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[CRAZY-HORSE]

JEFF BUCKLEY "my sweetheart the drunk" cd,1998.

this one was recorded just weeks prior to his unfortunate death in the Mississippi river in 1997...
and i guess premature death elevated him to 'legend' status and bought him from 'cult' singer to the mainstream...
i like this album of twenty one tracks(well,nineteen really as two of them have alternative versions on here)...
throughout the listening process i couldnt help but think that had Cobain still been around he may have mellowed and sounding like this nowadays...its not grungy at all but it has a distinct Nirvana 'in their quieter moments' feel happening here...
touches of White Stripes on "your flesh is so nice"...the final track is a cover of "satisfied mind", this recorded version was played at his funeral so i guess it has a bit of meaning there for real Buckley fans
i do think buckley is a good artist and probably could have and would have improved had he still been alive...but to be called a legend because he died young...i think not!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: demon john
best track: everybody here wants you

tracks:

1. the sky is a landfill **
2. everybody here wants you ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrMwgTc69y4 vevo video
3. opened once **
4. nightmares by the sea **
5. yard of blonde girls **
6. witches rave **
7. new years prayer *
8. morning theft **
9. vancouver **
10.you and i **
11.nightmares by the sea(alt.version) **
12.new years prayer(alt.version) **
13.havent you heard **
14.i know we could be so happy baby *
15.murder suicide meteor slave *
16.back in NYC **
17.gunshot glitter **
18.demon john *
19.your flesh is so nice **
20.jewel box ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhPNmvZzEVQ audio
21.satisfied mind **

3s=2
2s=15
1s=4

rating: 1.9