Look at the Fool

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
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 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[dead link]

Track listing

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

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Look at the Fool"	5:10
2.	"Bring It on Up"	3:26
3.	"Helpless"	3:18
4.	"Freeway Blues" (Tim Buckley, Larry Beckett)	3:10
5.	"Tijuana Moon" (Buckley, Beckett)	2:38
Total length:		17:42

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ain't It Peculiar"	3:34
2.	"Who Could Deny You"	4:20
3.	"Mexicali Voodoo"	2:23
4.	"Down in the Street"	3:20
5.	"Wanda Lu"	2:37
Total length:		16:14 33:56

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