release date: Feb. 25, 1972
format: cd
[album rate; 4,5 / 5]
producer: John Wood
label: Island Records - nationality: England, UK
3rd and final studio album by Nick Drake. The album is his most subtle and naked release featuring only Drake's voice and guitar in contrast to the appearance of a vast group of guest musicians on his two previous albums. Despite the scarce use of instrumentation the album comes out as an even more complex album than his previous two albums. This is perhaps the single album that brought him glorious fame long after his death, and today this is an album that so many contemporary singer / songwriters and folk rock artists owe everything, and although, I find it difficult to choose just one of his three great albums, this is my favourite. The album is enlisted in "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".
[ allmusic.com Rolling Stone 5 / 5 stars ]
