Jeff Buckley - Grace: Legacy Edition (Bonus Dvd) (Spec)
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Free Music Review: Not The Messiah, But Hallelujah He's Good
Hit: 4 Stars
Like similar one album legends such as The La's and the Sex Pistols (it's hard to argue anything other than Never Mind The Bollocks was a proper Sex Pistols release), the estate of Jeff Buckley has done very well off the back of such notably small output. It's the lavish packaging for this latest vault-digging adventure that initially grabs the eye, although it takes little time for the music to avert attention from the unreleased photographs, Bill Flanagan's interesting liner notes, the annotations from producer Steve Berkowitz and the overall polished sheen of this Legacy Edition. While cynics may scoff at this latest repackaging of Buckley music, fans are sure to lap up this special version of Grace. Any true Buckley aficionado's copy of Grace will no doubt be worn out due to years of loaning to unenlightened friends and soundtracking a decade of memories. This new version is a damn good excuse to update, although even an extra disc of rarities and a DVD inclusion cannot alter the fact the original Grace album remains a staggeringly beautiful enigma on its own. Ten years on, the record still holds an undeniable freshness and vitality. Corpus Christi Carol still divides listeners as to whether it is a beautiful piece or melancholy or simply a wishy washy medieval ballad, but there's no doubting the staggering worth of the Leonard Cohen cover, Hallelujah (also covered by Bono, kd lang and Rufus Wainwright, although never bettered) and Last Goodbye. Of the bonus disc tracks, the superfluous bluesy sketches of Alligator Wine and Parchman Farm Blues are quickly forgotten as the fantastic alternate version of Dream Brother and the haunting and desolate sounds of the Hank Williams track Lost Highway (made even more eerie by the similar age at which both artists died) drift by. The `short 14 minute' live version of Big Star's Kanga-Roo and the chilling bonus track Strawberry Street (when Buckley sings the line "born to die young" it's hard not to gasp) wrap up the bonus CD, while the Grace documentary and five music clips of the DVD add further weight to this hefty release. Unlike other estates that continuously dredge up unnecessary scraps from long deceased artists, Grace (Legacy Edition) has made a positive addition to Buckley's canon. With Grace a designated classic album, Jeff Buckley's spirit lives on through fitting tributes such as this.Free Music Review: Forget Her , is Jeff's Best song ever!!!!
Hit: 4 Stars
I loved this cd set not only does it have my favorite songs from Grace, such as Last Goodbye and Grace but it has the never before recorded song "Forget Her" , which is my new favorite. Something about the notes in that song just make your heart go out to the singer. It is a haunting song that you can't help but listen to.Free Music Review: You people are HIGH!
Hit: 1 Stars
When I played the remaster of Grace for the first time, I was skeptical. First of all, the album was superbly mixed and mastered before. So why would you remaster something that was already amazing? Second of all, there was no mention of who did the remastering on the album sleeve. If the re-mastering engineer did a good job, he would have given Sony hell for not giving him credit on a JEFF BUCKLEY album. So I put the CD in hoping to be pleasantly suprised. Unfortunately I was not. I think it's a sad day when people think LOUDER means SOUNDS BETTER. This version was so overcompressed that I started feeling sick halfway through Lilac Wine. My next beef is with the reverb. Now understandably, most people don't understand why you don't use reverb on a remastering job. The reason you don't do that is because whoever mastered the original ALREADY DID! You guys who liked this version should go by some Rush cds and enjoy the buzzcut audio all night long. This album was supposed to have dynamics. That means that there are supposed to be quiet parts AND loud parts. Not loud parts and LOUDER parts. The feeling and emotion is completely gone from this album. If I had anything to do with the making of the original, I would find this remastering engineer and...well...let's leave it at that.Free Music Review: BEWARE the "remaster"
Hit: 1 Stars
KEEP your original copy of "Grace" or buy a used one while you still can. First, the "Grace" album itself warrants five stars. It is stunning from start to finish. The problem is with this "remaster". Like most of the dung the industry and record companies continue to heap on us, this remaster is s**t. It is UNNECESSARILY over-compressed, overmodulated, and DISTORTED. The only passages you need to hear to prove this are the loud peaks in "Hallelujah" - i.e. "I've seen your flag..." or "And every breath we drew...". The digital distortion in Jeff's voice is a direct result of George Marino's LOUSY mastering. It makes me want to vomit. Marino either has NO ears or didn't have the stones to stand up to Columbia and tell them he would not desecrate this beautiful record by mastering overly hot according to current industry "standards". These passages are NOT distorted on the original CD of "Grace". Howie Weinberg's mastering on the original issue sounds wonderful, especially by comparison to this monstrosity, and keeps in perfect balance the dynamic highs and lows and "breath" in the music and without distorting the peaks. This remaster is not the way this album should be heard and experienced. Everyone who allowed this to happen should be ashamed.Free Music Review: jeff buckley - grace (legacy edition)
Hit: 1 Stars
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