Look at the Fool

Tim Buckley

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 15, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1974
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Manifesto Records
• ASIN: B000005DE0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #212,899 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Tim Buckley's career reached a stalemate with the release of Look at the Fool in 1974. Buckley's poorly conceived material suffered from weak soul-rock arrangements, and more sadly, a deteriorated voice. Some fans view all his later efforts from the funky, sex-mad Greetings from L.A. to the burnt-out soul of Fool, as aberrations. Others take the view that his last three albums celebrate the blue-eyed soul tradition. On the whole, Greetings from L.A., Sefronia, and Look at the Fool are inconsistent next to the glorious, Happy Sad, the elegant Blue Afternoon, and the far-in psychedelic cabaret blues of Starsailor. On his last album, Buckley goes even deeper into the funk and R&B he began to experiment with on Greetings from L.A. His attempts to come over as a bad-ass Marvin Gaye clone fail miserably. The accompanying L.A. session musicians don't have a clue about what made Gaye funky, and Buckley's voice just isn't suited to the libidinous lover-man style he aspires to achieve. The material is pretty basic and there are few glimpses of the free-flowing adventurousness of old. --Reuben Dessay.

Product Description
Tim Buckley's 9th and final studio album, released in 1974, a year before his death in June 1975. 10 tracks.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than they say, January 10, 2000

By	R A MEAD (London) - See all my reviews

I have read many a bad review of this albumn but although it is different in style to his other work, it is just as good! I first heard the song Look at the fool on the Twenty Four Seven soundtrack which prompted me to buy this albumn. It is a brillent emotionally charged bluesy song, the rest of the songs are more upbeat and mowtown in style. Most of the songs do not contain the most inspiring lyrics but the tunes are incredibily catchy and addictive. This is a great funky album, perfect to put on before you go out for an evening!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tim`s swan song, March 29, 2005

By	lowell duluth "lowell duluth" (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews

As other reviewers have, I`m glad to see, pointed out, this has always been mystifyingly underrated (just as - despite the sublime Once I was and Morning Glory - the angular, cod-psychedelic Goodbye and Hello has perennially been much overrated). The title song is gorgeous. And Tijuana Moon opens with this breath-halting lyric, sung virtually a capella in Tim`s divine falsetto:
`The padre told me all the hymns were born
out of the saxophone...`
Wanda Lu is Louie Louie in Rio, the whole thing in fact is suffused with sultry south-of-the-border sexuality (Tim loved the ladies as much as they loved him) and its Carnival time! This is dripping with soul and sex. It`s not TB at his greatest (look to Blue Afternoon or Happy Sad, or the crazed Starsailor, for that) but you`ll have a great time if played on the loud side.
Greetings From LA, an earlier album, was Tim`s gritty, dirty soul foray; this is exultant festival time. Enjoy.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buckley does it again!!!, February 2, 2006

By	50ft woman - See all my reviews

I don't think the amazon reviewer and I are listening to the same album ''a deteriorated voice'' i don't see any evidence of that he pushed the boundrys with further each album.(i have a live album from 1975 his voice gives me goosebumps it's so good)

I think the fact he refused to be a one trick pony and do the same album time after time to keep the critics happy might be upsetting for some people who aren't broad minded enough to except change; But for me it is just another expression of the true talent this exceptional singer had.

However if your not into your funk/soul i can understand this album not being to taste but he covered a few genre's in his short life he made nine studio albums...If you don't enjoy this check out the anthology for a overall view of his ability