283) Five Leaves Left

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Peter Buck of R.E.M. once said that you could turn a Nick Drake song up all the way, but it would still sound quiet. Drake's 1969 debut -- recorded while he was still at Cambridge University -- introduced the world to his gorgeous, melancholy folk on songs such as "Time Has Told Me."

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