Subtle, Beautiful, and Strange
Nick Drake, sort of an English James Taylor who never got to get old or bald or sell out. "Pink Moon" is his last, just voice and guitar and gentle eccentricity, slightly haunted. No one else sounds or writes like him. Makes for good company on a rainy day or a windy night when you're alone. Put on a pot of tea. You might even listen to it twice in a row.

PINK MOON RISING
Like, and not like, ROBERT JOHNSON's Blues, PINK MOON is NICK DRAKE's masterpiece for the fan of Folk Rock, but this record Rocks not, yet is quite Bluesy. The unusual and spare guitar, with NICK DRAKE's unique tuning, is reminiscent of the great American Blues artists like JOHNSON and SKIP JAMES, and yet, it is something else, something other, something more. These short songs are constructed of DRAKE's idiosyncratic guitar and melancholy lyrics that are not quite circular, but softer, more introspective and I'd dare say "organic," and only because NICK DRAKE is so... different. And also because his expressions are all Earthy: morning moon sun stars ...Yet like the Blues, these tunes have deeply personal themes borne of individual pain.

Not really Orpheus wooing Eurydice with a guitar (as the Rolling Stone Album Guide calls it) it's more rustic than that, Celtic, but still timelessly dreamy, ethereal, and yes, a bit spooky, PINK MOON is an artist fully realizing his potential and expressing it. Ephemeral, romantic, insidiously charming, alluringly poetic, PINK MOON is the record that music lovers eventually find, will find, should find, in their dreamscape. Unforgettable and indescribable, this soft, lilting record is of a voice not really like anyone you've heard before, and won't hear again, unless you know or have known the dark angel murmuring in your dream night.

Stunning strumming sadness
Brief, sparse, warm yet haunting...Drake's folk classic has stood the test of time. His playing is masterful, concentrating on relatively simple melodies but putting amazing, unpretentious riffs in between. And that voice...has love and fear ever been articulated vocally like that?

Great mellow CD
This guy may have recorded this CD many years before I discovered him, but his music is timeless. He has a great sound and the guitar playing is amazing.

Relaxing and wonderful
I didn't get into the album at first; mostly listened to the title track. But one day I listened to it while stressed out over a test, and kept listening over and over. The songs are lovely, simple, and always leave you wanting more. Nick Drake has a fantastic voice perfectly matched to his songs, which are best heard in a car with the windows down at night, looking at the stars through the moonroof.
My favorite tracks besides Pink Moon are Road, Which Will, and Things Behind the Sun, but all are excellent.