Mystery White Boy

Mystery White Boy
Live album by Jeff Buckley
Released May 9, 2000
Recorded February 22, 1995 - February 28, 1996
Genre Alternative, Folk rock
Length 78:29
Label Columbia
Producer Mary Guibert, Michael Tighe
Jeff Buckley chronology

Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
(1998)		 Mystery White Boy
(2000)		 Live À L'Olympia
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
The A.V. Club (Favourable)[2]
Pitchfork Media (7.5/10)[3]
Slant Magazine [4]

Mystery White Boy is a live album by American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). This is a compilation of live recordings that Buckley's mother Mary Guibert compiled from DAT recordings of his supporting tour for Buckley's album Grace. Also known as Mystery White Boy: Live '95-'96, the album earned mixed to positive critical views and was also a commercial success in the artist's native U.S., hitting #12 on the Top Internet Albums chart released by Billboard.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Dream Brother" (Club Logo, Hamburg, Germany, on Feb 22, 1995)Jeff Buckley, Mick Grondahl, Matt Johnson 8:48
2. "I Woke Up in a Strange Place" (Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, on Feb 28, 1996)Jeff Buckley 5:05
3. "Mojo Pin" (Theatre de Fourvière, Lyon, France, on July 4, 1995)Jeff Buckley, Gary Lucas 6:06
4. "Lilac Wine" (Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, on Feb 28, 1996)James Shelton 5:19
5. "What Will You Say" (Theatre de Fourvière, Lyon, France, on July 4, 1995)Carla Azar, Jeff Buckley, Chris Dowd 7:34
6. "Last Goodbye" (Olympia, Paris, France, on July 7, 1995)Jeff Buckley 4:58
7. "Eternal Life" (Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, on Feb 28, 1996)Jeff Buckley 5:57
8. "Grace" (Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, on Feb 28, 1996)Jeff Buckley, Gary Lucas 5:39
9. "Moodswing Whiskey" (Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, on Feb 28, 1996)Jeff Buckley, Michael Tighe 5:37
10. "The Man that Got Away" (Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA on May 4, 1995)Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin 3:46
11. "Kanga-Roo" (The Phoenician Theatre, Sydney, Australia on Sep 6, 1995)Alex Chilton 10:23
12. "Hallelujah/I Know It's Over (medley)" (King Theatre, Seattle, WA on May 7, 1995)Leonard Cohen
Johnny Marr, Morrissey		 9:18

Charts

Album

Chart Position
US [5] 133
Australia [6] 5
Belgium [7] 5
France [8] 3
Italy [9] 14
Netherlands [10] 88
Switzerland [11] 95
UK [12] 8

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ The A.V. Club review
  3. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  4. ↑ Slant Magazine review
  5. ↑ "US: Albums". allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  6. ↑ "Australia: Albums". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  7. ↑ "Belgium: Albums". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  8. ↑ "France: Albums". lescharts.com. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  9. ↑ "Italy: Albums". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  10. ↑ "Netherlands: Albums". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  11. ↑ "Switzerland: Albums". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  12. ↑ "UK Chartlog". zobbel.de. Retrieved 28 December 2008.