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Grace legacy edition (or just the original album) is a life-changing experience. Most people come to know the album through the song 'Hallelujah', and from there find their way into the multi-layered depths of beauty and magic in this record. The legacy edition consists of disc 1 - the original album, disc 2 - un-released songs from the grace sessions and tour, and disc 3, the music vids.
Disc 1 - the album
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Every track is phenomenal in its own right, and as a part of the whole. From the icy thrill of 'mojo pin', the acoustic beauty of 'lilac wine', the fully fledged screaming rock of 'eternal life' to the pyschadelic swirl of 'dream brother', there is not a single moment not to like.
The main thing when discovering 'Grace' for the first time, is to be patient and to give the songs a chance. Apart from 'Hallelujah', none of them are pop songs, nor immediately accessible, but after a few listens and an open mind you will slowly find yourself drawn into the music, and like me, you might never get bored of it and be constantly discovering new things in the mixes and falling in love with it all over again.
Disc 2 - the extra stuff
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The first song on the legacy disc 2 is 'Forget Her', the finished track from the Grace sessions which was dropped from the album at the last minute. It is a unique song among the Grace tracks, quite possibly the saddest one. I have read in a few places that Jeff dropped it from the album because it was too personal, which sounds likely.
Next is the alternate version of Dream Brother, which is a take recorded midway through development with different lyrics. The backing track however is the same as the album version.
Tracks 3,5,6 and 7 are 'bare-bones' tracks, just Jeff and his guitar ala 'Hallelujah', my favourite of which is 'Parchman Farm Blues' a steel-string acoustic blues number.
Track 4 'Alligator Wine' is essentially a joke cover track, with Jeff just clowning around and making outlandish noises into a microphone. At the end of the track you can hear him and the band laughing and goofing around.
Track 8 'Kanga-Roo' is a quite avant-garde and strange tune which the band would play as an encore at their live shows. The 14 minute run time of the track is down to the hypnotic outro which goes on for about 10 minutes, where the band just play the same guitar riff over and over while the drummer plays different fills. Not the easiest listen, and typical outside-the-box Jeff weirdness.
Track 9 'I want someone badly' is a Jeff guest vocal performance with band Shudder To Think. It's a very laid back jazzy song with a brass section and doo-wop style backing vocals. The song is totally out of place with the rest of the songs on the album, but this just makes it more unique and fun.
Eternal Life (Road Version), Kick Out The Jams, and Strawberry Street are the heaviest full-band recordings which Jeff and the guys ever made. They are all great tracks, and enjoyable to listen to, powered by punky grungy guitars and drums with Jeff in full-blown yelling form.
Dream Brother (Nag Champa Remix) is just the instrumental track of Dream Brother with the odd echoing snatch of Jeff's vocals occasionally surfacing in the mix. A fairly pointless and disappointing track.
Disc 3 - the videos
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The Grace music videos are all here, and also the EPK Grace documentary, which is short, but also an interesting watch with plenty of interviews with Jeff. It is the same documentary which is featured on the Live at Sin-e legacy edition dvd.
In conclusion
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For the Jeff fanatic, or the first time listener, this is an indispensible listen which has inspired countless musicians, and drawn countless listeners into its surreal world.
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Here's what they say about Jeff Buckley: "He died too young". Here's why they say it: Grace is simply one of the most amazing things you can do with your ears and a little digitally-encoded disc. He inherited the voice of his father, the legendary Tim Buckley--seven octaves, each of them only just enough to cram his big feverish dreams into--but his music was all his own. Think Van Morrison's Astral Weeks on drugs--but then drugs could give some kind of comfort, and there's no comfort in Grace; just constant flux between crippling despair and an almost violent joy. When "Last Goodbye" unfolds it's third different middle-eight of Bollywood strings and Buckley's ecstatic scatting, it's hard to believe an ordinary human could have had a hand in something so extraordinary. --Caitlin Moran
Review
Jeff Buckley's tragically early death surely did something to immortalize his one and only full-length album, but even so, Grace is without doubt a truly musical monument, spanning time and space and perpetually blowing fresh minds round the globe (and quite possibly somewhere beyond).
His voice is multi-textured and he uses notes to dramatic effect - the agony and the ecstasy of it hitting you straight in the gut. His music is so extraordinary, in fact, that it's impossible to put this album on in the background without being drawn into its psyche. Don't just listen -experience, be mesmerized, take a trip.
This re-mastered Legacy edition of Grace includes a second CD of unreleased material and rarities, plus a DVD of promo videos and an expanded version of the original Grace documentary. The question is, is it worth having over the original?
The answer is a definite yes, its main selling point being the fact that the second CD, dare I say it, is practically as good as the first.
It highlights his interest and accomplishment in diverse genres and consolidates his status as a musical pioneer.
Out of the 13 songs, highlights include "Forget Her", a stunningly beautiful song that sends the emotions tearing and tingling out the ends of your fingers. "Kanga Roo" is14 minutes of abrasive, mind melting insanity, "Parchman Farm Blues" which hears Buckley capturing perfectly the meter and pitch of an old blues sound and the thrash rock-ness of "Eternal Life".
So, 10 years after the original release of this seminal album, the legacy edition is indeed a credit to his name. There is poignancy to watching the man on film and you can't help wondering, as with all artists cut off in their prime, what may have been.
Listen and be purged. --Stephanie Barrow
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