Pink Moon

About the song

Nick Drake released “Pink Moon” as the title track of his 1972 album. The recording is unusually spare, with his close, restrained vocal and a repeating acoustic-guitar figure forming its essential character.

Sound and arrangement

A brief piano addition colors the arrangement without changing its intimate scale. The guitar’s tuning, resonance and rhythmic pattern allow a small number of sounds to suggest more space than the instrumentation alone might imply.

Listening closely

Listen to the notes that continue ringing between the picked figures. Their overlap gives the song a quiet depth, while Drake’s measured delivery keeps the atmosphere focused and unresolved.