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Untitled
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert Christgau(C)[2]
Drowned in Sound(10/10)[3]
The Guardian(positive)[4]
Q[5]
Slant Magazine[6]
Sputnikmusic[7]

Grace is the only complete studio album by Jeff Buckley, released on August 23, 1994. While the album initially had poor sales, peaking at #149 in the U.S., and received mixed reviews,[8] it gradually acquired critical and popular acclaim and has now sold over 2 million copies worldwide. An extended version of the album (subtitled "Legacy Edition") celebrating its tenth anniversary was released on August 24, 2004, and it peaked at #44 in the UK.

Grace re-entered the albums chart in Australia at number 44 for the week of January 29 to February 5, 2007 – 13 years after its original release date. It is currently certified 6x Platinum in Australia.

Music

Buckley's version of "Corpus Christi Carol" was based on a version by Janet Baker. A childhood friend introduced him to the song, and Buckley sang a version on the album as a way of thanking him.[9]

Critical reception

Grace has been highly rated in magazines such as Q, in which readers voted Grace the 75th greatest album of all time in 1998; the same vote was taken again in 2005 and Grace then ranked 13th.[10][11] In 2003, the album was ranked number 303 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[12] In 2006, Mojo named Grace the #1 Modern Rock Classic of all Time.[13] It was also rated as Australia's second favourite album on My Favourite Album, a television special aired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on December 3, 2006.[14] In 2003, Buckley's version of "Hallelujah" was ranked #259 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.[15] VH1 also rated the album #73 on its "100 Greatest Albums of Rock & Roll" show/list.[16]

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Entertainment Weekly United States Best 10 Albums of the Year[17] 1994 6
Eye Weekly Canada Best 30 Albums of the Year[18] 1994 4
Juice Australia 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s[19] 1999 10
Les Inrockuptibles France Best 25 Albums of the Year[20] 1994 14
Melody Maker United Kingdom Best 50 Albums of the Year[21] 1994 9
Mojo United Kingdom Best 25 Albums of the Year[22] 1994 1
NME United Kingdom Best 50 Albums of the Year[23] 1994 21
Q United Kingdom Best Albums of the Year[24]
Reissues of the Year[25] 		1994
2004 		*
*
Rocksound United Kingdom Best 50 Albums of the Year[26] 1994 2
Rolling Stone United States The Essential Alternative Recordings of the 90s[27] — *
Select United Kingdom Best 50 Albums of the Year[28] 1994 41
Technikart France Best 5 Albums of the Year[29] 1994 2
The Face United Kingdom Best 30 Albums of the Year[30] 1994 18
The Guardian United Kingdom Alternative Top 100 Albums Ever[31]
1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die[31] 		1999
2007 		15
*

* denotes an unranked list.

Singles and EPs

Four proper singles were released from the album, along with additional editions, two posthumous releases, and promo-only releases (see also: The Grace EPs).

Singles
  • "Grace" (January 1995)
  • "Last Goodbye" (January/March 1995)
  • "So Real" (June 1995)
  • "Eternal Life" (August 1995)
EPs
  • Peyote Radio Theatre promo EP (July 1994)
  • Live from the Bataclan EP (October 1995)
  • The Grace EP (February 1996)

Posthumous

Buckley's cover version of "Hallelujah" re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 2 during Christmas 2008, following the release of another cover version by series 5 of the British version of The X Factor winner Alexandra Burke which took the number 1 slot.

Singles
  • "Forget Her" (August 2004)
  • "Hallelujah" (May 2007)

Legacy

In 2006, British Hit Singles & Albums and NME organized a poll of which, 40,000 people worldwide voted for the 100 best albums ever and Grace was placed at #23 on the list.[32]

Use in film and television

Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" remains one of his most well-known recordings, and has been used extensively in many U.S. television series and films, including The West Wing, The O.C., House M.D., Without a Trace, One Tree Hill, The Edukators, "Lord of War", and Saint Ralph.

Track listing

Original track listing[33]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mojo Pin"Jeff Buckley, Gary Lucas5:42
2."Grace"Jeff Buckley, Gary Lucas5:22
3."Last Goodbye"Jeff Buckley[34]4:35
4."Lilac Wine"James Shelton4:32
5."So Real"Jeff Buckley, Michael Tighe4:43
6."Hallelujah"Leonard Cohen6:53
7."Lover, You Should've Come Over"Jeff Buckley6:43
8."Corpus Christi Carol"Traditional, Benjamin Britten2:56
9."Eternal Life"Jeff Buckley4:52
10."Dream Brother"Jeff Buckley, Mick Grondahl, Matt Johnson5:26
Posthumous releases additional tracks[35]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Forget Her"Jeff Buckley5:13

To promote Buckley's 1995 Australian tour, a two-CD edition was issued. It featured the following songs on the second disc:

  1. "So Real" – live and acoustic in Japan, January 1995
  2. "Dream Brother" – live in Hamburg at Club Logo, February 22, 1995
  3. "Grace" – live in London, March 4, 1995 (exclusive to this release)
  4. "Mojo Pin" – live at Wetlands, New York City, November 1994

Legacy Edition

Untitled
Original disc

Bonus disc

  1. "Forget Her" (Jeff Buckley) – 5:12
  2. "Dream Brother" (Alternate Take) – 4:56
  3. "Lost Highway" (Leon Payne) – 4:24
  4. "Alligator Wine" (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) – 3:21
  5. "Mama, You Been on My Mind" (Bob Dylan) – 3:26
  6. "Parchman Farm Blues/Preachin' Blues" (Bukka White/Robert Johnson) – 6:20
  7. "The Other Woman" (Jessie Mae Robinson) – 3:05
  8. "Kanga-Roo" (Alex Chilton) – 14:14
  9. "I Want Someone Badly" (with Shudder to Think) (Nathan Larson) – 2:36
  10. "Eternal Life" (Road Version) – 4:50
  11. "Kick Out the Jams" (Live) (MC5) – 3:06
  12. "Dream Brother" (Nag Champa Mix) – 5:24
  13. "Strawberry Street" (Jeff Buckley/Andrew Goodsight/John McNally) – 5:26*

(*does not appear in the track listing; previously unreleased, appears here in a rehearsal recording from the Knitting Factory in May 1993, with the Washington Squares frontman Tom Goodkind on bass guitar)

Personnel

Additional musicians
Technical personnel
  • Andy Wallace – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Steve Berkowitz – executive producer
  • Clif Norrell – engineer
  • Chris Laidlaw – assistant engineer
  • Bryant W. Jackson – assistant engineer
  • Steve Sisco – assistant engineer
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Christopher Austopchuk – art direction, design
  • Nicky Lindeman – art direction, design
  • Jennifer Cohen – design assistant
  • Merri Cyr – photography
  • David Gahr – photography

Charts and certifications

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1995 "Last Goodbye" Modern Rock Tracks 19
UK Singles Chart 54
2008 "Hallelujah" US Hot Digital Songs 1
UK Singles Chart 2

Release history

Region Release date Format Label
United Kingdom, Europe[54] 15 August 1994 CD, LP Columbia Records (Sony)
United States[54] 23 August 1994 CD
Compact Cassette
Vinyl
MiniDisc
Promo Cassette
Japan[54] 1 September 1994 CD
Australia[54] 19 September 1994 CD
Worldwide[37][55] 23 August 2004 Legacy Edition (2×CD+DVD)

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