Bryter Layter

Hazey Jane II Hazey Jane I Poor Boy

Introduction Hazey Jane II One of These Things First Poor Boy

Nick Drake sounds best by himself

Best Song: One Of These Things First. I liked the way the piano and guitar picking played off one another, providing a constant rolling rhythm that nicely offset the singer's more gentle delivery. Worst Song: Bryter Layter. It's rather strange that the titular song by this singer-songwriter contains no vocals. His melancholy vocals were, for me, the best part of the album, so I really didn't see the point of this track. Overall: Something about this particular instance of his soft-spoken melancholy didn't strike me as true as did the previous albums of his on this list. Maybe it was too sunny outside. This is the type of music that demands at least partial cloud cover.

When I first listened to Pink Moon, I thought it was fine but I didn't quite understand why everyone was so enamored with it so I hadn't listened to any of his other albums before getting assigned this one. I really liked this album so now I think I need to revisit Pink Moon. I'm older and wiser now, perhaps I'll understand it more. Bryter Layter gets a 4.5/5.

Really enjoyed this as opposed to his follow up album, the melancholy vocals pair well with the backing band and create an easy going but emotionally painful atmosphere. I feel like the majority of the songs could slot into my life at various points and help process things and that makes this a super strong album for me personally. No duds in the bunch but I grew to love, Hazey Jane II, At The Chime Of A City Clock (Sax is great here), One of These Things First (Saved), Poor Boy and Northern Sky.

Hyvä kokkuslevy

Kyllä tätä nyt ihan kuunteli ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I really love this album. Over the past year, I gradually became more fascinated with the songs and its production. It feels very magical and mystical at times, sometimes very melancholy and serious, and at others it feels very jaunty and light. Nick Drake’s voice across all of his albums is just so warm and uplifting, and it just binds the record together as a whole. The album’s a very full experience and a delight to listen to.

Nick Drake seems to have a very strong sense of rhythm. Too early to give a strong opinion.

Honestly one of the most incredible albums I’ve ever heard. I adore Nick Drake and all musical choices he makes. The contrast between songs in this as well as the instrumental complexity throughout. It is one of the only albums I could call folk jazz which is a bizarre combination but works very well in many songs on this album. I could listen to this forever.

It's a very beautiful album but not my type of album

I feel like this could be the soundtrack to every romcom ever. The bit after the couple have split up and they are sitting contemplating what to do next. Not unpleasant but I feel it didn't stand out in any way for me.

Yasssss

I wish this album did less. Nick's voice is very soft and I think it could be very suiting for the style of music he wants to play. But this is doing too much. Northern Sky is a pretty song, but by-and-large, I feel that all the orchestration here is taking away from Nick's playing and singing. A lot of my friends told me that I would like Pink Moon, since that album is 99% just Nick's voice and guitar. Maybe I'll like Pink Moon when I get there. But as of now, this is all the Nick Drake I know. Wasn't a fan. I wish it wasn't so posh. It's weird. It simultaneously feels like it's trying to do so much, and it's just...not anything to me. I'm hoping that this isn't how I feel about folk in general.

It was fine

Like many I was enamored of the song Pink Moon when it was featured in a Volkswagen commercial back in the day which led me to get his greatest hits album although that’s not how I usually like to approach material from an artist new to me. Listening to this album is a perfect example of why it’s a bad idea. The greatest hits album although good was uneven and as I remember tended toward the maudlin. This album on the other hand is a solid piece of art. Not only are the songs good, interesting and not mopey, they’re unique though thematically akin, the arrangements are beautiful, there are repeated themes, and I love that it is bookended by instrumental orchestra pieces to give the experience some structure. Very well done.

I used to not get Nick Drake—I still don’t get him, but I used to not get him too.

Here we go here we go! Finally an album I know well. Not just knowing the artist is out there, not listening to some of their other work, not knowing one or two of the big hits and getting to hear the rest of the album for the first time, an album I know back to front already, and with damn good reason. Nick Drake is in the class of the most phenomenal musicians. While not as sombre as his poignant later work (looking at you, Pink Moon), this album does a fantastic job of setting tone with such a small but masterfully utilised and manipulated instruments. Nick's voice, in the same way as equally fantastic guitarist Mark Knopfler, is not what any of us, now or then, would consider a mainstream musician's voice, indeed like Dire Straits Nick talks more than he speaks. But by god does he make it work. The words and the music combine so perfectly. This might be the first album I would genuinely consider being a requirement before the mortal coil is hopped. I've found other good albums and songs through this activity, but Bryter Layter really lives up to the task in a way the vast bulk cannot. At The Chime Of A City Clock and One Of These Things First will likely be two very high-ranking songs for the rest of my life, and there isn't a true dud on the album. Beyond my capacity to fault.

first album on this site! lovely voice and songwriting... very very soundtrack similar to a group I like called yo la tengo though this was probably their inspiration hehe favourites : Introduction One of These Things First Fly

Idek why i rated this album 1 at first, like?? Good songs.

Calma

buen album

I listened to Nick Drake some years ago, back when he had that moment when “Pink Moon” was used in a Volkswagen ad and a bunch of people rediscovered him in consequence. I remember liking it, but it was never music that stuck with me. Revisiting it now, I suppose over twenty years later, I don’t feel that differently about it. It’s very pleasant, and I can see how some elements of this album were very influential—“Hazey Jane II” strongly suggests Belle and Sebastian; I had a Beck album on here earlier that had a big Nick Drake influence—it’s just that it doesn’t particularly do much for me.

hoy la verdad no tengo ganas de pensar

Very somber, and folk like with dark undertones. Melancholic beauty.

Really pretty acoustic mushy man rock.

I have a love hate relationship with Nick Drake’s music. This one leans more to the love side but it’s not too far from the middle.

Fantastic surprise this

Had never heard it before. Good classic folk music, trying to start grading harder though.

holy boring.

Interesting it’s a good instrumental vibe. The album definitely is for a down time and nearly put me to sleep. All and all it was ok.

larga vida al folk, mi gran amigo de inviernos y donde puedo refugiarme.

I wanted to like this…I listened three times but ultimately it faded into background soundtrack every time.

Beautiful and haunting. One of my favourite albums of all time. Timeless.

This is an album I’ll remember forever. Listened to it multiple times in one day.

So this is really good dont get me wrong. Songs writing is great, its technically good etc etc. I dont care for some of the themes, as in like the songs dont impact me in anyway. Im not emotionally invested at all. Maybe just not my cup of tea? If this type of music is up your alley I could def see a 5/5 but for me; glad I listened to it but never gonna listen to it again. Gg

bryter later reminds me of a the cardigans song but i cant recall which one, especially around minute 0:42. I think Poor Boy is my favorite of this album listened to this while decorating my room, very nice

Super album, j'ai adoré l'ambiance !

I can't even explain my love for Nick Drake. I've always felt that his face on this cover is the face that I probably make most days, without even realising. I've always felt... that I am Nick Drake... like I am Charlie Kirk. But... I am Nick Drake, yeah.

Uneven album, but some really good moments. Who new that Dave Matthew’s, Jack Johnson and others are doing impression of this guy!

Listened previously. Expectations: High - Verdict: Near Perfect - Instantly this album draws you into a comfy, pretty world of soft colour and sound. This is easily the most upbeat and fun album of his, I love the jazzy touches. The whole thing is great but the real highlights are Hazey Jane II, At The Chime Of A City Clock and Northern Sky. Beautiful album.

Backed by lush strings, this is as hopeful as Nick Drake ever sounded. This is a lot more busy than the other two albums released by Drake. Drake wanted to have a record that had instrumentation similar to Pet Sounds and even hired session musicians from that album to help realise his vision. The instrumental compositions 'Introduction', 'Bryter Layter' and 'Sunday' are gorgeous and I could see Nick making more of this style of music if his life wasn't cut so tragically short. We get a bossa-nova flavor on 'Poor Boy'. 'Fly' is one of my favourite songs from him and it his most positive too due to how he yearns at the listener. I can't quite put it into words, but Drake's voice is so comforting and it will soothe your soul. This might be my least favourite album made by Drake within his lifetime, but it is still a classic and one of my favourite folk records.

Hyvä levy. 3,5/5.

The songs were even quite ok, but I really didn’t like his voice, not my taste.

This seemed generic folky country. Didn’t get me neither sad nor longing for dirt roads and old tomes

i liked this one. nice acoustic folk. little jazzy

Didn't finish it. The album sounds polished but his voice is uninteresting for me.

Love some alt folk, I enjoyed the earlier album from Nick drake, but this one was also great. Will reward on re listens, but that early 70s production was wonderful.

Bof. Jolie instrumentation Mais un peu toujours pareil

Finishing up the Nick Drake trilogy out of order with his second album. This one is more polished than the other two and, like the album title says, it’s “brighter”. Drake had a wild talent for turning melancholy themes and lyrics into something colorful and beautiful. The melodies and arrangements are insanely pretty, and his vocals are by far the best on this album; this might be my favorite of the three albums. Another masterpiece from Nick Drake will make it to the top of the mountain and be my 16th 5/5.

Ayy, finally some peak music

Nick Drake has slowly grown on me since listen to his other albums last year.

I'm guessing whoever compiled this list listened to the first song on this album, figured the rest was as beautiful (if not more), then figured it was good enough to be included

poor boy 아직 내가 어리다

Pas aimé

Not a bad album. I liked it most for the back band. I looked them up and the bass and drums were touring musis with the beachboys, so US session musos for this English Folk singer songwriter. The drummer in particular i liked a lot. Very solid, nice subtle touch, very good drummer. The songwriting is a bit earnest. He’s a good folk finger picker guitarist. If i was super into folk i might be more into it. It’s a kind of lounge music folk feel it has to it and i like it but at times get bored easily by it as well though.

There’s a gentleness to Nick Drake’s guitar playing—the soft sound of finger pads picking strings, so much gentler than a pick. What’s incredible is that he sings with the vocal equivalent. His voice is gentle, he approaches every consonant as if caressing with his thumb pad, not striking with a pick. “One of These Things First” was a revelation when my spouse first played it for me a few years back. He somehow sounds out of time. I prefer the sparser arrangements of Pink Moon, but Bryter Layter is an excellent collection of songs.

es muuuyy muy chill y algunas canciones son solo instrumentales. no le doy 5 estrellas porq algunos temas se me hicieron un poquito largos pero en general es muy lindo album

Nick Drake was a genius. His guitar tunings were nothing short of spectacular.

some of it really sounds like sims music (especially bryter layter). i’m so into it.

i enjoyed myself, but it faded a bit into more ambient noise. i do enjoy Nick Drake :)

It's interesting that this is now the second album I've gotten from a folk artist that has a lot of overdubbed instruments the artist didn't approve of. There are some songs, especially Hazey Jane I, where it barely even sounds like the overdubbing fits. It makes me want to listen through all the overdubbing stuff and try to hear it how he originally wanted it. If I had the choice of leaving this album unrated and just writing this review, I'd do that instead. It's so far removed from Nick Drake that it's hard to even say it's his album, let alone something to hear before you die.

Pretty good!

the royal tenenbaums introduced me to a lot of shit

Nick Drake makes me think of that Dr. Who episode where Van Gogh got to come to the future and see how much everyone loves his art. Nick should've had that, too.

Me gustó el estilo de música hasta cierto punto, no es muy mi estilo pero destaco los sonidos y la composición

me conecte con los sonidos de este album, llevandome a paisajes atardeceres con bosques, soledad, melancolia, pero desprendimiento en orden, me senti vulnerable con esta cancion hazey jane 1, poor boy, y northen sky

Más o menos

Way better than I anticipated. Would listen again.

3.9 fr

decent 8

Good chill vibe nice instrumental Sunday morning 8:00 am type of tracks safe aux songs beautiful melodic probably not for everyday listen but can have it’s occasions. 8.4

I didn’t like the most part of the album, but I liked “poor boy”

Nick drake da goat no cap. I can tell there was an attempt at more pop appeal than Pink moon. I think he did better being more experimental and technical. Still nice to hear all of the layers and elements.

I loved this. I’m more familiar with Pink Moon, but I really dig the fuller, orchestral sound to this album. 4/5

Oh FUCK yeah. Yes please. Oh god is good. I needed this. Praise be. This is a palate cleanser after all the slop I've been gargling through this website. Lemme put a pin in this magic rq and start anew. Ok I'm ready for this experience. I love folk oh my god. This is so good so far. And only 40 minutes praise be. And his voice is good. Oh god. This was chemically engineered for me exactly right now. What will happen Drake. I literally could've been a clock bro. Like you don't even get it. Oh boy. I could've been your fucking pillar. I could've been your door. I really really like this. It's refreshing. It's a watery bright spring morning that's still a little nippy and dewdropped but the birds are back and chirping and the flowers are blooming. This is kinda making me emotional after hearing his story I wish he knew how appreciated his music is now. Wow. Big fan Mr. Drake. Edit from later Hazey Jane I is a masterpiece of modern music. Edit from even later I feel like a disservice this format of album rating does to the music is that it so often needs time to sit with you and ruminate in your subconcious before you come back to it because when I first listened to it I obviously liked it but it was also kind've unremarkable in it's subtlety, but the more I listened to it the more it revealed itself to me as one of the best finds I've made in this whole project Favourite: Hazey Jane I Least favourite: Fly

2.8

Not bad, but a whole album was a bit much

Buen disco, buenas armonías, buena guitarra

Saved? ✅ Would listen again? ✅ Would recommend to anyone? ✅ Would buy on Vinyl? ✅

Just like Nick Drake's other only two albums here it has very playful melodies, introspective lyrics, intricate guitar playing and lush arrangements (except for Pink moon; still worth mentioning because 66% of discog. is like this.) I particularly like the arrangements in the songs "Hazey Jane II", "One Of These Things First" and "Bryter Layer." I found that a second listen helped my opinion of this album (as one might expect.) this is also my first Nick Drake album where I didn't experience for a first time without the holy generator, because why not. I definitely think Pink Moon is better than this because sometimes there has to be a favourite, but his catalog is still pretty killer, he didn't seem to miss a lot. Doesn't mean that this is a 'bad' album. Highlight Song/s: "Hazey Jane II", "Hazey Jane I" and "Poor Boy"

I’ve not listened to Nick drake before and will definitely go and listen to more now. This process has been great for pointing out blind spots from 60s,70s and 80s albums for me. Even if there’s some trash on here too.

Pink Moon is a regular for me. I should really listen to Nick Drakes 2 other albums more because they’re equally brilliant. Three 5-star albums by the age of 23. What a legacy from such a tragically short life.

Nick Drake was a legend whose lyrics, vocals and guitar style invited you into his most innermost thoughts and emotions. Five Leaves Left and Pink Moon were also masterpieces! A legend gone way too soon….

Although this is an excellent album, I feel that the strings and other baroque trappings go over the top overall. Pink Moon is cleaner overall.

- i love this guy's voice!! he sings parasite, one of my fav acoustic songs - beautiful acoustic/strings instrumental introduction :) - good pace, very versatile and listenable! can be great for active listening or upbeat background noise - bonus points for a cool album cover - gorgeous combination between smooth, gentle acoustics and bright tangy brass!! that's hard to pull of imo but it works so well here - would be a 5/5 if it had replayability for me. nothing wrong with it, its not quite the flavor of music i enjoy listening to regularly. it's lovely otherwise

top 3 - Hazy Jane II, Northern Sky, Sunday. Beautiful!! Very comforting as well, makes me want to sit outside in the rain :D

Das zweite Studioalbum des englischen Singer-Songwriters Nick Drake entstand 1970 in den Sound Techniques Studios in Chelsea, London – produziert von Joe Boyd, arrangiert von Robert Kirby – und erschien im März 1971 auf Island Records. Begleitet wurde Drake von Mitgliedern der Fairport Convention (Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks, Richard Thompson), dem Multiinstrumentalisten John Cale sowie den Soulsängerinnen P.P. Arnold und Doris Troy. Herausragende Tracks sind Northern Sky, Hazey Jane II und One of These Things First. Urbaner und zugänglicher als das Debüt Five Leaves Left – das war die Absicht, und sie gelingt: Messing, Streicher, Cembalo und Cales Orgel verleihen dem Album eine kammermusikalische Fülle, die Drakes zurückhaltenden Fingerpicking-Gitarren umhüllt, ohne sie zu erdrücken. Northern Sky trägt Cales Celesta wie ein Versprechen; Hazey Jane II treibt mit Jazz-Blech durch eine Stadt, der Drake nie wirklich gehörte; Poor Boy bricht mit selbstironischem Witz das Schweigen. Der scheinbar aufgeräumte Ton der Platte ist das, was sie so schmerzhaft macht – die Melancholie schimmert durch jeden Akkord, ohne je aufdringlich zu werden. Trotz des offensichtlichen Hitpotenzials von Northern Sky koppelte Island nichts aus, warb kaum und verkaufte beim Erscheinen unter 3.000 Exemplare. Drake war zerstört. Erst nach seinem Tod 1974 wurde Bryter Layter als das Meisterwerk anerkannt, das es von Anfang an war. Bryter Layter ist das seltene Dokument eines Künstlers, der im letzten Moment der Schönheit noch einmal alles gibt, bevor er in der Stille verschwindet.

Just good vibes. The truth is I don't have much to say but I really like how it sounds, in general there is no song from this album that I dislike

Really liked it.

I have to be honest I found this incredibly boring. Nothing stood out to me at all.

nick drake goes electric. it definitely has a more upbeat feel than the others. pretty sure i heard a few of these first from wes anderson films and the garden state soundtrack.

Until I decided to do this 1001 albums list, I knew little about Nick Drake. Then, I listened to Five Leaves Left - and it was a bit of a discovery. Then, I discovered Radio Paradise - The Mellow Mix, which is fabulous but it's a lot of Nick Drake... so the novelty has worn off a bit for me. And I like the more naked instrumentation better than this album with lots of guests and lost of musical layers. Still, very good folky song writing. I'll be generous and give it a four.

I love Nick Drake’s crooning, quiet voice! Instrumentation was quiet and calm, but complimented his emotional lyrics. This album was so great!

Pretty chill record. Bryter Layter, Fly and especially poor boy stood out to me.

no de mi agrado

Pretty chill record. I dug the acoustics of the guitar.

Es como un día con mood en los 1900 mientras paseas por Londres, tiene de fondo guitarra. Tiene vibes de los Beatles.

Tosi chilli levy. Rauhallista ja hyvän kuullosta settiä koko levy.

I’ll be honest. Im really not a fan of nick drake. This album is a huge step up from Five Leaves Left. Its is great musically. But it can tend to be a bit of a drag on occasion.

As a fan of this type of music, I must say I never understood Nick Drake. I assume Pink Moon will be the next one I listen to. Maybe that will change my mind. Pretty lyrics.

55# One of my favorite albums of all time is from Nick Drake, Pink Moon. But shamefully so, i never sat down to hear this one. Its nice to kinda be obliged to do it. Tender in the most depressing way. Beautiful besides all the sadness.

Never heard of album or band. Cool sound to start it off. I like the strings a lot. Hazey jane II is just ok. Good background track, vocals/lyrics are lacking. Similar feeling about at the chime. Not the biggest fan of this guys voice. Songs also are just not very catchy. One of these thins is very relaxing. Better songwriting, still not great. I like the piano. Similar feelings about Hazey Jane I but I like the strings. I like bryter layter because there’s no vocals. Flute pisses me off tho. Don’t like fly. I’m getting sick of this album. It’s all blending together and I hate the guys whiny voice. Piano solo is cool on poor boy. This is just piano bar music it’s not listen to a whole album music. Northern sky is fine, more of the same. The background tracks are so much better than the vocals. Sunday is fine. I just don’t like flute songs. This album as a whole was so average. Again just another album. More bad than good I think, I can’t get over the bad vocals. 2 stars.

Pretty mellow. I didn't know anything about this dude and saw people mention depression, so I looked him up and was surprised to see him die so young.

I always mess up Nick Drake with Nick Cave... Nick Drake is a LOT better.

Äärimmäisen tylsä levy. Hienosti tehtyä hissimusiikkia, ei muuta. Munatonta vinkunaa. Toivottavasti ei tule Nick Drakea lisää listalla. Ongelma on ennen muuta lauluäänen ärsyttävyys ja ponnettomuus ja se, että musa ei vaan lähde lentoon, ei sitten millään. Kun Mr Drake avaa suunsa ensimmäisen kerran niin toivoo levyn loppuvan pian. Tylsä ja raskas kuuntelukokemus. Huono. 1/5

Not bad but boring

Nick Drake is one of those artists who didn't really see much in the way of mainstream success during his lifetime, but has posthumously become absolutely revered by many artists, particularly those in the indie and folk scenes, as one of the greatest musicians who ever lived. Admittedly, I wasn't even familiar with him until fairly recently. 'Bryter Layter' is Nick Drake's second album and is seen by many as his best (at least I think so, this seems to be the one that gets mentioned a lot and that even Boris paid homage to with one of their album covers). Musically, while this is definitely a folk album, it's not folk music like in the nature of artists like Bob Dylan or Donovan. This album, while being very gentle and calming in nature, doesn't necessarily sound like it's stripped down like you might expect in folk music. Drake has a full band backing him up, which included members of Fairport Convention, John Cale of Velvet Underground fame, and a couple of Beach Boys session musicians. And the music has a definite progressive sound to it, particularly in songs like the jazzy "Poor Boy" and instrumentals like "Sunday" and the title track, both of which have a bit of that baroque pop sound to them, not unlike what the Kinks were starting to get into on some of their mid to late 60's albums. By far the best known song on the album is "Northern Sky", which I believe was the song that helped people gain a renewed interest in Drake's music in the 80's.

He sounds like Seal! Happy music, I liked it!

This is a solid 7/10 for me. To me his sound is just a better Beatles sound. It is quintessential 70s sound.

Loved the sound

i'm learning that i enjoy 60s/70s folk rock more than i expected to. this is likely more of a 3.5 than a 4 but giving it a 3 would feel too harsh

Best Song: One of these Things First I had never heard of Nick Drake before this. I enjoyed it. To me, this is the definition of easy listening and probably am the only one who would categorize this as such, but that is what it sounded like to me. 4/5.

Like belle and Sebastian

Buen disco, chill de cojones, fantástico.

nicht meins 1/5

one of my favourites

We seem to be stuck in this cycle of albums that are fine, but not incredible. I get it. 1001 is a big number when it comes to albums, but there's a lot on this list that shouldn't be here. This is one of them. The album is fine. There are even a couple really good songs, but I'll never listen to it again. 3 Stars Post Review Reading Note: There are way too many 5 star ratings on the main page of this album. I can absolutely see someone giving it 4 stars; in a different mood maybe I would have done the same. 3.5 maybe for sure. But 5?! Folks....Stop yourselves. Come back to me. Be serious. Get real.

maybe overrated?

Varför har denna grabben flera album i listan? Aldrig hört talas om innan och jag förstår verkligen inte musiken.. det är bara.. musik.. forgettable

Haunting and beautifully arranged. Very interesting guitarwork.

Beautiful album. Melancholic and sad but not overly so, soulful singing and playing. Loved it.

Beautiful album with lots of good stuff going on. I liked how the different instruments worked together with the singing. The atmosphere of the album was also top notch. Close call if I'd rate this 4 or 5. But I genuinly enjoyed this one and would happily tip my friend of this album so lets go with 5.

Very slow paced comforting songs. Felt like I'm in an old painting where there are flutes and other handmade instruments playing and the guitar is standing out. Such a shame that he didn't get the fame.

Very intimate, beautiful sounds… album that would perfectly match the vibe of living in a calm lodge in the middle of the forest. 3.5/10

es un estilo de musica que roza lo convencional, pero la comunicación con la voz es una locura, esa convención pasa a ser un viaje sonoro muy difícil de lograr. Este álbum habla por si solo y es una joyita histórica que nadie debería perderse

Good album not my style though

Really not my bag

Boring

Didn’t know the artist. It was a nice discovery, pleasant listening for a rainy evening with a cup of tea.

Favourite track: poor boy

Sounds of a swell spring evening

Chill songs to smoke cigs to

Bryter Layter and Hazey Jane 1 are very cool songs. Never heard of this album, it's kinda sound more than a 1970 album

Ugh; the generator made me listen to Drake again only a few albums after "Five Leaves Left". Has it stood the test of time? Sadly, no.

Devastating

Yeahhhh

Fine, not the best. Not the worst.

Totally into early 70s these days. Keep em coming!

Ok

Enjoyed the soft background music and the lyrics. Just not a fan of his vocals. One of These Things First stood out. 2.5/5. Update, I thought I had a Nick Drake album before, so after searching I had and wrote the same comments on that one. :)

3.5 stars. Not my favorite by Nick Drake but still enjoyed it. Good string arrangements and overall a nice, relaxing folk album

That was a great album. Loved it. 5. Hazey Jane II, One Of These Things First and Fly through to Northern Sky all excellent.

Back to Bsck tortured folk souls... This one definately has the edge though, maybe close to the apex of British folk, just enough whimsy. For some reason never gave his other albums More than a cursory listen, so looking forward to those coming up.

A staple of naughties listening for me. Not revisited in some time, but thoroughly enjoyed throughout. Found common ground with the Mrs which is always a bonus.

Wow, I wasn’t familiar with Nick drake before this, great discovery for me. 4 stars. Some parts remind me a ton of belle and sebastian

Didn't listen to it. Probably sucked anyhow.

Yup. Sweet and elegant. A genius before anyone new he was gone.

I liked it

The last Nick Drake album for me to listen to, is perhaps my favourite? Fits somewhere perfectly in the middle of his debut's more grand compositions and "Pink Moon's" loneliness. No bad tracks on this, really enjoyed listening to it and will definitely revisit.

A morning album, really great!

amazing album

interesting but not quite my thing. i like the jazzier portions best. drake has a beautiful voice though

His voice reminds me of a male Sade

English folk + Burt Bacharach = 1

Great folk album, great vibe to it. Hazey Jane I was my fav song and first listen of the album with One Of These Things First and Hazey Jane II being my other highlights

i loved this so so much, it's like a warm blanket on a cold day. absolutely beautiful album, almost cried listening to be honest.

this album could make me cry. northern sky is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever. perfect <3

The common ding against this album is that it is over-produced but no it's actually not. The only choice I don't like is the gospel choir on 'Poor Boy.' Everything else is basically perfect. I love how the melody in 'Hazey Jane II' sounds like a melodic line that would start a horn solo in a jazz song. This was produced by the guy who did a bunch of Fairport Convention and Richard & Linda Thompson albums (and Five Leaves Left) and it sounds pretty immaculate. (He also produced Fables of the Reconstruction!) 'Fly' makes me die.

Superb

Fairly bland noodling

Aangenaam!

Aangenaam maar een beetje saai

What a gem. Lovely album. Singer songwriter writer classic

My favorite Nick Drake album. It has all the ingredients of his other two albums with an additional touch of jazzy lightness.

thank god for nick drake. i knew northern sky already, but i hadn't ever heard this album in full. i think my favourites are northern sky, hazey jane ii and fly. overall rating? unsure, but for the genre he's in i think he's one of the best at what he does. i say again, thank god for nick drake. i am sorry you were never appreciated in your time.

My Grandma had all his CDs, bless her heart. Introduction's string swells are greatly graceful. I like the drummer's galloping beat and fills on Hazey Jane II. I'm a sucker for descending and somber sounding riffs followed by uplifting and sunny sounding song sections like on At The Chime of a City Clock, guitar work incredible on this one, and did I mention it features a saxophone?! One of These Things First dealing lyrically with identity, it's resonant with me in these times. Nice Bossa nova beat and arpeggios. Bryter Layter's central riff reminds me of the Disney Pixar Cars game main theme for the Xbox360. Fly sounds a bit baroque, hmm, I wonder what instrument makes it sound that way... A steady mambo beat sits patiently in the sidelines on Poor Boy, interesting the Latin inspirations throughout this record, for it's time I'd imagine that to be revolutionary. Northern Sky has this short but sweet piano part before the second verse that feels like when the sun peers through a gap in a thin gray cloud on a soggy afternoon with an almost blinding, white light across a plain, grassy field that in a nano-second, renders the already calm and tepid air to a warm blanket that consoles the outer layer, this song speaks of the seasons and love with intrepid curiosity. Sunday is an alright closing instrumental and gently sets the baby down in it's cradle. Plenty of instrumentation to pay attention to, it can become a meditative and engaging process to focus on one set of sounds or a calming background to contrast life's daily chaos. That's right, this album has me waxing poetic. This record is going to make me cry at some point in life, I just know it.

Hazey Jane II

Lovely

A non event

It is the Nick Drake album that least resonates with me. If one had to be removed from the list it would be this one. However, it remains a great record for what it is. 8/10 [KEEP]

Meh. Too long and sounds like an artist trying to sound like he’s got street cred

Some really nice tracks, made my morning listening to this. Some of the tracks weren't for me, but they weren't horrendous. More the arrangement on them wasn't entirely necessary. His vocals and guitars were superb throughout, it would've been five stars in some of the jazz elements on a few songs were stripped back.

Here's Michelin star-level resolution of depth and complexity into a simple but unique and mystifying experience; I’ve listened to the record several times now, sometimes in the background, sometimes up close, and it’s now familiar and elusive, not dissimilar to the exhilaration of the start of a love affair. His voice is the mystic next door’s, matter-of-fact revelatory. The chord changes make sense only after the fact - he rarely goes where my ears expect - and the arrangements weave into the structures with sensitivity; Pat Arnold’s backing vocals to “Poor Boy” still surprise and impress me. Luck is feeding me Drake’s albums in order: I heard and didn’t tune into his first almost exactly three years ago, just before I was bulldozered by a couple of huge events, one expected, one horribly not. I've no right measure for how I’ve aged since, but while I skipped off “Five Leaves Left”’s stratosphere, “Bryter Layter” has gradually burrowed into me this weekend. It may have dethroned Cale’s “Paris 1919” as my favourite baroque pop album. Cale’s on both, so no hard feelings.

Foundational for the UK fey scene - "Hazey Jane II" is a time-travelling Belle & Sebastian, while the album's structure is the template for Badly Drawn Boy's 1001 entry. Every vocal track is a banger, with a stellar supporting cast; the aforementioned HJII concludes with the definitive Nick Drake couplet: 'If songs were lines In a conversation The situation would be fine' Enchanting.

very airy, light, mixes folk influences with a weightless voice. heavy acoustic guitar. somber and quiet

umas 2 musica joia mas nn sei voz meio pulga di bunda

Nick Drake’s Bryter Layter is often hailed as some delicate, transcendent folk-jazz opus, but honestly, it’s about as invigorating as being greeted by an oddly moist and room‑temperature handshake from someone who looks like they’ve never successfully completed a sentence out loud. The album wafts in like a timid ghost asking if it can maybe, possibly, sort of haunt you—if that’s not too much trouble. Every track feels like it’s been ironed flat, spritzed with lavender, and tucked into bed before 9 p.m. The strings swirl politely, the vocals hover like a sigh that got lost on its way to becoming a thought, and the whole thing has the structural integrity of a paper straw left too long in a milkshake. People call it “lush,” but it’s the kind of lush that’s afraid to make eye contact. It’s background music for people who think chamomile tea is “a bit intense.” You keep waiting for something—anything—to grab you, but the album just pats your hand gently and whispers, “No sudden movements.” By the end, you’re left with the distinct impression that Bryter Layter isn’t an album so much as a prolonged shrug set to music. Two stars because it’s pretty in the way a watercolor painting of fog is pretty, but let’s not pretend this isn’t the sonic equivalent of a handshake so limp you check twice to make sure the person is still alive. Better than James Taylor at least.

Cool find

Pretty sure I’ve heard every Nick Drake album during this challenge. I’m not a fan. The music is fantastic but his voice is wishy washy. Even the happy songs are sad.

This is a different kind of Nick Drake. He is best known today for the stripped down melancholy of his vocal and a guitar alone, as heard in "Pink Moon". Here the music is larger and fuller, aided by members of The Fairport Convention, session musicians from The Beach Boys, and John Cale, among others. You can easily imagine a version of this album without any of that. Nick Drake's style really didn't require a backing band and I can understand why he was unhappy with it. In a way, it even feels like a label just overdubbed some unnecessary extra music on top of existing tracks. But the thing is, it works and gives us a new dimension to what Nick Drake could sound like. With or without other bandmembers, the music is great. So why not have some variety?

En ollut ikinä kuunnellut Nick Drakea, mutta olin tietoinen hänen olemassaolostaan. Pidin albumista jonkin verran, mutta useammalla kuuntelulla pisteet voisivat vielä nousta. Nick Drakessa on vähän samaa näköä kuin Nick Cavessa.

Not my style but good

It's fine but nothing amazing. Just another decent 70s era singer/songwriter record. This would go on a giant stack of similar indie records today.

No he escuchado a Nick Drake y escribiré esta reseña en tiempo presente. La portada transmite enigma con matices de una conversación profunda y llena de alma. Pies descalzos evocando naturalidad y simpleza. Postura encorvada reflejando predisposición al arte, pero una mirada que luce perdida y que, sin embargo, promete un disco emocional y vibrante. Introduction da un cálido abrazo al oyente, matices suaves pero reconfortantes, prometiendo un viaje introspectivo al alma. Hazey Jane II es una gran interpretación folk-rock con un mensaje atemporal que refleja el inevitable cambio de los tiempos y la añoranza de un tiempo pasado mejor. At The Chime Of a City Clock es una mezcla de blues, jazz en predominio y la voz de Nick Drake que toma protagonismo, que muestra la dureza de una ciudad fría e impredecible. Canción tras canción, muestra una mirada a la vida y con ritmos que son atemporales. One of These Things First es una pieza de rock y blues, que rememora una devoción hacia un amor que no pudo ser. Hazey Jane I evoca el género de soft-rock, en el que muestra de forma suave y expresiva, el deseo de que su mujer permanezca a su lado. Bryter Layter, canción homónima al disco, funge como transición de una forma hermosa en la ya mitad de esta travesía. Fly muestra una guitarra expresiva, una melodía que abraza y una letra que suplica una segunda oportunidad. Poor boy es una mezcla de jazz, blues y acompañado de la voz susurrante de Nick Drake, que introduce los coros por primera vez en el disco y mágicamente refleja las dificultades de una vida que se llena de angustia y desesperanza. Casi por terminar el disco, Northern Sky, con una melodía, contraria al anterior, con ritmos de esperanza y cambio, abraza al oyente con una letra sobre el amor y la alegría sobre un mañana mejor. Concluye con Sunday, una mezcla de rock experimental y blues, con sonidos emocionalmente agresivos y envolventes, sinfonía que evoca un final, como puede ser el mismo nombre de la canción y que concluye un disco de un alma que se nos abrió y que brindó emociones vibrantes y memorables. Si pudiera escoger una canción sería, con mucha dificultad para escoger solo una, Poor Boy.

One of my favorite albums from the project so far! I finally truly connected with this record. Faves are Introduction, and Hazy Jane I and II

I liked this album. I love the jazzy sound on songs like "At the Chime Of A City Clock" and "Poor Boy". Something to note is how one note his vocals are throughout the entire album. I get that's kind of the point, but it got boring after awhile. Overall it was a calming, yet average listen. Three stars. (Favorite track: At The Chime Of A City Clock.)

Pretty guitar and singer has a good voice but I got really bored haha. Folk music also isn’t always my thing so that is an important caveat

Incredible record. I never knew or even heard about this artist. But he was amazing. A truly haunting record. A real hidden gem for me.

Who...? Who ever it is can't even put his shoes on.

real 2.5

I like Hazy Jane II

"Bryter Layter" ventures into chamber folk, and at times feels like it lacks the intimacy of Drake's other works. The added backing instruments however don't quite remove the mystical, haunting quality of Drake's work; take the jazz-infused "Poor Boy" with its rhythmic comping and its gospel-infused choir, or the ponderous flute of "Sunday", for instance. It is this that makes Drake's work so appealing.

Deep and soulful jazz folk.

Another good album but not on the level of Pink Moon IMO

solides album, 5/10

It's alright, nothing special, but easy to listen to. At The Chime Of A City Clock is the best song out of the album for me.

Ja alltså jag skäms lite för att inte ha lyssnat på Nick Drake innan, jättebra album. Väldigt mysigt, förstår varför Northern Sky är så poppis, gillar allt plink och orgeln mycket. Kul med flöjtar och annat och såklart bra gitarr.

It's the same as Leaves, just slightly different.

Nice but pretty sameh throughout

Boring but pleasant?

this feels very jazz-lite to me. I can't say I hate it. I won't listen to it again but it's good background music.

10 - Nick Drake - Bryter Layter - Rating = 2 Another one I’m not familiar with / 1971 release. Nice orchestra backed acoustic guitar airy setting to start. Into a horn-lead low ramble Hazey Jane 2… the vocal coming in is airy and a little high-pitched male vocal, sorta folky-ramble with horn punches… dated. At the Chime of a City Clock… slow acoustic to start with the soft vocals coming in… this is just sorta boring. One of These Things First I think I’ve heard before… rambling piano and vocal coming in on top… crooning a bit… not bad but a little background-ish. Hazey Jane 1 (why 2 before 1?)… intro is a little more attention grabbing… orchestral is okay… sort of just hangs there… Bryter Layter and Fly… sort of folky lingering non-offensive but not memorable. Poor Boy is like a jazz-guitar soft sleepy ramble that just sort of sits there. The Gospel-like singers add a little zip but not much. Northern Sky is one I’ve heard… soft piano, nice… but sounds a lot like the rest of this album, just a little better put together song. Flute to start dominates the sound as it builds a bit, but the flute just sort of wanders and this goes in circles. This is sort of just a mellow, airy sound… it’s nice but nothing I need.

Needless to say, a fucking masterpiece and legendary record. Pure perfection from start to finish.

amazing

one of these things first sounds like something that would be in curious george very calm album but I loved it favorite song: hazey jane ii

Overproduced and boring, his voice doesn't do anything for me.

246/1001 Nick Drake - Bryter Layter Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ It's between this and Pink Moon as to which is my favourite Drake album. This one has far more arrangements that adds to the the depth of the sound. Drake is on point lyrically here. I will say, I would have preferred two more songs rather than the instrumentals we got.

This is all so pleasantly dull. Coffee house music that you need 5 shots of espresso to not slip into a coma listening to this. Joy! I look forward to being bored listening to his other 2 albums. What a Treat! 1

I get this one, I don't get Nick Drake yet, but I get this album

I quite like the music but I find his voice a bit lispy and annoying. It might grow on me but I sort of doubt it.

Lovely pastoral sounds.

We’ve had our one Nick drake. This is not the ‘must hear’

Not Nick Drake's best material and, despite the all-star cast of supporting musicians, the arrangements don't help. I much prefer the unadorned simplicity of Pink Moon. Fave track; One of These Things First The cover reminded me of the parody on Boris's 'Akuma no Uta' record, so I gave that a spin. Man, that is a really great album. Check it out!

Not as good as his other two albums in my opinion, but not bad. More Singer-Songwriter than Folk-Rock.

Easy listen

Not my cup of tea - just couldn’t get into it

Crazy how I’d never heard of this guy before the generator

it was alright, some songs were just music and no lyrics, which isn't my vibe, but good nonetheless.

Nice enough, and perhaps if I listened to it really hard, a lot, I might quite get into it (although the jazz parts turned me off a bit). Not sure I'd bother to put the effort in, though.

Poor boy is so far my fav track

Many of the reviews here praise Bryter Layter for its laidback coffee shop jazz-folk sound. Just as many criticise it for its laidback coffee shop jazz-folk sound. They can’t both be wrong. A fortnight or so after the fact, I’m still thinking about Amy Winehouse and the pain contained in her pair of albums and how, now, it is difficult not to read the art as forecast. It is a backwards thing to read the forecast after the event, but that’s all we can do after an early unnatural death. If we didn’t see it coming, we should have seen it coming. Nick Drake released three albums before he died. This is the second one we’ve listened to and I am confident that the third and final one will come up on the list. As with Winehouse, it is deigned that we must listen to the whole short canon at the expense of other records. Much like the slender gap between Frank and Back To Black, there is not much difference between Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter: the same lysergic haze, a musical solvent that breaks everything that should be bond together. Unlike Back To Black, there is tightened lyrical focus - Winehouse became fixated on the failing relationship - for Drake, everything is as inexact as it was on his debut. Nothing is become more solid, nor more stable. Winehouse was a victim of her success. Drake had no such luck. This records were made with no expectation, so were not subject to the same financial or market pressures as the Winehouse records. When reviewers here conjure up the coffee shop, they’re not wrong: this album, despite the ornate, busy arrangements, feels small and intimate. But how would Drake respond to the description “laidback coffee shop jazz-folk sound”? Was the soft, wilted sound intentional? Or the consequence of his depression, him having not enough bodily force to write something more declarative, more certain? Or was this a expression of that fuzzy lethargy, the ambivalence that exists a step above black despair and that takes all your energy to get there? Philip Larkin wrote dismissively of Sylvia Plath that “mad people don’t write about being mad.” This may be right or wrong. Certainly, depressed people struggle to write, let alone write about being depressed. Larkin himself knew that. This is not the music of depression, although Drake may hint at it here and there. I was struck, listening this time, how much of Nick Drake there is in Belle and Sebastian. Stuart Murdoch’s voice is similarly underpowered. The instrumentation is layered, but lflimsy. This record reminded me most of the early Belle & Sebastian recordings, when Stuart Murdoch was recovering from ME. This is not the music of depression, it is the music of malaise. It is smaller than the coffee shop. It is Marcel Proust in his sickbed, imagining a decadent world beyond the bedroom walls. But, because it is all in the invalid’s imagination, it is insubstantial, it is a haze, a dream. That is ambivalence. It is not laidback, it is in recline. 2 Shyter layter. This is music as flowery as your granny’s wallpaper and not quite as interesting. I can see that Drake being dead gives the morbid Five Leaves Left the juice necessary to at least keep you awake and stroking your chin for 40 minutes but I am baffled with this one. Nick Drake could rise from the dead and I still wouldn’t be interested in giving his second album another listen. 1/5

Nice melodies. I had listened to Nick Drake’s first album before, and I actually enjoyed this one more ! 3.5/5

Este muchacho tiene unos discos gloriosos. Creo que me alegro de haberlo descubierto tarde en la vida. Antes no habría apreciado su nivel musical y también es bueno dejarse alguna sorpresa agradable para la edad adulta...

i've heard this hundreds of times over the years, and it's never gotten old. it's not my fav of his releases (that goes to Pink Moon) but this is still essential listening like the rest of his discography Introduction - no rating Hazey Jane II - 5/5 At the Chime of a City Clock - 5/5 One of These Things First - 5/5 Hazey Jane I - 4/5 Bryter Layter - 4/5 Fly - 4/5 Poor Boy - 4/5 Northern Sky - 5/5 Sunday - 4/5 Average score: 4.4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ this would technically be a 4.5 star album, but i love it so much that i can't rate it lower than a 5 here. considering i listen to this almost every night, i think this is a well-deserved score

Very nice, mellow sound. Not my favorite, but pleasant to listen to.

Jazzy and folksy at the same time. Not bad for a cozy day. Relaxing, but not boring or slow. 3/5

I listened to this album twice. While there's the prevalent feeling of melancholy throughout Drake's voice skips and drifts. This album deserves more listening.

Очень красивый, мелодичный альбом. Добавил 2 песни, вряд ли буду переслушивать(Настоящий Дрейк)

This was nice and chill for a cool Friday morning

I loved the intro then he started singing. I couldn’t get into his voice. The music was alright. I’m rounding up.

I didn’t mind it, wouldn’t purposefully put it back on though

Went in only really knowing One Of These Things First from The Garden State soundtrack. Nice little mellow album. Sort of sad but not all whiny about it. 3.5⭐️

It's decent....I think I enjoyed Pink Moon more. 3.5

Strong 4

Beautiful. I still think I prefer his first one but I definitely preferred this to pink moon

Really good instrumentals, I usually can't listen to intrumental only songs but the ones on this album are amazing. I also love how calm the album is it reminds me of the beetles

pretty short album again, guess its fine, added one song

c'est pas mon style mais c'est beau quand même, le son du même nom a une petite vibe zelda

Very soothing, but very low energy.

I've being stuck listening to this record for the past week. At first I though it was a very decent and great singer-songwriter album. However, the past Tuesday I decided to listen to it while driving at evening, and it was at that moment when the magic of this album showed up, and I've being in love with it ever since. This record sounds like a cozy and cold autumn afternoon, and I think the primarily element which makes it so charming is the subtle and quiet voice, with the incredibly use of string arrangements and folk melodies coming right after it. In general, I would describe the sound of this album as very positive and sincere, which can be kind of surprising considering that this man tragically died of an antidepressant overdose. The project may not sound incredibly happy, but I don't think anyone would believe that the author suffered from depression right after listening to it, or maybe I'm missing some really hidden messages and clues in the lyrics, which may be the case since I often struggle interpreting them. Another remarkable aspect is how incredibly detailed it is , with some very interesting elements here and there: There are three instrumental tracks: "Introduction", "Bryter Layter" and "Sunday. The first one is a very charm and welcoming piece and the last two feature a wonderful flute that replaces the voice, and I think it is a smart decision, as both have a very subtle sound. The second track, "Haze Jane II", introduces the voice and it is full of life and little uplifting crescendos. The next song is "At the Chime of A City Clock", and like "Poor Boy", one of the latter tracks, they include a saxophone that gives them a kind of jazzy feeling and blends incredibly well. The forth piece, "One of These Things First", has a very playful piano and "Hazey Jane I" has a quite skillful guitar playing. In the track "Fly" they use a harpsichord to create a more baroque oriented track. Finally, the last song to be mentioned, "Northern Sky", has some incredibly wonderful celeste (a instrument I've just learnt exists) and a organ that create a very wonderful and captivating atmosphere. In the end, this is an incredibly beautiful and warm experience. I don't think is perfect, but maybe with time my love it grows enough to give it such a score. Before ending, I must mention that the first time I heard about this artist was when trough Boris' "Akuma Uta", as the photo used in the artwork of that album was inspired by this record. They sound incredibly different though.

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nice, but very background music

it was pretty good, I listened to a few of their popular songs and i felt calm when I was painting.

I had already listened to Pink Moon (1972) and thought it was excellent, though very sad. The suffering in the songs feels almost palpable, and today we know there were many signs that something very dark would eventually happen to him. With that in mind, Bryter Layter by Nick Drake was a very pleasant surprise for me. The album is light, extremely beautiful, and he has a gorgeous voice. Even if I had hated the album, which I didn’t, the experience would already have been worth it just for the opening track, Introduction, which has one of the most beautiful instrumentals I have ever heard in my life. Other highlights for me were Bryter Layter, Fly, and Northern Sky. With all that said, I give the album five stars, because there is simply no other possible rating. Nick Drake was brilliant. ✨

Have only heard the odd song or single by Nick Drake. Was impressed with this and surprised a bit by some of the great musical performance by the band

This was perfect listening for being stuck in traffic in the snow. It somehow matched the mood and helped me stay calm. I appreciated the instrumental stuffs.

So boring. It's fine, but its the most cookie cutter music ever. If aliens came to Earth and went like "HOOMANS PLAY US SOME OF YOR MOOSIC", this is what we should play, cuz it'd cover 90% of all of our music.

He definitely had talent, sadly it does not make for music that I enjoy. It's genuinely so drawn out and so boring. Not for me.

feels like field day where a lot of freedom and butterfly. the Guitar songs mostly. I like the addition of a pipe.

It was ok, but sad and slow. Couldn’t get into it.

Estaba ansiosa antes de ir a trabajar y me calmó

Very calm and mellow album. Super easy listen with calm acoustics and backing instruments. Definitely will revisit.

Non mi fa impazzire 2

Great songs but too few to make up for the lesser deep cuts, the lesser of his awesome catalogue

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I love Nick Drake. For some reason I had never heard of him until a couple years ago, but I was an instant fan when I did. Northern Sky and Hazy Jane I are my favorites from this album.

For such pretty music, I wasn't expecting his voice to sound so light and whispery. I usually envision handsome men as having deeper, maybe raspier, singing voices. It is the soundtrack to a cabin in the woods or an antique shop worth setting foot into.

Chill songs but not really exciting to me.

Not my style of music and his voice drags alot. Do like the folk vibe..

greatly surprised by the quality of the sound, great album, didn’t know this artist, imma look more into him

8,5/10

There are a lot of great albums from 1971, but this is clearly not one of them. 1 star or F+.

Lovely mellow album

I've read enough about Drake over the years to have come into this with some idea about how it would sound, but my expectations were only somewhat true. This ended up feeling a lot more meditative and whimsical than I expected; I admit that the lyrics floated right by me for the most part, but the richness and fun in the melodies and arrangements here don't at all convey the icy pessimism that a lot of writing about Drake does. This one's beautiful and peaceful! I enjoyed Drake's acoustic work throughout the record, but I think "Hazey Jane 1" is my favorite.

it sounds like going on a long road

Me gustó mucho la intro, siento que si tuviera una cafetería agregaría este álbum a la playlist si o si. Muy chill, la voz me relaja. Volvería a escuchar el álbum? Sí, pero porque necesito analizar más la lírica. 7/10

buen album, se siente como tomar un té en una tarde de verano al sol.

Viva el folk. Muy hermoso. Geese.

Wondered during the first half if I haven’t massively underrated this for years. In many ways, it uses a full band better than Five Leaves Left, with Hazey Jane II being particularly stirring. The instrumentals are what holds this back, especially Sunday, which features very shrill flute

Carino, mi ha un po' stancato però

4.3/5 nick drake melancholy

Good vibes.

enjoyable Would I listen again: yeah sure Deserves to be on this list: maybe 3.0

Good songs with a very good guitarist, complimented well by backing musicians

Nice

it's deeply ingrained in my head, the quote from his publicist, about how his music didn't sold, but someday someone will realize how great it was. and it feels exactly that, how specific of a person must you be to like what he does. It's so dark and moody, in a nighttime way, that's difficult to recommend. But, when you get it, it's like nothing else. This album in particular, surprised as it was more than him singing and playing guitar. has some other decisions musically, that i liked.

Bob Ross of the music world. Enjoyed this one. Very peaceful and relaxing.

Very twee, the audio equivalent of a Bob Ross painting.

By no means a perfect album but nick drake makes music that no one else can

I listened this morning and don't remember anything about the album. Nothing to hate, nothing to love, nothing to remember.

Very good. Not my favorite style. I really like this album though. Not sure of the exact setting I'll put this on again, but it was good.

So far this is my favorite Nick Drake album. Favorite song: Poor Boy

brilliant

This is the first review I have edited (outside of errors), and hopefully the last one I will as well. I really should have given this one a 5 when it came up, and maybe because it hasn’t been long since it did I feel obliged to rectify my mistake. Anyway, Bryter layter is a lush, smooth album; the very best from Nick Drake and one the best on this list.

I think this is my last Nick Drake album. I definitely had Pink Moon, which is easily one of the worst albums in this project. Bryter Layter is much better. What I found interesting is that it is very stereotypical 70's singer-songwriter/folk that sounds like it was made in the 90's or later. His voice is pleasant and unique, but the lyrics are boring, and the whole record is very monotone. Much better than a dumpster fire isn't exactly good. Influence (sigh. I feel compelled to give a bump here, but similarly compelled to note that the influenced artists are REM and the Cure) 2. Quality 3. Hits 2. Intangibles 1. Hardcore meh 3.

Poor Boy

It's alright. Nothing special.

i liked it!

The most opulent Nick ever got...and god is it gorgeous.

I liked Pink Moon a little more, but still some great stuff

This is so calm and soothing that it isn't jibing with my work panic and high caffeine intake today.

Highlights: Hazey Jane II, At the Chime of a City Clock, Bryter Layter, Poor Boy, Sunday Very chill and somewhat classy sound. It was a pleasant listen. Even though I feel like not a lot of tracks stood out, it was an experience that I enjoyed and wouldn't mind repeating. A good mix of instrumentals and vocal tracks - especially because instrumentals didn't feel like filler. They conveyed exactly the same vibe as the tracks that had vocals. The vocals are dreamy and whispery, which I usually don't like, but here they felt justified. I usually rant that it comes off as pretentious, but Drake didn't because it made sense given the aesthetics of the record. I especially liked the little details in the background of the tracks like At the Chime of a City Clock's saxophone and Poor Boy's backing vocals. Overall not a masterpiece, but a worthwhile experience. It really didn't stand out but it didn't feel like a waste of time.

Nice easy listening

He's one of the greatest folk music's singer and composer

Love the violins and classical guitar and just the whole serene ambiance of the album.

Yaaaaaaasssssss

Just goes down like maple syrup Faves: Northern Sky, Introduction, Hazey Jane I

Nick Drake is great! What a cool album. His super mellow voice is somehow sad and happy at the same time. Some awesome strings, woodwind and guitar instrumentals. Really enjoyed this. Especially ‘At the Chime of a City Clock,’ as I listened to this album whilst on a run around the old town of Chiang Mai, Thailand.