Five Leaves Left
Studio album by Nick Drake
Released	September 1, 1969
Recorded	Sound Techniques Studio, London
Genre	Folk
Length	41:43
Label	Island Records
Producer(s)	Joe Boyd
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Entertainment Weekly (A) The Music Box link
Nick Drake chronology
	Five Leaves Left (1969)	Bryter Layter (1970)

Five Leaves Left, recorded in 1969, was the first of three albums by British folk musician Nick Drake. Like Bryter Layter and unlike Pink Moon, this album contains no completely solo songs. Nick was accompanied by members of the British folk-rock group Fairport Convention. Image File history File links Five_Leaves_Left. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Nicholas Rodney Drake (June 19, 1948 – November 25, 1974) was an English singer/songwriter and musician known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Island Records was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall but moved to the UK in May 1962. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Joe Boyd (born August 5, 1942) is an American record producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... June 17, 2005 cover of Entertainment Weekly, featuring actor Tom Cruise Entertainment Weekly is a magazine published by Time Warner in the United States which is dedicated to the world of celebrity and popular culture. ... The Music Box is a 1932 three_reel (thirty minute) short subject, produced by Hal Roach, directed by James Parrott, and released to theatres by Metro_Goldwyn_Mayer as part of the Laurel and Hardy series. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Nicholas Rodney Drake (June 19, 1948 – November 25, 1974) was an English singer/songwriter and musician known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. ... Bryter Layter, recorded in 1970, was the second of three albums by British folk musician Nick Drake. ... 33⅓ LP vinyl record for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour album from the 1960s. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Nicholas Rodney Drake (June 19, 1948 – November 25, 1974) was an English singer/songwriter and musician known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. ... Bryter Layter, recorded in 1970, was the second of three albums by British folk musician Nick Drake. ... Pink Moon is the third and last album by British musician Nick Drake. ... In music, solo means to play or sing alone. ... Bob Dylans folk rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... Cover of Heyday: BBC Radio Sessions 1968-1969. ...

Five Leaves Left was ranked 85th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 283 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Channel 4 is a public-service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... Rolling Stone is an American magazine devoted to music, politics and popular culture. ... The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ...

The title of the album is be derived from a contemporary message contained within packets of Rizla cigarette papers, which warned people that only five papers were left in the packet. It is sometimes suggested that this was aimed at people rolling marijuana joints, since many joints required five individual papers in order to be assembled. Rizla+ (commonly known as just Rizla) is a brand of rolling paper. ... A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ...

Although, there has been some speculation into the name being acquired from a short piece of literature in which a woman states that she can happily die when all the leaves have fallen from her tree, she states that it will not be long as there are only five leaves left.

Track listing

All songs by Nick Drake Nicholas Rodney Drake (June 19, 1948 – November 25, 1974) was an English singer/songwriter and musician known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. ...

1. "Time Has Told Me" – 4:27
2. "River Man" – 4:21
3. "Three Hours" – 6:16
4. "Way to Blue" – 3:11
5. "Day is Done" – 2:29
6. "'Cello Song" – 4:49
7. "The Thoughts of Mary Jane" – 3:22
8. "Man in a Shed" – 3:55
9. "Fruit Tree" – 4:50
10. "Saturday Sun" – 4:03

Personnel

Nick Drake performs vocals and acoustic guitar on all songs, except where indicated otherwise. Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... A steel string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. ...

• "Time Has Told Me"

Paul Harris - piano
Richard Thompson - electric guitar
Danny Thompson - bass guitar A grand piano, with the lid up. ... Richard Thompson (born 3 April 1949) is a British musician, best known for his guitar playing and songwriting. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... Danny Thompson (born 4 April 1939) is a British double bass player. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case The electric bass guitar (also called The electric bass or simply The bass) is an electrically amplified fingered (or plucked) string instrument. ...

• "River Man"

Harry Robinson - string arrangement See also string (disambiguation) Strings (as a sound (voice) in electronic musical instruments and synthesizers) is an imitation of classical string ensembles sound. ... In popular music an arrangement is a setting of a piece of music, which may have been composed by the arranger or by someone else. ...

back cover

slip cover of the 2000 remastered edition

• "Three Hours"

Danny Thompson - bass
Rocki Dzidzornu - congas Image File history File links Five_Leaves_Left_(back). ... Image File history File links Five_Leaves_Left_(back). ... Image File history File links Five_Leaves_Left_(remastered). ... Image File history File links Five_Leaves_Left_(remastered). ... Remaster (and its derivations, frequently found in the phrases digitally remastered or digital remastering) is a word and concept ushered into the mass consciousness via the digital age, although it had existed before then. ... A pair of congas The conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin, probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums. ...

• "Way To Blue"

Robert Kirby - string arrangement Robert Kirby (1948 - ) is a British born arranger of string sections for Rock and Folk music. ...

• "Day Is Done"

Robert Kirby - string arrangement

• "'Cello Song"

Clare Lowther - 'cello
Danny Thompson - bass
Rocki Dzidzornu - congas A cello The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello (the c is pronounced as the ch in cheese), is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ...

• "The Thoughts Of Mary Jane"

Robert Kirby - arrangement

• "Man In A Shed"

Paul Harris - piano
Danny Thompson - bass

• "Fruit Tree"

Robert Kirby - arrangement

• "Saturday Sun"

Nick Drake - piano
Danny Thompson - bass
Tristram Fry - drums & vibraphone The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A typical Ludwig-Musser vibraphone. ...

External links

• Five Leaves Left at MusicBrainz