Nick Drake
Five Leaves Left(1969)

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  1. Time Has Told Me
  2. River Man
  3. Three Hours
  4. Way To Blue
  5. Day Is Done
  6. 'Cello Song'
  7. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane
  8. Man In A Shed
  9. Fruit Tree
  10. Saturday Sun

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Geoffrey Cannon, NME Oct 1969

NICK DRAKE IS a new name to me, and probably to you. From an accompanying biography, I read that he is at Cambridge reading English, was “discovered” by Fairport Convention when they played on the same bill, and spent some time travelling in Europe, a trip which has greatly benefited his songwriting. I’m sorry I can’t be more enthusiastic, because he obviously has a not inconsiderable amount of talent, but there is not nearly enough variety on this debut LP to make it entertaining. His voice reminds me very much of Peter Sarstedt, but his songs lack Sarstedt’s penetration and arresting quality. Exceptions are ‘Mary Jane’, a fragile little love song, and ‘Saturday Sun’, a reflective number on which the singer also plays a very attractive piano.

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“Time has told me” indeed! I wonder where Geoffrey Cannon is now; if he still reviews and if he is likely to drop by this site, look at what he wrote in 1969 and cringe?

‘Five Leaves Left’ is a startling debut album full of gorgeous songs, lush melodies and a beautiful other-worldliness that means - out of all the albums released that year - Nick Drake’s is surely the only one that still sounds as fresh, original and untainted by the passing years.

BillyBlagg on 07/05/2009 at 01:24

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