Tim Buckley
by Tim Buckley

Tim Buckley by Tim Buckley
Year: 1966
Release date: 1966-10-00
Overall rank: 4,611th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 123 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1966 (39th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (367th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,611th)

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Tim Buckley bestography

Tim Buckley is ranked 6th best out of 15 albums by Tim Buckley on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Tim Buckley is Goodbye And Hello which is ranked number 873 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,981.

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Tim Buckley rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,611th | 1960s rank: 367th | 1966 rank: 39th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 123 votes)
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100/100
Phenomenal. This and his 2nd are so beautiful.
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70/100
A surprisingly good album. There are points where his youth shows but I thought it would be much more juvenile. Tim uses his accented voice like on Hello Goodbye and I prefer his more free vocals that started on Happy Sad but they're still fantastic vocals. He puts together some really nice melodies and you can occasionally get a glimpse at the vocal range that he would become known for. The songwriting is also pretty good, especially considering these are the words of a high-schooler. Buckley's 12-string sounds great ("Valentine Melody") but Beckett's electric guitars are superb on this. It's good enough to steal the show on some songs. "Strange Street Affair Under Blue" is my favorite. The first half is better than the second.
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From 08/08/2017 15:08 | #195701
An okay debut. Very Roy Orbison vocally but Buckley's best is definitely yet to come.
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