Recommending Nick Drake, shouldn't really be necessary these days. We’ll do it anyway in case that someone should have missed him. Nick Drake was an English singer/songwriter born in 1948 and died in 1974 – only two years after releasing his third album; Pink Moon.
During his lifetime he never managed to reach commercial succes, and none of his works sold more than five thousand copies. Despite this fact, he is, today, considered to be one of the most important artists in English singer/songwriting tradition.
Drake was signed to Island Records, who after the lack of succes related to the first releases – Five Leaves Left (1969) and Bryter Layter (1970) – didn’t showed much interest in releasing another album. However the founder of Island Records; Chris Blackwell, liked Nick Drakes music and believed that Pink Moon could reach commerciel succes, and thus the album was released in the end.
During his lifetime he never managed to reach commercial succes, and none of his works sold more than five thousand copies. Despite this fact, he is, today, considered to be one of the most important artists in English singer/songwriting tradition.
Drake was signed to Island Records, who after the lack of succes related to the first releases – Five Leaves Left (1969) and Bryter Layter (1970) – didn’t showed much interest in releasing another album. However the founder of Island Records; Chris Blackwell, liked Nick Drakes music and believed that Pink Moon could reach commerciel succes, and thus the album was released in the end.
Pink Moon is a very stark and bare recording, mainly because Drake had been really dissapointed with the sound on his previous releases. It is approximately 28 minutes, with Drakes voice and guitar – only accompanied by a piano once (on the title track). This record should be in every record collection really, and there is no reason to make further comments to the music itself, just enjoy this fantastic piece of musical art.
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