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Happy Sad

~ Tim Buckley
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Audio CD (25 Jan 1993)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Elektra
  • ASIN: B000007VFJ
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,053 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Strange Feeling
2. Buzzin' Fly
3. Love From Room 109 At The Islander
4. Dream Letter
5. Gypsy Woman
6. Sing A Song For You

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review
At the top of the list of doomed cult folkies with the angelic Nick Drake, Tim Buckley built his reputation on his remarkable vocal range, sensitive, moody songwriting and refusal to compromise artistically even when it maddened and confused his most ardent fans. Happy Sad recorded in 1969 with production duties shared by the Lovin Spoonful's Jerry Yester and Zal Yanovsky, showcased what was to become an increasingly jazz tinged direction with intricate song arrangements underpinned by vibes and intricate lead guitar work. The mellow "Buzzin Fly" is the lightest moment here but Happy Sad, only six songs long, is fashioned around two centrepiece numbers, the 10 minute "Love From Room 109 At The Islander [On Pacific Coast Highway"], a darkly romantic meditation set against a backdrop of rolling breakers and the 12 minute stoned groove "Gypsy Woman" in which Buckley sets that incredible voice loose. --Mike Pattenden

CD Description
HAPPY SAD was more than just an album title for Tim Buckley. Troubled in life, he left a legacy of beautiful, hauntingly moving songs. Buckley had a piercing, mournful cry in his pliant voice, complemented by a unique jazz-folk delivery. His soaring, octave-spanning voice created an eerie mood of despair--the darker, moody side of the era. His weren't the happy-go-lucky flower-child songs, nor were they the multi-coloured, paisley pop tunes of the time; his was a deep, dark-blue expression of emotion.
His voice was beautiful, well-controlled, and, as exhibited in the breezy "Strange Feelin'", coloured throughout by an underlying sadness. "Love FromRoom 109" is a freewheeling, jazzy track that portrays a man who is as emotionally frayed as he is musically disembodied. The 12-minute "Gypsy Woman" is a raging, gritty, and unbridled epic. Even the more upbeat, pop-oriented "Buzzin' Fly"conveys a sense of melancholy. The closing "To Sing A Song For You" is straightforward, yet rendered complex by Tim's nuances.

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Soundtrack to the setting sun, 12 May 2003
This is the album Tim really made a giant artistic leap (not that his two previous efforts weren't sublime) forward. The Q review that amazon have posted is pretty bang on when it relates this album to Astral Weeks. Both are albums of exceptional poetic beauty and yet have a fluid, organic feel. Happy Sad is rhymically diverse incorporating different grooves and particularly jazzy in the way that Tim's vocals float around the meandering rhythms. Tim's voice is particularly stunning on Love From Room 109 and Sing A Song For You. What I like about Tim's vocals is that wonderful tone and vibrato, often sounding ecstatic and melancholy at the same time. Considering Tim wrote all the lyrics himself Happy Sad really does stand out as a work of art..which has a human vulnerability that i must admit is lacking from the odd moment on Starsailor (it is still a masterpiece and one of the bravest albums ever made.) The great aspect to Tim's music is that it still sounds fresh today. Every track is a triumph but it must be said that Love From Room 109 is my favourite. The melody is so aching and original, the lyrics simple but poignant (you can;t help feeling empathy), the sound of the waves an inspired touch, Tim's vocals are understated yet it remains one of his greatest moments...oh and the arrangements are as good as anything lennon and McCartney wrote, and that is NO exaggeration. For under £10 this will bring you a lot of pleasure in the summer evenings or indeed on a wet november morning!
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Spiritual and emotional odyssey alert - Jazz-folk perfection, 2 April 2003
By "marauderite" - See all my reviews
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It took me a while to get to grips with this, as it did for me to get to grips with Tim Buckley at all, and there are a whole host of reasons for this. Perhaps the fact that I was more aware of his son prior to being aware of him, perhaps it was too jazzy for my tastes at the first fence.

In any case, after remembering just how stunning his voice was I decided to go back through my old collection and attempt once again to become endeared to something that was so widely recommended. And this time it was truly special. The comparison has been made by other reviewers, maybe because it is an easy comparison to make, to Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks". Praise doesn't come much higher and in this instance it is truly deserved. It is not particularly similar in style, tempo or theme (though arguments can be made for all three) but in the sense that both are emotional travelogues, spiritual journeys that rise and lilt in equal measure.

The jazz repetition of "Strange Feeling" is a perfect introduction to the album, superficially relaxed with undercurrents of tension. From there the journey really begins through the romantic and (relatively) simple "Buzzin' Fly" via the epic and meaningful "Love From Room 109 At The Islander", the intense jazz exploration of "Gypsy Woman" eventually to the sweet end of "Sing A Song For You".

They don't make albums like this any more that's for certain - it is of its time yet it is absolutely timeless. Truly incredible, any collection is bereft without it.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Soul of a Man, 28 Dec 2006
By KMorris (Nottingham, England) - See all my reviews
Herein lies the restless spirit of a young man searching ; chasen by loneliness and chasing love. The fey baroque chamber folk of his first two offerings are replaced on this, Tim Buckley's third album, by a sound more substantially soulful. Folkjazzrock, maybe, and out of the sixties, but this is a timeless and genreless classic collection. Tim's voice and 12-string acoustic guitar are joined by a small band of musicians (electric guitar, vibraphone, bass, and on one track, congas) who gell to make an exciting and original whole.
The first two songs are rhythmically skimming and skipping ; teasing us with joy. In the third there are darker concerns of loneliness and longing, while "Dream Letter" is an affecting missive from absent father to infant son.
The musical and vocal tour de force, "Gypsy Woman", follows. Urgency and depth are provided by the addition of Carter Collins' congas and by David Friedman switching to the more funky bass marimba. Lee Underwood's electric guitar is allowed to stretch out and there's even a quasi-Eastern episode with de-tuned acoustic. On this twelve minute work-out Buckley is dealing with erotic desires, his naughty boy voice whoops and hollers. The men don't know, but the little girls understand.
The final thump and chord of this dies and we are left with his sweetest tune here, "Sing A Song For You". More delicate, honest exposure and a fine end to this, perhaps Tim Buckley's best album.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One for the right mood
Moving, elegaic music - this can soundtrack the right hour perfectly, but it is very much for the right mood. If you like him, check out Nick Drake and vice versa.
Published 11 months ago by The Cheerful Teacher

5.0 out of 5 stars The title is Happy Sad
This album is incorrectly listed here. Amazon can you fix this error? Happy/Sad is a great album if you like melancholic, jazzy, improvisational singers, which I do. Read more
Published on 10 Jul 2007 by Michael C. Stephens

5.0 out of 5 stars Off the Rails Folk/Jazz/Rock Brilliance
Buckley was never going to be a star after releasing this gem. Too far before his time and (in my opinion) to good for this world. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2007 by The Starsailor

5.0 out of 5 stars Eerie excellence
This album completely blew me away! "Strange Feelin" opens with some suitably queasy atonal chimes on the vibraphone and even before Buckley's first vocal line you know that this... Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2004 by philjeffcott

5.0 out of 5 stars Too many tears, too many dreams, so many years ..
Just taken somewhere I didn't know existed - in words or music. Don't ask for details - this is someone dreaming and Heaven knows how he found the words, the music, the space... Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2004 by Dr. V. Stewart

5.0 out of 5 stars Spiritual and emotional odyssey alert - Jazz-folk perfection
It took me a while to get to grips with this, as it did for me to get to grips with Tim Buckley at all, and there are a whole host of reasons for this. Read more
Published on 2 April 2003 by marauderite

4.0 out of 5 stars Tim Buckleys's acoustic materspiece.
Happy Sad is one of those albums that makes your spine tingle. Every strum of the guitar, and every note of the xylophone is beautiful. Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2002 by Chris Russell

5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect album
'Happy Sad' is, simply, a perfect album. The aching jazz melancholia offers a sister album to Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks'. Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2001 by Jason Parkes

4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing
This is my first encounter with Tim Buckleys music. I had heard of him before, but was only vaguely aware of who he was and no idea what he sounded like. Read more
Published on 25 Jul 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Revolutionary Acoustic Poetry
Closer to Van Morrison's equally seminal 'Astral Weeks' than anything else, 'Happy Sad' is no easy listen. Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2000 by James E. Simpson

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