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Five Leaves Left is the debut studio album by English folk musician Nick Drake. Recorded between 1968 and 1969, it was released in 1969 by Island Records.
The producer of the first Pink Floyd single recalled how his initial resistance toward “white, middle-class confessional songwriters” became negligible as Drake did not fit that bill. “From the first chords Nick didn’t sound like anything I had heard before. It was just so different.”.
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Sep 1, 2024 · Five Leaves Left, which took its title from the manufacturer’s message inserted near the end of a packet of Rizla cigarette papers, was recorded between the summer of 1968 and a year later.
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Sep 23, 2004 · Amidst depression and other psychological afflictions, Drake passed away in his parents’ house at the age of 26. What he left behind was a cache of beautiful compositions, unappreciated in its time, and now left to be discovered by seekers of the sublime. Five Leaves Left was the first album that Drake recorded. Influenced by various bits of ...
Nov 25, 2022 · Five Leaves Left is a beguiling listen, remarkable for its meditations on the dichotomy of life, depicting both sadness and optimism amongst pastoral flutes, vibraphone, oboe, guitar and piano. Ending with ‘Saturday Sun’, Drake reminds us not to let life pass us by, a key motif on the album.
Aug 23, 2017 · After a couple of months he left the stage, canceled the tour and never performed live again. But that debut album he released in 1969 endured long after his sadly short career. This is the story of the classic album Five Leaves Left.
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In the first part of Jason Barnard’s extensive interview with Richard Morton Jack, taken from a forthcoming Strange Brew Podcast, we trace Nick Drake’s path to Five Leaves Left.