FIVE LEAVES LEFT

'''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.
''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. The website "Acclaimedmusic" collates recommendations of albums and recording artists. The site credits Nick Drake as number 91 in "Artist Rank" and "Five Leaves Left" as number 160 in "All Time Rank" of albums.
The title of the album is said to 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. However, even up to the present day many smokers in the UK prefer to roll their own tobacco cigarettes, and Rizla is the most popular brand of "skins" for this purpose as well. Today the message reads "There's only 10 left." instead of "Five leaves left."
There has been some speculation into the name being acquired from O. Henry's short novel ''The Last Leaf'', 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 [1]. Also, Samuel Beckett's existentialist play ''Waiting For Godot'', which takes place entirely under a lone tree on a country road, has the line, "The tree has four or five leaves."

Contents

Track listing

Personnel

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Track listing

All songs by Nick Drake
# "Time Has Told Me" – 4:27
# "River Man" – 4:21
# "Three Hours" – 6:16
# "Way To Blue" – 3:11
# "Day Is Done" – 2:29
# "'Cello Song" – 4:49
# "The Thoughts Of Mary Jane" – 3:22
# "Man In A Shed" – 3:55
# "Fruit Tree" – 4:50
# "Saturday Sun" – 4:03

Personnel

Nick Drake performs vocals and acoustic guitar on all songs, except where indicated otherwise.

★ "Time Has Told Me"
Paul Harris - piano

Richard Thompson - electric guitar

Danny Thompson - bass guitar

★ "River Man"
Harry Robinson - string arrangement

★ "Three Hours"
Danny Thompson - bass

Rocki Dzidzornu - congas

★ "Way To Blue"
Robert Kirby - string arrangement

★ "Day Is Done"
Robert Kirby - string arrangement

★ "'Cello Song"
Clare Lowther - 'cello

Danny Thompson - bass

Rocki Dzidzornu - congas

★ "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

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