History YMMV / NickDrake

* ReclusiveArtist: Drake was never completely comfortable with the attention he received, but as his depression spiralled in the early 70s, he withdrew from the public eye, and after finishing ''Pink Moon'' more or less gave up recording and live performance, spending his last few years of his life holed up at his parents' house in Warwickshire.

* ReclusiveArtist: Drake was never completely comfortable with attention, but as his depression spiralled in the early 70s, he withdrew from the public, and after finishing ''Pink Moon'' more or less gave up recording and live performance, spending his last few years of his life holed up at his parents' house in Warwickshire.

** So many indie folk artists have copied his [[PerishingAltRockVoice hushed vocals]], finger picking on the acoustic guitar and introspective lyrics that it can be hard for modern listeners to understand how different his style was from anything that was going on at the time.

** During Nick Drake's lifetime he was often championed by his successful friend and label mate JohnMartyn, with his short-lived touring career often supporting Martyn, as well as Martyn referring to Drake frequently in interviews. Martyn was for many years much more successful than Drake, but nowadays young people are more likely to discover Martyn via his association with Nick.

* SweetDreamsFuel: Despite the despair of a lot of his lyrics, a lot of people find the gentle sounds of his work relaxing.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: So many indie folk artists have copied his [[PerishingAltRockVoice hushed vocals]], finger picking on the acoustic guitar and introspective lyrics that it can be hard for modern listeners to understand how different his style was from anything that was going on at the time.
** In addition, his style of downtuning and capo use specifically for melancholic feel renders him unique even amongst folk musicians. In recent times it has been more common to downtune this way in the post-hardcore and shoegaze genres.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Doris Troy, one of the backing vocalists on "Poor Boy", actually had a top 10 hit as a performer with "Just One Look."

* RetroactiveRecognition: Doris Troy, one of the backing vocalists on "Poor Boy", was one of the backup singers on Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon''.

** The lyrics of the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8MQcrR4OSc "Fruit Tree"]] are incredibly eerie to hear when one takes in consideration that Drake was only able to achieve proper recognition several years after his death.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: A lot of indie folk artists have copied his [[PerishingAltRockVoice hushed vocals]], finger picking on the acoustic guitar and introspective lyrics that it can be hard for modern listeners to understand how different his style was from anything that was going on at the time.

* AwesomeMusic: Everything he did, really, by wide critical and fan consensus. All three of his albums were listed in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
* HarsherInHindsight: The line "And now we rise/And we are everywhere" in "From the Morning", the last song on his last album, was ultimately put on his gravestone.

* TearJerker: Damn near every song on ''Pink Moon'', but especially the [[{{Instrumentals}} instrumental]] track "Horn".

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A young Music/EltonJohn demoed some of Drake's songs. While John was very impressed with Drake's songwriting, he eventually started composing his own material with his friend Bernie Taupin writing lyrics.

* VindicatedByHistory: Virtually unrecognized during his lifetime, he was later recognized as one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time. His albums got mixed reviews upon original release, but Rolling Stone named all three of them among the 500 greatest albums of all time many years later.

* MagnumOpus: ''Pink Moon'', for most critics and listeners.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Doris Troy, one of the backing vocalists on "Poor Boy", was one of the backup singers on Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/DarkSideOfTheMoon''.

* VindicatedByHistory: Virtually unrecognized during his lifetime, he was later recognized as one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time.

%%* CrowningMusicOfAwesome. Please add context before un-commenting.

* TearJerker: Damn near every song on ''Pink Moon'', But especially the [[{{Instrumentals}} instrumental]] track "Horn".

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Everything he did.

** His ''entire life story.'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Drake Read it if you dare.]]
* VindicatedByHistory: Virtually unrecognized during his lifetime, he was later recognized as one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time.
* TheWoobie

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome