Made To Love Magic (CD) ~ Nick Drake (Artist) Cover Art

Made To Love Magic (CD)

By: Nick Drake (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Made To Love Magic (CD) Album By Nick Drake (Artist)
1   Rider On The Wheel
2   Magic
3   River Man
4   Joey
5   Thoughts Of Mary Jane
6   Mayfair
7   Hanging On A Star
8   Three Hours
9   Clothes Of Sand
10   Voices
11   Time Of No Reply
12   Black Eyed Dog
13   Tow The Line
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.180) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]hese casual performances suggest there was never anything casual about Drake's art: Even when he was just jotting down some idea, he couldn't help infecting it with that strange, mournful magic."
Spin (p.123) - "[H]is gorgeous music was more sepulchral than whimsical."
Entertainment Weekly (p.165) - "[T]he ageless, mythopoetic elegance of Drake's craft shine throughout..." - Grade: B+
Uncut (p.107) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Slip the headphones on and imagine a parallel 1974 where a confident Drake is performing with a makeshift duo at the Festival Hall."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 - "MADE TO LOVE MAGIC throws significant new light on several highlights of Drake's canon."

Title Note

Personnel include: Nick Drake (vocals, guitar); Reebop Kwaku Baah (congas).

Liner Note Author: John Wood.

Recording information: Morgan Studios, North London, United Kingdom (03/1969).

Three decades after British singer/songwriter Nick Drake's death, MADE TO LOVE MAGIC appeared, full of rare tracks and alternate versions, and intended as a "companion piece" to Drake's official recordings. While a number of the tracks appeared previously on the TIME OF NO REPLY collection, there are a few treasures that are heard here for the first time. Whatever you think about posthumous overdubbing, it's fascinating to hear Drake's storied arranger Robert Kirby add new orchestrations to "Time of No Reply" and the title cut, in the style of his initial work with the troubled troubadour.

More captivating, though, are the alternate versions of "Three Hours," with congas and flute and an added emphasis on Drake's unusual, sophisticated guitar work, and "River Man." The latter's bare-bones demo, with its haunted whisper and bossa nova-cum-folk guitar, suggests Joao Gilberto studying existentialism in Cambridge. The biggest news is the discovery of a previously unknown Drake composition, "Tow the Line," whose serpentine melody and inscrutable lyric are fully on a par with the PINK MOON material amid which it was discovered. MADE TO LOVE MAGIC isn't the ideal introduction to Drake (start instead with his debut, FIVE LEAVES LEFT), but it's an illuminating addition to the legacy.

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