Five Leaves Left (studio album) by Nick Drake

lovely, mature, strong leaning toward folk as it visits both pop and psychedelia, a gem

What a beautiful, but sad, album. Loved it immediately after the first time I listened it.

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From arturguerra 09/10/2020 22:05

I absolutely love this album

I knew nothing about Nick Drake when I first put this on. I didn't even know what genre it would be or when it was made.

It blew my mind. It blew my mind further when I saw it was made in 1969, and not in the early 2000s.

Sadly the more you learn about Nick, the harder it can become to listen.. as the emptiness he felt inside becomes more audible in his songs. One of the saddest losses in music, caused by a lack of support for mental health and the failure of a record label to look after it's musicians.

But anyway, it's a great album by a great songwriter.

One of the greatest collections of songs I've ever heard. Drake's gentle, soothing voice weaves through his intricate guitar lines with sheer beauty. I can't pick out highlights, because the whole album is.

Beautiful and sad in equal measures. Love the other two albums, but this is his masterpiece.

From mdbaxter 12/10/2018 21:16

A quality album with seemingly everything overdone. Too often does the album instill this sense of direness which is only made worse by the plethora of unnecessary layers of strings. The album isn't bad but it is very far from what Drake was meant to have been making.

All three of his albums are great, but this one is my favorite by a smidge. I love River Man and Time Has told Me. It's all just beautiful, wistful melancholy. "Way to Blue" is almost scary to listen to and I love it as well.

Enter this album, and you will be welcomed in a field of flowers, trees and rivers. The loneliest night would come, and go, and in the end, alone still, you will feel happy and calm. One of mine favorite folk albums of all time.