
Album · 1972
Pink Moon
by Nick Drake
Pink Moon is a 1972 folk album by Nick Drake. It runs 11 tracks across 29 minutes on Island. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.9/5 from 4 ratings.
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- 3.9 /5
- 4 ratings
- 94 /100
- 9 critics
- 11
- Tracks
- 29 min
- Runtime
- 120 bpm
- Tempo
- B minor
- Key
Ratings
4 ratings · avg 3.9
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Critics
9 publications
- Uncut5/5
- Pitchfork10/10
- Rolling Stone5/5
- Spin Alternative Record Guide10/10
- AllMusic5/5
- Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewA
- MusicHound Folk4.5/5
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5
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Tracklist
11 tracks · 29 min
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Pink Moon ((Remastered))Remaster · 1972 · 11 tracks
- 1Pink Moon
- 2Place to Be
- 3Road
- 4Which Will
- 5Horn
- 6Things Behind the Sun
- 7Know
- 8Parasite
- 9Free Ride
- 10Harvest Breed
- 11From the Morning
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About
Pink Moon is the third and final studio album by the English folk musician Nick Drake, released on 25 February 1972 on Island. It was recorded at midnight in two separate two-hour sessions, over two days in October 1971, featuring only Nick Drake's vocals and guitar, as well as some piano later overdubbed by Drake on the title track. Initially, Pink Moon garnered a small amount of critical attention, but decades after Drake's death it received widespread public and critical acclaim. The music on Pink Moon is sparse and unadorned (especially in comparison to Drake's previous recordings), leading some to consider it to be the least accessible of his three albums, though it nevertheless continues to be regarded by many fans and music critics as his greatest work.
In brief
- Is Pink Moon good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Pink Moon 3.9/5 from 4 ratings.
- When was Pink Moon released?
- Pink Moon was released in 1972 on Island.
- How many tracks are on Pink Moon?
- Pink Moon has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 29 minutes.
- What genre is Pink Moon?
- Pink Moon is catalogued under Folk, Singer-Songwriter.
- What BPM is Pink Moon?
- Pink Moon runs at a median tempo of 120 BPM across its tracks, most often in B minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Pink Moon?
- Listeners of Pink Moon also rate Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan, Figure 8 by Elliott Smith.
Pink Moon at a glance
- Label
- Island Records
- Produced by
- John Wood
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