"Grace" Jeff Buckley

Grace is the first and only album that was released by Jeff Buckley in August of 1994. It contains original tracks such as Grace itself, eternal life, and Mojo Pin as well as covers of traditional songs such as Corpus Christi Carol and Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. It is a critically acclaimed album as well as being generally well received by fans and the charts of its time.

Sound

The album is exceptionally wide in terms of variety of genre and mood. It demonstrates a mix of folk music, to be found in Corpus Christi Carol; a middle-English hymn/folk carol written by Benjamin Britten, as well as more alternative Indie rock with tracks like Grace. Furthermore, It contains the version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah that Buckley had recorded as a cover and had originally not intended to be a part of the album. Despite this, there are many who would argue that it is the most famous and well known song from Grace and probably the song that Buckley is most famous for, regardless of it being a cover of another artist. Of course, the album was all centred around the vocal mastery of Buckley and his underrated guitarist ability and skill. There is something about his vocal delivery on Halelujah and Grace that sounds very like Robert Plant in my opinion. The powerful yet sometimes soft piercing screams and whispered tones. 

Legacy

Tragically, Jeff Buckley passed away at just age 30 in 1997 after drowning in Wolf River Harbor on the Mississippi river. Sadly, he died before he was able to produce a second album, however much of his work saw a resurgence in popularity after his tragic and sudden death. Buckley's cover of Hallelujah once more went to number 1 on the itunes chart in 2008 after the song was performed by a contestant on American Idol. On that same week, the song debuted at number one on the Billboard hot digital songs; Giving Buckley his first number one on any Billboard chart. Buckley was a close friend of Singer and Soundgarden frontman, Chris Cornell, and Cornell released a song called Wave Goodbye as a tribute to his friend on his album Euphoria Morning. Grace maintains its status as a classic album and was one of the albums to be given a vinyl version after the vinyl resurgence of today. 

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