Sefronia
Studio album by
Tim Buckley
ReleasedSeptember 1973
Recorded1973
StudioParamount Recording Studios, Los Angeles; Record Plant, New York; Devonshire Sound Studios, North Hollywood
Genre
Length37:55
LabelDiscReet
ProducerDenny Randell
Tim Buckley chronology
Greetings from L.A.
(1972) 		Sefronia
(1973) 		Look at the Fool
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Sefronia is the eighth album by singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, released in September 1973.[5][6]

Production

The album was produced by Denny Randell.[7] It was recorded at Paramount Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. Other tracks were recorded at Record Plant, in New York, and at Devonshire Sound Studios in North Hollywood.

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that Buckley's "voice isn't as stunning as usual on his next-to-last album, but the bigger problem is the material, which is usually forced and pedestrian."[1] Trouser Press wrote: "Denny Randell’s anachronistic-on-impact LA white-soul production, which pours syrupy strings over several numbers, is hardest to digest on poorly chosen middle-of-the-road love songs that didn’t suit Buckley at all."[7] NME declared that the album is "widely agreed to be Buckley’s most over-produced and underwhelming effort."[8]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Dolphins" (Fred Neil) – 3:10
  2. "Honey Man" (Larry Beckett, Tim Buckley) – 4:10
  3. "Because of You" (Beckett, Buckley) – 4:25
  4. "Peanut Man" (Fred Freeman, Harry Nehls) – 2:52
  5. "Martha" (Tom Waits) – 3:10

Side Two

  1. "Quicksand" (Buckley) – 3:22
  2. "I Know I'd Recognize Your Face" (Letty Jo Baron, Denny Randell) – 3:58
  3. "Stone in Love" (Buckley) – 3:27
  4. "Sefronia: After Asklepiades, After Kafka" (Beckett, Buckley) – 3:15
  5. "Sefronia: The King's Chain" (Beckett, Buckley) – 2:23
  6. "Sally, Go 'Round the Roses" (Lona Stevens, Zell Sanders) – 3:43

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ^ a b "Sefronia - Tim Buckley | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 43.
  3. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 169.
  4. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 94.
  5. ^ "Tim Buckley | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 135.
  7. ^ a b Neate, Wilson. "Tim Buckley". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  8. ^ "Tim Buckley : The Dream Belongs To Me - Rare and Unreleased Recordings 1968/1973". NME. September 12, 2005.
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