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Old 12-13-2010, 10:38 PM   #121 (permalink)
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Drake is one of those rare musicians of whom I can't decide wich album I like best. I play them randomly, I really can't choose between them. They're all brilliant to me.
I agree, each of the three main albums has its own style of beauty, although I`d go along with Seltzer, who said he prefered Bryter Layter. I like the richness that comes from the extra instruments : the lush strings of Introduction, the jazzy piano of Poor Boy , the touches of sax in City Clock. In comparison, I sometimes feel that there`s not enough happening on Pink Moon.

BTW, some guys might not realize that:-
(i) " Five Leaves Left" was the printed reminder that the RIZLA+ cigarette paper company used to put near the end of their packets: when you read the message, you only had five cigarette papers left.
(ii) When Nick sings about "sailing downstairs to the northern line" in Parasite he`s talking about taking the escalator down to one of London`s oldest,longest and deepest subway lines, the, er, Northern Line.
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Old 01-09-2011, 03:55 PM   #122 (permalink)
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...some critics claim that his album Pink Moon can be compared to the works of Robert Johnson.
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Old 08-17-2012, 05:46 PM   #123 (permalink)
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I feel like this thread needs a bump. I'm giving Way to Blue: An Introduction to Nick Drake a listen tonight. I'm really liking it, especially since I have listened to Pink Moon at least a dozen times, if not more. An absolutely talented man, it's a shame he died so young.
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Old 08-19-2012, 05:54 AM   #124 (permalink)
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One of my favourites.
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Old 08-19-2012, 06:45 AM   #125 (permalink)
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For me Pink Moon is really a stand out favourite from his other albums.
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Old 08-19-2012, 09:57 AM   #126 (permalink)
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Pink Moon for me as well

as again, what's there not to appreciate?
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Old 08-19-2012, 01:16 PM   #127 (permalink)
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I love all his albums but Five Leaves Left is the one that really stands out for me, could be because it was the first album of his that I really loved.
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Old 08-20-2012, 03:09 PM   #128 (permalink)
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For me its probably the River man.
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Old 08-20-2012, 03:13 PM   #129 (permalink)
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I love all his albums but Five Leaves Left is the one that really stands out for me, could be because it was the first album of his that I really loved.
The sad truth is that without the post-humous albums, there isn't a whole lot to choose from, being that he only released 3 albums which in his time didn't a lot of coverage.
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Old 10-24-2012, 06:51 PM   #130 (permalink)
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Such an underappreciated artist in his day, who has since gone on to become a legend!! All of his albums are fantastic....Pink Moon is my personal favorite though...love the sparse arrangements.
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