Of the three released before he passed away, which is your favourite and why?
Mine's Bryter Layter. I just love the orchestration and Hazey Jane, Northern Sky and the instrumentals. I find Pink Moon and Five Leaves Left seem to get the most plaudits but PM particularly give me the chills with its starkness.
Posts: 105 | Location: 18 miles from Liverpool | Registered: 12 May 2005
As I have stated elsewhere on these forums, I hate Bryter Layter. It just sounds really cheesy to me. Pink Moon is easily my favorite, though I love Five Leaves as well.
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Posts: 4605 | Location: NE Indiana | Registered: 14 April 2005
This board really needs a Folk forum. But for now, it makes sense to file topics about folk music in General Music Discussion, considering they're not likely to fit in elsewhere.
From the few songs I've heard of each, I'd say:
Pink Moon > Five Leaves Left > Bryter Layter
Posts: 688 | Location: Adelaide, South Australia | Registered: 01 January 2005
Originally posted by Biggles: This board really needs a Folk forum. But for now, it makes sense to file topics about folk music in General Music Discussion, considering they're not likely to fit in elsewhere.
Filing folk with country is the norm in many record stores. I think it might work best there...but...
I'll ask the Editors for a Folk Forum. We could also use that to place World Music, since most World music is someone's folk music.
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Totally agree, I can't consider Nick Drake's albums as "better or worse" tha one another. They are a natural progression of artistic ability. To interested newbies you should purchase all three remasters (it'll cost like $35 Canadian) and listen to them in sequence it's the best way to understand the artist. You should follow the albums up with the "time has told me" rare songs, easily downloadable.
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Posts: 67 | Location: Canada | Registered: 16 February 2005
Five Leaves Left is my favorite because I think it's the most cohesive of the three albums -- it has the tunefulness of Bryter Layter and the emotional impact of Pink Moon, in perfect measure.
I really need Five Leaves Left. I like Bryter Layter and love Pink Moon. Some of the tunes of BL are a little cheesy, I'll admit, but "Northern Sky" and "Fly", to name a few, are amazing.
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Got to go with Bryter Layter just because it has the most beautiful song that I've ever heard in my life "Introduction" it may be only over a minute but it is one helluva a minute and a halfish..
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Posts: 1247 | Location: Nowhere | Registered: 31 July 2006
Originally posted by RavingLunatic: As I have stated elsewhere on these forums, I hate Bryter Layter. It just sounds really cheesy to me. Pink Moon is easily my favorite, though I love Five Leaves as well.
I can't go along with the "really cheesy" tag, Raving, but I agree with the sentiment. I bought BL and PM at the same time and ended up listening to PM incessantly whereas BL did nothing for me at all. Didn't get into FLL until years later. "Time Has Told Me" might be his best song but for overall album quality, it's Pink Moon for me.
Posts: 2075 | Location: Australia | Registered: 24 September 2006
I'm kinda the same way. I think "Three Hours" is his best song, but Pink Moon easily tops Five Leaves Left because I really don't like the 1st and last songs on that album at all.
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Posts: 4605 | Location: NE Indiana | Registered: 14 April 2005
Strange that Five Leaves Left has gotten so little consideration..
5LL is hands-down my favorite. i love all three, but his debut is the one that i felt was the purest and most emotionally moving. along with that, the opening track 'time has told me' is an all time classic of british folk, and drake's greatest single song.
I couldn't make up my mind, and w/ every look over the track listings, and every valid opinion read, my favorite kept changing. That shows how amazing Nick Drake really is...
So, for once, I have no definate opinion on something.
