| Pink Moon | ||||
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| Studio album by Nick Drake | ||||
| Released | 25 February 1972 | |||
| Recorded | October 1971 at Sound Techniques, London | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 28:22 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | John Wood | |||
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Pink Moon is the third and final album by English musician Nick Drake. It was recorded at midnight in two separate two-hour sessions, over two days in October 1971, featuring only Nick Drake's vocals and guitar, as well as some piano later overdubbed by Drake on the title track.
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Initially, Pink Moon garnered a small amount of critical attention, but decades after Drake's death it received widespread public and critical acclaim. The music on Pink Moon is sparse and unadorned (especially in comparison to Drake's previous recordings), leading some to consider it to be the least accessible of his three albums, though it nevertheless continues to be thought of by many of his fans as his greatest work.
In 1999, the title track was used in "Milky Way", a Volkswagen Cabriolet commercial directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and lensed by Lance Acord, leading to a large increase in record sales,[1] and a number-five placing for Pink Moon in Amazon.com's sales chart.[2] In mid-2010, the "From The Morning" track was used in an AT&T "Rethinking Possible" commercial.
The cover of the album features an illustration by the partner of Drake's sister Gabrielle, Michael Trevithick.
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| Allmusic | [3] |
| The Music Box | [4] |
| Q | [5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| Sputnikmusic | [7] |
In 2000, Melody Maker placed Pink Moon at 48th in their list of 'All Time Top 100 Albums'.
In 2000, NME ranked it #8 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums."
In 2003, the album was ranked number 320 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
In 2004 was named the 13th on Top 100 Albums of the 1970s by Pitchfork Media.
Entertainment Weekly (12 May 2000, p. 24) - "One voice, one guitar, one set of beautifully dolorous songs...the equivalent of an amble down a darkened country road. Model after-hours listening." - Rating: A
Q magazine (August 2000, pp. 112–3) - 5 stars out of 5 - "Nick Drake's best album....[Its] excellence shines through....Few records have ever sounded so intimate, or embodied Melancholy with such grace and assurance."
Alternative Press (March 2001, p. 88) - "With a voice paradoxically feather-light and grave, [one] of the most beautiful and melancholy albums ever recorded."
Mojo (July 2000, p. 99) - "His masterpiece and the Robert Johnson comparisons are fully deserved."
Spin (p. 101) - "[H]is Keatsian mark on music is indelible."
All songs written and played by Nick Drake.
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