| Jeff Buckley discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 1 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Live albums | 8 |
| Compilation albums | 10 |
| Box sets | 1 |
This is a discography for the American singer-songwriter and guitaristJeff Buckley.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | US Heat [2] | AUS [3] | BEL [4] | CAN [5] | FRA [6] | IRL [7] | NLD [8] | NOR [9] | UK [10] | |||
| Grace |
| 82 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 67 | 47 | 14 | 84 | 38 | 31 | |
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | AUS [3] | BEL [4] | FRA [6] | GER [17] | IRL [7] | NLD [8] | NOR [9] | NZL [18] | UK [10] | |||
| Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk |
| 64 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 93 | — | 62 | 10 | 7 | 7 | |
| Songs to No One 1991–1992 |
| — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | 191 [20] | |
| So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley |
| — | 26 | 29 | 14 | — | 1 | 52 | — | 25 | 16 | |
| Grace + EPs 1996–1997 |
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| The Jeff Buckley Collection |
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| Original Album Classics |
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| Jeff Buckley: Music & Photos |
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| Playlist: The Very Best of Jeff Buckley |
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| You and I[23] |
| 58 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 85 | 22 | 12 | — | 15 | 16 | |
| In Transition |
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| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | AUS [3] | BEL [4] | FRA [6] | GER [17] | IRL [7] | ITA [24] | NLD [8] | SWI [25] | UK [10] | |||
| Mystery White Boy |
| 133 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 87 | 13 | 14 | 88 | 95 | 8 | |
| Live À L'Olympia |
| — | 26 | — | 22 | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | |
| Live at Sin-é (Legacy Edition) | — | — | — | 65 | — | 58 | 66 | — | — | 101 [20] | ||
| Grace Around the World |
| 125 | — | 83 | 187 | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | |
| Live from King Theater, Seattle, WA, May 7, 1995 |
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| Live at Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, May 13, 1995 |
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| Live at Wetlands, New York, NY, August 16, 1994 |
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| Live at Columbia Records Radio Hour, New York, NY, June 4, 1995 |
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| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [20] | ||
| The Grace EPs |
| 194 |
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] | ||
| Live at Sin-é |
| 53 |
| Live from the Bataclan |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Bub. [29] | US Alt. [30] | AUS [3] | AUT [31] | IRL [7] | NLD [8] | NOR [9] | NZL [18] | SWE [32] | UK [10] | |||||
| "Grace" | 1994 | — | — | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Grace | ||
| "Last Goodbye" | — | 19 | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | ||||
| "So Real" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Eternal Life" | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Everybody Here Wants You" | 1998 | — | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk | ||
| "Forget Her" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Grace (Legacy Edition) | ||
| "Hallelujah" | 2007 | 7 | — | 70 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 2 | Grace | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [35] | CAN [36] | IRL [37] | UK [10] | ||||
| "She Is Free" | 2002 | — | — | — | — | Songs to No One 1991–1992 | |
| "Everyday People" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | You and I | |
| "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" | 2016 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Lover, You Should've Come Over" | 2018 | 84 | 80 | 56 | 61 | Grace | |
| "Sky Blue Skin" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | N/a | |
| Year | Title | Release date | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Live in Chicago | May 9, 2000 |
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| 2000 | Jeff Buckley: Goodbye and Hello[39] | October 12, 2000 | |
| 2002 | Everybody Here Wants You | 2002 | |
| 2009 | Grace Around the World | June 2, 2009 |
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| 2009 | Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley | June 2, 2009 |
Buckley was immersed in music and, when not working on his own material or with his band, he contributed numerous times to projects with his friends and musical peers.John Zorn regularly held collaborations at theKnitting Factory, and Buckley performed vocals on the tracks "Taipan" and "D.Popylepis" that appeared on 1992 albumJohn Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory. Buckley contributed vocals on "Jolly Street" fromThe Jazz Passengers' 1994 albumIn Love, and he playedsix string bass and drums on tracks from his ex-girlfriendRebecca Moore's albumAdmiral Charcoal's Song. Buckley also performedbackup vocals and guitar onBrenda Kahn's "Faith Salons" which was released on her 1996 albumDestination Anywhere. OnPatti Smith's 1996 albumGone Again, Buckley provided vocals on "Beneath the Southern Cross" and playedesraj on "Fireflies". He co-wrote "Despite the Tears" withChris Dowd, then lead singer of The Seedy Arkhestra, for the albumPuzzle, co-produced byDan Siegler and also contributed vocals and guitar on two more tracks, "A Thousand Tears" and "Flog Your Dead Horse". Buckley's drummerMatt Johnson played on the album as well, along withJoan Wasser andJoseph "Amp" Fiddler. Dowd had previously co-written "What Will You Say" with Buckley andCarla Azar, which appeared onMystery White Boy.
Buckley also collaborated with other musicians on different projects. He appeared on the soundtrack ofFirst Love, Last Rites, performing vocals on "I Want Someone Badly" backed by the groupShudder to Think. This song later appeared onGrace (Legacy Edition). He performed two tributes to writers he admired: he readEdgar Allan Poe's poem "Ulalume" for the albumClosed on Account of Rabies, and onKerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness, a tribute tobeat poetJack Kerouac, Buckley performed "Angel Mine" withInger Lorre. InLos Angeles, Buckley co-wrote and recorded the song "Hollywould" with Sandy Bell, which she released in 2000.
Since Jeff Buckley only completed one album, many posthumous releases, as well as bootlegged unreleased live recordings, have proved popular with fans. These recordings come from all periods of his career; in particular, Buckley made manysoundboard recordings of the concerts from his 1995–1996 tours. Mary Guibert, his mother and head of hisestate, expressed an interest in releasing these live concerts as a special subscription series, leaving the recordings uncut: "warts and all".[41] However, this project has yet to come to fruition.
A number of Buckley's 4 track demos forMy Sweetheart the Drunk have beenleaked over the internet but the majority of the demos from this period have remained out of the public domain. Michael Tighe has made reference in particular to one track, "Sky Blue Skin", that he personally feels is a very important song of Buckley's (the track was finally released in 2019).[42] Other names of unreleased songs from the demos have circulated amongst fans including: "The Morning After", "Open Up and Bleed", "Dendrils of Death", "Don't Listen to Anyone But Me", and "Pleasure Seeker". A version of "Dendrils of Death" has been recorded by Buckley's old bassist,Mick Grondahl, and his band Tongue.[43]
Certain live performances by Buckley have specifically been held in high regard. "Dido's Lament", anaria fromDido and Æneas byHenry Purcell, was performed live at theMeltdown festival in 1995, directed byElvis Costello. The falsetto operatic piece is unusual in Buckley's catalogue, having similarities only with Buckley's version of "Corpus Christi Carol" featured onGrace. Although unreleased, an excerpt of this version of "Dido's Lament" has appeared on the soundtrack ofBBC documentaryEverybody Here Wants You. "Edna Frau" was written with Mick Grondahl, Buckley's bassist and was performed live on at least one occasion onThe Hard Luck Tour. Grondahl also sings on this song and it was the only occasion he did so during the time he was a member of Buckley's band. Other popular recordings are a performance of "We All Fall in Love Sometimes" byElton John andBernie Taupin recorded on October 11, 1992, forWFMU's "The Music Faucet" and "Three is The Magic Number", bySchoolhouse Rock, from Buckley'sMercury Lounge 1996New Year's Eve concert.[44]
Michael Tighe also mentioned Buckley's collaboration withElizabeth Fraser ofCocteau Twins, describing "All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun" as a beautiful piece worthy of release.[42] Buckley contributed to a piece of music aboutalien abduction called "Ozark Melody". The song was recorded in the middle of 1996, with lyrics written byJoe Tripician while the music was composed by Buckley and Frederick Reed.[45] This song is available to download on the internet with permission from the Estate of Jeff Buckley, but has not had an official release.
