Pink Moon

This album is great. Dark, melancholy, beautiful. Reminds me a lot of Mark Lanegan's solo work (and come to think about it, I think Nick Drake was mentioned as an influence in Lanegan's autobiography).

Pink Moon made me and a bunch of other people want a Volkswagen. Nick Drake made me want to explore folk music. His soft spoken voice and the fret buzz of his acoustic guitar conveys an understated sense of being and its perfect. This album taps into something beneath the surface and it all comes out. If Gustavo Sataolalla, Alexi Murdoch are are able paint pictures with their music, Nick Drake is able to make you feel it. I hear Gustavo in Horn and Alexi in Which Will and so many other songs. There can't be any musicians who've heard Pink Moon and been unaffected. This album and the whole Nick Drake story gets me emotional. An artist that kills himself after releasing two albums to lackluster reviews and thirty years its discovered by the world because of advertising. Unattainable desire. To become famous, to own and possess things you don't need. It’s difficult to point to anything good that’s come out of marketing since it’s inception. Pink Moon and Nick Drake may be the one thing.

Bleak and sparse, sad and melancholy. An achingly beautiful album. The more I listen to it, the more I'm drawn in and the more I can't help but love it . Make no mistake, this is a masterpiece.

Great album! After the second listen it really grew on me. What a great songwriter and guitarist/singer.

wow

Before I started listening to this, I had had it confused with Nick Cave. Needless to say, I was surprised once the record started spinning. Sad, mournful, soulful. I love his warm guitar sound and angelic voice. I am sorry that he was in so much pain, but I am glad that something beautiful could come out of it.

Amazing, beautiful voice, great guitar. Feels small, intimate, open. Also dark, sad and melancholy.

I recognize this album distinctly, from a time when I'm pretty sure Andrew and/or Alden recommended it to me. I listened to it then, wasn't really impressed, and don't remember it at all. It's been in my itunes library since, untouched. It's an album I see a lot on people's "favorite albums" collages (including Alden I believe). I tend to bristle when I see the same albums being heralded over and over as "masterpieces," so I was nervous to hear this again. But now, wow. I'm so into this. I love how sparse and melancholy it is. There's a great deal of pain here, but also really impressive guitar-playing and great melodies. It reminds me a lot of Adrianne Lenker's Songs album (one of my favorites of 2020) that featured only vocals and guitar. As much as I love elaborate, fun production, there's something unbeatable about the purity of a singer/songwriter on a guitar. This was recorded in just two days?? And Nick Drake was only 23 years old??? There's more Nick Drake lore I need to dig into, as this was his last album before he died, but man, this is incredible. I've been wondering to myself if it would be possible for me to give a five-star rating to an album I didn't already know. While I may have heard this before, today feels like a first listen, and I'm honestly floored. This may be my favorite album we've had on the list so far. Favorite tracks: Kind of pointless since the whole thing is so good and cohesive, but Road, Place to Be, and Things Behind the Sun really grabbed me. Album art: Really, really love this one. I'm not sure it's iconic--not sure if the general population would recognize this one. But I've seen it so many times over the years and it's seared in my brain. Some sort of really depressing hybrid of Dali and Lewis Carroll. It's super cool. 5/5

Buzzy, pleasant guitar sounds, delightful to listen to in the sunlight.

The starkest of Drake's three records, lacking the occasional sumptuous embellishments of his earlier work. Some songs benefit from this stripped-back sound, some sound incomplete, but the effect is dramatic and obviously sad in context.

Very cozy,very beautiful and gentle

What a hauntingly beautiful album! I've listened to another Nick Drake album a few months ago and found it just as beautiful.

I liked it. I'm surprised I'd never come across this album or musician before since it's exactly my type of music. 70s folk? Folk yes!

Hermoso álbum. Emocional y muy lindo de escuchar. Cómo transmite, lo bien que suena la guitarra. Corto, sin tanta vuelta. Me encantó. 8/10

Hauntingly beautiful

A gorgeous spare album of just a man and his guitar It's tragic that Drake sadly didn't get the proper appreciation before he died.

My second Nick Drake album generated so far. I much prefer this to Bryter Later. Drake’s voice is so affecting, and the pared-back instrumentation lets everything breathe as it needs to.

Beautiful and it feels timeless

I really liked this. His voice is soothing and makes me feel sentimental for a time I don't know that I've experienced.

I'm not sure I buy the whole "bleakest album ever recorded, pure desolation" mythos that surrounds this album because the artist died a few years later. I initially bounced off this record because of my faction to that common lore. It shifted for me when I read the lyrics and started to understand what he was saying, even if I didn't always grasp his meaning. That caused me to listen more closely to the fact that most of these songs are accompanied by a single instrument, yet they sound like a full production. I'd never heard anything like it before, and I can see why others consider this a timeless sound.

I went to an exhibition on the weekend by the artist Yoshimoto Nara. One whole wall was a collage of album covers by artists that had inspired him. There was a lot of crossover between his records and records that were part of my upbringing. I don’t ever remember my parents having a Nick Drake album though, although I did come to him later. Nick Drake did feature on the artist’s wall of album fame and I was glad to see it there. These are haunting and wistful and poignant and truly forever songs.

wowww what calm feelings :') so raw and emotional! love the stripped back vibe with just the guitar and nick drake's voice

Great, Chill album.

Pretty good and chill. 4 stars

Geweldig album, misschien niet geschikt voor op een warme zomerdag, maar blijft ontzettend mooi. 4.1

Easy and quick listen. It felt like a warm hug. This kinda stuff isn't usually my cup of tea, but I thought it was good. Though, I do wish there was more elements.

Heartbreaking, but beautiful

Beautiful album

Such a smooth voice to go with the guitar. I really like when he would harmonize the guitar with his singing. Pretty simple album of just guitar and singing but it is done incredibly well. Didn't know that I knew the song Free Ride until it started playing.

Very pleasant cool melodies, songwriting and vocals are depressing but very well done.

Really cool. Not sure what I was expecting but great guitar playing on musically and lyrically interesting songs was absolutely welcome

I’ve listened to one Nick Drake album already (Bryter Later) which absolutely blew me away. I remember living that album so much that I went to trusty Wikipedia and ended up with a broken heart after reading about Nick. I’m looking forward to listening to this one. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Pink Moon, Which Will, Parasite I love how minimalist this album is. It feels like sitting in a room with Nick and his guitar and having him softly sing to you. There is certainly something nice to be said about music that isn’t overly produced, as is commonly heard these days. The track Know felt possibly a little too stripped back for my taste, but everything else felt oh so cosy. I’ve listened to two Nick Drake albums now and have really enjoyed both.

I really enjoyed this one! The whole album is great and feels complete despite its short length. The production and arrangements could not be simpler with most songs just featuring an acoustic guitar and vocals; however, this is not a drawback as it feels more intimate and timeless because of this stylistic choice. With this type of approach to a recording, my enjoyment of the songs typically rely on how much I can tolerate the artist's voice, and I feel that Nick Drake did a fantastic job enhancing his dark lyrics with his strong vocal performance. This is definitely one I will throw on again in the future (feels like a nice winter or rainy day album), and I can see myself diving deeper into Drake's catalog after this (I am surprised I have never heard of him). 4/5. NOTE: I was shocked to find out that he died only a couple of years after this album at the young age of 26 (!). After knowing this, it does feel like I am listening to a lost soul through his creation which makes it a bit more tragic. I am happy he left such a great impression before leaving this world with this beautiful set of tracks.

And a heavy hitter comes to play. This is arguably one of the top 50 or 10 best albums of forever. Enter with a clear mind and a strong spirit, Nick can get heavy... 28 minutes worth listening to. Fret buzz and same same vocals and all. Really comes home strong.

Listening to the first couple of tracks, I was quickly drawn in by the hauntingly spare sound, honest lyrics and atypical tunings. Surprised that I hadn't heard of Nick Drake before, I looked him up. What a tragic story of a great talent underappreciated in his time and taken far too soon. I can hear influences of Cat Stevens and Van Morrison in his work, and can hear how his sound may have influenced a whole host of singer/songwriters that followed him. Some of the songs are a little bleak (understandably), but others feel hopeful and celebratory of our (pained) existence. The musicianship is mostly very strong, with his reedy voice well-suited for introspection. I will definitely listen to him more and will seek out his other work. How sad that there is so little of it.

I liked it. It's felt familiar yet unique. I kept thinking of Iron & Wine, Elliot Smith, and Jose Gonzalez. Not super into them but I've also appreciated their works. Loved the melachonic vibe but I didnt catch a lot of the lyrics. I had it on as background music so I didnt get a true impression but from what I heard I liked.

guitar

Delicate voice and guitar doesn't do a lot for me but it's fine. Afterward, I listened to Robyn Hitchcock's "Eye" to remind myself of what a truly great acoustic album sounds like.

Maybe I need to listen again. I liked everything a little but loved nothing. Really just an album of nice guitar playing. But nothing really captivated me.

It's only here because it sold a few Volkswagons and the depressed artist killed himself at the age of 26. Gains a point for the Dream Academy and Peter Buck influence. Loses a point for the Zach Braff association.

i'm sad. makes me feel lonely, which is probably a testament to drake's skill

So, this is the first time I’ve ever listened to a Drake album in its entirety. Incredibly mellow with melding of his vocals and the acoustic guitar. There are days when that would be a spot on combination, even for me. Today though, was not one of them.

Ok slow music. Not much range. Got bored listening to the whole album.

I don't get all these amazing reviews I was really bored, maybe I didn't listen enough but I'm also not really a lyrics person in general

Just not for me, singer songwriter stuff with really stripped back instrumentals just bores me nothing inherently bad imo.

After reading the wiki page, I thought oh God no, this probably will be a pile of steaming excrement. Luckily it wad slightly better than what I expected. 1

Pink Moon feels like a record made by someone steadily removing himself from view. Not collapsing, not running out of ideas, but subtracting everything he no longer trusts. Arrangement goes. Ornament goes. Exposition goes. Conventional song development goes. The album itself barely lasts 28 minutes. By the end, even Nick Drake seems less a performer than a trace left behind by one. The key to it is elision, evasion and veiled declaration. Drake rarely tells us exactly what has happened. He gives us emotional states without case notes, images without explanations, addresses to an unnamed “you”, then suddenly drops a line of startling certainty. “You know that I love you / You know I don’t care / You know that I see you / You know I’m not there.” “Know” is four statements over a stubborn ostinato. Love and indifference, presence and absence. Everything that might reconcile those contradictions has been removed. That refusal of context is not a failure of articulation. “Things Behind the Sun” is one of the most fully developed songs Drake ever wrote: harmonically rich, structurally controlled, full of expressive changes that carry the argument with the lyric. He can do elaboration. He simply chooses, across much of Pink Moon, not to. The missing information feels deliberate. The album increasingly sounds like a critique of the machinery surrounding the singer-songwriter. “Please beware of them that stare” does not sound like fear of getting on stage so much as distrust of what happens once you are there. The audience stares. Critics frown. Promoters count bodies through the door. Renown becomes another metric imposed on the work. “Free Ride” sees through the pictures on the wall and the people coming to the ball; “Parasite” moves through stations, church bells, polished shoes and the Northern Line as though Drake is observing society from outside it. That is where the record becomes more than merely sparse. Drake seems to be erasing himself from the contract. He has already made two carefully arranged albums and watched them meet critical reservation and widespread indifference. Pink Moon feels like the sigh that follows: all right then, one more try, but this time I am not dressing it up for you. The guitar is therefore crucial. It is not accompaniment filling the space left by absent musicians. It often carries as much meaning as the lyric. On “Road” the picking seems to stumble out of its own metre, catch itself and continue. On “Place to Be” slack bass strings thud and drone while the trebles ring above them. In “Free Ride” the guitar locks around the vocal like close harmony, the strings behaving almost like backing singers. “Harvest Breed” sits on a nagging, unstable figure that makes the lyric feel wrong before Drake has even told us he is falling. That technical precision matters because it prevents Pink Moon being mistaken for an unfinished record. The surface is bare; the construction underneath is exact. Drake can barely seem bothered to sing, yet once he does, guitar and voice snap into place with extraordinary discipline. His long introductions often feel like the true resting state of the album: strings vibrating, notes decaying, air around them. The voice arrives almost grudgingly. Must I really? The lyrics carry the same reluctance. Drake seems to be trying to say difficult things without turning them into accusations. The evasions may be ethical as much as aesthetic. He is wounded, frustrated, suspicious of the whole pantomime around his work, but rarely cruel. Even when he appears to be addressing critics, audiences or promoters, he keeps shifting into image and implication rather than prosecution. That makes “the movement in your brain sends you out into the rain” central to the whole record. Drake may no longer believe in the transaction around making music, but he still believes in making music. The audience can vanish from the equation. The promoter can vanish. The critic can vanish. The need to create remains. Then the erasure goes further. In “Parasite” he describes himself as though he possesses no useful social function at all: observer without belonging, participant without purpose. By “Harvest Breed”, the evasions become frightening. Falling fast, looking for a friend, wondering whether this could be the end, stooping to kiss flowers while descending. The song never says plainly that something is seriously wrong. The guitar says it for him. That is the painful retrospective pull of Pink Moon. You want to ask: Nick, why didn’t you say something? But he did. Just not plainly. The album is full of failed declarations, truths smuggled through metaphor, warning signs disguised as poetry. And yet it does not end in simple disappearance. “From the Morning” turns the album outward. Earlier Drake is “on the ground”; now “we rise from the ground”. Finally, “we are everywhere”. The figure who has spent the album becoming translucent does not quite vanish. He diffuses. Pink Moon is a manifesto of disappearance in which the one thing Drake refuses to erase is the song itself. Everything else can go: arrangement, ornament, approval, audience, social usefulness, even the fixed outline of Nick Drake. What remains is the movement in the brain.

What a genius. Such a beautiful album.

Have a chest tattoo of a pink moon

I loved this album, and am sad it took me this long to hear it.

100/100

This is Nick Drake at his most vulnerable and stripped back. Gone are the lush strings from his previous records, this is just Nick and his guitar. The only exception is the piano overdub during the bridge of the first track. The sparse production allows for such an intimate experience, with Drake's heart-breaking lyrics getting all the attention they deserve. The distinctive guitar playing found on here is excellent and even instrumental cut "Horn" feels compelling. I have found so much comfort in this album during low periods of my life. With most of the lyrics being written about Drake's battle with his depression that would ultimately result with the loss of his life, Drake can make one feel less alone. Nick Drake died thinking his music career was a failure, yet here we are praising him 50 years after his death.

Jeg liker den så godt at det nesten er uforståelig for meg at ikke alle andre også synes den er dritbra. For meg er dette en av de perfekte platene! Den første Drake-plata jeg hørte, og helt klart den jeg liker best og har hørt mest på. Var helt avhengig av den i noen år og hørte på den nesten daglig.

Søstra til Asle lånte meg CD’en på musikklinja ein gong. I eit par år etterpå hadde eg eit relativt voldsomt oppheng på den vesle katalogen hans. Seinare fekk eg veldig nok av singersongwriterar som baserte heile den manglande signaturen sin på signaturen hans. Men det er no ikkje Nick sin feil. Dette er utan tvil den beste plata hans spør du meg. Ikkje at det er mykje produksjon å spora her, men nett det er vel ein slags produksjon det òg, og den er heilt riktig. Gitarlyden, tørr og klår og levande, er kanskje den finaste akustiske gitarlyden som er festa til tape, og det har heilt sikkert meir med fingrane til fyren å gjera enn med dyre mikrofonar. Eit lysande knippe songar og skisser, slett ikkje så mørkt som folk ofte skal ha det til, særleg om ein evnar å kobla ut biografien. So look, see the sights The endless summer nights And go play the game that you learned From the morning Fine linjer å runda av det heile med.

Den er merkeligere enn den blir omtalt som. Ganske spartanske gitarskisser tidvis, som samtidig har et gedigent nedslagsfelt. Tekster som antar en svevende dimensjon, samtidig kryper hans paranoide tilstander nærmt lytteren.

This album is a staple in my collection and frequently on the turntable. I don't listen to it every day, but could happily do so if you challenged me. Go ahead.....do it! Easy five stars for some of the best solo acoustic every recorded.

What a great, short album! I had never heard of him before, pretty impressed

Pink Moon is sadly Nick Drake's last of just three albums he would record in his short life. It also happens to be his best. The songs are stripped down to their core elements, leaving the experience of Pink Moon an intimate one between the listener, Nick Drake, and his acoustic guitar. The eleven tracks are presented as is, with mistakes just part of the recording process, a wink and a nod between artist and his hopeful listener. The humanity of it is enough to break your heart because within two years he'd be gone, a mystery to almost everyone who ever knew him. Pink Moon is a testament of his life, a timeless recording and gift that has lost none of its potency, beauty, or relatable storytelling magic.

Brought the shoulders down, gorgeous

Beautiful

Really nice album, first time on the list I've registered to an album in the same day as I wanted to take it in fully

Zo rustgevend!

Amei ok??? Sensação de paz absurda

Never heard of this album, I wish I had. It's wonderful. I'll be listening to Pink Moon for years.

I don’t think I could pick a favourite Nick Drake album. Bought an LP box set on the basis of the liner notes when I was 18, having never heard of him or betting able to look him up.

Un álbum conmovedor desde donde lo mires, las letras hablan por sí solas, pero Nick Drake y su voz que sabes que esconde algo, hay una pena, algo que pesa más allá de su arte. Ver cómo su vida terminó en el completo anonimato y la creencia de que su arte nunca fue bien recibido me parte el corazón, merecía más, mucho más.

Luckily, I am no stranger to this album. Everyone time I hear Nick Drakes voice, it seems oddly contemporary to me, perhaps a cliche. But I think it is because his sound isnt characterized by his era but more so by himself. When you sound like yourself, you can transcend time.

Absolutely gorgeous album. Perfect music to sit at the window on a rainy day and feel melancholy to. There are a lot of standout tracks here for me, but my favorites at the moment are Things Behind the Sun, Know, and From the Morning. Rating: 4

Somber. Really great for a cloudy day on the long weekend on a bike ride after everyone went home the day before. Was feeling kinda melancholy and this accented the mood perfectly. Really great lyrics, vocals and playing. One I will return to for sure. This hit right in the spot, so I'm feeling like adding in an extra star here... Also, even more bonus points for the sick album art.

Perfect as all Nick Drake albums. Beautiful balance between the voice and the instrument. The talent speaks for itself rather than covering it up with excess noise

Great album

Such beautiful music.

Pink Moon... Oh, where do I begin? I got Nick Drake's other two albums super early on in the album project and have waited over 900 days since then to get Pink Moon from this website. I've known about this album's reputation for that whole time, and the knowledge of it apparently being Nick Drake's best album gave me the idea that I would absolutely adore this one seeing how much I loved its predecessors. After listening to the album? Yeah, this album might actually be perfect. However, it's wonderful in a rather different way from Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter. The three albums all share qualities, obviously. Nick's voice is as lovely as ever and his songwriting is excellent from both a musical and lyrical perspective. Pink Moon has really made me appreciate just how great of a guitarist Nick Drake is. He always had great guitar parts, but I found myself noticing how well-composed they are more frequently on Pink Moon... probably because there wasn't much else for me to notice musically. Yeah, Pink Moon has maybe the most intimate production I've ever heard on an album. Aside from a bit of piano on the opening title track, Pink Moon is just Nick Drake's voice and guitar with no backing musicians or overdubs whatsoever. It's a bold move, which is funny seeing as this music's energy is possibly the furthest thing from "bold" that I can imagine. Pink Moon is a very melancholic album in many ways, but I don't think there's a single album that captures melancholy better than this one. This album is basically the musical embodiment of solitude and loneliness, which really speaks to me on a personal level as someone who's never really been particularly social. But it's not like the music is a gloomfest of any kind. These songs are actually quite beautiful. I'm actually having a hard time thinking of songs to highlight because of how consistently great the album is. But, if I had to pick a few, I'd highlight the title track, "Place to Be," "Things Behind the Sun," "Parasite," and "From the Morning." What's crazy is that everything that everything that the album has to offer happens in only 28 minutes. I've heard EPs that are longer than that! But at the same time, I can't say that that's a bad thing. These 28 minutes are some of the most thought-provoking, emotionally resonant 28 minutes of music to ever be recorded. There are very few albums in existence that manage to capture a specific feeling quite like Pink Moon does. Everything about the album feels equally important to the experience. The interesting lyrics, the gorgeous guitar compositions, Nick's lovely voice, the sparse production, the length, and every other detail tie together to form one of the greatest albums of all time. I have no complaints. Pink Moon is absolutely stellar. 5/5.

love the vibes

Just incredible. What a talent, gone too soon.

I’ve been meaning to listen to this album for a while, and now that I have, I can say that it was well worth the wait. Going in, I knew a decent chunk about the album in advance, as well as having heard a couple Nick Drake songs like Northern Sky and the title track from this album, and after hearing it, I can say it is definitely right up my alley. Just a man playing his acoustic guitar and singing, and thank God this was before the era of all those other white guys with acoustic guitars in the 2010s. The songs all have a very homey feel, with Drake’s hush voice and fingerpicked guitar playing being the center of every song. Even though a whole album of that could be boring, the songs sound different enough to be able to enjoy it, plus it’s only 28 minutes. I also find Drake’s lyricism on this album to be beautiful, especially on songs like Place To Be, Things Behind The Sun, and From The Morning, three of my standout tracks, the title track being my fourth standout. Overall, I personally believe that this is an incredible work to be packed into a 28 minute album, and I would highly recommend giving it a listen.

My least favorite of his three albums but still a solid five.

When I saw this pop up, I thought instant 5… and after listening for the millionth time, I still agree. The only knock is his best song (imo <- that is how kids say in my opinion… weird I know) northern sky is in a different album. I found Nick drake in college, and the person who introduced me to him was kinda pretentious so I thought I shouldn’t like Nick drake, but I love his music. I revisit it often. Never gets old. His story is so sad… gone too soon. But sometimes those tortured have some of the most beautiful things to say. 5

On paper, this should not be my thing. Sparse recordings, slow tempos, “boring” folk music. This is anything but boring. It doesn’t overstay its welcome, it’s gorgeous, the sparse recordings really let the texture through. I really enjoyed this. Edit: Goddamn, this is SO GOOD. Listened to it again and it gets better with every listen. 9/10 Outstanding

FINALLY!!! Ever since I saw this was on the list I have been waiting to give it 5 stars. To me, it's one of the finest, most underrated pieces of all time. I think it's beautiful, haunting, and an incredible work of mastership. Excellent guitaring, perfectly paired singing, rougher-than-perfect mix design, and just an excellent offering of an artist gone too soon. His other albums are also great, but this one stands head and shoulders above for me.

Yes. This is an album you must hear before you die.

* 95 En af de plader, hvor jeg kan mærke det helt ind i knoglemarven. Samtidigt smukt, beroligende og hjemsøgende.

Always loved this album. I like his other 2 albums as well, but this one is haunting.

5/10

This is the most instrumentally simplistic Nick Drake album which works to his benefit. Mostly just guitar and piano. His voice and lyrics are truly the centerpiece here. The whole thing feels so intimate. The smaller instrumental palette allows these songs to feel very cohesive. Tragic how he passed. Just a fantastic album.

Good stuff!

Just the most beautiful, blissful and well-crafted album. The space in this recording is so comforting and Drake's voice and song writing are sublime.

Beautiful, powerful stuff. Drake was a master at his craft. Soft, but effective vocals, over sedated, but tasteful arrangements. A testament to the power of just a voice and an acoustic guitar.

I think nick drake has been one of my favorite artists so far that I hadn’t heard before starting this.

'And I was strong, strong in the sun' and 'you can take the road that takes you to the stars now I can take the road that'll see me through' are truly some of my favourite lyrics from when I first heard them years ago they still hit the same way. Truly a perfect album in very way it always brings me such joy to listen to.

me encantó. tiene una mezcla de nostalgia, yesrning, tristeza. se siente como estar zoning out caminando en otoño pensando sobre el pasado. dms comfort. just perfect.fue corto pero fulfilling

Like an Englishman floating along the Bayou

possibly my favourite album of all time. has something to do with the fact that even on its 100th listen it still made me cry at work

It's really good

Love this album so much. Might be the vinyl I come back to the most.

Its a Nick Drake summer and we’re just getting started

This album transports you somewhere else

EPIC

I've wanted to listen to Nick Drake, and this album specifically, fow a while now. Excited! This is nice. It's pretty. Love the guitar playing on Road. Beautiful Even the one minute long instrumental gets me emotional. Peak. I don't have much to say. Always what happens when I enjoy an album. I really enjoyed this. but I have a feeling I'll enjoy it even more, one of these nights, when the mood is right. For now I can for sure say that it is beautiful. I love this record's simplicity. The songs are all short, and you're alone with a man and his guitar. But while the vocals stay mostly the same throughout (not a complaint), there are a lot of, even if subtle, differences in the guitar playing. Yeah, this was just beautiful.

Incredible.

5/5. In my top 5 albums of all time, Nick Drake’s Pink Moon is in my eyes as close to perfection as an album can get. His predecessor “Bryter Layter” saw him expanding his sound with more orchestration, and Pink Moon opted to go the opposite route, stripping basically everything that isn’t guitar and Nick’s voice away. The only other instrument that appears is a piano on the opening title track. The album is produced in an extremely intimate way, everything feels super warm and close which helps with the emotional potency of the album. Nick Drake is often a symbolic and vague lyricist but there are some devastating, more direct moments on this record like “Parasite” where he likens himself to a parasite leeching off of the people in his life. And talk about a stacked tracklist. It’s a slim 28 minutes and every single song here is fantastic. They often seem simple being just guitar and vocals, but there is actually a lot of interesting, slightly-jazzy structure to a lot of the songs. If I had to pick a top 3 songs though I’d go with “Things Behind the Sun” which is the longest track on the album, “Free Ride” and “Parasite”. A lot of discussion around Nick Drake gets clouded in the “mystique” of his reclusive life and tragic suicide. But the man had a pretty much perfect catalogue of music and I feel it’s worth celebrating that, even if he never lived to see his music get the recognition it deserved.

Ya dije antes que conocí a Nick Drake gracias al algoritmo de Spotify. Repito que es un cantante enorme y una pena que desapareciera tan pronto y que tan poca gente lo conociera en su época. Este es uno de sus mejores discos y Pink Moon no me canso de escucharla. Para guardar: Pink Moon, Place to be, Which will, Things behind the Sun y From the morning. Es su disco 5 estrellas.

Ok, chill

One of my favourite albums of all time. The context of this album and how Nick Drake just kinda went solo on with his guitar on it is quite phenomenal. His guitar playing is top tier and his songwriting has a lot of depth. He was truly one of the best singer songwriters to exist. A shame he didn’t get much recognition while he was alive.

Beautiful, haunting album. Can see where Iron and Wine got some influences from. Wonderful part of British folk history

Somehow I never heard of him, or recall hearing any of these songs (maybe the commercial many moons ago???). Listened to this 3-4 times today followed by his other albums. Tragic what happened, so much talent. These tunes take you places.

5/5

Never heard of this artist. Beautiful intro.

Very chill, I like it.

Peaceful yet restless, stark yet overflowing with colours, achieved with (mostly) a voice and an acoustic guitar. A beautiful record. Maybe even perfect.

Y E S

4/1001 Nick Drake nos entrega um dos mais belos e tristes álbuns que o ser humano já produziu na história Pink Moon - 100 Place to Be - 90 Road - 85 Which Will - 80 Horn - NR Things Behind the Sun - 100 Know - 80 Parasite - 85 Free Ride - 85 Harvest Breed - 85 From the Morning - 85 Media: 87.5

This one came out of nowhere, stunned by it.

Well... this just so happens to already be one of my favourite albums of all time Even though this album is really dark and describes a deeply personal inner turmoil I find it extremely comforting for some reason. The combination of Drake's soft vocals and the delicate guitar melodies illustrate the silent suffering he experienced throughout his life. As vulnerable as this album is it is still an absolute pleasure to listen to.

I love this, drop D tuning and here we go. This just sounds so good, while it in theory should be somewhat repetitive with just the guitar and Nick Drake on all the tunes, but it just works so well. I love things behind the sun in particular. A 5 no doubt.

Love this album, such delicate, somber yet uplifting songs.

This is my favourite Nick Drake record and the only one I’ve returned to time and time again over the years. I think it’s pretty superb and the best of it’s genre. Since finding out more about him I started finding this a more difficult listen, but at the same time that’s what makes it what it is.

So. Good. Favorite so far

Loved this one. Much better than Five Leaves. This one feels so much more personal and intimate. The guitar is haunting and entrancing. 5/5

I listened to this before the Volkswagen commercial.

Just a beautiful album, and perfect for a quiet summer's evening.

Every song a beauty.

One of my favourite Nick Drake albums, listened to it many times

Pink Moon - 5/5 Place to Be - 5/5 Road - 4.5/5 Which Will - 4.5/5 Horn - 4/5 Things Behind the Sun - 4.5/5 Know - 4/5 Parasite - 5/5 Free Ride - 4.5/5 Harvest Breed - 4/5 From the Morning - 4.5/5 A beautiful, stripped-back acoustic album that makes its short run time last. Although people claim the albums' contents had absolute nothing to due with the tragic demise of Drake, I think otherwise. The songs are haunting in a somber and melancholic way, while also simultaneously lulling to sleep with nothing but his voice and a guitar. I was anticipating listening to whatever Nick Drake album came up next after listening to Bryter Layter, and it seems the generator gave me both his last and his best. Overall: 5/5 Favorites: Pink Moon, Place to Be

A hidden gem of a folk album. I think Nick definitely goes unnoticed and a bit unappreciated. But hopefully this album sheds light on to him for people! His style of guitar and songwriting in general is insane and really innovative. The main thing to note about his songwriting is rhythmic qualities which can put some people off but, over time you ease up to it! I’d recommend Pink moon, place to be, Which will, Horn, Things behind the sun, Know, Parasite, Free ride and From the morning.

What a fantastic, quiet little album

Excellent - great counter to the previous albums, which were way more produced and orchestrated. Shows what you can do with just one (exceptional) voice, acoustic guitar and a bit of piano.

I was taken aback by how beautiful this was. Truly one of those simple moments where the night is so dark moonlight enters in tiptoes & paints the room silver. Last night, I slept thinking the headlight lamp outside was the moon. I haven't seen the moon in a while. Seems like the world is indeed on its impending doom and what is unfolding, circling back, is the darkside. I am glad I felt like a pretty boy listening to this album. Encapsulated the last of memory of the face of the moon. My acne and scars are regolith and moondust before it is skin. I am not travelling far. I am not alone. I see the whole world when it is sleeping.

Melancholic masterpiece.

This is my genre

heard this album before and its still excellent, no notes

Just a really fantastic album. I'm an absolute sucker for this style of acoustic album. Will be listening again

I wish I had the words to describe how this album just cured me. This has the same effect as going for a walk when you are having a mental break

Cozy. Like an ambient 5. I feel like this is what wooly bear caterpillars would listen to.

What an amazing album. The rhythms that he gets out of the guitar are interesting and the vibe of the whole album is a sort of beautiful melancholia. At times feels like a demo but even with its unfinished feel it feels complete.

Hermoso, tranquilito y muy weno para estudiar y para el mood que llevaba

Loved it

music is love

I had already interacted with the album. And I love Nick Drake. His life and demise are strangely resonant with kind of person I am and, I found a lot of connection to Which Will. It's not a sermon, just a kind inquisition and that's hard to come by. 10/10 album PS: There's a strange connection between his music and Albert Camus' The Stranger.

What a satisfying and comforting voice, fantastic song writing, and interesting guitar work.

I knew the title track of this one before now, but hadn't listened to anything else by Nick Drake, and in fact hadn't known anything about him. What a beautiful album. I'm sitting here with the wind knocked out of me.

Pink pink pink pink

It may not have the best voice nor be the best guitar player, but there's something about his voice that makes me feel safe, at home, at peace.

8/9/10

The greatest album under 30 minutes, likely ever made.

The third and final Nick Drake album, and the third to get five stars from me. I started this project liking Nick Drake a lot, I leave it believing he's one of the most beautiful, important and sincere singers and songwriters of all time. The title track alone here is worth the admission fee, and it just maintains a perfect sense of self throughout. I just wish he'd produced more - his sum total of recorded albums is under two hours and I could quite happily listen to two days worth.

Again, already listened! Such a shame he died so soon. Incredible album!

Æ like Nick Drake, æ, bedre enn æ huska, til og med. Æ burde høre mer på han!

There are few albums out there that feel more intimate than Nick Drake's Pink Moon. Nick Drake puts his heart out on a plater, with subtle music accompaniments to shelter it from any criticism or critique. This album came to me at a time when I was hungry for this level of vulnerability and authenticity and has made a genuine impact on my life. I feel like this music demands you be introspective and vulnerable too. I can imagine not liking this if you're not ready or in the mood to indulge in introspection, but the invitation he extends is entirely worth the indulgence. This is a fantastic album.

This is the third Nick Drake album generated for me and it seems the generator has saved the best for last. I thoroughly enjoyed both Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter, but the stripped back and minimalist approach of just Nick and his guitar on this album perfectly compliments his masterful songwriting. Bryter Layter is probably my next favourite of his albums, but it was much more complex with the full band arrangements and, while Five Leaves Left was more stripped back, it felt a bit too dark and depressing for me. Pink Moon is still dark, but I can't help but feel like there's some hope in these songs.

Classic Album

10/10

A truly gorgeous example of singer-songwriter stuff. Nick Drake manages to weave a compelling atmosphere with just his airy, haunted vocals and his impressive acoustic guitar playing. It's a shame he never got the recognition he deserved during his lifetime, but at least his works are now rightly regarded as among the greatest folk albums of all time. I was actually thinking a 9/10 on this one, but ended up listening again later in the day and going up to a 10/10. Raw, powerful, and timeless.

Love this

Beauty

repeat due to adding people in. Listened again, still a 5

AAAAAA NICK DRAKEEEE THE GOAAAAAATTT Nick dRAKE🔥🔥 NICK DRAAKEE‼️‼️‼️ nick drake💛💛💛 nick drake. 🥀🥀🥀🥀

This made me kind of emotional! I’m not usually an acoustic guy but I loved this it was so pretty.

In my last review of Nick Drake’s "Five Leaves Left", I concluded with the following lines: "All three [albums] rank among the best singer-songwriter albums of all time. Nick Drake was the John Dowland of the 20th century." I stand by that. Whether the sparse orchestration of “Pink Moon” was a result of Drake’s severe depression, which prevented him from working with more instruments, is purely speculative. Apart from his voice and guitar, only a single piano melody can be heard in the title track. In its sparse simplicity, "Pink Moon" is, in a sense, the essence of Drake’s music. At less than half an hour long, it is pure magic and poetry: a swan song that was never intended as such. Drake’s fame only grew much later, in the late 1990s, thanks to a promotional film featuring the title track. In the raucous rock year of 1972, with its symphonic progressive rock, "Pink Moon" was simply too quiet to be heard above the noise of mellotrons, Rickenbacker basses, and Moog synthesizers. Nick Drake is a tragic hero. I would have liked him to live to see his success and relevance.

Here we are invited to witness the bearing of a soul, in all of it's longing, pride, confusion, pain, stuborness, despair and moments of calm. This album feels at once too perfect to exist and like it has always been there, ready to hear. A true masterpiece.

For vibes that vibe this really vibes the vibes.

This project has made me a Nick Drake fan.

perfection

Nick’s last, and his finest for me. I love everything about this, but in particular his guitar playing is uniquely interesting to my ears. His haunting vocals and brilliant songwriting complete the trifecta. Sad that my generation had to hear Pink Moon on a VW ad, but good job Don Draper. You made me a Nick fan for life

i have nothing quippy to say abt this album bc it’s simply too important to me.. legitimately life changing. thank you, mr drake highlights: pink moon, place to be, things behind the sun (dec 2 2023)

i don't remember the last time i heard an album so beautiful in its simplicity!! "pink moon" was able to convey so many emotions truly. it is also - at least to me - an extremely melancholic and perhaps - just a sad album, which is what will always draw my attention. nick drake's voice is nearly perfect to me, especially when it can be heard so clearly as in here. i would also say that as i listened, i started to resonate much more with the bittersweetness of it all and feel it on my own skin. i will certainly come back to this record, especially to tracks: "place to be", "road", "things behind the sun", "free ride" (!!!) and "from the morning".

What a great album

also have already listened and absolutely love. strings that strum my heart and soul in some way, amazing forest listening

I was really happy to get this album today, it was perfect for a walk in the sun. I wish Nick Drake did more.

el mejor disco pa andar triste en la calle de noche

RATING: 10/10 HIGHLIGHT: Place to Be LOWLIGHT: Free Ride

The ultimate "sad guy with acoustic guitar" album

Never heard this album and only heard one song before - this was epic! Sounds like it could have been produced yesterday. Absolutely fascinating that he was not famous in his life, and did into performing live and I'm interested to research the reasons!

This is a masterpiece. A little folk, a little blues, mildly psychedelic. Minimal, but not sparse. Simple but deeply felt. Easy 5/5, and definitely belongs on a must-hear album list. It's on my list of "You-think-this-is-bad?/you-think-this-is-boring?-I-can't-trust-you" albums.

Hermoso álbum, relajante, muy buena música

Pink Moon ist das dritte und letzte Studioalbum des englischen Singer-Songwriters Nick Drake, entstanden in zwei nächtlichen Aufnahmesessions Ende Oktober 1971 in den Sound Techniques Studios in Chelsea, London. Produziert von Toningenieur John Wood und veröffentlicht im Februar 1972 bei Island Records, markiert es einen radikalen Bruch mit Drakes beiden Vorgängeralben: Kein Streichorchester, keine begleitende Band, keine Overdubs — bis auf ein kurzes Klaviermotiv im Titelstück ausschließlich Stimme und akustische Gitarre. Das Ergebnis ist ein Album von fast beunruhigender Stille: elf Songs, kaum 28 Minuten, keine Sekunde zu viel. Drake spielt unorthodoxe Stimmungen und irreguläre Fingerpicking-Muster, die seiner Gitarre einen eigentümlich schwebenden, kaum einordenbaren Klang verleihen. Songs wie Things Behind the Sun, Place to Be und From the Morning haben eine Innerlichkeit, die sich dem Hörer nicht aufdrängt, sondern ihn leise einholt — wenn man ihnen Raum lässt. Zu Drakes Lebzeiten verkaufte sich Pink Moon kaum; die Platten soll er schweigend im Empfangsbüro von Island Records hinterlassen haben. Erst posthum — und nach der Verwendung des Titelsongs in einem Volkswagen-Werbespot 1999 — fand das Album das Publikum, das es verdient. Ob das eine Ironie oder eine Gerechtigkeit ist, lässt sich schwer sagen. Ein Album, das nicht unterhält, sondern anhält.

really up there for me

is it even a discussion?

Perfection.

Perfectly imperfect. heartbreaking

quinta vez, cada vez que lo escucho mi canción favorita es una diferente, eso significa que a pesar de lo corto que es el álbum siempre tiene algo que ofrecer

Speechless.

This album has an overwhelming melancholy permeating all throughout it. Especially after I learned this was Nick Drake’s last album before his suicide. It’s heart breaking in the way I like depressing albums to be, where the despair is conveyed through a general, intimate sound rather than over the top sad lyrics. And honestly, it’s not a terribly sad album on its own. It just has that special atmosphere. Maybe it’s in part because of the context, but I think it’s more than that. It’s the same way some happy songs make me sad. I think it’s some kind of longing. Yearning, unfulfilled desire, or something along those lines. Despite not knowing who he was before today, I’m now mourning Nick Drake’s death 50 years after it happened.

Extremely lovely

genuinely the fucking goat, incredible album, such a coherent and comforting sound, insane variation in mood but incredible, peak instrumentation, peak song writing, peak vocals

Wow. Just. Wow... I had heard of Nick Drake before starting this project but (somehow) had never gotten around to listening to him. Oh my god what a mistake. His lyricism, vocals, and composition are perfect, this album is perfect. Melancholy and at the same time comforting? This is amazing. 5/5

best enjoyed as a double header with king krule

Вау, я просто хочу заслушаться этим

This is a beautiful album, highly enjoyed this

obv

Beautiful album. It touches the soul. His best album and one of my all time favorites

Comforting like falling asleep on a warm summer night when it's gently raining outside

Featuring one of my all time favorite songs to be featured in a Volkswagen commercial.

This was beautiful.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM, nick drakes voice is so beautiful, actually know him from my mom, she recommended northern sky

Hermoso, no los había escuchado, pero me ha gustado

Strong 4,5

Ye

Not sure what this album cover is supposed to be. I was expecting prog but got folk. Seriously, it looks like a King Crimson album. Anyway, it's nice. Very pretty. Very melancholy. Great music to sit out side and feel the wind to.

Gorgeous.

Increíble

Really Great, have listened to multiple times.

A haunting, brittle masterpiece

Nick Drake will always get a 5

Nick Drake was one of the first albums I listened to on here, which was my introduction to him. I was instantly in love. Just as the last one, I’ve been listening on repeat all day.

Probably the earliest I've ever listened to one of these, purely because it's a phenomenal album and is perfect for a gentle morning listen. 27 minutes of bliss. The songs on here are just so beautiful, the guitar picking sounds magical, and the lyrics are so simple and meaningful. I feel like I could just listen to this and sink into a fluffy pillow. Favourites: Pink Moon Place To Be Things Behind The Sun Parasite From The Morning

I don't even need to relisten to know this is an automatic 5 stars, although I relish the opportunity to do so. Even without the meta-album factor of Nick Drake's tragic death, this is still such an astoundingly beautiful work. It's just one man, his guitar, and crippling depression sieved through an unearthly gift for musical poetry. It's the anguish and ecstasy of life all in under 30 minutes.

A lovely, poetic album. Tragically short like the life of the artist. Each song a small, fragile-but-beautiful, perfectly formed gem. The instrumentation is sparce, but that adds to the songs. It's just lovely, comforting, hopeful. A good companion for miserable days.

There are two Nick Drake albums that I own and this one. What can I say? He sounds like he invented music for a Sunday morning. Dark, brooding, hauntingly beautiful Sunday mornings. Striped been, raw and meaningful. He really is in another league, yet it took me decades to learn of him.

chill, cozy songs. Exactly what i need to don't die at work

Easy to listen to. Sadly missed

I LOVED this album!!

Great record, perfect for a lazy afternoon.

Never listened toi Nick Drake before. I will now.

Disco visceral!

What a gorgeous album! I know a lot of the songs, but hadn’t heard the album. Very glad to add this to my relisten pile. Very simple acoustic arrangements, but the melodies are gorgeous, and he has a unique and beautiful voice. (Side note, listening to this also made me realize I have been conflating Nick Drake and Nick Cave… and I had a sprinkle of Nick Lowe in there confusing me further- it’s all much clearer now)

A personal favourite, and maybe his best in my humble opinion

Et av de beste albumene noen sinne laget. Tårer i øyne.

Viva Nick Drake y todos los sonidos adyacentes al folk.

Drizzy Drake if he was peak

Really nice, would listen again

lullabetic folk god bless

Soothing

Just lovely *****

Genuinely amazing, Nick has escaped me before but this is a new favourite

I’m a huge Nick Drake fan and this is probably my 2nd favorite of his three albums. I think his vocal timbre is super interesting and his playing is great. I like how stripped the instrumentation on this album is: piano, acoustic guitar, and voice. Not for everyone but I personally love this album

El mejor álbum del mundo, lo mejor que he escuchado en la vida

oh man 💔

Comforting.

A man and his guitar. Glorious.

Love this album!

Me encantó 💕

Wow, I really enjoyed this. It will definitely be added to my regular rotation.

A great album, beautiful guitar work and I love his voice. 4.7

One of my favorite ever albums. An absolute masterpiece from start to finish.

Comenzamos la última semana de Febrero con éste artista bellísimo y su último disco, póstumo. Un tipo que cuela en su música dulzura y melancolía, siempre desde una intimidad hipnótica. Muchas gracias por el hermoso inicio de semana.

Amazing.

De man die zelf de pijp vroegtijdig aan Maarten gaf laat het vanaf de eerste tonen klinken alsof alles misschien toch nog goed komt. Waar Jean-Baptiste Grenouille de essentie van roodharige maagden wist te destilleren perst Nick Drake een soort essentiele olie van pure hoop uit z'n eigenlijk redelijk eenvoudige klanken. Een gitaartje en wat zingen. Een half uurtje en dat is het. Ik gaf hem al twee vijven en dit is niet eens m'n favoriete album van de drie, maar alsnog geef ik ook hier vijf sterren voor.

Very replayable, I tried listening to this earlier last year but never fully immersed myself. Wow, what a blunder I did.

I love it

just perfection

I really like this album, great instrumentals and soothing tones. Definitely adding some songs to the playlist. 8/10

me gustó! folk tranquilo, chilll para desintoxicar los oidos y dejarlo de fondo para concentrarte (leer, estudiar, trabajar)

Drake lost the battle with Kendrick.

Drake is finally resolved in my mind. This record feels like it exists out of time for me

“I can take a road that can see me through.” Nick Drake is one of the biggest “what could’ve been” questions in popular music for me. He was talented and troubled almost in equal measure, and I wonder what he would’ve made if he’d lived past 26. If he would’ve made anything again. This album is a soft-touch masterpiece in my opinion, and it makes me deeply sad. Even lyrics aside, the timbre of his voice and astute guitar work are enough to move me. It’s less than half an hour of music and it feels all-encompassing. Comforting and devastating. Forgive me for being corny: thanks for the music, Nick; I wish you’d gotten the help you’d needed in this life.

Suprised

Haunting, sparse, beautiful.

Fun fact: Harvest came out 11 days earlier (54 years ago today, in fact). Hell of a one two punch for all-time acoustic albums.

Most stripped down raw nick drake album. Songs like "know" with no chorus bridge and one verse.

Durante o dia fui ouvindo mais vezes e foi-se entranhando bem. As letras são bastante poéticas, a guitarra não é nada trivial, e ler sobre a vida dele e o contexto do álbum fez-me apreciá-lo ainda mais. Gostei muito e vai ficar na minha rotação

A beautiful final album. Nick Drake is someone I discovered through this challenge that holds a special place in my heart. His music is beautiful, relatable, and impactful for me.

incredible album, nick died far too young.

Stunning.

Such a beautiful, sad album. Short and bittersweet. If the rumour that he left the master tapes at an unattended reception at Island and left is true, this album makes sense

ayo is that buggy bro what he died in the 70s and he was only 26??? robbed. obsessed w which will opening this is so good wow. love. favorite song: from the morning

One of the greatest albums of all time.

This was one of the albums I would put on when I was studying for exams in college. We needed something mellow to calm the nerves.

When I younger there was a Volkswagen commercial that had Pink Moon on it. I don't remember which store I went to but I went out immediately and bought a copy of the album. If ever there was an album to be on this list it is this one. This has no filler and no skips. Absolutely timeless and it suits me in all of these seasons of my life.

One of my all time favs! So absolutely serene and lush

Already had this record in my other group, a no question 5 from me, it's in my top 10 all time records so it was a given.

One of my favorite albums EVER.

Fantastic album!

One of the saddest sounding albums of all time in my opinion. These songs are hauntingly beautiful. Easily my favorite Nick Drake album. Favorite track: Parasite 4.5/5

Sharing a bowl of dewy dark cherries with an older sibling, sitting atop a shingled roof on a cool summer night.

soo good!

I don't know if I'm heartbroken or something, but man, was I wrong about Nick Drake

Perfect.

One of my favorite albums of all time. Very few albums have replicated the low-fi nature plus stunning guitar work and lyricism that Nick Drake implements on this album. You can clearly hear the contemporaries he influences in some of my other favorite artists - Sufjan Stevens, Elliott Smith, Adrianne Lenker to name a few - but this album is truly unique. Highly, highly recommend.

Hat mir außerordentlich gut gefallen. Lauter hören hilft irgendwie. Und ein 2. Mal auch…

Hab das Album angemacht nebenbei zum Putze3n. Musste aufhören zu putzen um die Texte mitzulesen und genau zuzuhören. Das Album bewegt mich sehr und grad mit dem Wissen über Nick Drake und die Entstehung des Albums hattet es noch al mehr.

This might be a strange way to start an album review but I'd really quickly like to mention Jeff Buckley again. I'm lucky enough to have gotten Grace relatively recently and I always see these two albums as a pair, almost like the heads and tails of a particularly depressing coin. Both present sorrow in a unique fashion, and while Jeff was very open about being swallowed by it Nick Drake is what it sounds like if your sorrow is suffocating. This album is incredibly stripped back, insanely earnest and absolutely harrowing. For 28 minutes you are taken in by a man and his guitar sing about all the things that plague his mind and it really feels like it's just you and him. There is an undoubted connection in my head that I see these two incredible musicians as beautiful songwriters crushed by sadness and taken too soon, and while the death of Nick Drake has done a lot for his albums retrospectively the cost is haunting. Listening to a man I know died at the exact same age I am now, and listening to him just lay it all bare is just intimate in a truly unique fashion. I don't know what it is in my current period of life that has the ideas of death and suicide striking me so hard but at this point in my review, and maybe 4 songs into this album on a relisten I find myself being choked up. Best songs: The whole album Worst songs: N/A Rank compared to everything else so far: 11/58 (below Blood on the Tracks, above Tusk)

Udh so good. The storytelling, the distinct sound... Always reminds me of walking in a dry creekbed in early Spring

Prachtig album, zo'n mooie stem, zulke mooie liedjes

Low 5 :)

5/5

ギター1本を隅々まで使い尽くしているようなところが素晴らしい。

What an album, this soothes everything. Intricate guitar playing and lovely lyrics, easy and quick listen. One of my favourite albums from the list. The simplicity of just the voice and guitar is so powerful. And inspiration to every singer/songwriter out there.

Classic. Close to a 10

A single man with an acoustic guitar. 28 minutes of beautiful and haunting music. Two years after this album was released, Nick Drake killed himself. With that context in the back of my head, I put on this album for the first time. A look into the mind of a gifted artist in pain, shortly before his death. 28 minutes of going into his life, looking around, and then leaving again for good. Some compare Nick Drake to Van Gogh, in the sense that his work was never appreciated during his (arguably short) lifespan, and it was only after their deaths that their work became more known and appreciated. What a great piece of work, and a life that was over far too quickly. 9 / 10.

Very chill.

Kedvenc/Favourite: Which Will Annyira jó volt ez az album, folyamatosan a szövegeken gondolkozom, amióta csak meghallgattam. Olyan szépek és szomorúak, de közben a dallamoktól olyan keserédes az egész és az egyszerűsége miatt olyan őszinte is. Nagyon nagyon tetszett nekem. This album was so good that I've been thinking about the lyrics ever since I listened to it. They are so beautiful and sad, but at the same time, the melodies make it all bittersweet, and its simplicity makes it so sincere. I really, really liked it.

A perfect album for smooching in the dark and cuddling

Would be so good for a long road trip.

Three Nick Drake albums feels like one too many. Personally this album would be the one I'd drop, but I can also see the argument for keeping it as it's different in style to his earlier albums. On this, predominantly acoustic, album his songwriting and playing skills are still high, although some of the songs feel more like demos. I found that without the orchestration that's a sameness to the album that risks a bit of boredom despite the short run time. This is exacerbated by his vocal style which never varies much in tone or force. None of this is to say it's a bad album, indeed it's very very good, but not as enjoyable as his earlier work

Beautiful album, very calming and relaxing. Every song is amazing. Love the album art very cool.

Depressingly beautiful. (Especially knowing what the boy was experiencing in those years and how it ended.) I have always loved this album: song writing, guitar and vocals are just perfect.

My favourite folk album. It's extremely simple yet Nick's voice is extremely soothing and unique and his guitar playing is very impressive. Very emotionally charged album for me and it's hard not to tear up listening to the title track.

Loved this album. Will definitely come back to this album in the future. Absolutely beautiful ❤️

It’s such a gentle album with lots of heart echoed from the acoustics. After reading about him, it’s a shame we did not get more of him.

beautiful music

28 minutter med den mest skjøre lo-fi indie folken som noensinne har blitt spilt inn. Det platonske idealet for samtlige kontemporære artister. Selv foretrekker jeg Drake's mer orchestrale Bryter Layter, men det gjør ikke Pink Moon noe mindre perfekt. Er Nick Drake musikkens nærmeste svar på John Cazale? En person som var for god for verden og kun etterlot seg mesterverk da de gikk bort altfor tidlig?

Mens jeg sitter og skriver dette kikker jeg ut av vinduet på snøen som blåser forbi. Her inne er det rolig og snøen ser lett ut, jeg hører bare Nick Drake synge og spille. Hadde jeg gått ut hadde jeg kjent kulden og snøen slå mot ansiktet og alt som nå ser rolig ut hadde føltes kaotisk. Nick Drake er såpass tilbaketrukken i sin stil at man ikke alltid kan høre det vonde og det kaotiske i han. Det er ikke bare tekstene, men også den upolerte gitarspillingen vekker ettertanke. Det ligger et ubehag i gitarspillet på "Know". Ikke fordi han spiller dårlig, men at han bruker det uperfekte spillet til sin favør. Det er helt utrolig hvor godt han får til følelser kun med gitaren. Jeg har problemer med å forestille meg hvordan denne plata kunne vært med andre musikere i tillegg, siden gitaren allerede fyller så mye. Nick Drake er på mange måter kanonisert i ettertid, men fortsatt ikke noe household name som Leonard Cohen og Simon & Garfunkel. Det fortjener han.

poprockens historie fins det to klipper når det kommer til akustisk gitar. Det er Bert Jansch og Nick Drake. Der hvor Bert Jansch briljerer på det virtuose, briljerer Nick Drake på det kreative spillet. Og Pink Moon, hvor det lune er han og gitaren, er det albumet som viser dette best.

Haunting, beautiful and sad but somehow manages to make you feel good while you listen. Could listen to this on my headphones every night.

I have a Nick Drake greatest hits so I know a few of these songs very well and its a lovely melodic listen. I had not realised what a troubled and shortened life he had.

beautiful songs and such a mellow and calming vibe. I knew the first 2 songs but I had never listened to the full album

Hauntingly beautiful. So warm yet so melancholic at the same time, and Nick Drake has a lovely voice that’s just absolutely perfect for this album. 5/5

Мій топ-5 альбом евер, ізі.

it's just pure brilliance really is what it is.. an artist gone way too soon and not appreciated enough while he was alive. 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️