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When
Look At The Fool was released in 1974 Tim Buckley's career reached a stalemate. Buckley's poorly conceived material suffered from weak soul-rock arrangements and more sadly, a deteriorated, thin voice. Some fans view all his later efforts from the funk, sex-driven
Greetings From LA to the burnt-out soul of this album as aberrations. Others take the view that his last three albums celebrate the blue-eyed soul tradition. On the whole,
Greetings From LA,
Sefronia and
Look At The Fool are inconsistent next to the glorious,
Happy/Sad, the elegant
Blue Afternoon and the far-in psychedelic cabaret blues of
Starsailor. On his last album, Buckley goes even deeper into the funk and R&B he began to experiment with during the
Greetings From LA sessions. His attempts to come over as a bad-ass Marvin Gaye clone fail miserably. The LA session musicians accompanying him don't have a clue about what made Gaye or Redding funk and come over as bad-ass and Buckley's voice just isn't suited to this libidinous loverman style. The material is pretty basic in an eccentric Tim Buckley style. Tijiuanan influenced; there are a few glimpses of the free-flowing reverie and adventurous spirit of old. But all too often, the song just doesn't hook you in. ---
Reuben Dessay.
Album Details
Tim Buckley's 9th and final studio album, released in 1974, a year before his death in June 1975. 10 tracks.
