Grace (album)

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Grace

Studio album by Jeff Buckley
Released	August 23 1994
Recorded	Bearsville Recording Studio, Woodstock, NY
Genre	Alternative
Length	51:44
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	Jeff Buckley Andy Wallace
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Grace, released August 23, 1994 (see 1994 in music), is the first and only complete studio album by Jeff Buckley. While the album initially had poor sales, only peaking at #149 in the US, it received wide critical acclaim. Each year, the album gains more fans and larger support from people around the world.

Several popular musicians, including Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Matthew Bellamy of Muse, list it among their influences, while it has been hailed by veteran artists Neil Peart of Rush, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Paul McCartney, and Bob Dylan.

An extended version of the album was released in 2004, subtitled Legacy Edition, which peaked at #44 in the UK. It celebrates the album's tenth anniversary.

Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" remains one of his most well-known songs, and has been used extensively in many US television dramas as well as films; including The West Wing and the OC, as well as The Edukators.

Grace has been listed as a highly rated album in many popular magazines, such as Q magazine, where readers voted Grace the 75th greatest album of all time; the same vote was taken again towards the end of 2005, this time Grace being placed at 13.^{[citation needed]}.In 2003, the album was ranked number 303 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2006; Mojo Magazine Named Grace the #1 Modern Rock Classic of all Time. It was also rated as Australia's second favourite album on My Favourite Album, a television special done by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation aired on December 3, 2006. <ref name="My Favourite Album">My Favourite Album. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2006-12-03). Retrieved on 2006-12-03.</ref>

1 Track listing
2 Samples
3 Personnel
4 Production
5 Charts
6 References

[edit] Track listing

Original track listing

"Mojo Pin" (Jeff Buckley, Gary Lucas) – 5:42
"Grace" (Jeff Buckley, Gary Lucas) – 5:22
"Last Goodbye" (Jeff Buckley) – 4:35 [1]
"Lilac Wine" (James Shelton) – 4:32
"So Real" (Jeff Buckley, Michael Tighe) – 4:43
"Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen) – 6:53
"Lover, You Should've Come Over" (Jeff Buckley) – 6:43
"Corpus Christi Carol" (Benjamin Britten) – 2:56
"Eternal Life" (Jeff Buckley) – 4:52
"Dream Brother" (Jeff Buckley, Mick Grondahl, Matt Johnson) – 5:26

2004 Legacy Edition bonus disc track listing

"Forget Her" ( Jeff Buckley) – 5:12
"Dream Brother" (Alternate Take) – 4:56
"Lost Highway" (Hank Williams) – 4:24
"Alligator Wine" (Screamin' Jay Hawkins)
"Mama, You Been On My Mind" (Bob Dylan) – 3:26
"Parchman Farm Blues/Preachin' Blues" (Bukka White)
"The Other Woman" (Jessie Mae Robinson) – 3:05
"Kanga-Roo" (Alex Chilton)
"I Want Someone Badly" (Nathan Larson) – 2:36
"Eternal Life (Road Version)"
"Kick Out The Jams (Live)" (MC5)
"Dream Brother (Nag Champa Mix)"
"Strawberry Street" (Buckley, Goodsight, McNally) – 5:26*

(*'Strawberry Street' does not appear in the tracklisting)

The Legacy Edition also featured a DVD including a documentary and videos for "Grace," "Last Goodbye," "So Real," "Eternal Life" (the "road version") and "Forget Her."