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Five Leaves Left
~ Nick Drake (Artist)
4.9 out of 5 stars  (38 customer reviews)
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Product details
  • Audio CD (26 Jun 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Universal / Island
  • ASIN: B000026FOA
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  (38 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,026 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

    Popular in these categories:

    #13 in  Music > World & Folk > English Folk
    #20 in  Music > World & Folk > Contemporary Folk
    #27 in  Music > Rock > Classic Rock > Folk Rock

Track Listings

1. Time Has Told Me
2. River Man
3. Three Hours
4. Way To Blue
5. Day Is Done
6. ' Cello Song
7. Thoughts Of Mary Jane
8. Man In A Shed
9. Fruit Tree
10. Saturday Sun

Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
There's not a single dud in the trilogy of albums that singer/songwriter Nick Drake released during his all-too-short career. And 1968's Five Leaves Left--his first album--is certainly no exception. Drake's sensitive guitar work and sensitive vocals are backed by the baroque sounds of a chamber string group and the platter's lyrics show maturity well beyond the age of their 20-year-old creator. More sparse than its follow-up, the jazzy Bryter Later , but less tortured than Drake's dark final chapter, Pink Moon, Five Leaves Left is a classic folk disc. Songs like "River Man", "The Thoughts of Mary Jane" and "Day Is Done" are among Drake's finest moments. Newcomers be forewarned: this music is as infectious as it is bleak. --Jason Verlinde

Description
Nick Drake's debut album encapsulates a marriage between folk music and the singer-songwriter genre. Part Donovan, partJim Webb, he articulated an aching romanticism at a time when progressive rock ran rampant. Beautiful melodies and fragrant accompaniment, in particular Robert Kirby's stunning string arrangements, enhance the artist's sense of longing in which warm, but understated, vocals accentuate the album's passive mystery. An aura of existential cool envelops the proceedings, accentuated by Danny Thompson's sonorous bass lines and Drake's poetic imagery. The result is a shimmering, autumnal collection, reflective but never morbid. It's a tragedy that Drake never lived to see how his stature has grown.

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