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THE REVIEW
Jazz, folk or expressionism form?
It is a daunting task to label the art of Tim Buckley, yet it is equally challenging to find in the history of contemporary music a voice-instrument so overflowing and eclectic, capable of moving with great ease from baritone to falsetto.
"Starsailor" is the culmination of an adventurous search begun five years prior, a tortuous path ending with the magic of "Song to the Siren."
The star navigator does with his voice what John Coltrane did with the saxophone and Jimi Hendrix with the guitar, and he does it consuming himself existentially, pushing towards a hypothetical "beyond" that would lead him, at only twenty-eight years old, to a dramatic death.
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Tim Buckley's Starsailor album defies easy categorization, blending jazz, folk, and expressionism. Known for his extraordinary voice that spans baritone to falsetto, Buckley pushes musical boundaries. The album culminates years of artistic exploration, highlighted by the iconic "Song to the Siren." His pioneering style and raw commitment make this record a landmark in experimental music.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
Tim Buckley
Timothy Charles Buckley III (1947–1975) was an American singer-songwriter known for an exceptional vocal range and for expanding folk into jazz, psychedelia, and avant-garde forms across late-1960s/early-1970s albums. He died in 1975 at age 28.24 Reviews
Other reviews
By Enkriko
He played the impossible and soared, soared so high that he was not understood by most.
This album is, and always will be, an unclassifiable gem: a panegyric of diversified emotions where talking about songs is impossible and the only way to listen is to surrender.
By Blackdog
"Song To The Siren is the emblem of a unique interstellar journey, Tim’s voice a turbulent rise and fall of daring and impossible notes that tear your heart and hold it to you."
"Starsailor represented yet another attempt by Buckley to investigate the musical 'unknown', endowed with the suicidal talent for record companies that avoided him like the plague."
By Alecasti
Tim Buckley burns everything he has produced and meticulously recomposes its ashes.
Starsailor is not rock, it is not jazz, it is not even music. It is a course charted at great cost by the navigator of the stars.
