100+ Items Found For tim buckley (showing top 100 results)

Spin (p.85) - "[B]lending folk, jazz, and avant garde sensibilities into a searching, mystical style..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.71) - "[E]ven when the songs were tailored for Top 40 radio, like 'Aren't You The Girl' and 'I Can't See You,' Buckley refused to be confined..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "TIM BUCKLEY is a much underrated album with beautiful songs such as 'Wings' and 'I Can't See You,' where that enthralling tenor voice was heard for the first time..."Uncut (magazine) (p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Ostensibly a folk-rock album, oft-stereotyped as such, in truth TIM BUCKLEY turns the fledgling genre inside out."94.66891

Spin (p.85) - "[B]lending folk, jazz, and avant garde sensibilities into a searching, mystical style..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.71) - "[E]ven when the songs were tailored for Top 40 radio, like 'Aren't You The Girl' and 'I Can't See You,' Buckley refused to be confined..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "TIM BUCKLEY is a much underrated album with beautiful songs such as 'Wings' and 'I Can't See You,' where that enthralling tenor voice was heard for the first time..."Uncut (magazine) (p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Ostensibly a folk-rock album, oft-stereotyped as such, in truth TIM BUCKLEY turns the fledgling genre inside out."67.75997

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Q (p.147) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Tim Buckley sang with one of the most beautiful voices to grace any era..."Dirty Linen (p.59) - "[This collection] includes several of his gorgeous tracks from HELLO AND GOODBYE....The collection is rounded out with several tracks from his lesser-known recordings..."Global Rhythm (Publication) (p.45) - "[H]e glided through songs with his improvisational style and peculiar arrangements. His unique relationship with the world was present in his songs."Mojo (Publisher) (p.128) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The earliest material remains as pure and thrilling as on the day it was born, Buckley's remarkably supple, multi-octave voice is a thing of wonder."54.21194

Rolling Stone (3/29/01, p.63) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Buckley experimented to the end, sometimes brilliantly...sometimes to his enduring embarrassment, but always with a consequences-be-damned conviction."Entertainment Weekly (3/30/01, p.69) - "...Tim had a voice in a million: He sounded like an angel on earth..." - Rating: AQ (5/01, p.129) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Explains why Tim is revered as one of American rock's most unique talents....Most of his best songs are here..."Alternative Press (5/01, pp.68-9) - 3 out of 5 - "...Effectively maps Buckley's musical vagaries....amply proving that not only was his vocal prowess peerless, but his ability to move listeners emotionally was even more impressive..."Mojo (Publisher) (4/01, p.116) - "...Those who've never heard the man couldn't ask for a more balanced introduction..."53.81789

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CMJ (10/00, p.57) - "...Reproduces Buckley's singularity with equally distinctive tact and those who fall back on the clichT of modern pop..."Melody Maker (9/5/00, p.48) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Listenable distractions and it does make you wanna revisit those divine originals."40.36341

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Entertainment Weekly (p.71) - "13 bold and nuanced reimaginings of hard-to-top Jeff and Tim Buckley cuts." -- Grade: B+0.7881029

Record Collector (magazine) (p.79) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[This collection] boasts songs of astounding depth and complexity, often predating the jazz-tinged folk of future foragers such as Tim Buckley, whose vocal flights he sometimes recalls."0.5910771

Q (7/93, p.104) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Tim Buckley's third album and perhaps the only record to match in mood and quality Van Morrison's contemporary Astral Weeks..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.81) - "[With] two 10-minute-plus epics, including the intoxicated, improvised groove of 'Gypsy Woman' where Buckley's fast-maturing voice soars like Hendrix's guitar..."0.4925643

Q (12/03, p.155) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Recalling a baritone Tim Buckley at his bluesiest..."Mojo (Publisher) (9/03, p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This is a welcome primer of some of Neil's best work..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "In the 70s he withdrew from a music business that he didn't respect, but has left us with superb material like this. Quite simply, everybody ought to own this, especially any Dylan fan."0.3940514

Q (Magazine) (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "'Blue Sky Falls' would grace any porch south of the Mason-Dixon Line before it explodes into harmonic loveliness, while 'Blakefield Gold' twangs and moves in equal measures..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.85) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Massive leaps in songcraft are matched with tons of clever bits....A richer feast, from more humble ingredients, could scarcely be imagined."Uncut (magazine) (p.84) - "[S]uch disparate influences as Fairport Convention, Van Morrison and Tim Buckley are corralled with startling command."0.3940514

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Billboard (p.72) - "[Ferry] brings his own style to covers of Tim Buckley's 'Song to the Siren' and Traffic's 'No Face, No Name, No Number.'"Mojo (Publisher) (p.109) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he mature Ferry continues to smolder....His charm remains reasonably irresistible."Clash (magazine) - "[A] healthy dose of blue-eyed soul that gets downright sleazy at times, with elements of funk, soul and blues and as much polish as it could soak up."Record Collector (magazine) (p.78) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Ferry himself is on amazingly good form....He's become a master at creating atmospherics for his delicately trembling vocals to ride."Uncut (magazine) (p.85) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The best tracks have a lightness of touch and make a virtue of the husk of Ferry's lunar croon..."0.344795

Billboard (p.72) - "[Ferry] brings his own style to covers of Tim Buckley's 'Song to the Siren' and Traffic's 'No Face, No Name, No Number.'"Mojo (Publisher) (p.109) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he mature Ferry continues to smolder....His charm remains reasonably irresistible."Clash (magazine) - "[A] healthy dose of blue-eyed soul that gets downright sleazy at times, with elements of funk, soul and blues and as much polish as it could soak up."Record Collector (magazine) (p.78) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Ferry himself is on amazingly good form....He's become a master at creating atmospherics for his delicately trembling vocals to ride."Uncut (magazine) (p.85) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The best tracks have a lightness of touch and make a virtue of the husk of Ferry's lunar croon..."0.344795

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Rolling Stone - "...more than a wonderful archival discovery. It is essential listening."Q - 5 Stars - Indispensable - Included in Q's list of the Fifty Best Albums of 1990 - "...reveals an artist who could mesmerise an audience with just his voice, guitar and occasional hints of bass and vibraphone....The quality of his songwriting and the haunted wailing of his voice make this an album to treasure."Stereo Review (12/90) - Performance "Stunning" / Recording "Excellent" - "...captures Buckley's elusive, visionary magic. His boundary-defying style was so unconventional that the public never really caught up with him....Hearing a voice so pure, honest, and true to its music is a delightful, singular experience."Stereophile (9/90) - "I floated along for two hours on Buckley's unique way with a song, his incantatory voice, the astounding confidence of this 21- year-old so musically wise beyond his years....Not only essential for Tim Buckley fans everywhere, but a perfect introduction to the man's music....Highly recommended."0.2955386

Spin (p.92) - "Alongside his odd, streetwise talking blues are string-laden ballads that recall Van Morrison's ASTRAL WEEKS."Blender (Magazine) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "COMING FROM REALITY is a mix of ride-my-rainbow trippiness and laid-back sensitive-maleness fueled by rage rather than good vibes."Pitchfork (Website) - "Opener 'Climb Up on My Music' is a mellow, organ-heavy Steppenwolf/Santana jam with a screaming guitar riff..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.138) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he likes of 'I Think Of You' and 'Two Whom It May Concern' should find favour with any fans of Love or Tim Buckley."Record Collector (magazine) (p.93) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Rodriguez's distinctive psych-folk points of reference range from Bob Dylan and Donovan to Arthur Lee and a more street-level take on Jose Feliciano."0.2955386

Rolling Stone (11/25/93, p.120) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Some of the slowest and mopiest self-revelations ever committed to tape....RED HOUSE PAINTERS are quite the rosy crucifixion..."Spin (6/93, p.18) - Recommended - "...singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek's principal antecedents--folk lovelies Tim Buckley and Nick Drake--overdosed within a year of each other....[Kozelek] and band are breathing some of the same rarified air as those delicate souls. Beauty and sadness abound, coffered in precarious folk settings..."Alternative Press (8/93, p.85) - "...[RED HOUSE PAINTERS] possess an intimacy that shuts out the rest of the world. The sorrow-absorbing songs here first command your attention and soon after capture your heart..."Option (9-10/93, p.122) - "...you may not want to listen, but you're compelled to....[Red House Painters'] second release contains more good surprises and genuine emotion than a truckload of other so-called `alternatives'..."Melody Maker (5/22/93, p.28) - "...[RED HOUSE PAINTERS] is the musical equivalent of letting the dappled, slow-moving surface of some great river carry you where the undercurrents dictate..."Musician (7/93, p.94) - "...Kozelek writes in a brutally confessional style that makes '70s singer/songwriters seem like wimps....the band plays in a slow, haunting, disquiet that tightens the focus on Kozelek's vulnerable vocals. A harrowing but often transcendent record..."NME (Magazine) (5/22/93, p.33) - "...What separates [Mark Kozelek] from the spoilt bastard whinings of other pop miserablists is that he never asks what he's done to deserve the grief....RED HOUSE PAINTERS is one long look back in anguish...and how refreshing a good rib-aching weep can be..."0.2462821

Rolling Stone (11/14/02, p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Sigur Ros make atmospheric music with lyrics in garbled Icelandic, heavy on the strings and keyboards - beautiful..."Spin (1/03, p.71) - Ranked #22 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year"Spin (12/01/02, p.140) - 8 out of 10 - "...There's something awe-inspiring about this band's single-minded pursuit of mellow drama..."Entertainment Weekly (11/1/02, p.70) - "...The Icelandic quartet again create an ethereal stir with sparse, atmospheric melodies and a falsetto wail..." - Rating: B+Q (12/02, p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...They make soaring, mind-expanding music that's near impossible to resist....This is a masterpiece of bombed orchestral elegance, at once expansive and intense..."Uncut (12/02, p.140) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...It weaves a gigantic, undulating backdrop onto which you can project what you will..."Magnet (1/03, p.106) - "...Sigur Ros occupies a space somewhere between the free-soaring folk jazz of Tim Buckley, the aquatic ethereality of the Cocteau Twins and the oceanic post-rock of Mogwai....The instrumentation arrives in vast, dense, Radiohead-plays-Pink Floyd waves..."CMJ (11/18/01, p.6) - "...A soothing, uplifting compilation of wonder, reflection and vicissitude and an extended glimpse beyond the mundane..."Mojo (Publisher) (1/03, p.98) - "...The album rocks, its symphonic depth and stratosphere-surfing melodies more affecting with each subsequent listen..."0.2462821

Rolling Stone (p.75) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The sixth studio album by Devendra Banhart is the best he's ever made....Proof comes early in 'Baby,' a ball of dancing guitars and choral glaze that sounds like a woodland Beach Boys..."Entertainment Weekly (p.58) - "[Banhart is] more energized than ever, snake-dancing his way through wild, Lizard King blues, goofing on glam-rock grandstanding, and just letting his thoughts grow..." -- Grade: B+Alternative Press (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Banhart ramps up the production values and eases the oddball imagery on WHAT WILL WE BE..."Billboard (p.32) - "Throughout the set, Banhart's expressive vocals are the real pleasure point..."Q (Magazine) (p.113) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Across the course of these 14 tracks, Banhart references Brian Wilson in his celestial pomp, The Byrds at their most folksy and Tim Buckley at his dreamiest..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Banhart can still turn in a beautiful melody: 'Angelika,' the later-reprised second tracks, sounds like a half-remembered lullaby."Uncut (magazine) - 3 stars out of 5 -- [E]asily his most polished....The intermittent presence of discernible song structures, uniform tempos, crisp arrangements and dynamic contrasts is a plus..."0.2462821

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Spin (p.86) - "[T]his thematically organized, exhaustively annotated four-CD box is a portable riot on the Sunset Strip."Q (Magazine) (p.111) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The collection] makes a cast iron case for mid-'60s LA as a hotbed of creativity and weirdness."Record Collector (magazine) (p.101) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[This focuses] on LA's Sunset Strip as epicentre of an inestimably influential scene, presenting 101 tracks which range from fascinating to downright mindblowing..."0.09521905

Q (7/01, p.131) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A godsend for fans after some of what's gone before..."CMJ (6/4/01, p.35) - "...Paints a rough but excellent sketch of why Tim matters..."Mojo (Publisher) (6/01, p.126) - "...The most important and worthwhile Buckley archive release since DREAMLETTER."NME (Magazine) (5/12/01, p.41) - 8 out of 10 - "...These deceivingly complete-sounding versions actually emerges as superior to their later incarnation, as Buckley's voice is given more space to perform its renowned somersaults..."0.3445071

Spin (p.110) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Intensifying the light and shade of his tunes with finely detailed psychedelia, leader Zach Rogue picks up the alternative pop gauntlet R.E.M. threw away."Entertainment Weekly (p.82) - "ASLEEP is tender and well wrought...[with] psyched-out washes of guitar and vocals..." -- Grade: BMagnet (p.110) - "HEAVEN'S GATE has politics if you want them, but better still, it's a bittersweet, deceptively beautiful journey."Q (Magazine) (p.146) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[F]ull of huge indie rock stylings like Shack or Echo & The Bunnymen."Mojo (Publisher) (p.103) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Rogue's voice -- as angelic and tender as those of Buckleys tim and Jeff -- is a joy throughout."Clash (magazine) (p.112) - "'Chicago x 12' is a gorgeous stroll through alt-American indie, aided by atmospheric electronics and some dramatic guitar flourishes."0.2094642

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Rolling Stone (p.132) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "TIM caught a great American garage band stretching out, working Big Star pop and Fifties-style rock into a mix of punky abandon and regular-dude romanticism."Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.128) - Ranked #136 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "[A] crucial template for grunge, alternative country and, recently, the noisy introspection of emo."Rolling Stone (5/25/00, p.76) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...Rangy, obstreperous, unsparing, funny and ever tuneful - turning post-adolescent confusion into some kind of screwed-up enlightenment."Q (10/93, p.127) - 4 Stars - ExcellentAlternative Press (7/95, p.76) - Ranked #4 in AP's list of the `Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...it's still just about impossible to put into words how great the Replacements were and how tremendous a record TIM is. Coming on the heels of possibly the greatest rock and roll album (LET IT BE) and preceding another classic (PLEASED TO MEET ME), TIM is the heart of an amazing trilogy..."CMJ (1/5/04, p.18) - Ranked #15 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1986"Mojo (Publisher) (p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "1985's TIM is where Westerberg found his range, and consistently so..."19.65488

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Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.55) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."Rolling Stone (11/3/94, p.101) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...Buckley's got huge ears and an even bigger record collection: He jumbles jazz, R&B, blues and rock references with such apparent nonchalance that he can seem like a showoff..."Spin (10/94, p.111) - Highly Recommended - "...If Buckley continues to evolve in the direction that GRACE indicates, only good things can result..."Entertainment Weekly (Spring 2000, p.166) - Ranked #3 in EW's "Top 10 albums of the '90s"Entertainment Weekly (8/26-9/2/94, p.112) - "...a dreamy and original set of songs....Too good to be true..." - Rating: A+Q (10/01, p.86) - Ranked #14 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime"Q (12/99, p.82) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."Q (9/94, p.98) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...This is no pretty folk LP, it's a powerful album of unlocked emotions, poetry and drama, where ringing guitar and driving drums mix with swaying spartan tenderness and almost awkward rhythmic changes..."Q (p.130) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[He] hit his stride via covers and the barest outlines of songs. And LEGACY is padded out with most of this difficult journey."Uncut (p.124) - 5 stars out of 5 - "Ten years on and remastered, GRACE sounds more swoopingly lyrical and breathlessly eclectic than ever."Melody Maker (8/13/94, p.34) - Recommended - "...It's a voice that leaps tall buildings in a single bound, smells of sex and Chanel and never stoops to showboating..."Musician (11/94, pp.87-88) - "...a faultless expansion of Buckley's solo shows in New York clubs..."Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked #23 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.Mojo (Publisher) (p.69) - Ranked #1 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "There is no place yet for the places he and his voice can go."Mojo (Publisher) (1/95, p.50) - Included in Mojo's "25 Best Albums of 1994" - "...Audacious, adventurous, often tear-jerkingly beautiful and spiritually rousing, GRACE has it all..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[M]arvel at the awesome original album, still brimming with the sound of a soul trying to have its say while there's still a chance."New York Times (Publisher) (1/5/95, p.C15) - Included on Stephen Holden's list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "...The year's most impressive solo debut."NME (Magazine) (12/24/94, p.22) - Ranked #21 in NME's list of the "Top 50 Albums Of 1994."NME (Magazine) (8/12/00, p.28) - Ranked #12 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums".NME (Magazine) (8/13/94, p.44) - 9 (out of 10) - "...Just for once, the child of a star looks capable of transcending the family legacy. From here on in, the sky's the limit..."14.2132

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JazzTimes (p.75) - "[Bowman] throws in a vocal R&B tune, 'All I Need Is You,' which serves as a display for the talents of his son, gospel singer Tim Bowman Jr..."13.81172

Rolling Stone (p.132) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "TIM caught a great American garage band stretching out, working Big Star pop and Fifties-style rock into a mix of punky abandon and regular-dude romanticism."Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.128) - Ranked #136 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "[A] crucial template for grunge, alternative country and, recently, the noisy introspection of emo."Rolling Stone (5/25/00, p.76) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...Rangy, obstreperous, unsparing, funny and ever tuneful - turning post-adolescent confusion into some kind of screwed-up enlightenment."Q (10/93, p.127) - 4 Stars - ExcellentAlternative Press (7/95, p.76) - Ranked #4 in AP's list of the `Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...it's still just about impossible to put into words how great the Replacements were and how tremendous a record TIM is. Coming on the heels of possibly the greatest rock and roll album (LET IT BE) and preceding another classic (PLEASED TO MEET ME), TIM is the heart of an amazing trilogy..."CMJ (1/5/04, p.18) - Ranked #15 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1986"Mojo (Publisher) (p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "1985's TIM is where Westerberg found his range, and consistently so..."13.78126

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Record Collector (magazine) (p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a heart-stirring collection of message songs such as opener 'Keep The Faith'..."13.70512

Q (6/02, p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Eriksen's songs have a rare sense of purpose....Vocally it's as if Michael Stipe had fallen in with a Baptist preacher and the single guitar or banjo or fiddle that accompanies each song gives his remarkablevoice room to do its stuff."13.70512

Rolling Stone - 3 Stars - GoodQ (1/93, p.97) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Producer Mitchell Froom frames Finn's major strengths, his distinctive attacking tenor and his knack for languid, melancholy love songs with strong melodies..."13.70512

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