Look at the Fool

Look at the Fool is the ninth and last album by singer-songwriter Tim Buckley before his death in 1975. It was recorded at Wally Heider Sound Studios and Record Plant in Los Angeles, California.

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Look at the Fool
Studio album by Tim Buckley
Released	November 1974
Recorded	1974
Studio	Wally Heider Studios and Record Plant, Los Angeles
Genre	Funk, folk, soul
Length	34:16
Label	DiscReet Records LP Enigma Retro CD Manifesto Rhino
Producer	Joe Falsia
Tim Buckley chronology
Sefronia (1973) Look at the Fool (1974) The Late Great Tim Buckley (1978)

Track listing

All tracks written by Tim Buckley, except ‡ by Larry Beckett/Buckley.

Side One

1. "Look at the Fool" – 5:13
2. "Bring It On Up" – 3:27
3. "Helpless" – 3:20
4. "Freeway Blues"‡ – 3:12
5. "Tijuana Moon"‡ – 2:41

Side Two

1. "Ain't It Peculiar" – 3:36
2. "Who Could Deny You" – 4:23
3. "Mexicali Voodoo" – 2:25
4. "Down in the Street" – 3:21
5. "Wanda Lu" – 2:38

Note: Original vinyl pressings list "Down in the Street" as the final track with "Wanda Lu" as track 9 on the sleeve, but has the correct running order listed on the disc itself.

Personnel

• 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