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• Bryter Layter, released in 1970, is Nick Drakes second studio album and a record that expands his intimate folk style into fuller, jazz- and chamber-popinfluenced arrangements. While his debut Five Leaves Left was spare and pastoral, here Drake enlisted a range of collaboratorsincluding members of Fairport Convention and arranger Robert Kirbyto surround his delicate guitar playing and hushed vocals with warm strings, woodwinds, and subtle rhythm. Songs like Hazey Jane II and At the Chime of a City Clock carry a gentle swing, while One of These Things First and Northern Sky showcase some of Drakes most enduring and hopeful melodies.

  The album strikes a rare balance between melancholy and brightness, with Drakes introspective lyrics framed by lush instrumentation that adds accessibility without diluting his fragile intensity