By all rights this should have been a huge hit. As well as Nick Drake’s sensitive vocals and folk guitar melodies, it has contributions from half of Fairport Convention, two musicians who worked on Pet Sounds and piano from John Cale of the Velvet Underground. It’s well produced and arranged, and is a joy to listen to, with breezy, wistful songs in a folk-rock style.
However, a dispute about the cover art delayed the release that had been planned for Christmas 1970 and bizarrely it was never issued or promoted in North America. As a result, sales fell far short of what they should have been leaving the 22 year old Drake in a depressed and vulnerable state. His third album recorded the following year as a solo project was to be his last, and he died in 1974 aged just 26.
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