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Five Leaves Left
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Five Leaves Lefts the debut studio album by English folk
musician Nick Drake, Recorded between 1968 and 1969, it was
released the latter year by record label Island.
Contents
Recording
Content
Reception
Legacy
Track listing
Personnel
Release history
References
External links
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Recording
Five Leaves Left was recorded between July 1968 and June 1969
at Sound Techniques in London, England.
Content
Like Bryter Layter but unlike Pink Moon, this album contains no
unaccompanied songs. Drake was accompanied by members of
the British folk rock groups Fairport Convention and Pentangle.
The title of the album is a reference to the old Rizla cigarette
Five Leaves Left
Studio album by Nick Drake
Released 3 july 19691)
Recorded July 1968 — June 1969 at Sound
Techniques, London, England
Genre Folk?)
Length 41:43
Label Island
Producer Joe Boyd
ick Drake chronology
Five Leaves Bryter Layter
Left (ist)
(1969)
papers packet, which used to contain a printed note near the end saying "Only five leaves left" I The album title
could also be a reference to an O, Henry short story entitled "The Last Leaf". Drake died five years after recording
the album,
Reception
Q cited it as "The pinnacle of a melancholy canon of work so distinetive that admirers can only speculate
miserably on what might have been."!!°l Alternative Press called it "[one] of the most beautiful and melancholy
albums ever recorded."(11)
Legacy
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Five Leaves Left was ranked 85th in a 2005 survey held by
British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest
albums of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 280
Entertainment Weekly
on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of Source.
All Time. NME ranked it at number 74 in their list."!2) Q ‘AllMusie
magazine included the album in its list "Best Folk Albums of All
Time", BBC Music
Track listing
All tracks written by Nick Drake. Sputnikmusic:
1. "Time Has Told Me"
2. "River Man"
3. "Three Hours"
4, "Way to Blue"
5. "Day Is Done"
Side B
No. Title
6. "Cello Song”
7. "The Thoughts of Mary Jane”
8. "Man in a Shed"
9. "Fruit Tree"
10. "Saturday Sun"
Personnel
Nick Drake performs vocals and acoustic guitar, except where indicated otherwise.
= "Time Has Told Me"
Paul Harris — piano
Richard Thompson — electric guitar
Danny Thompson — double bass
= "River Man"
Danny Thompson - double bass
Harry Robinson - string arrangement
= "Three Hours"
Danny Thompson - double bass
Rocky Dzidzornu ~ congas
= "Way to Blue"
Nick Drake - vocals
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Professional ratings
Pitchfork
Rating
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Length
4:27
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6:16
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2:29
Length
4:49
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Robert Kirby — string arrangement
"Day is Done"
Robert Kirby - string arrangement
= "Cello Song"
Danny Thompson - double bass
Rocky Dzidzormu - congas, shaker
Clare Lowther — cello
= "Thoughts of Mary Jane"
Robert Kirby - string arrangement
uncredited - flute
= "Man in a Shed"
Paul Harris - piano
Danny Thompson - double bass
= "Fruit Tree"
Robert Kirby - string arrangement
uncredited - oboe, bass oboe and English hom
= "Saturday Sun”
Nick Drake - vocals, piano
Danny Thompson - double bass
Tristan Fry — drums and vibraphone
Technical
= Simon Heyworth — mastering
= Joe Boyd ~ production
= John Wood ~ engineering
Release history
Region Date [Label | Format Catalogue
3 July 1969 LP _ILPS 9105
United Kingdom March 1987 Island CID 9195
26 June 2000 IMCD 8
References
1. Drake, Gabrielle, Nick Drake: Remembered For A 3, Drake, Gabrielle, Nick Drake: Remembered For A
While, Little, Brown and Company, 2014 While, Litle, Brown and Company, 2014.
2. "20 Best Folk Music Albums of All Time", NME. 4. "Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake". wwww:nickdrake.com
‘Time Inc. UK. 7 June 2016, Retrieved 20 August 2016. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
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5. Raggett, Ned. "Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake: Songs, 9, Schroer, Brendan (7 November 2013). "Nick Drake -
Reviews, Credits, Awards: AllMusic". Allmusic. Five Leaves Left (album review): Sputnikmusic".
Retrieved 27 January 2014, Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 27 January 2014,
6. Jones, Chris. "BBC - Music - Review of Nick Drake - 10. Q: 162. November 1999. Missing or empty |tite=
Five Leaves Left". BBC. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (help)
7. Entertainment Weekly: 24, 12 May 2000. Missing or 11, Alternative Press: 88. March 2001. Missing or empty
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8. Greene, Jayson (22 January 2014). "Nick Drake: Tuck 12, NME: 29, 2 October 1993. Missing or empty [title=
Box: Album Reviews: Pitchfork, Pitchfork. Retrieved (help)
27 January 2014,
External links
= A radio special about Five Leaves Left (http://colinmarshall.libsyn.com/on_nick_drake_s_five_leaves_left_w
ith_trevor_dann_patrick_humphries_and_peter_hogan) with Nick Drake biographers Trevor Dann, Patrick
Humphries, and Peter Hogan on The Marketplace of Ideas
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