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.

I'd personally go with Pink Moon. Chilly, but chillingly beautiful.

I've moved this thread to alternative, because it really doesn't fit well in Rock, or Pop. Maybe indie, but I picked here. Sue me.

Bryter Layter for me too. Very beautiful.

I like all three but I don't buy the opinion that they're some of the best albums ever. Very good and that's it.

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.

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

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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.

how 'Bryter Layter' could be considered cheesy is beyond me...

I honestly couldn't say I like one better than another. All 3 are masterpieces.

'Northern Sky' is my favourite song of his though, by a long way.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

Bryter Layter really gets to me on another level than do 5LL or Pink Moon. Pink Moon just passed me by, really.

Dammit, now I have to listen to them all!

Damnit, I bought Pink Moon because of this thread

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.

Agreed, agoldenroad. 5LL is my favorite as well (for the reasons mentioned earlier in the thread), although I do love all three albums nearly equally.

Thought you might like to hear this outtake of "Time Has Told Me".

Pink Moon is my favourite by far.

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.