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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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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.

One of my favourites.

For me Pink Moon is really a stand out favourite from his other albums.

Pink Moon for me as well

as again, what's there not to appreciate?

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.

For me its probably the River man.

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.

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.

Listened to this Compilation at my record store, last week:

http://991.com/NewGallery/Nick-Drake...ply-195486.jpg
Put one behind the counter immediately. Beautiful!

So the stuff outside of the core three albums is worth seeking out, then?

Definitely! The one I mentioned above sounds quite good, too. So does Family Tree.
His two 'tanworth in arden' albums contain a lot of low quality recordings, but the music's still incredible.

Welcome back, s_k ! :wave: I thought you had deserted us for good.

Congrats on aquiring "Time Of No Reply".It`s a great album, though inevitably,with a compliation spanning all his productive years, the style of the songs shifts around rather too much.
In terms of song quality, I`d say that the title track and the Pink Moon era songs are as good as any of his other recorded work.
For me, "Made to love Magic" is a little too whimsical, and with the track, "Been Smoking Too Long" the title perhaps gives a clue as to why the song doesn`t work very well.
But most of the other songs are excellent so yes, Chives, this album is well worth getting hold of imo.

I guess with Drake any recording is worth checking out. It's not like he has a ton of them, anyway. :laughing: I'll look into it.

^ I can`t guarantee that every Nick Drake out-take is a lost gem. Actually, if you want to hear a lost gem that that has a similar mood or feel, you might like to check out this album that stp recommended :-
http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...ml#post1137116

A very good compilation.

Still have the album after all these years. I was lucky to find one at the local Goodwill in great condition. Possibly my first time listening to his music.