Starsailor is the sixth studio album by Tim Buckley, released on Herb Cohen's Straight Records label in November 1970. Starsailor marks Buckley's full embrace of avant-garde and jazz-rock styles into his music. Although it alienated elements of his fanbase upon release,[1] it also contains his best known song, "Song to the Siren", which was written much earlier than the rest of the material. Bunk Gardner, a former member of the Mothers of Invention, joined Buckley's backing band to record the album. Also, Buckley began working again with lyricist Larry Beckett, after a three-album hiatus.
Leontyne Price attended a concert in New York City during the supporting tour and told Buckley, "Boy, I wish they were writing things like that for us opera singers," to which Buckley responded, "Well, do what I did; get your own band."
"Starsailor" is a literal English rendering of the Greek-derived word "astronaut."
While the revival of "Song to the Siren" renewed interest in Buckley amongst independent artists in the 1980s, the success of his estranged son, Jeff Buckley, in the 1990s, inspired indie rock artists to look at the career of his father.[2] The British band Starsailor took their name from this album.
The album had a brief reissue on CD by the Enigma Retro label, but like the other Tim Buckley release on the Straight Records label (1969's Blue Afternoon), it drifted out of print due to legal battles over who owned the rights to the music. This stems back to a 1976 separation and lawsuit between Herb Cohen and Frank Zappa, the co-owners of Straight Records.[3] As a result, many of the albums released on Straight (including Captain Beefheart's Lick My Decals Off, Baby) are very difficult to find on CD. In 2006, the album was released on the iTunes Music Store, making it available to the general public once more. In 2007, 4 Men With Beards reissued the album on vinyl, as well as the rest of Tim Buckley's nine-album catalogue. However, CD copies of this and Blue Afternoon remained out of print and difficult to find on the market until the release in 2017 of The Complete Album Collection box set.
Starsailor was featured at #50 in Pitchfork's 2004 list of The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s.[6] Reviewer Dominique Leone said of the album, "Starsailor is a masterpiece in every sense. It captured its maker at his freest and most willing to throw caution and sales to the wind, while simultaneously at his most creative and most capable of pulling off songs and moods that, from practically anyone else, would sound cartoonish, clumsy and confused."[6]
In addition, Starsailor was selected as the 47th best rock record of all time in the 1987 book The Top 100 Rock 'n' Roll Albums of All Time.[7]
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Starsailor is the sixth studio album by Tim Buckley released on Herb Cohen s Straight Records label in November 1970 Starsailor marks Buckley s full embrace of avant garde and jazz rock styles into his music Although it alienated elements of his fanbase upon release 1 it also contains his best known song Song to the Siren which was written much earlier than the rest of the material Bunk Gardner a former member of the Mothers of Invention joined Buckley s backing band to record the album Also Buckley began working again with lyricist Larry Beckett after a three album hiatus StarsailorStudio album by Tim BuckleyReleasedNovember 1970RecordedSeptember 10 21 1970StudioWhitney Studios Glendale CaliforniaGenreExperimental rock avant folk avant garde jazzLength36 00LabelStraightProducerTim BuckleyTim Buckley chronologyLorca 1970 Starsailor 1970 Greetings from L A 1972 Leontyne Price attended a concert in New York City during the supporting tour and told Buckley Boy I wish they were writing things like that for us opera singers to which Buckley responded Well do what I did get your own band Starsailor is a literal English rendering of the Greek derived word astronaut Contents 1 Renewed interest 2 Reception and legacy 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 ReferencesRenewed interest edit Song to the Siren has been covered by a variety of artists most notably by This Mortal Coil which featured on their 1984 album It ll End in Tears John Frusciante in 2009 covered this song on his album The Empyrean Amen Dunes covered the song on their 2015 EP release Cowboy Worship The British trance act Lost Witness also released a remix single entitled Did I Dream Song to the Siren While the revival of Song to the Siren renewed interest in Buckley amongst independent artists in the 1980s the success of his estranged son Jeff Buckley in the 1990s inspired indie rock artists to look at the career of his father 2 The British band Starsailor took their name from this album The album had a brief reissue on CD by the Enigma Retro label but like the other Tim Buckley release on the Straight Records label 1969 s Blue Afternoon it drifted out of print due to legal battles over who owned the rights to the music This stems back to a 1976 separation and lawsuit between Herb Cohen and Frank Zappa the co owners of Straight Records 3 As a result many of the albums released on Straight including Captain Beefheart s Lick My Decals Off Baby are very difficult to find on CD In 2006 the album was released on the iTunes Music Store making it available to the general public once more In 2007 4 Men With Beards reissued the album on vinyl as well as the rest of Tim Buckley s nine album catalogue However CD copies of this and Blue Afternoon remained out of print and difficult to find on the market until the release in 2017 of The Complete Album Collection box set Reception and legacy editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 DownBeat nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Christgau s Record GuideC 5 Starsailor was featured at 50 in Pitchfork s 2004 list of The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s 6 Reviewer Dominique Leone said of the album Starsailor is a masterpiece in every sense It captured its maker at his freest and most willing to throw caution and sales to the wind while simultaneously at his most creative and most capable of pulling off songs and moods that from practically anyone else would sound cartoonish clumsy and confused 6 In addition Starsailor was selected as the 47th best rock record of all time in the 1987 book The Top 100 Rock n Roll Albums of All Time 7 In 2000 it was voted number 507 in Colin Larkin s All Time Top 1000 Albums 8 Track listing editAll music written by Tim Buckley Side oneNo TitleLyrics byLength1 Come Here Woman Buckley4 092 I Woke Up Larry Beckett4 023 Monterey Beckett4 304 Moulin Rouge Beckett1 575 Song to the Siren Beckett Buckley3 26 Side twoNo TitleLyrics byLength1 Jungle Fire Buckley4 422 Starsailor John Balkin Beckett Buckley4 363 The Healing Festival Buckley3 164 Down by the Borderline Buckley5 22Personnel editMusicians Maury Baker percussion John Balkin double bass electric bass Tim Buckley guitar 12 string guitar vocals Bunk Gardner alto flute tenor saxophone Buzz Gardner trumpet flugelhorn Lee Underwood guitar piano pipe organ Technical Tim Buckley producer Stan Agol engineer Herb Cohen executive producer Visual Ed Thrasher art direction and photography L J Moche repackaging for 1989 remastered CD versionReferences edit a b Unterberger Richie Starsailor Tim Buckley AllMusic Retrieved November 13 2019 The Rough Guide to Rock Retrieved 2009 07 08 Herb Cohen Random Notes united mutations com Retrieved 2008 07 05 Bourne Mike The Tim Buckley Archives Archived from the original on April 22 2008 Retrieved November 13 2019 Christgau Robert 1981 Consumer Guide 70s B Christgau s Record Guide Rock Albums of the Seventies Ticknor amp Fields ISBN 089919026X Retrieved February 22 2019 via robertchristgau com a b The 100 Best albums of 1970s Pitchfork Pitchfork June 23 2004 Retrieved November 13 2019 Gambaccini Paul The Top 100 Rock n Roll Albums of All Time Harmony Books 1987 Colin Larkin 2000 All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd ed Virgin Books p 177 ISBN 0 7535 0493 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Starsailor album amp oldid 1171816209, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
