Nick Drake简介
Born 19 June 1948
Rangoon, Burma
Died 25 November 1974 (aged 26)
Tanworth-in-Arden, England
Genres Folk chamber folk folk-pop folk rock
Instruments Guitarvocals
Years active 1967–1974
Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English musician. An accomplished acoustic guitarist, Drake signed to Island Records at the age of twenty while still a student at the University of Cambridge. His debut album, Five Leaves Left, was released in 1969, and was followed by two more albums, Bryter Layter (1971) and Pink Moon (1972). While Drake did not reach a wide audience during his brief lifetime, his music found critical acclaim and he gradually received wider recognition following his death.
Drake suffered from depression and was reluctant to perform in front of live audiences. Upon completion of Pink Moon, he withdrew from both performance and recording, retreating to his parents' home in rural Warwickshire. On 25 November 1974, Drake was found dead at the age of 26 due to an overdose of antidepressants.
Drake's music remained available through the mid-1970s, but the 1979 release of the retrospective album Fruit Tree allowed his back catalogue to be reassessed. Drake has come to be credited as an influence on numerous artists, including Robert Smith of the Cure, Peter Buck of R.E.M., Kate Bush, Paul Weller, Aimee Mann, Beck, Robyn Hitchcock and the Black Crowes. The first Drake biography in English appeared in 1997; it was followed in 1999 by the documentary film A Stranger Among Us.
Nicholas Rodney "Nick" Drake ，(1948年6月19日 – 1974年11月25日)，英国创作歌手、音乐家，以其轻柔、简单的吉他歌曲著名。在他有生之年没能赢得太多观众，去世后才逐渐赢得瞩目与承认。Drake在20岁时与Island唱片签约，当时他仍是剑桥大学学生，1969年发行期处女专辑《Five Leaves Left》。1972年发行另外两张专辑——《Bryter Layter》和《Pink Moon》，但初次发行发行时销量均时超过5000张。Drake不愿做现场表演及接受采访，是其商业上未能取得成功的原因。1974年，Drake死于抗抑郁药服用过量。
