- Year of release
- 1994
- Global sales
- 2 million
- Genre
- Pop/rock
- Buy this album
- Download | Buy CD
Showcasing Buckley's immense but tragically short-lived talent, Grace veers from pin-drop serenity (Hallelujah, Corpus Christi) and mystical yearning (Dream Brother, Mojo Pin) to hard-edged rock (Eternal Life) - and the results are breathtaking
Best tracks:
Grace
Hallelujah
Last Goodbye
Top facts:
- Buckley (who died in 1997) isn't alone in covering Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah - everyone from Bon Jovi and K.D.Lang to U2 and Sheryl Crow have had a go. It's Buckley's spine-tingling rendition that remains the most popular, though, surpassing even the original in critical esteem.
- Dream Brother was reportedly written as a warning to one of Buckley's close friends, who was contemplating leaving his pregnant girlfriend - echoing the divorce of Buckley's own parents shortly after he was born.
- Unlike the majority of the album, the vocals on So Real were recorded in just a single take, and at three o'clock in the morning.
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