Editing Nick Drake (section)

==Posthumous popularity and legacy==
There were no documentaries or compilation albums in the wake of Drake's death.<ref name="Dann 2006, 193–194"/> His public profile remained low throughout the 1970s, although his name appeared occasionally in the music press. By this time, his parents were receiving an increasing number of fans at the family home. Following a 1975 ''NME'' article by Nick Kent, Island Records said they had no plans to reissue Drake's albums,<ref name=h238>Humphries (1997), p. 238.</ref> but in 1979 Rob Partridge joined Island Records as press officer and commissioned the release of the ''[[Fruit Tree (box set)|Fruit Tree]]'' [[box set]]. The release compiled Drake's three studio albums, the four tracks he recorded with Wood in 1974 and an extensive biography written by the American journalist [[Arthur Lubow]]. Although sales were poor, Island Records did not delete the albums from its catalogue.<ref name=h238/>

By the mid-1980s, Drake was being cited as an influence by musicians such as [[Kate Bush]], [[Paul Weller]], the [[The Black Crowes|Black Crowes]],<ref name=":1">Dann (2006), 201</ref> [[Peter Buck]] of [[R.E.M.]] and [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] of the [[The Cure|Cure]]. Drake gained further exposure in 1985 when [[the Dream Academy]] included a dedication to Drake on the sleeve of its hit single "[[Life in a Northern Town]]".<ref>Fitzsimmons, Mick. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/documentaries/nickdrake/nickdrake_influences.shtml "Nick Drake&nbsp;— Under the Influence"], BBC.co.uk; retrieved 2 September 2006.</ref> In 1986 a biography of Drake, by [[Gorm Henrik Rasmussen]], was published in [[Danish language|Danish]];<ref>Rasmussen (1986).</ref> an updated version with new interviews was published in English in 2012.<ref>Rasmussen (2012).</ref> By the end of the 1980s his name was appearing regularly in newspapers and music magazines in the UK,<ref>Dann (2006), p. 206.</ref> where he frequently was cast in the role of the "doomed [[romantic hero]]".<ref>Southall, Nick. "[http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/nick-drake/made-to-love-magic.htm Made To Love Magic"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070126041344/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/nick-drake/made-to-love-magic.htm |date=26 January 2007 }}, stylusmagazine.com, 3 June 2003; retrieved 2 February 2007.</ref> The earliest Drake profile in a U.S. magazine was the article "Hanging On A Star" by the [[AllMusic]] critic Peter Kurtz, which appeared in the 3 September 1993 issue of ''[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]]''.<ref>Kurtz, Peter. "[http://www.goldminemag.com/reviews/nick-drake/hanging-on-a-star.htm Hanging On A Star"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19930903041344/http://www.goldminemag.com/reviews/nick-drake/hanging-on-a-star.htm |date=3 September 1993 }}, goldminemag.com, 3 September 1993; retrieved 25 August 2024.</ref>

The first biography of Drake in English was published in November 1997 by Patrick Humphries. On 20 June 1998, [[BBC Radio 2]] broadcast a documentary, ''Fruit Tree: The Nick Drake Story'', featuring interviews with Boyd, Wood, Gabrielle and Molly Drake, Paul Wheeler, Robert Kirby, and Ashley Hutchings, and narrated by Danny Thompson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.algonet.se/~iguana/DRAKE/fruittreedoc.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000304135906/http://www.algonet.se/~iguana/DRAKE/fruittreedoc.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2000|title=Transcript of documentary reproduced on "The Nick Drake Files" website|publisher=algonet.se|access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref><ref>Humphries (1997).</ref> In early 1999, [[BBC Two]] broadcast a 40-minute documentary, ''A Stranger Among Us—In Search of Nick Drake''. The following year, Dutch director Jeroen Berkvens released the documentary ''A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake'', featuring interviews with Boyd, Gabrielle Drake, Wood and Kirby. Later that year, ''[[The Guardian]]'' named ''Bryter Layter'' the best alternative album of all time.<ref name="guardian"/>

In 1999, "Pink Moon" was used in a [[Volkswagen]] commercial, boosting Drake's US album sales from about 6,000 copies in 1999 to 74,000 in 2000.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Rothenberg Grtiz |first=Jennie |date=25 November 2014 |title=How the Internet (and Volkswagen) Made a Dead Folksinger Into a Star |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/how-the-internet-and-volkswagen-made-a-dead-folksinger-into-a-star/383145/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424173836/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/how-the-internet-and-volkswagen-made-a-dead-folksinger-into-a-star/383145/ |archive-date=24 April 2015 |access-date=31 December 2021 |website=The Atlantic}}</ref><ref name="boston.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.boston.com/culture/music/2016/07/21/four-boston-ad-professionals-volkswagen-shed-light-almost-forgotten-music-career/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620080509/https://www.boston.com/culture/music/2016/07/21/four-boston-ad-professionals-volkswagen-shed-light-almost-forgotten-music-career/ |archive-date=20 June 2021 |access-date=7 August 2021 |url-status=live |title=How four Boston ad professionals and a Volkswagen shed light on an almost-forgotten music career | website=Boston.com |date=21 July 2016 |first=Perry |last=Eaton}}</ref> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' saw this as an example of how, following the consolidation of US radio stations, previously unknown music was finding audiences through advertising.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-11-ca-49418-story.html|title=From Obscurity to Hit in 1 TV Commercial|last=Schoenburg|first=Nara|date=11 April 2001|location=Los Angeles, California|access-date=11 April 2001|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Fans used the [[File sharing|filesharing]] software [[Napster]] to circulate digital copies of Drake's music. According to ''[[The Atlantic]],'' "The chronic shyness and mental illness that made it hard for Drake to compete with 1970s showmen like [[Elton John]] and [[David Bowie]] didn't matter when his songs were being pulled one by one out of the ether and played late at night in a dorm room."<ref name=":0"/>

Over the following years, Drake's songs appeared in soundtracks of "quirky, youthful" films such as ''[[The Royal Tenenbaums]]'', ''[[Serendipity (film)|Serendipity]]'' and ''[[Garden State (film)|Garden State]]''.<ref name=":0" /> ''[[Made to Love Magic]]'', an album of outtakes and remixes released by Island Records in 2004, far exceeded Drake's lifetime sales.<ref name=":0" /> In November 2014, Gabrielle Drake published a companion to her brother's music.<ref>Drake, G. and Callomon, C. (2015), ''Nick Drake: Remembered for a While'', London: [[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]]; {{ISBN|978-1444792591}}</ref> An authorised biography by Richard Morton Jack was published in June 2023, with a foreword by Gabrielle Drake.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jack |first=Richard Morton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxMhEAAAQBAJ |title=Nick Drake: The Life |date=8 June 2023 |publisher=John Murray Press |isbn=978-1-5293-0811-2 |language=en}}</ref> Other contemporary artists influenced by Drake include [[José González (singer)|José González]],<ref name=":4">Kearney, Ryan. "[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4126-the-creek-drank-the-cradle/ Iron & Wine: The Creek Drank the Cradle]". ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', 1 October 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2021</ref> [[Bon Iver]],<ref name=":4" /> [[Iron & Wine]],<ref name=":4" /> [[Alexi Murdoch]],<ref name=":4" /> [[Steven Wilson]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ultimatemetal.com/threads/steve-wilson-interview.217126/ | title=Steve Wilson Interview | date=26 November 2005 }}</ref> and [[Philip Selway]] of [[Radiohead]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 January 2015 |title=This music made me: Radiohead's Philip Selway |url=https://www.musicomh.com/features/this-music-made-me/philip-selway |access-date=7 April 2022 |website=[[MusicOMH]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> 

In 2023, [[Chrysalis Records]] released ''[[The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake|The Endless Coloured Ways – The Songs of Nick Drake]]'', a tribute album featuring artists including Selway, [[Liz Phair]] and [[Feist (singer)|Feist]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brasil |first=Sydney |date=7 July 2023 |title=Nick Drake Tribute Album Features Feist, Liz Phair & More: Stream |url=https://consequence.net/2023/07/endless-coloured-ways-nick-drake-tribute-album-stream/ |access-date=6 November 2023 |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The box set ''The Making of Five Leaves Left'' is planned for release in July 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farrell |first=Margaret |author-link= |date=2025-04-11 |title=Nick Drake's 'Five Leaves Left' Getting Box Set With 30 Previously Unreleased Demos And Outtakes: Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2303928/nick-drakes-five-leaves-left-getting-box-set-with-30-previously-unreleased-demos-and-outtakes/music/ |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref>