Released November 1971 Artist John Martyn Label Island Records | Bless the Weather
(1971) Solid Air
(1973) Release date November 1971 Producers John Martyn, John Wood | |
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Recorded May 1971 at Sound Techniques, Chelsea Length 37:32 (original release)
75:19 (2005 reissue) Genres Folk music, Folk rock, Folk jazz, Electric folk Similar John Martyn albums, Folk rock albums | ||
John martyn bless the weather
Bless the Weather is a 1971 album by John Martyn and marks his return as a solo artist having released two albums with his wife Beverley Martyn. When it was released it garnered his best reviews to date, and remains a firm favourite among fans, featuring such standards as "Head and Heart" and the title track. The album is predominantly acoustic, although it does feature Martyn's first real 'echoplex' track in "Glistening Glyndebourne".
Contents
Q magazine chose Bless the Weather among the dozen essential folk albums of all time in 1999. According to Q the album was recorded in just three days. In November 2007 Bless the Weather was included in a list by The Guardian newspaper entitled '1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die'. Beck remade "Go Easy" for a webcast performance.
John martyn bless the weather
Track listing
All tracks composed by John Martyn except where indicated.
- "Go Easy" – 4:15
- "Bless the Weather" – 4:29
- "Sugar Lump" – 3:43
- "Walk to the Water" – 2:49
- "Just Now" – 3:39
- "Head and Heart" – 4:54
- "Let the Good Things Come" – 3:05
- "Back Down the River" – 2:40
- "Glistening Glyndebourne" – 6:30
- "Singin' in the Rain" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 1:28
Bonus tracks
- "Walk to the Water" (Take 3) (3:34)
- "Bless the Weather" (Take 4) (5:37)
- "Back Down the River" (Take 1) (2:44)
- "Go Easy" (Take 1) (4:39)
- "Glistening Glyndebourne" (Take 2) (7:48)
- "Head and Heart" (Band Version) (10:17)
- "May You Never" (Single Version) (2:45)
Personnel
Songs
1Go Easy4:16
2Bless the Weather4:29
3Sugar Lump3:43