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Bryter Layter
by Nick Drake
The 394th greatest album of all time
Bryter Layter, Nick Drake's second studio album released in 1971, blends his delicate fingerpicked acoustic guitar and hushed vocals with chamber pop and jazz-tinged arrangements. Robert Kirby's string and brass charts and Joe Boyd's restrained production frame the songs with orchestral touches, creating an intimate, pastoral sound that expands on Drake's earlier work and emphasizes melancholic, introspective songwriting.
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