Greetings From L.A.

This is a pretty cool, though very sexual boogie groove early 70s album. I wouldn't say there is anything really ground breaking or a lot that I personally take away from this, other than Tim is horny, but its as good as some of the other brit pop trash that's in this list so w/e.

Funky but zany. He also went completely insane during Devil Eyes

Technically the music wasn’t bad, but I did not like it. It’s all sounded like one long song and that song was annoying. Also, this album should have been called I Have Sex because holy shit all this guy sings about is banging chicks. It’s a forty minute brag about how he gets laid a lot.

This is a strong veer from Tim's usual shitty folk fare...This is more bluesy/funky mixed with rock and sexually charged lyrics. It surprised the hell out of me. This was actually the most tolerable album Tim ever made.

Favourite songs: Get on Top, Nighthawkin', Move With Me

Least favourite songs: Make It Right

4/5

Thanks, i hate this.. sexist and racist lyrics... 🤷

knew his name but 0 songs, some good stuff but overall mid

This one just didn't click with me. Nothing bad per se, but it just felt a bit much. A little too frenetic, a little too over the top.

Never heard him before. Having no contextual knowledge of him, this album feels pretty flat. Has elements of genres I enjoy, but in a blah package. The instrumentation had some good moments. 2*

O jee. Tim Buckley. Die heeft van mij al twee tweeën gehad. Voor goed gezongen aanstellerij en voor een belachelijk gezongen achtbaanrit.

Dit album houdt het midden. Hij brengt wat emotie over, maar het is niet aanstellerig. Het is niet te eentonig, maar schiet ook niet alle kanten op. Hij schiet wel eens uit met bijvoorbeeld een flink trillende stem, maar niet zo vaak dat het irritant wordt.

Tim moet blijkbaar niet te gek doen om een mooi product te leveren. Wellicht omdat die fratsen de aandacht van zijn talent wegnemen?

3,5 ster.

The men in the Buckley family don’t do well at living long. Don’t hate this, didn’t love this.

I'm thinking about this album in a bit of two minds. Tim Buckly is a phenomenal singer, and musically this is not unpleasant.

And while I normally like my musical pornography more on the erotic side, I have no issues with the straightforwardness either. From Prince's '23 positions in a one-night stand' to Peter Steele's ' I'll do anything to make you come' I've enjoyed it all.

But this, this sounds more like the raunchy teenager's first steps into kink kind of amateur porn. And the album is much more of turn-off than arousal.

Not my type of music

Not as good as his son, which isn't often how these things go, but pretty solid. Much more funk and heft than I had expected, given his reputation, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. Interesting collaborations as well, which might explain the change from his more delicate early work

Dude, what on earth is this?!?

I didn't ... hate this? It's very strange. But I liked it a lot more than I thought I would.

Interesting. II'm glad sex funk exists, don't know that I will ever listen to it again.

Surprising melding of early 70s country-rock sensibilities with soul/RnB sounds - not what I was expecting at all. The funk bass lines are great: dancey and hypnotic they propel the songs along. Hammond organs and sparse electric guitar build up the jazzy chords, rhythm and vamps. Bongos add more texture on top of the drums and horns come in for quick solos (move with me) in transition and strings appear for dramatic effect (sweet surrender). The vocals are not my thing. Impressive range and strong delivery, but it always sounds like he's doing a bit. So much wailing and the scatting is way too much (get on top). Nighthawkin veers into 70s sitcom theme song territory. Honk Kong Bar is more of the acoustic folk sound I associated with TB. Make it right is a jazzy western.

Favourite: devil eyes, make it right

Very interesting, especially when comparing it to Happy Sad. I like this one more for sure. The funk/r&b elements add a lot and there's a good amount of variety here.

Funky, but ultimately not my cup of tea. 2.5/5

Interesting, but not really something I liked. Not bad, it just didn't click with me.