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Pink Moon
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0042284292320
Label: Umvd Import
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
MPN: 842923
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Umvd Import
Release Date: May 06, 2003
Studio: Umvd Import
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Editorial Review:
Pink Moon is the sound of Nick Drake cracking up. That's not exactly true--some have long thought that his death by an overdose of an anti-depressant was an accident, and not suicide--but this album, recorded over two late nights, certainly sounds like a fever dream. Peter Buck of R.E.M. has called the album "Like an English version of (Robert Johnson's great blues) `Hellhound on My Trail.'" The lyrics to the title song read in their entirety: "Saw it written and I saw it say, pink moon is on its way. None of you will stand so tall, pink moon is gonna get ye all. And it's a pink moon." Aside from a splash of piano, the only instrumentation on this stark and spooky collection is Drake's eloquent acoustic guitar. --John Milward
Reissue of the late British folk icon's final full-length album, released in 1972. 11 tracks. Slipcase. Island.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Terrific guitar by a deceased wizard
Like Jesus, Nick Drake is a "resurrected musician" with terrific guitar sensibility who unfortunately died while young in the early 70s, perhaps of a drug overdose, perhaps suicide (it's unclear.) He was re-discovered, posthumously, by an advertising person who played his music in an excellent Volkswagen ad. While Drake has a wonderful gift for creating beautiful guitar sounds through open-tunings and off-beat tempos, his writing is lackluster and imagistic and often melancholy, somewhat blurry. ... Read More
Rating: - Subtle, Beautiful, and Strange
Nick Drake, sort of an English James Taylor who never got to get old or bald or sell out. "Pink Moon" is his last, just voice and guitar and gentle eccentricity, slightly haunted. No one else sounds or writes like him. Makes for good company on a rainy day or a windy night when you're alone. Put on a pot of tea. You might even listen to it twice in a row.
Rating: - PINK MOON RISING
Like, and not like, ROBERT JOHNSON's Blues, PINK MOON is NICK DRAKE's masterpiece for the fan of Folk Rock, but this record Rocks not, yet is quite Bluesy. The unusual and spare guitar, with NICK DRAKE's unique tuning, is reminiscent of the great American Blues artists like JOHNSON and SKIP JAMES, and yet, it is something else, something other, something more. These short songs are constructed of DRAKE's idiosyncratic guitar and melancholy lyrics that are not quite circular, but softer, more introspective ... Read More
Rating: - Stunning strumming sadness
Brief, sparse, warm yet haunting...Drake's folk classic has stood the test of time. His playing is masterful, concentrating on relatively simple melodies but putting amazing, unpretentious riffs in between. And that voice...has love and fear ever been articulated vocally like that?
Rating: - Great mellow CD
This guy may have recorded this CD many years before I discovered him, but his music is timeless. He has a great sound and the guitar playing is amazing.
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