Artist: Tim Buckley
Album: Happy Sad
Year: 1969
This album features folk singer Tim Buckley embracing jazz, and it's a pretty nice combination. It's a mellow album full of nice tunes that show off Buckley's great voice.
"Strange Feelin'" nicks the theme from Miles Davis' "All Blues" to great effect, the 10-minute "Love from Room 109" is a meandering jam that actually works, and the closer "Sing a Song for You" is a pretty way to end the album.
I preferred this one to Buckley's last outing, Goodbye and Hello. I thought that album had some fantastic songs, like "Phantasmagoria in Two," but had a little too much filler. Happy Sad has virtually no excess.
Buckley is an artist I had never heard prior to embarking on the 1001 challenge here, and he's becoming one of the most pleasant surprises. I can see myself listening to him long beyond when this challenge is over with.
Rating: Worth repeated listens
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