Nick Drake: The Making of Five Leaves Left - Spectrum Culture

The Roots of Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left - Rock and Roll Globe

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Nick Drake: The Making of Five Leaves Left - Spectrum Culture

There is a popular perception of Nick Drake that Five Leaves Left doesn’t quite fit into. Since his untimely passing, Drake has become a subject of cult fascination rooted largely in the spare, personal and unflinchingly somber material contained in the sole three albums released during his lifetime, none of which saw real commercial success. While that tonal observation would be true of Pink Moon, Five Leaves Left always felt lumped into that g…