Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left [Remaster]

Artist:

Drake, Nick

UPC:

042284291521

See Also:

Steeleye Span

Description:

Personnel: Nick Drake (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano); Richard Thompson (electric guitar); Clare Lowther (cello); Paul Harris (piano); Tristan Fry (vibraphone, drums); Danny Thompson (bass); Rocki Dzidzornu (congas).
Nick Drake`s debut album encapsulates a marriage between folk music and the singer-songwriter genre. Part Donovan, part Jim 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.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

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, The
8. Man in a Shed
9. Fruit Tree
10. Saturday Sun

Album Information

Release Date:

06/26/2000

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

British Folk Rock

Label:

Island

Producer:

Joe Boyd

Catalog Number:

IMCD 8

Original Release Year:

1969

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

39 : 33

Guest Artist:

Richard Thompson; Danny Thompson

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