From the country to the city, from hope to despair and dreams and days, to shadows and light, you will find it all here. And all in his own words. See more: Jim Croce Albums Ranked. Bryter Layter carries a sentiment of happiness and hope, and Nick Drake here seems comfortable with the production around him. The loneliest night would come, and go, and in the end, alone still, you will feel happy and calm.
One of my favorite folk albums of all time. Every song is brilliantly written and a story for itself. An exhausted and depressed genius makes one last effort, to show the world his endless talent. Skip to content. Listen to this Nick Drake playlist on Spotify here. In his liner notes for the Fruit Tree box-set , Arthur Lubow wrote: "Listening to music so beautiful, you are shamed by the ugliness of the world.
Choice became a recurring theme for Drake on songs such as Road and Which Will but, as with most of the songs on Bryter Layter, the mood is less morbid here. Over a rolling piano line given the freedom to weave its way in and out of the guitar picking, Drake playfully mourns a series of lives he never lived — from sailor and cook to the more symbolic signpost and clock.
You would be forgiven for not giving the lyrics a literal reading, and yet they did arise from a man who was genuinely doubtful of his career choice. Frustrated by his lack of musical success, Drake had considered joining the army — not surprisingly, he failed an interview — and even embarked on an unlikely career as a computer programmer before packing it in almost immediately.
Yet if these other lives are what Drake is getting at here, he does it with typically poetic flair. Drake's lyrics often had a painterly quality, and what makes his third album, Pink Moon, so unique is not simply that it dealt with depression, but that it did so in pastel colours rather than the blacks and greys you'd typically expect. Recorded alone over two nights, on acoustic guitar with almost none of the accompaniments that adorned Bryter Layter, it could be stark and unrelenting in places.
But for an album written in a state of crippling despair it was often astonishingly pretty. Place to Be, which documents a darkening outlook with the passage of time, is one such moment. Drake was apparently unhappy with the four songs he recorded in following Pink Moon, although his mental state at the time might not have made him the most objective critic.
Having said that, it's hard to have an objective view on something as harrowing as Black Eyed Dog, which is without doubt the bleakest thing Drake ever put to tape: "A black eyed dog he called at my door," he sings, with guitar so violently picked it feels like Drake intends to inflict pain on his own fingers. Listening to it can make for an uncomfortable, even unpleasant experience especially given the knowledge that Drake would die from an overdose of antidepressants less than a year after recording it.
Yet no summary of Drake's career would be complete without its inclusion. Glenn coates , andy75 , Crimson Witch and 6 others like this. I like all three of them, but the one I return to most, by far, is Pink Moon. Great songs -- "Road" and "Which Will" may be my favorite Drake tunes -- and the spare arrangements and spare aesthetic and up front sonics feel more timeless and present to me to me. The one I return to least, easily, is Bryter Later and its more baroque pop arrangements which seem very locked in their time and in a haze of weed smoke.
I can't remember the last time I pulled that one out, it just hasn't aged as well for me. Last edited: Apr 22, Its like choosing your favorite children to me Joti Cover , Apr 22, Location: Ilford, Essex, UK. I'm going with Bryter Later. And if you haven't heard about how John Cale's involvement in this you need to read Joe Boyd's account in his excellent book White Bicycles.
Roger Thornhill , Apr 22, Desolation Row , lemonade kid , ARK and 2 others like this. Location: tokyo. Pink Moon is the best for me. However, compared with the other two, it must be far from what ND was. Location: New York. Came here thinking Layter would get the shaft. I enjoy all three but that one is simply a folk rock classic - it's got what I believe are his best lyrics, some great production to make the album not sound samey as the other two, and the two instrumentals are fantastic.
Easily one of my favorites. Eleventh Earl of Mar , Apr 22, Glenn coates , Shaddam IV , palisantrancho and 5 others like this. Location: The Land Of Sleaze. Mr-Beagle , Apr 22, Location: Hampton Hill, Middlesex. All three are five star classics, and each with it's own identity.
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