Background and composition

The sessions for the album took place in February 1993 and were designed to produce what A&R rep Steve Berkowitz referred to as a "Table of Contents" for the singer.^[2] The 2016 release of the album marks the first time these session recordings have been made available to the public.^[3] According to his mother, Buckley was insecure about the sessions, leading him to make several calls to her during the middle of the night about fears of being fired.^[3]

In addition to several cover songs the album also features two original Buckley compositions; an early demo of "Grace" which would later appear on Buckley's debut album of the same name and "Dream of You and I". Album producer Steve Addabbo had opined that, at that stage of his career, Buckley may have been so adept at covers that he had difficulty coming up with his own material.^[3]

More material from these February 1993 sessions was later featured on the LP "In Transition" released on Record Store Day 2019.

Commercial reception

The album debuted at No. 58 on the Billboard 200,^[4] No. 5 on the Top Rock Albums and No. 1 on the Folk Albums charts, selling 9,000 copies on its first week of release.^[5]

Track listing

*You and I* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist(s)	Length
1.	"Just Like a Woman"	Bob Dylan	Dylan	6:28
2.	"Everyday People"	Sly Stone	Sly and the Family Stone	4:32
3.	"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'"	Joe Greene	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	4:02
4.	"Grace" (first studio recording)	Jeff Buckley Gary Lucas	Buckley	6:11
5.	"Calling You"	Bob Telson	Jevetta Steele	4:59
6.	"Dream of You and I"	Buckley	Buckley	4:30
7.	"The Boy with the Thorn in His Side"	Johnny Marr Morrissey	The Smiths	3:34
8.	"Poor Boy Long Way from Home"	Traditional	Bukka White	6:02
9.	"Night Flight"	John Paul Jones Jimmy Page Robert Plant	Led Zeppelin	4:54
10.	"I Know It's Over"	Marr Morrissey	The Smiths	7:02
Total length:				52:14

Expanded Edition (projected for release but never released)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist(s)	Length
11.	"Mojo Pin"	Buckley	Buckley	7:03
12.	"Unforgiven (aka Last Goodbye)"	Buckley Gary Lucas	Buckley	4:10
13.	"Strawberry Street"	Buckley Andrew Goodsight John McNally	Buckley	5:22
14.	"Je n'en connais pas la fin"	Raymond Asso Marguerite Monnot	Édith Piaf	5:28
15.	"Hallelujah"	Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	7:10
16.	"If You Knew"	Nina Simone	Nina Simone	3:39
17.	"A Satisfied Mind"	Joe Hayes Jack Rhodes		3:39

Charts

Chart performance for *You and I*
Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[6]	2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[7]	43
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[8]	16
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[9]	23
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[10]	12
French Albums (SNEP)^[11]	17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[12]	85
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[13]	22
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[14]	12
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[15]	15
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[16]	8
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[17]	38
UK Albums (OCC)^[18]	16
US Billboard 200^[19]	58

References

^ Powers, Ann (12 November 2015). "New Album Of Previously Unheard Jeff Buckley Recordings To Be Released". NPR. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b Vain, Madison. "Inside Jeff Buckley's first studio sessions". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "How You and I brings a young Jeff Buckley back to life". CBC.Ca. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. April 2, 2016.
^ Kevin Rutherford (March 24, 2016). "Killswitch Engage, 3 Doors Down Lead Veteran Debuts on Rock Albums Charts". Billboard.
^ "Australiancharts.com – Jeff Buckley – You and I". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Jeff Buckley – You and I" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
^ "Ultratop.be – Jeff Buckley – You and I" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
^ "Ultratop.be – Jeff Buckley – You and I" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jeff Buckley – You and I" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
^ "Lescharts.com – Jeff Buckley – You and I". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jeff Buckley – You and I" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 11, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
^ "Italiancharts.com – Jeff Buckley – You and I". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
^ "Charts.nz – Jeff Buckley – You and I". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Jeff Buckley – You and I". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Jeff Buckley – You and I". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
^ "Jeff Buckley Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 22, 2016.

v t e Jeff Buckley
Studio albums	Grace Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
Live albums	Live at Sin-é Live from the Bataclan Mystery White Boy Live À L'Olympia Grace Around the World
Compilations	Songs to No One 1991–1992 The Grace EPs So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley You and I
Singles	"Grace" "Last Goodbye" "So Real" "Eternal Life" "Everybody Here Wants You" "Forget Her" "Hallelujah"
Other songs	"Dream Brother" "Lilac Wine" "Lover, You Should've Come Over" "Mojo Pin" "I Know It's Over"
DVDs	Live in Chicago Grace Around the World
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