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Nick Drake
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British singer-songwriter
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Remembered for a While Signed Edition
- Between Worlds
- Farewell Glacier
- World Atlas of Deserts and Drylands
- Somerset Maugham
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1948
- Active to
- 1974
Discography
- Five Leaves Left1969
- Bryter Layter1971
- Pink Moon1972
- Fruit Tree: The Complete Recorded Works1979
- Heaven in a Wild Flower: An Exploration of Nick Drake1985
- Time of No Reply1986
- The Hannibal Sampler1992
- Tanworth‐in‐Arden 1967/681994
- Way to Blue: An Introduction to Nick Drake1994
- The Complete Home Recordings1998
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,263,195
- Total plays
- 95,908,404
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Nick Drake (Nicholas Rodney Drake, Yangon, Myanmar, June 19, 1948 - Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England, November 25, 1974) was an English folk singer known for his gentle, enigmatic songs and his virtuosic right-hand finger picking technique. Although he recorded only three albums, critics and fellow musicians hold his work in very high esteem. Drake failed to find a wide audience during his lifetime and had a strong aversion to performing. Since his death, however, Drake's music has gain
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5 total works indexed
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Quotes
- “I'm growing old and I wanna go home.I'm growing old and I don't wanna know.”
- “The world hums on at its breakneck pace;People fly in their lifelong race.For them there's a future to find,But I think they're leaving me behind.”
- “Time has told meYou're a rare, rare find,A troubled cure for a troubled mind.”
- “So I'll leave the ways that are making me beWhat I really don't want to be.Leave the ways that are making me loveWhat I really don't want to love.”
- “Going to see the river man,Going to tell him all I canAbout the planFor lilac time.If he tells me all he knows'Bout the way his river flows,And all night showsIn summertime.”
- “Going to see the river man.Going to tell him all I canAbout the banOn feeling free.If he tells me all he knowsAbout the way his river flows,I don't supposeIt's meant for me.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Nicholas Rodney Drake , ( 1948-06-19 ) 19 June 1948, Rangoon , Burma
- Died
- 25 November 1974 (1974-11-25) (aged 26), Tanworth-in-Arden , Warwickshire, England
- Genres
- Folk chamber folk folk-pop folk-rock
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter
- Instruments
- Guitar piano vocals
- Years active
- 1967–1974
- Label
- Island
- Website
- brytermusic .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.brytermusic.com
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- Nick Drake
- date of birth
- 1948-06-19
- date of death
- 1974-11-25
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- birth name
- Nicholas Rodney Drake
- name in native language
- Nick Drake
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Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English musician. An accomplished acoustic guitarist, Drake signed to Island Records at the age of twenty while still a student at the University of Cambridge. His debut album, Five Leaves Left, was released in 1969, and was followed by two more albums, Bryter Layter (1971) and Pink Moon (1972). He did not reach a wide audience during his lifetime, but found acclaim and wider recognition following his death.
Drake suffered from depression and was reluctant to perform in front of live audiences. Upon completion of Pink Moon, he withdrew from both performance and recording, retreating to his parents' home in rural Warwickshire. On 25 November 1974, at the age of 26, he died from an overdose of antidepressants.