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Bryter Layter
 
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Bryter Layter
~ Nick Drake (Artist)
4.9 out of 5 stars  (23 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Audio CD (26 Jun 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Universal / Island
  • ASIN: B000025H0Q
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,121 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

    Popular in these categories:

    #19 in  Music > World & Folk > English Folk
    #32 in  Music > Rock > Classic Rock > Folk Rock
    #58 in  Music > Rock > Classic Rock > Classic British Rock

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Track Listings

1. Introduction
2. Hazey Jane II
3. At The Chime Of A City Clock
4. One Of These Things First
5. Hazey Jane I
6. Bryter Layter
7. Fly
8. Poor Boy
9. Northern Sky
10. Sunday

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Bryter Layter, the second album from Nick Drake, came in 1970, and while not quite as melancholy as his debut, Five Leaves Left, there are certain brooding qualities that continued to propagate the Nick Drake mystique. Horn, flute and string arrangements lift such songs as "At the Chime of a City Clock" and "Hazy Jane I" and "II" out of the realm of sad, folk-guitar music into something jazzier and lighter, while the beautiful piano and simple guitar of "One of These Things First" laments what could have been without sounding like a song of despair. But two tracks featuring John Cale on various instruments (such as viola and harpsichord) have the dark fragility of "Pink Moon": the lovely "Fly" is a fragile apparition, and "Northern Sky" is a dreamy, brooding plea for long-lasting love. It's definitely not the same mood music as his starker work, but it's still a