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71 of 71 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Falling in Love, September 16, 1999
I bought "Grace" for my wife (also a member of my band) after reading a few reviews, right here on Amazon, while Christmas shopping in 1998. I was getting another record for my brother in law. We listened to it on Christmas morning for the first time. I remembered "Grace" and she remembered "Last Goodbye," from when they were played on WBCN here in Boston a few years back. Later on that night we listened again, and then again. Then we'd listen to, say "Mojo Pin" for a week, or "Lover..." But it was clear that this record was changing our lives musically, and spiritually. Now almost a year, and several import CD's later. It's scope is endless. What Jeff Buckley has done for us, is bring back the joy and (of course) the sadness that music can bring to your life. Let this music help you grow! If you are a musician, hear how this is music on an entirely higher level than ANYTHING in the 90's period! But go cautiously, because you will loose a close friend, and a lover as fast as you find him; and you will mourn his loss.
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126 of 135 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Beautiful tragedy, March 4, 2000
There are certain songs or artists you remember hearing for the first time, the impression is/was so strong. Jeff Buckley is one such artist. At first you hear the voice-That Voice!-expressive, far-ranging, wailing falsetto and heart melting vibrato.A close clock on his voice is like combining the apex of robert plant with some van morrison and a little of his own father's(tim buckley) monstrous instrument. Next you hear the music-plaintive, melancholy , pleading, ethereal-Free. Stylistically he harkens back somewhat to 80's alternarock ala cocteau twins-but really his sound(other than cover songs) is all his own; highlights are the soaring, epic "grace" and the rainy-day blues of "lover you should've come other" to the wistful "mojo pin". The third and most important ingredient to this masterpiece is his honesty- when you this album , you hear Jeff Buckley, heart and soul. Every song , every note-whether his own or borrowed, is another thread in the weaving of his own personal story, musically and otherwise.All in all, rarely has a debut artist come onto the scene with impact of a jeff buckley. Alas the tragedy is that his musical legacy was impromptly halted. Jeff Buckley accidentally drowned in May of '97. Which makes this album and his subsequent, unfinished release "sketches for my sweetheart the drunk"-that much more precious, and that much more graceful-A.N.
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55 of 61 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing and Graceful, January 19, 2000
This could be one of the best CD's of the last decade. The songs are just beautiful and rich. Each track has lush textural arrangements and wonderful melodies. It can rock at times, ("Eternal Life, Grace") but its the slower more personal numbers that pull the listener in. Songs like "Lover, You Should of Come Over" paint a picture in your head so vivid you can hear the rain drops. The painfully powerful, "So Real" puts you in the relationship of the lovers in the song. It all comes down to Jeff being an amazing storyteller. His roots suggest a more folk approach to songs, but he leaves that behind, leaning more toward the MC5 and Leonard Cohen, than to Peter, Paul and Mary. Some people need some time to warm-up to his falseto-ish voice, but I think it's simply amazing, and so is this disc.
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