This album has been consistently amazing since the first time i heard it. yeah, i'll admit that the first time i heard of Nick Drake was from the Garden State soundtrack. a bit embarrassing at this point but whatever, man i still like that movie. either way, this wasn't the first Nick Drake album that i had heard, but i think that it's by far the best. he definitely epitomizes the feeling of the fall months for me, and this album's (for the most part) straight acoustic presentation makes that all the more present. i think that the winter months are depressing, but the fall months are still lively but more introspective. and though Nick Drake's music is pretty depressing, there's definitely some hope in there. it just doesn't really fit as well with any other time of the year. the song Pink Moon is the only one on the album to feature anything other than voice and guitar. but that piano line is too magical for anyone's own well being. and i don't have any idea what kind of tuning he uses, but there are times when i sort of forget that he's even playing a guitar. it's easy for me to get lost in the contrast between the complexity of what he's playing and the simplicity in which it's presented. i pretty much only listen to this album all the way through. it's not very long and there's not a song on it that isn't exactly what you want to hear. one of my favorite albums of all time.
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