Fruit Tree

Disc 1
1	Time Has Told Me 1969 4:27
2	River Man 1969 4:21
3	Three Hours 1969 6:16
4	Way to Blue 1969 3:05
5	Day Is Done 1969 2:22
6	Cello Song 1969 3:58
7	The Thoughts of Mary Jane 1969 3:12
8	Man in a Shed 1969 3:49
9	Fruit Tree 1969 4:42
10	Saturday Sun 1969 4:00
Disc 2
1	Introduction Warlock Music Ltd. 1:33
2	Hazey Jane II Warlock Music Ltd. 3:46
3	At the Chime of a City Clock Warlock Music Ltd. 4:47
4	One of These Things First Warlock Music Ltd. 4:52
5	Hazey Jane I Warlock Music Ltd. 4:31
6	Bryter Layter Warlock Music Ltd. 3:24
7	Fly Warlock Music Ltd. 3:00
8	Poor Boy Warlock Music Ltd. 6:09
9	Northern Sky Warlock Music Ltd. 3:47
10	Sunday Warlock Music Ltd. 3:42
Disc 3
1	Pink Moon Warlock Music Ltd. 2:06
2	Place to Be Warlock Music Ltd. 2:44
3	Road Warlock Music Ltd. 2:02
4	Which Will Warlock Music Ltd. 2:59
5	Horn Warlock Music Ltd. 1:23
6	Things Behind the Sun Warlock Music Ltd. 3:56
7	Know Warlock Music Ltd. 2:27
8	Free Ride Warlock Music Ltd. 3:36
9	Parasite Warlock Music Ltd. 3:05
10	Harvest Breed Warlock Music Ltd. 1:38
11	From the Morning Warlock Music Ltd. 2:31
Disc 4
1	Time of No Reply 1968 2:47
2	I Was Made To Love Magic 1968 3:28
3	Joey 1968 3:06
4	Clothes of Sand 1968 2:32
5	Man in a Shed 1968 / Demo Version 3:06
6	Mayfair 1968 2:33
7	Fly 1969 / Demo Version 3:37
8	The Thoughts of Mary Jane 1968 / Demo Version 3:46
9	Been Smoking Too Long Copyright Control 2:17
10	Strange Meeting II 1968 3:38
11	Rider on the Wheel 1974 2:33
12	Black Eyed Dog 1974 / Demo Version 3:28
13	Hanging on a Star 1974 2:49
14	Voice from the Mountain 1974 3:45

Barnes & Noble

This four-CD box set contains all the Nick Drake you need to hear -- which is to say his entire recorded output. Drake, who died of a drug overdose in 1974, released only three albums -- moody folk-rock classics, each -- in his lifetime. And listening to them now you can trace the trajectory of a personality that was slowly coming apart. There's the measured despair of FIVE LEAVES LEFT, which contains gems such as "Fruit Tree" and "Way to Blue." BRYTER LATER is nearly as black, though its gorgeous arrangements make it his most accessible album. Drake even mocks himself on "Poor Boy," as a female chorus intones, "Oh poor boy/So sorry for himself/Oh poor boy/So worried for his health." Some have called BRYTER LAYTER a perfect album, and while that may be stretching things, it's certainly Drake's best and most accessible work. PINK MOON is all blackness, though, with just Drake and his acoustic guitar and piano confronting the abyss of his disintegrating personality. It's gorgeous and tragic at the same time. The fourth disc, "Time of No Reply," contains the last four songs Drake recorded, including the chilling "Black Eyed Dog." There are also some home demos he recorded in 1967 and previously unreleased tracks from his brilliant but all-too-brief career. Daniel Durchholz

All Music Guide

Fruit Tree is a four-disc box set featuring all three of NICK DRAKE's studio albums (Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layter, Pink Moon) and the rarities collection Time of No Reply. In other words, it contains every known recording Drake made during his brief lifetime, and listening to the set, the depth of his talent becomes abundantly clear. And the four discs are not overkill. The quality of Drake's songs was startlingly high, and anyone who purchases one disc will eventually need the other three albums, making Fruit Tree a logical way to acquire all of the records at once. Stephen Thomas Erlewine