Made to Love Magic

Made to Love Magic
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Compilation album by Nick Drake
Released	May 24, 2004
Recorded	Various
Genre	Folk, folk rock
Length	41:44
Label	Island
Producer	Joe Boyd / Various
Nick Drake chronology
Way to Blue (1994)Way to Blue1994 Made to Love Magic (2004) A Treasury (2004)A Treasury2004

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Made to Love Magic is a 2004 compilation album of out-takes and remixed tracks by English singer/songwriter Nick Drake. It is notable for featuring a previously unreleased solo acoustic version of "River Man", dating from early 1968, and the song "Tow the Line", a previously unheard song from Drake's final session in July 1974. The compilation reached #27 on the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

All songs are written by Nick Drake.

1. "Rider on the Wheel"
2. "Magic"
3. "River Man"
4. "Joey"
5. "Thoughts of Mary Jane"
6. "Mayfair"
7. "Hanging on a Star"
8. "Three Hours"
9. "Clothes of Sand"
10. "Voices"
11. "Time of No Reply"
12. "Black Eyed Dog"
13. "Tow the Line"

Notes

• Tracks 1, 4, 5, 9 & 12 are stereo remasters from Time of No Reply
• Track 2 is "I Was Made to Love Magic" from Time of No Reply, sped-up, with a posthumously added string arrangement by Robert Kirby
• Tracks 3 and 6 are Cambridge-era dorm demos (Spring 1968)
• Track 7 is a different take than the version originally released on Time of No Reply (July 1974)
• Track 8 is a different take than the version originally released on Five Leaves Left featuring Rebop Kwaku Baah on congas (March 1969)
• Track 10 is a remastered version of "Voice from the Mountain" from Time of No Reply
• Track 11 has a posthumously added string arrangement by Robert Kirby
• Track 13 is possibly the last song Drake ever committed to tape (July 1974)

Personnel

Nick Drake performs vocals and acoustic guitar on all songs, except where indicated otherwise.