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Nick Drake's third and final album has puttered and purred its way into a new millennium. The book features interviews with producer Joe Boyd, string arranger Robert Kirby, and even the marketing team behind the Volkswagon commercial that launched the album to platinum status more than thirty years after its release.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-100826427901
ISBN-139780826427908
eBay Product ID (ePID)60092497
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Number of Pages128 Pages
Publication NameNick Drakes Pink Moon
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Rock, Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
Publication Year2007
AuthorAmanda Petrusich
Subject AreaMusic
Series33 1/3 Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight4.8 Oz
Item Length6.4 in
Item Width4.7 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2007-035251
Reviews''one of my favourites in Continuum's 33 1/3 series of books on seminal albums.'' Largehearted Boy, August 2008, "The latest addition to the evergrowing33 1/3 series (now up to volume 51) is an in-depth look at Nick Drake's finalalbum "Pink Moon". Tackling a 28 minute album of sparse folk by anartist whose life went largely undocumented (there are no known video clips orinterviews with Drake) is a daunting task, but Petrusich handles the job nicelyby telling the story through interviews with the people who knew Drake andworked with him musically, as well as testimonials from current artists whohave felt his influence. She also does a great service to the readers by not paintingDrake as some romantically doomed poetic soul, like so many other writers havedone in the past. In fact, she does an excellent job of dispelling many Drakemyths (ex: he didn't anonymously leave the tapes for Pink Moon at Island's reception desk without saying a word), and evenpoints out flaws in the album (many of the vocals are garbled). The mostinteresting part of the book is the final third which focuses on Pink Moon's21st Century revival thanks to a 2000 Volkswagon commercial featuring the titletrack. While many make the argument that using a song to push a productcheapens the artistry of the song, "Pink Moon" was used to such greateffect that it has simultaneously become synonymous with Volkswagon. Moreimportantly, thanks to commercial exposure, annual sales of the album jumpedfrom 6,000 to 74,000 in the year that it hit the airwaves - exposing Drake'swork to a new generation. Perhaps the best praise I can give the book is thatafter I finished reading it I put it down and listened to Pink Moon." --Losing Today.com, Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 & /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-phan∨ font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:¿ mso-fareast-language:¿ mso-bidi-language:¿}"Written in a clear, mostly engaging style, Versaci's workshould serve as a cogent and welcoming introduction of comics to manyacademics, as well as the curious reader." Skyscraper magazine, "The latest addition to the evergrowing33 1/3 series (now up to volume 51) is an in-depth look at Nick Drake's finalalbum "Pink Moon". Tackling a 28 minute album of sparse folk by anartist whose life went largely undocumented (there are no known video clips orinterviews with Drake) is a daunting task, but Petrusich handles the job nicelyby telling the story through interviews with the people who knew Drake andworked with him musically, as well as testimonials from current artists whohave felt his influence. She also does a great service to the readers by not paintingDrake as some romantically doomed poetic soul, like so many other writers havedone in the past. In fact, she does an excellent job of dispelling many Drakemyths (ex: he didn't anonymously leave the tapes for Pink Moon at Island's reception desk without saying a word), and evenpoints out flaws in the album (many of the vocals are garbled). The mostinteresting part of the book is the final third which focuses on Pink Moon's21st Century revival thanks to a 2000 Volkswagon commercial featuring the titletrack. While many make the argument that using a song to push a productcheapens the artistry of the song, "Pink Moon" was used to such greateffect that it has simultaneously become synonymous with Volkswagon. Moreimportantly, thanks to commercial exposure, annual sales of the album jumpedfrom 6,000 to 74,000 in the year that it hit the airwaves - exposing Drake'swork to a new generation. Perhaps the best praise I can give the book is thatafter I finished reading it I put it down and listened to Pink Moon." -Losing Today.com, "is an ambitious project...Petrusich is up to the task, and her travels weave an essential sense of place into her exploration of the evolution of Americana music." Julian Koster, Largehearted Boy, August 2008, Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 "[A] fascinating read and a worthy inclusion in the pantheonof great books about great records." -Skyscraper magazine
Dewey Edition22
Target AudienceTrade
Dewey Decimal782.42166092
Lc Classification NumberMl420.D82
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