Sefronia

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Sefronia
Sefronia.jpg
Studio album by
Tim Buckley
ReleasedSeptember 1973
Recorded1973
StudioParamount Recording Studios, Los Angeles; Record Plant, New York; Devonshire Sound Studios, North Hollywood
GenreSoul, folk
Length37:55
LabelDiscReet Records (LP)[1]
Enigma Retro (CD)
Manifesto
ProducerDenny Randell
Tim Buckley chronology
Greetings from L.A.
(1972) 		Sefronia
(1973) 		Look at the Fool
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2/5 stars[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 stars[1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide2/5 stars[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide1/5 stars[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."[2] 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[]

  • 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 Ciaclo – engineers
  • Cal Schenkel – art direction
  • Ed Caraeff – cover photography

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 2: MUZE. p. 43.CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sefronia - Tim Buckley | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  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. ^ Jump up to: a b "Tim Buckley". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  8. ^ "Tim Buckley : The Dream Belongs To Me - Rare and Unreleased Recordings 1968/1973". September 12, 2005.
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