RIP

Sometimes an artist comes along and from the moment you hear the first note, you are immediately enthralled. This is Jeff Buckley. An epic album in scope and raw emotion, Buckley throws himself headlong into each lyric, chord change and style. Grace is the full length debut from an artist taken from the earth much too soon. Pouring himself into each song, you cannot escape the realism in his voice. The longing of "Lover, You Should Have Come Over" is a melancholy tune on the surface, but look underneath and you find a man stripped bare of all pretense and just says simply what he feels. This form of honesty is now a lost art in music today. Maybe his death will teach somebody something. One can always hope.

Defining Moment in Music

I just had to have my say on 'Grace', although any comment I could possibly make about it has already been made somewhere in the 500+(!!) reviews already writen.

Stylistic variety, cohesive mood

The mood of melancholia and redemption on Grace is expressed in many different styles. The first track Mojo Pin is a structurally complex slice of tortured prog rock, whilst Grace, the title track, falls into the same stylistic category. Both of these are infused with the intricate and stirring guitar textures of the great axe master Gary Lucas, the co-composer.