’t artificially create these emotions – he must have felt these things all at the same time. Beautiful!”
3. I Must Have Been Blind (Blue Afternoon, 1969)
“I Must Have Been Blind” evokes betrayal as a cry of resigned despair. So be it, seems to be saying Tim, already dreaming of the great green expanses, his eyes in the sky, in another world, less low. The xylophone delivers small liquid notes like a summer downpour, gently cooling the heavy air. “
2. Morning Glory (Goodbye And Hello, 1967)
“This is not as good as Pleasant Street because that is just another level as far as singles go. This is a standard Folk ballad and is much akin to Jeff Buckley’s equally magnificent Halleluia which even blew the Leonard Cohen original out of the water. One of the better tracks of 67 though.”
1. Song to the Siren (Starsailor, 1970)
“Even the beauty of “Song to the Siren” is darkened by the pained performance that sounds as if the singer is holding on to the song like the last straw before drowning in a sea of pain.”