10 Perfect Soft Rock Albums Of The '90s

For most of the '90s, pretty much every single genre had their time in the sun at some point. In just under a decade's worth of time, we went through everything from alternative rock to pop punk to the beginnings of nu metal to Britpop, while also reviving some genres that had long since died like lounge and swing. Even with all of those genre qualifiers though, Jeff Buckley still feels like he doesn't fit in any one style.

With just one complete record to his name, Jeff's music sounds almost ethereal in its presentation, going from mellow acoustic passages to some of the most bombastic rock songs you will ever hear, with tracks like Dream Brother practically reaching the same level that Robert Plant had done with Led Zeppelin. In between some of the more hectic songs though, there are some wild left turns as well, like the jazzy chords sprinkled through Lover You Should've Come Over or the moment where Jeff reaches high up in his falsetto for So Real.

And even though Leonard Cohen is known as a legend in the world of rock, the song Hallelujah practically belongs to Jeff at this point, with a beautiful solo guitar and his voice dripping with emotion as he hangs on every single word. Just a few years after this album was released though, Jeff would pass away from an accidental drowning down in the South. All that we have left is his music and memory: a spiritual musician taken from us before most of us were ready for him to stop.