Look at the Fool

Look at the Fool
Studio album by Tim Buckley
Released	September 13, 1974 (1974-09-13)
Studio	Wally Heider, Los Angeles Record Plant, Los Angeles
Genre	Rock[1] soul[1]
Length	33:56
Label	DiscReet
Producer	Joe Falsia
Tim Buckley chronology
Sefronia (1973) Look at the Fool (1974)

Look at the Fool is the ninth and final studio album by American singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, released on September 13, 1974, by DiscReet Records.

Look at the Fool received mixed to negative reviews. Richie Unterberger gave the album one and a half stars out of five, calling it "a sad, burned-out affair" and noting that Buckley was starting to lose his voice, which Unterberger said was "distressingly thin."^[1] OOR Magazine was more positive, calling it "the best Buckley album in many years."

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
OOR Magazine	(positive) link
Rolling Stone	(negative) link

All tracks are written by Tim Buckley, except where noted.

• Tim Buckley – guitar, vocals
• Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
• Joe Falsia – guitar, bass guitar, arranger, producer
• Jim Fielder, Jim Hughart, Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
• Jesse Ehrlich – cello
• David Bluefield – clavinet on "Freeway Blues"
• Mike Melvoin – organ, piano, Moog synthesizer
• Mark Tiernan – electric piano
• Terry Harrington – horn, saxophone
• Richard Nash, William Peterson, John Rotella, Anthony Terran – horn
• King Errisson – congas
• Gary Coleman – percussion
• Earl Palmer – drums

Technical

• Stan Agol – recording and mixdown engineer
• Wally Heider – mixing
• Cal Schenkel – art direction
• Napoleon – cover illustration