Lorca

'Lorca' is most famous for its bizarre and lengthy title track - did Buckley go a step too far here? Well, I've learnt to appreciate 'Lorca' and the second evil twin track, the jazzy 'Anonymous Proposition', but I always felt in their strange way they dominated the album, or at least what you remember of the album.

The three other songs ARE a lot more conventional, though actually strong as ever, but the dye has been cast - you sort of expect and want 'Lorca' to all sound like the title track ... read more

This album is just... uncomfortable to listen to. But in the absolute best possible way, just sends waves of shivers up my spine.

Standout: Lorca
Favs: Anonymous Proposition, I had a talk with my woman, Driftin’, Nobody Walkin’
Least fav: -

Listened to this a little while ago now, but Lorca is certainly one of the most creative and engaging Tim Buckley albums, and just all-around tremendous. It sets out some of the discomfort and weirdness that would define his masterpiece later that same year, Starsailor, yet stands completely on its own as a remarkably strong work.

Darle un 90/100 a Lorca puede parece justo,y lo es!!! cuando entiendes que este álbum fue su forma de cerrar un ciclo y recuperar su autonomía; Tim decidió cumplir su última obligación contractual con Elektra entregando este disco para no renovar con ellos, buscando una libertad que la disquera ya no le garantizaba. Lo más loco es que este material salió de unas sesiones maratónicas en 1969 donde se grabaron juntos Lorca, Blue Afternoon y ... read more