Goodbye and Hello (Tim Buckley album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Goodbye and Hello

| type = studio

| artist = Tim Buckley

| cover = Tim Buckley - Goodbye And Hello.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1967

| recorded = June 1967

| studio = Western Recorders & Whitney, Los Angeles

| genre = * Psychedelic folk

  • psychedelic pop{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=23 March 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}
  • baroque pop
  • soft rock{{cite book |last1= Hunt|first1= Ken|editor1-last=Buckley |editor1-first=Peter |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |date=2003 |publisher=Rough Guides |location=London |isbn=978-1-84353-105-0 |page= 145|edition=3rd|chapter= Tim Buckley}}

| length = 42:41

| label = Elektra

| producer = Jerry Yester, Jac Holzman

| prev_title = Tim Buckley

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = Happy Sad

| next_year = 1969

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Goodbye and Hello

| type = studio

| single1 = Morning Glory

| single1date =

| single2 = Once I Was

| single2date =

}}

}}

Goodbye and Hello is the second album by Tim Buckley, released in 1967. It was recorded in Los Angeles, California, in June of the same year.

The album was re-released in 2001 in a compilation with debut album Tim Buckley by WEA/Elektra. In 2005, a 180-gram version of the LP was released on the label Four Men With Beards and is being distributed by City Hall Records.

Recording

The album was recorded during June 1967 in Los Angeles, and produced by Jerry Yester and Jac Holzman.

Legacy

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}

|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Record Guide

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Record Guide |date=1979 |publisher=Random House |page=53}}

}}

Matthew Greenwald in a retrospective review for AllMusic felt that it is "an excellent and revolutionary album that was a quantum leap for both Tim Buckley and the audience".{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/goodbye-and-hello-mw0000199708 |title=Tim Buckley: Goodbye and Hello - Review|first=Matthew |last=Greenwald|work=AllMusic|access-date=October 6, 2012}}

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=23 March 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}} In 2000, it was voted number 516 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.{{cite book|title=All Time Top 1000 Albums|author=Colin Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=Virgin Books|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=179}}

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Buckley, except where noted.

Side One

  1. "No Man Can Find the War" (Larry Beckett, Buckley) – 2:58
  2. "Carnival Song" – 3:10
  3. "Pleasant Street" – 5:15
  4. "Hallucinations" (Beckett, Buckley) – 4:55
  5. "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain" – 6:02

Side Two

  1. "Once I Was" – 3:22
  2. "Phantasmagoria in Two" – 3:29
  3. "Knight-Errant" (Beckett, Buckley) – 2:00
  4. "Goodbye and Hello" (Beckett, Buckley) – 8:38
  5. "Morning Glory" (Beckett, Buckley) – 2:52

Personnel

;Technical

References

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