Look at the Fool
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| Studio album by Tim Buckley | ||||
| Released | November 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 at Wally Heider Sound Studios and Record Plant | |||
| Genre | Funk, folk, soul | |||
| Length | 34:16 | |||
| Label | DiscReet Records LP Enigma Retro CD Manifesto Rhino |
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| Producer | Joe Falsia | |||
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Look at the Fool is the ninth and last album by singer-songwriter Tim Buckley before his death in 1975. It was recorded at Wally-Heider Sound Studios and Record Plant in Los Angeles, California.
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| OOR Magazine | (positive) link |
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Track listing
All tracks written by Tim Buckley, except ‡ by Larry Beckett/Buckley.
Side One
- "Look at the Fool" – 5:13
- "Bring It On Up" – 3:27
- "Helpless" – 3:20
- "Freeway Blues"‡ – 3:12
- "Tijuana Moon"‡ – 2:41
Side Two
- "Ain't It Peculiar" – 3:36
- "Who Could Deny You" – 4:23
- "Mexicali Voodoo" – 2:25
- "Down in the Street" – 3:21
- "Wanda Lu" – 2:38
Note: Original vinyl pressings list "Down in the Street" as the final track with "Wanda Lu" as track 9 on the sleeve, but has the correct running order listed on the disc itself.
Personnel
- Tim Buckley – guitar, vocals
- Lee Underwood – guitar, keyboards
- Venetta Fields, Clydie King and Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
- Joe Falsia – bass guitar, guitar, arranger, producer
- Jim Fielder, Jim Hughart and Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
- Jesse Erlich – cello
- David Bluefield – keyboards, clavinet
- Mike Melvoin – organ, piano, Moog synthesizer
- Mark Tiernan – keyboards, electric piano
- Terry Harrington – horn, saxophone
- Richard Nash, William Peterson, John Rotella and Anthony Terran – horn
- King Errisson – congas
- Gary Coleman – percussion
- Earl Palmer – drums
