The Nick Drake Appreciation Thread
 

Five Leaves Left is sublime
Bryter Layter is better than any orgasm any girl has given me
Pink Moon sends more chills down my spine than an arctic winter.

He`s rather good isn`t he

rather good doesnt cover it. also rather tragic.

I was being understated

I've only listened to Five Leaves Left and Pink Moon but both are superb.

Dave

I picked up Bryter Layter a couple of weeks ago. Its a great album. I like Northern Sky a lot.

Pink Moon is the only full album I have and it gives me goosebumps.

I have assorted mp3s including a nice Jackson C Frank cover 'Blues Run the Game,' and Aimee Mann, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith & Martin Sexton all singing 'River Man.'

Mogwai done a track called Nick Drake. It's beautiful also, check that out.

I have to bump this. I'm living Nick Drake lately.

Im really glad Volkswagon chosse to put him in a comercial, otherwise he'd be still relativly unknown by a majority of people.

I pick up "one of these things first" off the garden state sound track, and I really enjoy this song. If you don't know anything, I'd say this isn't a bad place to start.

My loins yearn for Pink Moon. I need that album BAD. From what I hear, it's PURE Drake at his best.

Well I may be wrong coz I`ve not listened to it in a while (Damn computer:() But as far as I remember it`s his only acoustic only album.

Nick Drake is effing brilliant. Five Leaves Left is my favourite album of his, the nice fine line between awesome string accompanyment and his own gentle guitar. Pink Moon is awesome too.

An ad ????? Wow that is weird. He is fantastic. I have loved him for years. He is very well known in these shores, I have to say but keep spreading the word. "Time of no reply" is a must. Just him and his guitar. GET IT

pink moon is crazily good. and beck does a great cover of the song pink moon.

'Tis a shame how he went. Very ironic to (debatable) kill yourself by overdosing on painkillers.

Any body ever read the biography. Itis nicely written but very little is known about him full stop. It seems he didn't have many friends at all

His shyness was legendary , He used to do whole gigs without even looking or addressing the audience.

I remember watching an interview with his sister , She said one day he walked into her house with a copy of Five Leaves Left & she looked at it & said 'You sing ?'

I haven't listened to any of his music, but I have heard good things about it.

You like Elliott smith so it shouldn't be too much effort for you to appreciate Nick Drake. He's really amazing.

I'll be sure to look out for his work then.

I can highly recommend it

I love Nick Drake very much. He writes so wonderfully. All his albums are awesome but Pink Moon is my favorite.

To me (having not heard very much) he sounds stream-lined, like he doesn't deviate very much from one song to the next. I do like his sound though, however little it changes.

Well a lot of his stuff was recorded with just him acoustically.

If you check out his Bryter Layter album it`s got strings & orchestral arrangements & has a lot more variety in the sound.

I cant believe I missed this thread.
I love Nick Drake.
Incredible.

Nick Drake is awesome.. shame about his depression, I love him though.

I'm not surprised he was depressed. His music is enough to depress anyone.

Right Track's better half here - the comment about living Nick Drake at the moment :( His music is especially poignant to me as it reminds me very much of my brother.

Have Pink Moon but will try Bryter, sounds good. Does anyone know any details about the little festival they have for him every year where musicians perform his music in local pubs?

From the morning- last track on Pink Moon is absolutely beautiful. Beck i believe did a cover of Parasite aswell.

...and no, i don't look like Brian Dennehey :laughing:

He did?

I never knew that.

Thanks Mrs R.T. :D

My favourite track is Road. Ill look up info about the festival for you.

Here's an interesting link interviewing his sister, about the day of his death.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC8KS...h=nick%20drake

Mrs.right track here. :)

I love Pink Moon, but I don't really like Bryter Layter that much. I still have to check out Five Leaves Left.

I have Bryter Layter and Pink Moon, BRILLIANT songwriter

Hazey Jane II is my favourite song by this guy...Bryter Layter is an amazing album

I've only really listened to the Pink Moon album fully, and a few other random tracks that a friend sent me.

Really love Hazey Jane I & II. Great stuff.

I of course love him. A real shame he only put out only three albums they're all beautiful.

I just checked out this guy, somoene reccomended him to me since I said I liked Elliott Smith. The music is great. I checked out a lot from Pink Moon and am probably ordering that one but i'm definately ordering Five Leaves Left. It's a shame he passed :(.

Drake rarities blossom on "Family Tree" - Yahoo! News

YYAYAYYAYA

OOooooohhhhhh Nice

Although I was under the impression that Made To Love Magic was supposed to be his rarities album. Or at least thats what they said when it came out.
Mind you not that i'm complaining I can handle another.

/dies

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Family Tree! His mom is pretty good, like you can definitely hear nick in there. I havn't been on as much lately, I should've had this uploaded when I first got it. But oh well.