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Pink Moon was the third and final album from British singer-songwriter Nick Drake who was to die a few years later of a drug overdose. His sometimes melancholic albums were critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful.
“It is a complete self-portrait, a life statement, and whatever your heart tells you it is. Nick Drake didn’t have any answers for any questions, but he painted every infallible essence of himself on Pink Moon.”
“Unlike his first two efforts, which consisted of orchestrated folk-pop music, this album was just Drake playing his acoustic guitar and singing (with a bit of piano here and there). The result is a bleak testament to melancholy and alienation that has a haunting and pristine beauty.”
“These songs are not easy to hum along to. You really have to be in the mood for quieter music, because Pink Moon is less accessible, less immediately dazzling in some ways than his second album. It doesn't have as much variety as Bryter Layter or as much rich instrumentation and lyricism as Five Leaves Left. It's best listened to from beginning to end, as a whole, due to the length of the songs. Only on your third or fourth listen will you start to appreciate its nuances.”
“It's melancholic, but what it really captures is the solitary feeling of longing. Nick Drake here strips bare his musical pallet and uses sparse arrangements to match his breathy vocals.”
“It’s a masterful album with lessons learned from the previous being well applied. His vocals are mixed low and in time with the deeper strummings and finger pickings of his guitar. There are perfect string arrangements, evoking a place in which Nick is playing. Nick sings his songs with an exacting measure of grace and elegance, yet with a detached feeling.”
“The music is a beautiful melancholy folk, but the melodies are definitely pop oriented. As far as instrumentation goes, this album is only Drake, he's playing acoustic guitar and occasionally the piano, but this minimalism gives it this haunted solitary sound that is extremely effective. It also showcases his ability to write such amazingly personal and heartfelt music. As emotional is it is, it's still rather relaxing which I think is what makes it rather eerie.”
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