Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk

by Jeff Buckley

Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 May 1998
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:29:35
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 8 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released a year after Jeff Buckley's death, 'Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk' assembles the sessions for his unfinished second album alongside demos and a radio performance. The recordings range from full band takes produced by Tom Wilson to raw four-track sketches, preserving the album in progress rather than a finished statement.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, melodic, atmospheric, guitars, dreamy

Tracklist

  1. The Sky Is A Landfill (5:09)
  2. Everybody Here Wants You (4:47)
  3. Opened Once (3:30)
  4. Nightmares By The Sea (3:54)
  5. Yard Of Blonde Girls (4:07)
  6. Witches' Rave (4:41)
  7. New Year's Prayer (4:41)
  8. Morning Theft (3:40)
  9. Vancouver (3:13)
  10. You & I (5:38)
  11. Nightmares By The Sea (3:50)
  12. New Year's Prayer (4:11)
  13. Haven't You Heard (4:08)
  14. I Know We Could Be So Happy Baby (If We Wanted To Be) (4:27)
  15. Murder Suicide Meteor Slave (5:55)
  16. Back In N.Y.C. (7:37)
  17. Demon John (5:14)
  18. Your Flesh Is So Nice (2:28)
  19. Jewel Box (2:27)
  20. Satisfied Mind (5:58)

Credits

  • Mick Grondahl - bass, written-by
  • Michael Tighe - guitar, written-by
  • Chris Cornell - music director [il dottore di musica]
  • Jon Naatjes - research [tape research]
  • Inger Lorre - lyrics by [additional lyrics]

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