Sefronia
| Sefronia | ||||
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| File:Sefronia.jpg | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Studio | Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles; Record Plant, New York; Devonshire Sound Studios, North Hollywood | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 37:55 | |||
| Label | DiscReet | |||
| Producer | Denny Randell | |||
| Tim Buckley chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Side One
- "Dolphins" (Fred Neil) – 3:10
- "Honey Man" (Larry Beckett, Tim Buckley) – 4:10
- "Because of You" (Beckett, Buckley) – 4:25
- "Peanut Man" (Fred Freeman, Harry Nehls) – 2:52
- "Martha" (Tom Waits) – 3:10
Side Two
- "Quicksand" (Buckley) – 3:22
- "I Know I'd Recognize Your Face" (Letty Jo Baron, Denny Randell) – 3:58
- "Stone in Love" (Buckley) – 3:27
- "Sefronia: After Asklepiades, After Kafka" (Beckett, Buckley) – 3:15
- "Sefronia: The King's Chain" (Beckett, Buckley) – 2:23
- "Sally, Go 'Round the Roses" (Lona Stevens, Zell Sanders) – 3:43
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Tim Buckley – guitar, vocals
- Lee Underwood – guitar
- Joe Falsia – guitar
- Bob Rafkin – guitar
- Marcia Waldorf, Sharon Beard, Myrna Matthews, Lisa Roberts – backing vocals
- Bernie Mysior – bass guitar
- Reinhold Press – bass guitar
- Mark Tiernan – keyboards
- Denny Randell – keyboards, producer, arrangements
- Tom Scott – tenor saxophone
- Fred Selden – flute
- Earl Dumler – English horn
- Larry Bunker – percussion
- King Errisson – percussion, congas, tambourine
- Ken Watson – percussion, timpani
- Buddy Helm – drums
- David Blumberg – string arrangements
- Technical
- Greg Venable, Kerry McNabb, Larry Hirsch, Roger Dollarhide, Roy Cicala – engineers
- Cal Schenkel – art direction
- Ed Caraeff – cover photography
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