River Man (track)
by Nick Drake
Year: 1969
From the album Five Leaves Left (track #2)
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River Man appears on the following album(s) by Nick Drake:
- Five Leaves Left (track #2) (this album) (1969)
- Way To Blue (track #5) (compilation) (1994)
- Fruit Tree: The Complete Recorded Works (track #2) (compilation) (1979)
- Nick Drake (track #5) (compilation) (1971)
- A Treasury (track #3) (compilation) (2004)
- Heaven In A Wild Flower - An Exploration Of Nick Drake (track #5) (compilation) (1985)
- The Making Of Five Leaves Left (track #34) (compilation) (2025)
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20/100  | 4 days ago | gmessian | | 55/100 |
80/100 | 09/13/2025 01:43 | machiaj | | 74/100 |
90/100 | 07/16/2025 09:56 |  Igtonumama | | 81/100 |
75/100 | 06/02/2025 00:57 |  II | | 70/100 |
95/100 | 03/18/2025 16:10 |  VictorVale | | 88/100 |
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The most beautiful melody ever created.
Cargusbralem 02/02/2019 05:35
Haunting like no other
The beauty of this track cannot be put to words.
One of the best song of all time.
Just one of the best songs ever created in my opinion. And if not my favorite song then at least it has my favorite string arrangement that I've ever heard in any song. Definitely check it out if you haven't yet, along with all of Nick Drake's stuff.
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