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{{Short description|Unreleased duet by Jeff Buckley and Elizabeth Fraser}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}}
{{Infobox song
| name = All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun
| type = song
| artist = [[Jeff Buckley]] and [[Elizabeth Fraser]]
| recorded = c. 1994β1995<ref name=AS>{{cite web |last=Benitez-Eves |first=Tina |title=The Spellbinding Duet by Jeff Buckley and Cocteau Twinsβ Elizabeth Fraser That Was Never Supposed to Be Released |url=https://americansongwriter.com/a-sp...raser-that-was-never-supposed-to-be-released/ |website=American Songwriter |date=30 May 2024 |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref>
| released = Unreleased (demo)
}}
'''All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun''' is an unreleased duet by American singer [[Jeff Buckley]] and Scottish singer [[Elizabeth Fraser]] of [[Cocteau Twins]]. A rough [[Demo (music)|demo]], recorded during the pair's mid-1990s relationship, has circulated online but has never been officially issued.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benitez-Eves |first=Tina |date=2024-05-30 |title=The Spellbinding Duet by Jeff Buckley and Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser That Was Never Supposed to Be Released |url=https://americansongwriter.com/a-sp...raser-that-was-never-supposed-to-be-released/ |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2009, Fraser called the recording "unfinished" and said she did not want it to be heard, adding, "Maybe I won't always think that".<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news |last=Simpson |first=Dave |title=Elizabeth Fraser: the Cocteau Twins and me |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/26/cocteau-twins-elizabeth-fraser-interview |work=The Guardian |date=26 November 2009 |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref>
== Background and recording ==
Coverage places the collaboration around 1994-95, when Buckley and Fraser were in a romantic relationship, and describes the track as an intimate, informal demo rather than a label-commissioned studio release.<ref name=Guardian/> The recording features a conversational, stripped-back performance with the singers alternating verses; faint laughter from Fraser can be heard before she enters.<ref name="Guardian" />
== Leak and circulation ==
Following Buckley's death in 1997, the duet leaked and spread through fan networks and later video-sharing sites; subsequent reporting has treated it as an unofficial but persistent item in Buckley's posthumous circulation.<ref name="Guardian" />
== Reception and legacy ==
Despite its unofficial status, the track has drawn critical attention. ''[[Dazed]]'' listed the duet among Buckley's "most underrated deep cuts," highlighting the unusual vocal pairing and emotional impact.<ref name=Dazed>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Daisy |title=Five most underrated Jeff Buckley deep cuts |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/29579/1/five-most-underrated-jeff-buckley-deep-cuts |website=Dazed |date=2 February 2016 |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref>
The song was incorporated into ''The Last Goodbye'', a 2013 stage adaptation of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' built around Buckley's music; ''[[Playbill]]'' noted the production exchanges the canonical balcony scene "for the duet of the unrecorded number 'All Flowers in Time.'"<ref name=Playbill>{{cite web |last=Henerson |first=Evan |title=Alex Timbers, Jay Armstrong Johnson and Talisa Friedman Talk Shakespeare and Song in Jeff Buckley Musical ''The Last Goodbye'' |url=https://playbill.com/article/alex-t...f-buckley-musical-the-last-goodbye-com-209776 |website=Playbill |date=20 September 2013 |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref>
An art exhibition at [[Almine Rech]] in 2025 took its title from the song, citing the phrase's resonance and imagery.<ref name=Almine>{{cite web |title=All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun |url=https://www.alminerech.com/exhibitions/11058-all-flowers-in-time-bend-towards-the-sun |website=Almine Rech |date=2025 |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref>
== Credits ==
* Jeff Buckley β vocal (demo)
* Elizabeth Fraser β vocal (demo)
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Unreleased songs]]
[[Category:Jeff Buckley songs]]
[[Category:1990s songs]]
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{{Short description|Unreleased duet by Jeff Buckley and Elizabeth Fraser}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}}
{{Infobox song
| name = All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun
| type = song
| artist = [[Jeff Buckley]] and [[Elizabeth Fraser]]
| recorded = c. 1994β1995<ref name=AS>{{cite web |last=Benitez-Eves |first=Tina |title=The Spellbinding Duet by Jeff Buckley and Cocteau Twinsβ Elizabeth Fraser That Was Never Supposed to Be Released |url=https://americansongwriter.com/a-sp...raser-that-was-never-supposed-to-be-released/ |website=American Songwriter |date=30 May 2024 |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref>
| released = Unreleased (demo)
}}
'''All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun''' is an unreleased duet by American singer [[Jeff Buckley]] and Scottish singer [[Elizabeth Fraser]] of [[Cocteau Twins]]. A rough [[Demo (music)|demo]], recorded during the pair's mid-1990s relationship, has circulated online but has never been officially issued.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benitez-Eves |first=Tina |date=2024-05-30 |title=The Spellbinding Duet by Jeff Buckley and Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser That Was Never Supposed to Be Released |url=https://americansongwriter.com/a-sp...raser-that-was-never-supposed-to-be-released/ |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2009, Fraser called the recording "unfinished" and said she did not want it to be heard, adding, "Maybe I won't always think that".<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news |last=Simpson |first=Dave |title=Elizabeth Fraser: the Cocteau Twins and me |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/26/cocteau-twins-elizabeth-fraser-interview |work=The Guardian |date=26 November 2009 |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref>
== Background and recording ==
Coverage places the collaboration around 1994-95, when Buckley and Fraser were in a romantic relationship, and describes the track as an intimate, informal demo rather than a label-commissioned studio release.<ref name=Guardian/> The recording features a conversational, stripped-back performance with the singers alternating verses; faint laughter from Fraser can be heard before she enters.<ref name="Guardian" />
== Leak and circulation ==
Following Buckley's death in 1997, the duet leaked and spread through fan networks and later video-sharing sites; subsequent reporting has treated it as an unofficial but persistent item in Buckley's posthumous circulation.<ref name="Guardian" />
== Reception and legacy ==
Despite its unofficial status, the track has drawn critical attention. ''[[Dazed]]'' listed the duet among Buckley's "most underrated deep cuts," highlighting the unusual vocal pairing and emotional impact.<ref name=Dazed>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Daisy |title=Five most underrated Jeff Buckley deep cuts |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/29579/1/five-most-underrated-jeff-buckley-deep-cuts |website=Dazed |date=2 February 2016 |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref>
The song was incorporated into ''The Last Goodbye'', a 2013 stage adaptation of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' built around Buckley's music; ''[[Playbill]]'' noted the production exchanges the canonical balcony scene "for the duet of the unrecorded number 'All Flowers in Time.'"<ref name=Playbill>{{cite web |last=Henerson |first=Evan |title=Alex Timbers, Jay Armstrong Johnson and Talisa Friedman Talk Shakespeare and Song in Jeff Buckley Musical ''The Last Goodbye'' |url=https://playbill.com/article/alex-t...f-buckley-musical-the-last-goodbye-com-209776 |website=Playbill |date=20 September 2013 |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref>
An art exhibition at [[Almine Rech]] in 2025 took its title from the song, citing the phrase's resonance and imagery.<ref name=Almine>{{cite web |title=All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun |url=https://www.alminerech.com/exhibitions/11058-all-flowers-in-time-bend-towards-the-sun |website=Almine Rech |date=2025 |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref>
== Credits ==
* Jeff Buckley β vocal (demo)
* Elizabeth Fraser β vocal (demo)
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Unreleased songs]]
[[Category:Jeff Buckley songs]]
[[Category:1990s songs]]
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