Northern Sky (track)
by Nick Drake
Year: 1971
From the album Bryter Layter (track #9)
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Northern Sky appears on the following album(s) by Nick Drake:
- Bryter Layter (track #9) (this album) (1971)
- Way To Blue (track #10) (compilation) (1994)
- Fruit Tree: The Complete Recorded Works (track #19) (compilation) (1979)
- Nick Drake (track #4) (compilation) (1971)
- A Treasury (track #10) (compilation) (2004)
- Heaven In A Wild Flower - An Exploration Of Nick Drake (track #4) (compilation) (1985)
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| 05/05/2026 04:28 | lucasleite | 131 | 98/100 | |
| 04/01/2026 02:38 |  imacgill | 32,000 | 81/100 | |
| 03/31/2026 02:50 | stareaterogni0n | 4,712 | 70/100 | |
| 12/04/2025 20:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 100,917 | 71/100 | |
| 11/26/2025 09:01 | mash | 4,472 | 92/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 90.3/100, a mean average of 90.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.1.
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If there is one thing that this song demonstrates, it is that the Celesta is the most underutilized instrument in music history.
Great song - beginning reminds me of Something in the Air by Thunderclap Newman - you know the one ...
"Call out the instigators
Because there's something in the air..."
Absolutely gorgeous.
poppmusic 06/13/2015 19:51 | #143777
Perfect. Like Wagner at his best.
I hope that 'Northern Sky' will play me into my grave!
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