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2023 reissue, 12″ LP, Island.
As far as debut albums go, this one from English folk hero Nick Drake is right up there with ‘as good as it gets’. It was recorded between 1968 and 1969 and released later that same year. Though it got little commercial success at the time, that doesn’t detract from the music which features production from Joe Boyd and appearances from Fairport Convention’s Richard Thompson and bassist Danny Thompson from Pentangle. There is plenty of signature weariness in his vocals – see the yearning, string-swaddled ‘River Man’ and ‘Day Is Done’ – plus smart and subtly poetry in the lyrics and lovely strings and moody bass throughout.
