Bryter Layter [Remaster] by Nick Drake

Pros: A perfect album of universal and timeless folk tunes; affectingly beautiful and hauntingly poetic
Cons: Nope

I must preface this review with a confession. There was a time when I found the everlasting folk music of proven angel Nick Drake to be far too twee and old-fashioned for my tastes. What a blind fool I was. However, this period of blindness ...

Pros: The most beautiful thing you'll ever hear
Cons: There'll never be another like it

As a teenager I was pretty depressing to know. I'm sure that's quite normal. I was fascinated by tragedy, despair and depression. Obviously that's no excuse for dying your hair black, getting your nose pierced and writing bad poetry, but some good did...

Pros: Bach With Vocals.
Cons: I've Only One More Album To Discover From Drake's Back Catalogue.

Nick Drake's second album followed in the comet trail left by his wondrous debut 'Five Leaves Left'. Released in 1970 it shows little sign of ageing and despite being name dropped by all and sundry it largely remains an undiscovered classic. For students...

Pros: Symmetrical Masterpiece- sets the morning, sets the evening, sets the day.
Cons: Nada.

I find myself humming “you are my sunshine, my only sunshine “ like a little yip-yap school girl skipping happily in the secret gardens like Mary Lennox, with a knapsack hitting my shins, as it dangles down my waist swinging back and forth ...

Pros: Nick's music momentarily soaring through the heavens.
Cons: We know what happens next.

This is the second album of the greatest solo artist of all time. Period.

Of all the musicians in all the world, Nick Drake may be the most worthy of the title "Artist." His music paints a magnificent portrait, filled with beauty and pain,...

Pros: Every song works; Enjoyable from beginning to end.
Cons: None

As much as I love Drake's sparse and elegant PINK MOON, I have to say that I love BRYTER LAYTER even more. While both PINK MOON and BRYTER LAYTER occupy considerable time in my cd changer, it's BRYTER that I reach for when I feel like a little feel good...

Pros: Everything about it ...
Cons: Too few songs!! :o)

Recently falling in love with the song "Pink Moon" played during the VW Cabrio commercials, I decided to check out the songwriter. The first CD of Nick Drake's I bought was Way To Blue. That one just immediately grabbed me. The music was so...