Bryter Layter
Bryter Layter | ||||
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Studio album by Nick Drake | ||||
Released | 5 March 1971[1] | |||
Recorded | 1970, Sound Techniques, London | |||
Genre | Electric folk, folk rock, baroque pop, folk baroque | |||
Length | 39:09 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Joe Boyd | |||
Nick Drake chronology | ||||
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Bryter Layter, recorded in 1970 and released in March 1971,[1] 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.[2] Initially scheduled for release in November 1970, with UK promotional copies being sent out at the time, dissatisfaction with the artwork meant that the album was held over into the New Year.[1]
Contents
Reception
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Music Box | [4] |
Pitchfork Media | (9.7/10)[5] |
Q | [6] |
In 2000, Q placed Bryter Layter at number 23 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. Q (January 2001, 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 (18 September 1993, p. 19) – Ranked No. 14 in NME's list of The Greatest Albums of the '70s. In 2000, 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.[7]
Entertainment Weekly (12 May 2000, 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 (July 2000, p. 99) – "Certainly the most polished of his catalogue....[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 (March 2001, p. 88) – "With a voice paradoxically feather-light and grave, [one] of the most beautiful and melancholy albums ever recorded."
Q (May 2007, p. 135) – "Drake and producer Joe Boyd ratcheted up the production from the singer's debut album for this slick pop-folk set inspired by stoned late-night rambles around London. Hazey Jane II and at the Chime of a City Clock offered more hooks than a pirate convention, but mainstream success proved tellingly elusive."
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Nick Drake.
Side one | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
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 |
Side two | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
6. | "Bryter Layter" | 3:24 |
7. | "Fly" | 3:00 |
8. | "Poor Boy" | 6:09 |
9. | "Northern Sky" | 3:47 |
10. | "Sunday" | 3:42 |
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
- "Sunday"
- Nick Drake – guitar
- Ray Warleigh – flute
- Dave Pegg – bass
- Dave Mattacks – drums
- Strings arranged by Robert Kirby
Release history
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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United Kingdom | 6 March 1971 | Island | LP | ILPS 9134 |
May 1987 | CD | CID 9134 | ||
26 June 2000 | IMCD 71 |
References
- 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 Zathura: A Space Adventure and the song was featured in Wes Anderson's "The Royal Tenenbaums".
- The song "One of These Things First" was featured on the Grammy award winning Garden State soundtrack, compiled by Zach Braff. The song was also used in the 2008 film Seven Pounds starring Will Smith.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Drake, Gabrielle, Nick Drake: Remembered For A While, Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
- ↑ Music Blogger. Bryter layter: Nick Drake's Gabrielle Drake sheds a little light on her late sibling. SF Bay Guardian Online. 27 September 2007.
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The title is in reference to Queen's English and BBC weather reporters who would describe the weather as "brighter later".[citation needed]
External links
- Album online on Radio3Net a radio channel of Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company
- Bryter LayterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
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