- folk, contemporary folk, chamber folk, singer-songwriter
- 42 min
- 10 tracks
- Island
Five Leaves Left is the debut studio album by English folk musician Nick Drake. Recorded between 1968 and 1969, it was released in 1969 by Island Records.
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Character-led, grave, intimate and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- NME9/10
- Pitchfork9.5/10
- Q4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Time Has Told Me4:27
- 2River Man4:23
- 3Three Hours6:15
- 4Way to Blue3:11
- 5Day Is Done2:29
- 6’Cello Song4:48
- 7The Thoughts of Mary Jane3:22
- 8Man in a Shed3:55
- 9Fruit Tree4:49
- 10Saturday Sun4:05
10 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Nick Drake
- Label
- Island
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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