Bryter Layter

Occupation

Bryter Layter is the second studio album by the British folk singer Nick Drake.

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Reception

The album is considered as all three albums by Nick Drake considered a classic of music history and immersed in many leaderboards in music magazines on; about the list of the 500 best albums of all time by Rolling Stone ( German Edition: 145 Square; English: Course 245 )

" After the great, but not commercially successful debut album" Five Leaves Left " Nick Drake left again to producer Joe Boyd and arranger Robert Kirby. [ ... ] The effort paid off again only artistically from: The consistently filigree song material living from the congenial arrangements Kirby and Drake finely woven melodies ".

Also in similar lists of other music magazines, it received top rankings, including 14th place in The Greatest Albums Of The '70 (1993, New Musical Express) or No. 23 in The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2001, Q magazine ).

It is also represented in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You.

Musicians involved

  • Nick Drake: guitar, vocals
  • Dave Pegg: Bass (1-3, 5-10)
  • Ed Carter: bass ( 4)
  • Dave Mattacks: drums (1, 2, 5, 6, 10)
  • Mike Kowalski: drums (3, 4, 8, 9)
  • Richard Thompson: Lead Guitar ( 2)
  • Ray Warleigh: alto saxophone (3, 8 ), flute (10 )
  • Paul Harris: piano ( 4)
  • Chris McGregor: piano ( 8)
  • Lyn Dobson: flute (6 )
  • John Cale: viola, harpsichord ( 7), celesta, piano, organ (9 )
  • P. P. Arnold and Doris Troy: Choir ( 8)
  • Robert Kirby: Arrangements (1-3, 5, 10)
Record label Island Records Genre Folk music Singer-Songwriter Pink Moon NME 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die Richard Thompson (musician)
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