Pink Moon
by Nick Drake
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Pink Moon is ranked as the best album by Nick Drake.
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Pink Moon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 87 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Pink Moon rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | bluekite | Top 30 Greatest Music Albums | 23/30 | 25 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 29 Music Albums of 1972 | 4/29 | 4 |
| 2026 | Adyman | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 4/50 | 87 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 35 Music Albums of 1972 | 12/35 | 3 |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  flamingyesdept | Top 60 Greatest Music Albums | 42/60 | 32 |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 37 Music Albums of 1972 | 4/37 | 5 |
| 2026 |  unwound | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 11/100 | 86 |
| 2026 |  joyofdivision | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 37/50 | 28 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 1,569 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 16,574 | |||
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Pink Moon ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/08/2026 19:37 | emiro | 145 | 85/100 |
| ! | 10/07/2026 21:27 | pharoahstune | 254 | 79/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2026 06:56 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 86.2/100, a mean average of 85.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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Pink Moon forum mentions
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Pink Moon comments
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There's a certain beauty to this album that is inescapable. It has no gimmicks to it, just Drake alone on his acoustic guitar. It's an atmospheric and ethereal record that I will be returning to for a while.
Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/16/2011 21:04 | #27574 | TOP COMMENT
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Food, Water, Oxygen, & Pink Moon.
what this man could do with one guitar, most bands can never accomplish
Pink Moon is an album so stunning that it completely steals the show from the rest of his discography. Nick Drake's the only act I can think of that has released all perfect albums.
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/15/2018 17:14 | #205747 | TOP COMMENT
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It didn't particularly connect with me until I read about his life and listened again closely. Pretty complex and interesting guitar playing, beautiful voice, short and all the better for it. And production is stunning, you can't tell if there is any overdubs, different layers, is there more than one guitar at certain moments? I'm still not entirely sure, but it does feel like he's playing from the comfort of his room straight to you. A swan song of one of the forgotten legends.
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