Sketches for my Sweetheart the Drunk
Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk is a collection of polished studio tra… Read Full Bio ↴Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk is a collection of polished studio tracks and four-track demos recorded by Jeff Buckley. Being dissatisfied with material recorded in the summer of 1996 and early in 1997, Buckley worked on many demos to reach the sound he was hoping to achieve. To be titled My Sweetheart, the Drunk, the album was never finished, as the rest of the band were traveling to meet Buckley at the time of his death. It was released posthumously on 26 May 1998 (see 1998 in music). Despite its unfinished state, the album garnered many positive reviews; The Onion's AV Club called it "frustratingly incomplete, but mostly remarkable". The album's original sessions were produced by Television frontman Tom Verlaine.

"My Sweetheart the Drunk" was the working title that Jeff Buckley was using while writing and recording the album; the title was intended by his mother and sole heir of his estate, Mary Guibert, to be rendered with parentheses, as Sketches (for My Sweetheart the Drunk), because Jeff's work was not finished, and therefore was just an outline, or "sketch", of what would have been released, had Jeff been able to complete this project.

International (non-US) editions of Disc 2 include the bonus track "Gunshot Glitter" (Jeff Buckley) as Track 7 for a total of 21 tracks. The Japanese edition of Disc 2 also includes the bonus track "Thousand Fold" (Jeff Buckley) as Track 11 for a total of 22 tracks.

* Swedish Gothic Rock band Katatonia recorded a cover of "Nightmares by the Sea", which appeared on the "Tonight's Decision" album and then later on "The Black Sessions" compilation.
* The USA original series The Dead Zone (based on the Stephen King novel of the same name) uses "New Year's Prayer" as its theme song.
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Sketches for my Sweetheart the Drunk
Jeff Buckley Lyrics


Back In N.Y.C. I see faces and traces of home Back in New York…
Demon John Say farewell, g'night, Sonny-Jim, In your defenseless, winni…
Everybody Here Wants You Twenty-nine pearls in your kiss, a singing smile, Coffee sme…
Gunshot Glitter Don't you want to let go of your heart Or you…
Haven't You Heard Your wish is my command! Have you heard this talk about…
Jewel Box I know you are a woman by the way you…
Morning Theft Time takes care of the wound So I can believe…
Murder Suicide Meteor Slave Would you like to meet the villain somewhere Underneath the …
New Year's Prayer Oooo Fall in light, fall in light Fall in light, fall in…
Nightmares By The Sea Beware the bottle thoughts of angry young men. Secret compar…
Opened Once I once was open And one with a travelling heart I loved…
Satisfied Mind How many times have you heard someone say If I had…
The Sky Is A Landfill Circle around the park Joining hands in silence Watch the…
Vancouver Lady, all the troubles are my fright, I disgust you. Feel…
Witches' Rave It sounds like a scream, I don't know what you mean. Your…
Yard Of Blonde Girls Through the yard, through the yard of blond girls. Through t…
You & I This is, uh Based on some music that I heard in…
Your Flesh Is So Nice I want to tell you a story About a little cutey She's…


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