| Pink Moon | ||||
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| Released | 25 February 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 30–31 October 1971 | |||
| Studio | Sound Techniques, London | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 28:22 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | John Wood | |||
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Pink Moon is the third and final studio album by the English musician Nick Drake, released in the UK by Island Records on 25 February 1972.[1] It was the only one of Drake's studio albums to be released in North America during his lifetime. Pink Moon differs from Drake's previous albums in that it was recorded without a backing band, featuring just Drake on vocals, acoustic guitar and a single piano melody overdubbed onto the title track.
Released two years before Drake's death in November 1974, at the age of twenty-six, the lyrical content of Pink Moon has often been attributed to Drake's ongoing battle with depression.[2] The songs are shorter than on his previous albums, with a total album running time of just over twenty-eight minutes.
Pink Moon, like Drake's previous studio albums, did not sell well during his lifetime, and its stripped-back, intimate sound received a mixed response from critics. However, the album has since garnered significant critical acclaim, appearing on a number of best-of lists.
- ^ Humphries, Patrick (1998). Nick Drake: The Biography. London, England: Bloomsbury. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-7475-3503-4.
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