Move With Me/Get On Top/Sweet Surrender/Nighthawkin'/Devil Eyes/Hong Kong Bar/Make It Right
With Greetings From LA folk singer-songwriter Tim Buckley moved away from the avant-garde experimental nature of his previous album towards a more conventional mainstream direction.
“The music here doesn't reach the same heights as his previous albums and it is not as challenging. Some really fun and pleasant listening and an excellent companion to his other albums. You could dismiss this as Buckley trying to be more mainstream, but you should instead see this as him trying to be more welcoming and fun.”
“On this album he shed most of introspective, plaintive and experimental characteristics, and embraced a pragmatic commercial view.”
“Though slightly more commercial than Starsailor Buckley seems to be in a period of demonstrating his new found sobriety, turning his back on his wicked and self destructive former ways. This album is delightful, and worthy of a place among his classic albums.”
“The peculiar mix of a truly great singer with a kind of soul-like music works perfectly. The first two songs are so intensively played and sung. In fact the whole atmosphere in this album is intensive, lonesome and forlorn.”
“This is tremendous album. Buckley's voice was something else: he had a truly astonishing range, great control and timbre, and the ability to be both powerful and delicate. He used his amazing voice more like a musical instrument.”
“Sweet Surrender is a fascinating glimpse into the tragically helpless ways of its author, who comes off as a repentant amoralist in his blunt, self-excoriating delivery. The stunning Hong Kong Bar serves to redeem the dumb, repetitive tracks that litter much of the album; it's Buckley at his best, improvising some of the most authentic blues one could hope to hear, a refreshingly sombre, acoustic piece which allows his true talents to finally take over and chill one's spine.”
“A strange one even by Tim's standards, Greetings From L.A. is certainly not the greatest place to start for the newcomer. Gone are Tim's quiet, gentle folk stylings and searing spiritual quests for psychedelia, replaced with seedy underworld sounding tunes, complete with some very corny soul backing vocals.”
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