Best of Tim Buckley (1983)

About this title: While there are numerous Tim Buckley compilations, this is the one that tells a real story of restless artist hard at work in pursuit of that slipstream where the Muse resides, album by album -- and this latter point cannot be overstated. Buckley was, in fact, an album-driven artist who saw his work in terms of set pieces rather than collections of songs. The 2001 double-disc Morning Glory was thorough as far as it went; it leaned heavily on songs from his earliest efforts (as does this one). Neither Morning Glory or this Best Of gives more than a glimpse of an artist who resisted compiling ... read more

Tracks:

1. Aren't You the Girl [Buckley]
2. Song for Janie [Buckley]
3. I Can't See You [Beckett/Buckley]
4. Carnival Song [Buckley]
5. Morning Glory [Beckett/Buckley]
6. Goodbye and Hello [Beckett/Buckley]
7. Sing a Song for You [Take 11] [Buckley]
8. Once I Was [Buckley]
9. Strange Feelin' [Buckley]
10. I Had a Talk With My Woman [Buckley]
11. Happy Time [Buckley]
12. I Must Have Been Blind [Buckley]
13. The River [Buckley]
14. Song to the Siren [Buckley]
15. Dolphins [Neil]
16. Martha [Waits]
17. Move With Me [Buckley/Goldstein]
18. Look at the Fool [Buckley]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.