It seems to be that interest in Tim Buckley is increasing. Probably that's because Buckley is touring again after a long time and he was here this summer for a pop festival, where he was surprising with a very vital and intense set. Then he was not in the mood to talk about his new album, the only thing he would let out was that the title would be Tijuana Moon. After all this seems not to be correct. The reason for this title change is not known, although the nice painted cover matches to both titles.

Tim Buckley is a great talent, as a songwriter and as an instrumentalist, in which his voice is the most important instrument. What he can do with his voice, it is incredible. His large range and an enormous suppleness are most striking. Yet Tim's voice leads to many contradictions. To many people, Tim's high standing vocals are a continual source of annoyance. Those people won't have to listen to Look at the Fool, although, in my opinion, they miss a lot, because this 9th album of Buckley's contain a lot of beautiful music.

It is simply the best Buckley album since many years. After discoveries in folk, jazz, or in ethnomusical parts (Starsailor) Tim went on his last album Sefronia to the direction of the black music, funk. This continues on his new album but also slightly a new interest can be heard, Latin-American rhythms.

I can't remember any pop-musician like Buckley, who is engaged in so many styles. Every record is completely different from the last one. Also who's name has to be mentioned is Joe Falsia, who is responsible for the excellent production of this record and besides takes care of monumental guitar-playing.

The musicians on this record are known from Tim's festival gig: on bass, Jim Fielder (ex-Blood, Sweat & Tears, ex-Buffalo Springfield); on piano, Mark Tiernan; on drums, Earl Palmer... There are many horns on this record and on each track there is a good background choir: Vanetta Fields, Clydie King and Shirley Matthews. The music is boiling and it swings like hell and again Tim sings the stars from heaven in songs which relate to sex for at least 90% of the time. "I don't know why you bring my sex alive" sings Tim at the beginning of "Helpless," one of the best songs on the record. And in "Bring It On Up" he sings, "I'm talking about tongue to tongue, woman, about belly to belly, darling." Very good music on this record, my friends. "Tijuana Moon," "Mexicali Voodoo," and "Down In The Street" are the highlights.