Tim Buckley
1969
Tracks
1. Strange Feeling
2. Buzzin' Fly
3. Love From Room 109 At The Islander
4. Dream Letter
5. Gypsy Woman
6. Sing A Song For You
Amanda: So I guess Tim really has a thing for oxymoron album names. I thought this one was appropriate, though, because this album was really bittersweet. The songs just felt like they were reminiscing about a different time, so it was not outright depressing. I particularly enjoyed "Strange Feeling" and "Love From Room 109 At The Islander". They both had the same mood as movies like The Big Chill or The Deer Hunter; i.e. adjusting yourself from the memories of the past. Pretty good and even more poignant because of the singer's unfortunate end.
RATING: 4/5
Maybe he has to get over himself just a little bit.
This music is very dreamy, and the song structures too. The perfect music to relax and get away. It creates a special mood with the hypnotic playing and singing, using his voice as a new instrument in a really adventurous way. The jazzy playing on "Love from Room 109" is the highlight for me. Here is the value of a book like this, Tim Buckley could have been forgotten but deserves to be heard.
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