You & I [LP]

by Jeff Buckley

Overview

Jeff Buckley recorded the ten tracks that comprise the 2016 compilation You and I in February 1993, roughly four months after he signed to Columbia Records. He'd start recording Grace, his lone completed studio album, with producer Andy Wallace a few months after he laid down these sketches, but despite containing a solo demo of "Grace," the closest connection to the music on You and I is the coffeehouse crooner showcased on Live at Sin-e, the EP released as a teaser toward the conclusion of 1993. Like that EP and its accompanying 2003 expansion, You and I relies on covers delivered by Buckley, accompanied by nothing more than his electric guitar, strummed as if it were an acoustic. Much of the repertoire showcased on this album will be familiar to any Gen-Xer who attended college during the height of alternative rock: classic rock numbers intertwined with the Smiths and standards, and tunes chosen to telegraph the singer's influences while also providing context for the originals. Occasionally, there's a slight surprise -- Buckley attempts Bukka White's Delta stomp on a slippery, slurred version of "Poor Boy Long Way from Home" -- but usually, You and I feels of a piece with the rest of his early work: he zeroes in on both the funk and spectral qualities of Zeppelin, he elongates Bob Dylan, plays "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" relatively straight, and he finds his heart in Morrissey & Marr, drawing equally from the heartbreak and jangle. All these tunes may have been composed by other writers, but in Buckley's hands they seem to belong to him, which is the highest compliment that can ever be paid to a vocalist. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	03/11/2016
Label:	Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music
UPC:	0888751758513
Rank:	21298

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Just Like a Woman
2. Everyday People
3. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
4. Grace
5. Calling You
6. Dream of You and I
7. The Boy with the Thorn in His Side [The Smiths Cover]
8. Poor Boy Long Way from Home [Traditional Blues Song, Bukka White Cover]
9. Night Flight [Led Zeppelin Cover]
10. I Know It's Over [The Smiths Cover]

Disc 2

11. The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
12. Poor Boy Long Way from Home
13. Night Flight
14. I Know It's Over

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jeff Buckley   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Andy Wallace   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Bob Telson   Composer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Jimmy Page   Composer
Joe Greene   Composer
Tom Burleigh   Production Director
Johnny Marr   Composer
John Paul Jones   Composer
Jeff Buckley   Composer
Mary Guibert   Producer,Liner Notes
Bukka White   Composer
Morrissey   Composer
Darren Salmieri   A&R,Producer
Steve Addabbo   Producer
Sylvester Stewart   Composer
Vic Anesini   Mastering
Robert Plant   Composer
Gary Lucas   Composer
Frank Harkins   Cover Design,Creative Director
Kevin Westenberg   Cover Photo
David Gahr   Cover Photo
Steve Berkowitz   Producer,Executive Producer
Olivia Smith   Art Direction,Package Design
Ray Martin   Assistant Engineer
Mandy Eidgah   Project Director
Alison Raykovich   Producer