Name(s): Blue Afternoon.
Artist(s): Tim Buckley.
Format(s): Album (40:47 minutes).
Genre(s): Psychedelic Folk / Folk Jazz
Release Date(s): November 24, 1969

Tim Buckley’s strength is using his soothing voice as an atmospheric instrument, carrying your subconscious mind off to synergize with his. Happy Sad saw Tim Buckley explore much longer songs than before, producing an alluring and hypnotic effect that easily absorbed you in his calming, psychedelic folk-jazz.

Blue Afternoon returns Buckley to a more conventional, modest-length song format, a departure from the ethereal album cohesion shown prior. I find this makes for a more monotonous experience. The songs end quickly and bring me back to reality sooner than I’d like. The limited tonal range also does little to extract value from the greater number of songs. Many of Tim Buckley’s stylistic idiosyncrasies are demonstrated on Blue Afternoon, but their full potential is not reached.

This is a solid album, but for the time being I’m going to stick to the distinct, visionary Happy Sad and Lorca.