Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk
by Jeff Buckley
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Jeff Buckley bestography
Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk is ranked 2nd best out of 16 albums by Jeff Buckley on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jeff Buckley is Grace which is ranked number 54 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 17,905.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 12/29/2025 18:21 | mutant | 1,634 | 55/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 06:44 | MrOlan | 954 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2025 15:25 | ornot27 | 84 | 82/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2025 05:45 |  Kingturtle | 7,530 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 10:54 |  Strangel | 988 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Strangel 12/07/2025 11:10 | #312048
I love Jeff Buckley. He played a big part in my youth. Having said all this, I’m not sure about some of the songs here, and the direction he was taking. I’m sure he would’ve produced quintessential music throughout his career if he’d still still been with us but songs like Yard of Blonde girls, Witches Rave, Vancouver, and others are very mundane compared to the viscerally emotional stuff he does best. There’s too many cuts that are verging on template soft rock and are only saved by his amazing voice. But then he pulls out something like his version of Satisfied Mind, Once Opened, Morning Theft, You and I, Jewel Box etc and it tears you up inside knowing what he may have given us had he still been here.
seb7 06/30/2024 18:05 | #304127
Pure and utter brilliance. Somehow its incomplete natures adds to its allure and wonder
The Sky Is A Landfill may be the best song he ever wrote, or at least my personal favorite. Based on the first ten songs it sounds like Jeff was about to eclipse Grace and pass it by; carrying on with his wondrous musical evolution. The fact that these songs were considered unfinished or inferior recordings to Jeff astounds me. He was definitely a perfectionist. The second disc veers into more experimental demo-tape territory, but even then it's better than a lot of music out today. The final track ends with one of his live performances of "Satisfied Mind"; another cover that he completely makes his own and is even better than the famous Hallelujah cover, in my mind.
First disc is strong and shows a general direction in which Buckley's sound could have progressed post-Grace. However, the 2nd disc is quite underdeveloped.
exileonthehell 10/04/2015 15:06 | #150951
This works great as a double album.
Testament of an absolute genius of Nineties. I wonder what he could create if still alive...
Despite its incompletion, 'Sketches of My Sweetheart the Drunk' is a very worthy follow-up to 'Grace'. It's bold, daring, and yet somehow, still maintains that wonderful, beautiful quality that was always a constant throughout his music. Tim, his father, would've been very proud.
Jasperjames 02/20/2014 19:40 | #103756
He didn't want to release it but it's all we got following his death. It stands up despite this. I haven't listened to this album in 13 years ..... It just makes me sad still !
RockyRaccoon 07/14/2013 22:12 | #81438
It's not "Grace", but there's a lot of really cool stuff going on on this album.
eclab 01/29/2013 08:46 | #63288
The first disc is better than Grace!
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