Bryter Layter

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Bryter Layter
Bryter Layter cover
Studio album by Nick Drake
Released November 1, 1970
Recorded Sound Techniques Studio, London
Genre Folk
Length 39:09
Label Island Records
Producer Joe Boyd
Professional reviews
Nick Drake chronology
Five Leaves Left
(1969)		 Bryter Layter
(1970)		 Pink Moon
(1972)

Bryter Layter, recorded in 1970, was the second of three albums by British folk musician Nick Drake.

Like Five Leaves Left, the album contains no unaccompanied songs: Drake was accompanied by part of the British folk rock group Fairport Convention and John Cale from The Velvet Underground, as well as Beach Boys musicians Mike Kowalski and Ed Carter.

Contents

[edit] 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".

In 2003, the album was ranked number 245 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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[1].

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."

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Introduction" – 1:33
  2. "Hazey Jane II" – 3:46
  3. "At the Chime of a City Clock" – 4:47
  4. "One of These Things First" – 4:52
  5. "Hazey Jane I" – 4:31
  6. "Bryter Layter" – 3:24
  7. "Fly" – 3:00
  8. "Poor Boy" – 6:09
  9. "Northern Sky" – 3:47
  10. "Sunday" – 3:42

[edit] Personnel

Nick Drake performs vocals and guitar, except where indicated otherwise.

  • "Introduction"

Nick Drake - guitar
Dave Pegg - bass guitar
Dave Mattacks - drums
Strings arranged by Robert Kirby

  • "Hazey 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 - bass
Mike Kowalski - drums
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 and harpsichord
Dave Pegg - bass

  • "Poor Boy"

Ray Warleigh - alto sax
Chris McGregor - piano
Dave Pegg - bass
Mike Kowalski - drums
Pat Arnold and Doris 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 Kirby

[edit] References

The cover of 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 Zathura: A Space Adventure.

[edit] External links

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