I heard there was a secret chord...

On Monday, what turned out to be Jeff Buckley's only proper album, "Grace", is re-released in a special 10th anniversary edition. He would probably have made more albums but he drowned in 1997.

Last night I found some freebie postcards in a bar, which were advertising the new album. I grabbed a couple to show people, and it seems that I was the only person who had actually heard the album. What are you doing people? Grace is a fantastic, beautiful album and you should all listen to it. Now! Go, on get out to the shop, you can probably pick up the original for a fiver.

Are you back? Good. Stick it in your CD player, sit back, lie back (stand if you like) and have a good old listen. It's great, isn't it? His cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is awesome.

One thing though: I've always thought the album's cover was rubbish. A headshot of Jeff looking down, eyes closed, holding a mike in his left hand. I think it's supposed to look moody and intense, but to me it just looks like he's nodded off on stage. They don't seem to have changed this for the re-release sadly. Here's the picture, from Amazon, for those of you who don't have the album:



Wake up Jeff! You're doing a gig, so sing man!