Ain't No Saint
2008 compilation album by John Martyn
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Compilation album by John Martyn | |
Released | September 2008 |
Genre | Folk, blues |
Label | Island |
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The Independent | favourable [3] |
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Rolling Stone | (No Rating) [5] |
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Ain't No Saint is a career-spanning retrospective of folk musician John Martyn, released on the eve of the singer's 60th birthday in 2008.
The four-CD compilation album was compiled by John Hillarby, and is divided into two 'studio' discs and two 'live' discs.[2][5][6] Hillarby selected at least one song from each of Martyn's 22 albums, along with rarities and outtakes, and added over 30 unreleased pieces.[2][5]
Track listing
- "Fairy Tale Lullaby" (John Martyn) – 2:51
- "Sing a Song of Summer" (Martyn) – 2:19
- "Stormbringer" (Martyn) – 4:17
- "Tree Green" (Martyn) – 3:10
- "Head and Heart" (Martyn) – 4:52
- "In the Evening" (Martyn) – 4:06
- "Solid Air" (Martyn) – 5:47
- "Keep On" (Martyn) – 4:58
- "The Glory of Love" (Billy Hill, Martyn) – 2:16
- "Go Down Easy" (Martyn) – 3:37
- "Ain't No Saint" [instrumental] (Martyn) – 5:55
- "Fine Lines" (Martyn) – 3:49
- "Eight More Miles" (Martyn) – 2:03
- "Call Me Crazy" (Martyn) – 7:26
- "Black Man at Your Shoulder" (Martyn) – 7:22
- "All for the Love of You" (Martyn) – 5:05
- "Working It Out" (Martyn) – 2:44
- "Couldn't Love You More" (Martyn) – 3:05
- "Advertisement" (Martyn) – 0:34
- "Small Hours" [instrumental] Martyn 10:20
- "Anna" (Martyn) – 4:13
- "Lookin' On" (Martyn) – 5:16
- "Amsterdam" (Martyn) – 5:29
- "Hung Up" (Martyn) – 4:00
- "Acid Rain" (Martyn, Alan Thomson) – 4:12
- "Who Believes in Angels" (Martyn) – 4:57
- "The Apprentice" (Martyn) – 4:22
- "Hole in the Rain" (Martyn) – 4:40
- "One World" (Martyn) – 6:27
- "Sunday's Child" (Martyn) – 6:12
- "Carmine" (Martyn) – 5:29
- "The Sky Is Crying" (Elmore James, Clarence L. Lewis, Morgan Robinson) – 4:01
- "So Sweet" (Martyn) – 4:50
- "Back to Marseilles" (Martyn) – 4:20
- "Bless the Weather" [live] (Martyn) – 11:49
- "Make No Mistake" [live] (Martyn) – 5:16
- "So Much in Love with You" [live/#] Martyn 5:55
- "Spencer the Rover" [live] (Martyn, Traditional) – 4:07
- "My Baby Girl" [live] (Martyn) – 2:48
- "You Can Discover" [live] (Martyn) – 5:15
- "Solid Air" [live] (Martyn) – 7:00
- "I'd Rather Be the Devil (Devil Got My Woman)" [live] (James) – 8:55
- "Outside In" [live] (Martyn) – 13:09
- "Advertisement" [live] (Martyn) – 0:17
- "Big Muff" [live] (Martyn) – 9:32
- "One Day Without You" [live] (Martyn) – 3:27
- "Dealer" [live] (Martyn) – 7:14
- "Smiling Stranger" [live] (Martyn) – 7:44
- "Johnny Too Bad" [live] (Hylton Beckford, Derrick Leapold Crooks, Shadow Wilson, Delroy Wilson) – 3:56
- "Hurt in Your Heart" [live] (Martyn) – 6:49
- "John Wayne" [live] (Martyn) – 6:37
- "Angeline" [live] (Martyn) – 5:21
- "Mad Dog Days" [live] (Martyn) – 5:12
- "The Moment" [live] (Martyn) – 4:16
- "Fisherman's Dream" [live] (Martyn) – 5:06
- "Sweet Little Mystery" [live] (Martyn) – 5:55
- "May You Never" [live]" (Martyn) – 5:37
- "Step It Up" [live]" (Martyn) – 3:47
- "Sunshine's Better" [live] (Martyn) – 5:05
- "One for the Road" (Martyn) – 3:28
- "Over the Hill" [live] (Martyn) – 3:27
Personnel
- Arran Ahmun – drums
- Spencer Cozens – piano
- John Paul "J.P." Jones – mandolin
- John Martyn – guitar
- Alan Thomson – bass
- Martin Winning – saxophone
Production
- Joe Black – project coordinator
- Paschal Byrne – mastering
- Daryl Easlea – liner notes, sleeve notes
- John Hillarby – liner notes, compilation, tape research
- Kenny Mathieson – photography
- Barry Plummer – photography
- Phil Smee – design
- Shamil Tanna – cover photo
References
- ^ Ain't No Saint at AllMusic
- ^ a b c Denselow, Robin (6 February 2009). "John Martyn: Ain't No Saint". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Nov 2008 Mojo #180
- ^ a b c Fricke, David (11 May 2009). "Fricke's Picks: Remembering Singer-Guitarist John Martyn". Rock & Roll Daily. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009.
- ^ a b Young, Rob. "Album Review: John Martyn - 'Ain't No Saint'". Archived from the original on 2 January 2011.
External links
- The John Martyn Website
- v
- t
- e
- London Conversation (1967)
- The Tumbler (1968)
- Bless the Weather (1971)
- Solid Air (February 1973)
- Inside Out (October 1973)
- Sunday's Child (1975)
- One World (1977)
- Grace and Danger (1980)
- Glorious Fool (1981)
- Well Kept Secret (1982)
- Sapphire (1984)
- Piece by Piece (1986)
- The Apprentice (1990)
- Cooltide (1991)
- And (1996)
- The Church with One Bell (1998)
- Glasgow Walker (2000)
- On the Cobbles (2004)
- Heaven and Earth (2011)
- Stormbringer! (February 1970)
- The Road to Ruin (October 1970)
- Live at Leeds (1976)
- So Far So Good (1977)
- Ain't No Saint (2008)