- Bryter Layter
Infobox Album | Name = Bryter Layter
Type =Album
Artist =Nick Drake
Released =November 1 1970
Recorded = Sound Techniques Studio, London
Genre = Folk
Length = 39:09
Label =Island Records
Producer =Joe Boyd
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ezabqj5yojka link]
* The Music Box Rating|4|5 [http://www.musicbox-online.com/nd-pink.html link]
Last album = "Five Leaves Left "
(1969)
This album = "Bryter Layter"
(1970)
Next album = "Pink Moon "
(1972)|"Bryter Layter", recorded in 1970, was the second of three
album s by British folk musicianNick Drake .Like "
Five Leaves Left ", the album contains no unaccompanied songs: Drake was accompanied by part of the Britishfolk rock groupFairport Convention andJohn Cale fromThe Velvet Underground , as well asBeach Boys musiciansMike Kowalski andEd Carter .Reception
In 2000 "Q" magazine placed "Bryter Layter" at number 23 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.
Q magazine (1/01, p.95) - Included in Q's "5 Best Re-Issues of 2000".NME (9/18/93, p.19) - Ranked #14 in NME's list of The Greatest Albums Of The '70s.NME included "One of These Things First" on a CD titled "NME Presents Under the Influence", which included songs by some of most influential musicians and bands in music history [http://www.discogs.com/release/1047592] .Entertainment Weekly (5/12/00, p.24) - "The exquisiteness of the first album is expanded upon in 'Hazey Jane I', 'Fly' and a genuinely optimistic love song, 'Northern Sky'..." - Rating: B+Mojo (7/00, p.99) - "Certainly the most polished of his catalog.... [It] begins to suggest a whole other tableau of unexplored possibilities....God, how damn confident it all sounds. He knew how good he was..."
Alternative Press (3/01, p.88) - "With a voice paradoxically feather-light and grave, [one] of the most beautiful and melancholy albums ever recorded."Track listing
# "Introduction" – 1:33
# "Hazy Jane II" – 3:46
# "At the Chime of a City Clock" – 4:47
# "One of These Things First" – 4:52
# "Hazey Jane I" – 4:31
# "Bryter Layter" – 3:24
# "Fly" – 3:00
# "Poor Boy" – 6:09
# "Northern Sky" – 3:47
# "Sunday" – 3:42Personnel
Nick Drake performs vocals and
guitar , except where indicated otherwise.*"Introduction"Nick Drake - guitar
Dave Pegg -bass guitar Dave Mattacks -drum s
Strings arranged byRobert Kirby *"Hazy Jane II"Dave Pegg - bass
Dave Mattacks - drums
Richard Thompson -lead guitar
Brass arrangement by Robert Kirby*"At the Chime of a City Clock"
Ray Warleigh - alto sax
Dave Pegg - bassMike Kowalski -drum s
Strings arranged by Robert Kirby*"One of These Things First"
Paul Harris -piano Ed Carter - bass
Mike Kowalski - drums*"Hazey Jane I"Dave Pegg - bass
Dave Mattacks - drums
Strings arranged by Robert Kirby*"Bryter Layter"Nick Drake - guitar
Lyn Dobson -flute
Dave Pegg - bass
Dave Mattacks - drums*"Fly"
John Cale -viola andharpsichord
Dave Pegg - bass*"Poor Boy"Ray Warleigh - alto sax
Chris McGregor - piano
Dave Pegg - bass
Mike Kowalski - drumsPat Arnold andDoris Troy - backing vocals*"Northern Sky"John Cale - celeste, piano and organ
Dave Pegg - bass
Mike Kowalski - drums*"Sunday"Nick Drake - guitar
Ray Warleigh - flute
Dave Pegg - bass
Dave Mattacks - drums
Strings arranged by Robert KirbyReferences
The cover of the North American version of the 2003 album "
Akuma no Uta " by Japanese Metal band Boris pays tribute to "Bryter Layter".
The lyrics to "Fly" were heavily referenced in the 2005 film "".External links
*MusicBrainz album|id=0266c5dc-e7d4-49a7-8964-f7e4461f911a|name =Bryter Layter
* [http://www.algonet.se/~iguana/DRAKE/NDbryter.html Lyrics]
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