Nick Drake - Way To Blue - An Introduction To Nick Drake (Remastered)
List Price:
Our Price: $10.75
You Save: $6.74 (39%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $4.24 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Artist: Nick DrakeEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-05-06
Music Label: Island Records
Soundtracks:
- ' Cello Song
- Hazey Jane I
- Way To Blue
- Things Behind The Sun
- River Man
- Poor Boy
- Time Of No Reply
- From The Morning
- One Of These Things First
- Northern Sky
- Which Will
- Hazey Jane II
- Time Has Told Me
- Pink Moon
- Black Eyed Dog
- Fruit Tree
Free Music Notes for Way To Blue - An Introduction To Nick Drake (Remastered)
Free Music Review: Way to go, "Blue"
Hit: 5 Stars
"And if one day you should see me in the crowd/Lend a hand and lift me/To your place in the cloud," Nick Drake sings dreamily against a backdrop of cello and congas. Talk about prophetic. The tragic singer-songwriter, who was only in his late 20s when he overdosed on sleeping pills, left behind an all-too-small collection of exquisite music.
"Way To Blue: An Introduction" serves both as an intro to his poignant folk music, and also as a sort of "Best of" collection. This album contains selections from his four albums "Pink Moon," "Five Leaves Left," "Bryter Layter," and "Time of No Reply," and these selections are arguably the best of Drake's bittersweet music.
Drake generally stuck to the folk sound -- lots of acoustic guitar and laid-back bass, sometimes dressed up with piano. But he twiddled with that sound in a few songs; the ethereal "Northern Sky" is swathed in organ, piano and celeste, raising it above the average folk song.
What all these songs have in common is a loneliness, a poignancy, and a beauty that is truly heartrending. Drake suffered from depression during his short life, which may explain the tone of songs like the sweet "Time of No Reply," in which he sings sadly, "The time of no reply is calling me to stay/There is no hello and no goodbye/To leave there is no way."
In other songs, Drake describes the fickleness of his fame, the loneliness of his life, and hopes to "forget this cruel world." But also seems to have a kind of optimism about love, which sounds all the more poignant in his smooth vocals. Drake's singing sounds unpolished by computers, making its husky sweetness even more striking.
Long after his death, Nick Drake's bittersweet music lingers on. "Way To Blue: An Introduction" is both an excellent collection of his best songs, and a good introduction to his work.
Folk Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Folk Music CDs
Margie Adam - Another PlaceRelease date: 1994-07-26; Music CD
Best price: $16.99
Ann Reed - Road of the HeartRelease date: 1994-06-29; Music CD
Best price: $29.99
Ann Reed - Back & ForthRelease date: 1994-07-26; Music CD
Best price: $2.00
Price in other shops:
Kay Gardner - Rainbow PathRelease date: 1994-07-26; Music CD
Best price: $12.79
Price in other shops:
Joanne Rand - Grant Me EyesRelease date: 2001-08-02; Music CD
Best price: $9.96
Price in other shops:
Betty - Hello Betty!Release date: 1994-03-21; Music CD
Price in other shops:
Kay Gardner - AmazonRelease date: 1994-07-26; Music CD
Price in other shops:
Stage 2: Human HeartRelease date: 1997-04-11; Music CD
Best price: $14.95
Price in other shops:
Cyntia Smith, Ruth Barrett - Heart Is the Only NationRelease date: 1996-07-17; Music CD
Best price: $96.66
Giants! A Colossal Collection of Tales and Tunesby Jim Weiss
Greathall Productions, Inc.; Greathall Productions; Published: 1996-11-01; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $8.68
Price in other shops:
Top Rated Albums
Van Morrison - Astral WeeksMORRISON,VAN; Release date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $5.67
Price in other shops:
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The HarvestRelease date: 2011-06-28; Music CD
Best price: $9.50
Price in other shops:
Nick Drake - A TreasuryRelease date: 2004-10-26; Music CD
Best price: $11.97
Price in other shops:
Jose Gonzalez - VeneerRelease date: 2006-04-04; Music CD
Best price: $6.03
Price in other shops:
Joni Mitchell - BlueMITCHELL,JONI; Release date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $5.30
Price in other shops:
Nick Drake - Family TreeRelease date: 2009-04-14; Music CD
Best price: $6.48
Price in other shops:
Nick Drake - Made to Love MagicRelease date: 2004-06-22; Music CD
Best price: $5.38
Price in other shops:
Nick Drake - Bryter LayterDRAKE,NICK; Release date: 2003-05-06; Music CD
Best price: $5.36
Price in other shops:
Nick Drake - Five Leaves LeftDRAKE,NICK; Release date: 2003-05-06; Music CD
Best price: $4.80
Price in other shops:
Nick Drake - Pink MoonDRAKE,NICK; Release date: 2003-05-06; Music CD
Best price: $4.69
Price in other shops: