This album was not very well-loved at the time of its release, but has grown in the eyes of the music critics ever since. It’s now at #201 on the rolling stone top 500 list, and interestingly has risen from #301 in the previous edition of the list. I wonder, before listening to the album, what it is about this music that has made its popularity grow and grow since its release. Is it more relatable to today’s listeners? Was it simply not very well known until later years? Did Nick Drake’s death 2 years after the album’s release cause its popularity to grow? Apparently he flat-out refused to perform live during his lifetime, and man can I relate to that feeling.

After one listen, this is already one of my favorite singer-songwriter albums that I’ve ever heard. The songs are so clean and tight and packed with emotion, but nothing is overdone or derivative-sounding. I was totally immersed.

The onlyh weird moment was when I realized that the “Know” guitar part sounds 100% identical to the Home Depot theme song to me. I was literally in my yard taking leaves into a Home Depot bag when it came on - you may think I’m making that up, but it is, unbelievably, true. It’s a great song but I couldn’t get past the similarity.

New Jams

“Pink Moon”
“Things Behind The Sun”
“From The Morning”

Originally part of Objectivity In Rating Music, part 2.