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The Essential Gary Lucas The Ordeal of Civility (Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters) Spanish-language "Dracula" Rishte (with Najma Akhtar) Waxed Oop (Fast 'N' Bulbous) Beyond the Pale (Gary Lucas Vs The Dark Poets) Coming Clean (Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters) Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind (Fast 'N' Bulbous) The Universe of Absence (with Jozef Van Wissem) Operators Are Standing By Diplopia (with Jozef Van Wissem) Songs to No One (with Jeff Buckley) The Edge of Heaven No Knowledge of Music Required Street of Lost Brothers Level the Playing Field Improve the Shining Hour @Paradiso Busy Being Born Evangeline Bad Boys of the Arctic Gods and Monsters Skeleton at the Feast Live Performances "The Golem" Work with Captain Beehfheart

FOR SONGS TO NO ONE 1991-1992 (with Jeff Buckley): "'Songs to No One' is priceless." NME (UK), 10/02 "Buckley and Lucas gracefully dance between sacred tradition and musical adventure...a premonition of greatness." Rolling Stone, 10/02 "THE PAGE AND PLANT OF THE EAST VILLAGE....BUCKLEY AND LUCAS ELECTRIFIED NEW YORK CROWDS WITH THEIR FEARLESS SPINS THROUGH GREGORIAN PSYCHEDELIA, HAUNTED BRIT-FOLK, FREE-JAZZ ROMP AND SCRAPED-BONE BLUES...Lucas reiterated his mettle as a bold sympathetic guitarist, weaving loops of riff, scream and church-bell harmonics around Buckley like a crystal blanket." Mojo (UK), 11/02 "TWO ARTS BEAT AS ONE...MYSTERY WHITE BOY'S EARLY COLLABORATIONS WITH THE GUITARIST CAPTAIN BEEFHEART CALLED 'GENIUS'...Lucas' astonishing, febrile guitar-playing is a perfect expressive counterpoint to Buckey's untethered vocals." Uncut (UK), 11/01 "THEY DISPLAY A REMARKABLE COLLABORATIVE CHEMISTRY...Lucas splinters and coaxes atmospheric guitar parts, providing an instrumental trampoline that allows the singer to soar and improvise." Record Collector (UK), 10/02 — printable page —