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Fruit Tree (Nick Drake album)

Fruit Tree
Nick Drake Fruit Tree1.jpg
Box set by Nick Drake
Released Original pressings:
United Kingdom 9 March 1979 (Island)
United States 5 August 1986 (Hannibal)
Island Records re-issue:
United Kingdom 5 November 2007
United States 6 November 2007
Recorded 1968 - February 1974
Genre Folk
Label Island
Hannibal
Producer Joe Boyd / Various
Nick Drake chronology
Pink Moon
(1972)
Fruit Tree
(1978)
Heaven in a Wild Flower
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars
Okayplayer 5/5 stars
Pitchfork Media (8.1/10)

Fruit Tree is a box set by English singer/songwriter Nick Drake. It now exists in several versions, all of which feature his three studio albums, plus additional material.

There are now three distinct releases of Fruit Tree.

The 1979 release consisted of a box set of three LPs with new artwork. The first two were as listed below. The third was Pink Moon, track listing as below plus the last four songs of what later (1986 release) became Time of No Reply.

This version was released on Island Records.

The 1986 release was a 4 LP/CD release, and had the track listing as given below. It was released the same year as the separate Time of No Reply album.

This version was released on Hannibal Records.

The 2007 release features Drake's three studio albums (as per the first three albums of the 1986 release), plus A Skin Too Few DVD.

This version was released on Island Records.

Note: In the 3 LP 1979 version, this disc additionally included the last four tracks of the disc below.


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