Editing Jeff Buckley (section)

===''Grace''===
{{Main|Grace (Jeff Buckley album){{!}}''Grace'' (Jeff Buckley album)}}
In mid-1993, Buckley began working on his first album with record producer [[Andy Wallace (producer)|Andy Wallace]]. Buckley assembled a band, composed of bassist [[Mick Grøndahl]] and drummer [[Matt Johnson (drummer)|Matt Johnson]], and spent several weeks rehearsing.{{sfn|Browne|2001|pages=201–203}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Grace|others=Jeff Buckley|type=Liner notes|publisher=[[Sony Music]]|via=jeffbuckley.com|date=August 23, 1994|url=http://www.jeffbuckley.com/album.asp?SecID=2#info|access-date=June 13, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020025449/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/album.asp?SecID=2|archive-date=October 20, 2007}}</ref>

In September, the trio headed to [[Bearsville Studios]] in [[Woodstock (town), New York|Woodstock, New York]], to spend six weeks recording basic tracks for what would become ''Grace''. Buckley invited ex-bandmate Lucas to play guitar on the songs "Grace" and "Mojo Pin", and Woodstock-based jazz musician [[Karl Berger]] wrote and conducted string arrangements with Buckley assisting at times.{{sfn|Browne|2001|pages=204–208}} Buckley returned home for [[overdubbing]] at studios in Manhattan and New Jersey, where he performed take after take to capture the perfect vocals and experimented with ideas for additional instruments and added textures to the songs.{{sfn|Browne|2001|pages=224–226}}

In January 1994, Buckley departed on his first solo North American tour in support of ''[[Live at Sin-é]],''{{sfn|Browne|2001|pages=224–226}} followed by a 10-day European tour in March.{{sfn|Browne|2001|page=230}} Buckley played clubs and coffeehouses and made in-store appearances.{{sfn|Browne|2001|pages=224–226}} After returning, Buckley invited guitarist Michael Tighe to join the band and a collaboration between the two resulted in "[[So Real (Jeff Buckley song)|So Real]]", a song recorded with producer/engineer [[Clif Norrell]] as a late addition to the album.{{sfn|Browne|2001|page=227}}{{sfn|Browne|2001|page=228}} In June, Buckley began his first full band tour, called the "Peyote Radio Theatre Tour", which lasted into August.<ref name=JBcomBio>{{cite web|title=Jeff Buckley Biography|website=jeffbuckley.com|url=http://www.jeffbuckley.com/bio.asp|access-date=June 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017212001/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/bio.asp|archive-date=October 17, 2007}}</ref> [[The Pretenders]]' [[Chrissie Hynde]],{{sfn|Browne|2001|page=231}} [[Soundgarden]]'s [[Chris Cornell]], and [[the Edge]] from [[U2]]{{sfn|Browne|2001|page=251}} were among the attendees of these early shows.

''Grace'' was released on August 23, 1994. In addition to seven original songs, the album included three covers: "[[Lilac Wine]]", based on the version by Nina Simone{{sfn|Browne|2001|page=166}} and made famous by Elkie Brooks; "[[Corpus Christi Carol]]", from [[Benjamin Britten]]'s ''[[A Boy was Born]]'', Op.3, a composition that Buckley was introduced to in high school, based on a 15th-century hymn;{{sfn|Browne|2001|page=75}} and "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeff-buckley.ru/hallelujah.htm|title=Hallelujah – Текст и перевод песни Hallelujah|work=jeff-buckley.ru|access-date=March 18, 2017|language=ru|archive-date=May 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509173303/http://jeff-buckley.ru/hallelujah.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> by [[Leonard Cohen]], based on [[John Cale]]'s recording from the Cohen tribute album ''[[I'm Your Fan]]''.{{sfn|Browne|2001|page=166}} His rendition of "Hallelujah" has been called "Buckley's best" and "one of the great songs"<ref name=TimeHallelujah>{{cite magazine|last=Tyrangiel|first=Josh|title=Keeping Up the Ghost|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=December 12, 2004|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1006590,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708212256/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1006590,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 8, 2007|access-date=June 13, 2008}}</ref> by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', and is included on ''Happy Mag''<nowiki/>'s list of "The 10 Best Covers Of All Time",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://happymag.tv/here-are-the-10-best-covers-of-all-time-from-here-to-eternity/|title=Here are the 10 best covers of all time from here to eternity|language=en-US|access-date=October 10, 2019}}</ref> and ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s list of "[[The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]".<ref name=RStoneHallelujah>{{cite magazine|title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=December 9, 2004| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/3| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323165506/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/3|archive-date=March 23, 2010|url-status=dead |access-date=June 13, 2008}}</ref>

Sales of ''Grace'' were slow, and it garnered little radio airplay despite critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|last=Irvin|first=Jim|title=It's Never Over: Jeff Buckley 1966–1997|website=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|via=jeffbuckley.com|date=August 1997|url=http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/tributes/itsneverover.html|access-date=June 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502122736/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/tributes/itsneverover.html|archive-date=May 2, 2008}}</ref> ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' proclaimed it "a romantic masterpiece" and a "pivotal, defining work".<ref>{{cite web|last=Molitorisz|first=Sacha|title=Sounds Like Teen Spirit|website=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|via=jeffbuckley.com|date=November 1, 1997|url=http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/articles/smh-1nov97.html|access-date=June 15, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215041342/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/articles/smh-1nov97.html|archive-date=December 15, 2008}}</ref> Despite slow initial sales, the album went [[Music recording sales certification|gold]] in France and Australia over the next two years,<ref name=JBcomBio/> achieved gold status in the U.S. in 2002,<ref>{{cite web|title=RIAA Gold and Platinum records|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Jeff%20Buckley&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25|access-date=June 13, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115161046/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Jeff%20Buckley&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25|archive-date=November 15, 2013}}</ref> and sold over six times [[ARIA certifications|platinum in Australia]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=ARIA Charts&nbsp;– Accreditations – 2006 Albums|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACharts-Accreditations-2006Albums.htm|access-date=June 13, 2008}}</ref>

''Grace'' won appreciation from a number of revered musicians and artists, including members of Buckley's biggest influence, Led Zeppelin.{{sfn|Browne|2001|page=10}} [[Jimmy Page]] considered ''Grace'' close to being his "favorite album of the decade".<ref>{{cite AV media|people=Cross, Serena (Director)|title=Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You|medium=Television documentary|publisher=BBC|year=2002}}</ref> [[Robert Plant]] was also complimentary,<ref name="NOWmagazine">{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Kim|title=Mother preserving Jeff Buckley's legacy|website=[[Now (1996–2019 magazine)|Now]]|via=jeffbuckley.com|date=May 28 – June 3, 1998|url=http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/interviews/nowmag.html|access-date=June 13, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509083316/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/interviews/nowmag.html|archive-date=May 9, 2008}}</ref> as was [[Brad Pitt]], saying of Buckley's work, "There's an undercurrent to his music, there's something you can't pinpoint. Like the best of films, or the best of art, there's something going on underneath, and there's a truth there. And I find his stuff absolutely haunting. It just ... it's under my skin."<ref>{{cite web |title=Brad Pitt and Jimmy Page on Jeff Buckley |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PndSaitIBXk |via=YouTube| date=23 December 2017 }}</ref> Others who had influenced Buckley's music lauded him:<ref>{{cite web|last=Kane|first=Rebecca|title=Who were some of Jeff's influences?|website=jeffbuckley.com|date=August 1, 1998|url=http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/faq/09influen.html|access-date=June 13, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510142905/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/faq/09influen.html|archive-date=May 10, 2008}}</ref> Bob Dylan named Buckley "one of the great songwriters of this decade",<ref name=NOWmagazine/> and, in an interview with ''[[The Village Voice]]'', [[David Bowie]] named ''Grace'' one of 10 albums he would bring with him to a desert island.<ref name="VillageVoice">{{cite web|last=Flanagan|first=Bill|title=Jeff Buckley Missing, Presumed Dead|website=[[The Village Voice]]|via=jeffbuckley.com|date=June 10, 1997|url=http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/tributes/vv10jun97.html|access-date=June 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118134108/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/tributes/vv10jun97.html|archive-date=January 18, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, the Smiths singer [[Morrissey]], one of Buckley's influences, named ''Grace'' one of his favorite albums.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-08-13 |title=Morrissey Reveals His Favourite LPs Of All Time |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/04797-morrissey-s-supreme-13-favourite-albums?page=3 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=The Quietus |language=en }}</ref>