It weighs in at less than half an hour, is sparse in its recording and instrumentation, and it singularly failed to set the world on fire. Yet Pink Moon, Nick Drake's third and final album for Island, remains the purists' favourite from Drake's small catalogue, not least because of its brevity and cleanliness of sound. While Drake's earlier records. Five Leaves Left (1969) and, particularly, Bryter Layter (1970), were adorned with the string arrangements of Robert Kirby, Pink Moon was a very stripped-back affair: just Drake and his acoustic guitar, along with one solitary and unforgettable piano melody overdubbed on the title track.
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