Grace (album)
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Template:Album infobox Grace, released August 23, 1994 (see 1994 in music), the first and only complete studio album by Jeff Buckley. What the album intially lacked in sales, it more than made up for with critical acclaim. Influences range from the subtle such as "So Real" and "Dream Brother" like Jeff Buckley's father Tim Buckley to the extreme, such as the heavy Middle-Eastern chordal progression in "Grace" and Nick Drake-influenced "Eternal Life". Every year the album gains more fans and larger support from people around the world, including several popular musicians, such as Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Matt Bellamy of Muse, who acknowledge to being influenced by it.
In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Grace the 75th greatest album of all time; in 2003 the TV network VH1 placed it at number 73. It is number 303 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
In 2002, his haunting cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" was used in season finale of The West Wing, "Posse Comitatus" (http://westwing.bewarne.com/third/3-23posse.html). It was again later used in the finale of another American series, "The OC," in 2005.
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Track listing
- "Mojo Pin" (Buckley, Lucas) - 5:42
- "Grace" (Buckley, Lucas) - 5:22
- "Last Goodbye" (Buckley) - 4:35
- "Lilac Wine" (Shelton) - 4:32
- "So Real" (Buckley, Tighe) - 4:43
- "Hallelujah" (Cohen) - 6:53
- "Lover, You Should've Come Over" (Buckley) - 6:43
- "Corpus Christi Carol" (Britten) - 2:56
- "Eternal Life" (Buckley) - 4:52
- "Dream Brother" (Buckley, Grondahl, Johnson) - 5:26
Personnel
- Jeff Buckley - organ, dulcimer, guitar, harmonica, harmonium, tabla, vocals
- Karl Berger - strings
- Mick Grondahl - bass
- Loris Holland - organ
- Matt Johnson - percussion, drums, vibraphone
- Gary Lucas - 'Magical Guitarness' on "Mojo Pin" and "Grace".
- Misha Masud - tabla
- Michael Tighe - guitar
Production
- Producers: Jeff Buckley, Andy Wallace
- Executive producer: Steven Berkowitz
- Engineers: Clif Norrell, Andy Wallace
- Assistant engineers: Chris Laidlaw, Steve Sisco
- Mixing: Andy Wallace
- Mastering: Howie Weinberg
- String arrangements: Karl Berger
- Art direction: Christopher Austopchuk, Nicky Lindeman
- Design: Christopher Austopchuk, Nicky Lindeman
- Design assistant: Jennifer Cohen
- Photography: Merri Cyr, David Gahr
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1995 | Heatseekers | 5 |
| 1995 | The Billboard 200 | 149 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1995 | "Last Goodbye" | Modern Rock Tracks | 19 |