Tracks
- Move with Me
- Get on Top
- Sweet Surrender
- Nighthawkin'
- Devil Eyes
- Hong Kong Bar
- Make It Right
Greetings From L.A. is a manic album. The music is funk and jazz rock. That's according to Wikipedia. I think it's a hard rock and blues rock album. Tim Buckley switches between singing normally and singing in a really high falsetto voice.
Tim Buckley is certainly all horned up and looking for kinky sex, which certainly makes for a wild, fun and entertaining album.
This album is fun to listen to. It's a bit chaotic and uneven. Some might say the long songs jam, but I'd say they lose focus, or change direction and deserve to be distinct songs in their own right. This album is certainly worth listening to since it's so mental. I'm not sure that it needs to be on the 1001 Albums list, though.
All the songs are good. The stand outs are: Move with Me, Get on Top, Sweet Surrender, Hong Kong Bar and Make It Right.
★★★★★★★★☆☆
Tracks
- Prelude – Nothin' to Hide
- Nature's Way
- Animal Zoo
- Love Has Found a Way
- Why Can't I Be Free?
- Mr. Skin
- Space Child
- When I Touch You
- Street Worm
- Life Has Just Begun
- Morning Will Come
- Soldier
Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus is an amebic album. Maybe it's an exaggeration, but it really seems like each song has its own distinct rock style. What's really impressive is that, despite all the variety, the album has the feel and flow of a concept album; the title sort of suggests a concept album, but it could also be alluding to twelve distinct ideas.
I didn't have high hopes for this album after listening to the first two songs. They sounded good, but they didn't impress. However, the album just gets better and better as it progresses. The songs become more intense and catchier. Now that I've heard it the first two songs have even grown on me.
This album is a real hidden gem. For how damn good it is, I'm surprised I had never heard of the album or had heard any of the songs on it. It just blows my mind that something this good could go under my radar for so long. I ain't that naïve.
Needless to say, this is an album worth listening to. I'd also say it's an album worth owning. I do think it belongs on the 1001 Albums list. The band has done a good job of incorporating a lot of different styles on one album. I think they also are straddle the two growing styles of music: funk and prog rock.
All the songs are really great–not a throwaway song among the bunch. The songs I was really impressed with were: Prelude–Nothin' to Hide, Nature's Way, Animal Zoo, Love Has Found a Way, Mr. Skin, When I Touch You, Street Worm, Morning Will Come.
★★★★★★★★★★
