Nick Drake - Fruit Tree (limited)
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Artist: Nick DrakeEdition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2007-12-04
Music Label: Fontana Island
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Time Has Told Me
- River Man
- Three Hours
- Way to Blue
- Day Is Done
- 'Cello Song
- Thoughts of Mary Jane
- Man in a Shed
- Fruit Tree
- Saturday Sun
- Introduction
- Hazey Jane II
- At the Chime of a City Clock
- One of These Things First
- Hazey Jane I
- Bryter Layter
- Fly
- Poor Boy
- Northern Sky
- Sunday
- Pink Moon
- Place to Be
- Road
- Which Will
- Horn
- Things Behind the Sun
- Know
- Parasite
- Free Ride
- Harvest Breed
- From the Morning
- Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake [DVD]
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Music Review: A fruitful tree
Rating: 5 Stars
Nick Drake was one of those rare artists who had great talents, but too little time on this earth. When he died in his mid-twenties in 1974, Drake left behind only three albums of poignant folk pop. Three albums, and a demo/B-side collection -- sadly, that was all he created.
"Fruit Tree" collects all four albums together, in the order they were released: The first is his enchanting debut "Five Leaves Left," a wistful and startlingly polished first album. "Five Leaves First" is followed by the masterful, brooding "Bryter Layter," which many consider to be his best work of all.
His swan song was the beautiful, tormented "Pink Moon," which hints at Drake's inner turmoil, but not in a raw or obvious way. Coming after that was "Time of No Reply," a solid collection of non-album tracks. Admittedly, it's a bit of an anticlimax after the veiled emotion of "Pink Moon," but still extremely good.
It's a rare thing when am artist's entire discography is made up of beautiful songwriting and equally exquisite music. There is literally not a single bad song on the entire collection -- the worst songs on it can simply be said to be pretty good, but never bad. That in itself is a rarity.
Drake's music is of a nearly-uniform mood -- wistful, brooding, soft and melodic. Normally a repeating theme is a bad thing, but Drake managed to keep it always interesting. He has a few catchier songs, a few bland-ish ones, and a few hopeful ones. But the overall sound is of a young man with romantic sensibilities, who was also sad and fragile.
But despite his loneliness, Drake had immense writing ability. His songwriting has a simple eloquence, with poetic overtones. He also was a pioneer of the "folk pop" sound, mixing his finger-picking guitar style with viola, strings, piano, and other such instruments. It adds extra beauty -- and often ethereality -- to the grounded guitar.
This particular edition of "Fruit Tree" is also graced by an exquisitely produced DVD documentary, "A Skin Too Few." Lots of interviews with musicians, family members and the like, clips of film, the atmospheric overlay of Drake's music and beautiful landscapes, and a regretful reflections on his all too short life (including the reminiscence that he said "I've got no more songs").
Nick Drake left behind only a few albums, but "Fruit Tree" allows you to hear them all together. Exquisite, understated, and truly timeless.
Description of Fruit Tree (limited)
3CD Set. The box set consists of the three albums; Five Leaves Left, Bryter Later and Pink Moon, a DVD of 'A Skin Too Few' a BBC documentary, and a premium booklet.British Folk CDs
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