One World

This album cover reminds me of Arc of a Diver by Steve Winwood. That wasn't a good start to listening to this one. Thankfully, this album isn't as awful as Steve Winwood's album, but not by much. I did like Small Hours, but the rest of the album is mostly forgettable. Solid Air is the better album on this list.

Small Hours

Is it considered poor form to give one review multiple thumbs up? Because the person who described this as 'yacht prog' has got it bang on. That's a genre I didn't know I needed in my life. (I also like the way Martyn draws on dub influences without lurching into awkward white reggae territory.)

This has its rough moments (when I heard the first track I assumed Martyn’s voice was shot, which wouldn’t be very surprising given his lifestyle). But it also has moments of brilliance (the sparse, restrained production of the closing track was everything that the opener was not). Altogether a mixed bag, and not the highlight of his catalog.

If this was mainly an instrumental album it would have been a 4 star album for me. However John Martyn’s voice does not mix well with my ears. I really enjoyed many of the tracks musically. During my second listen found myself skipping over them once Martin began singing. Production wise, the digital album sounded great on my stereo. I’d be interested in getting an analog copy…but not interested in paying more than $5 for it.

Not good, but not actively bad either

Mouef

This is pretty cool. Probably won't come back to it but a fun album

Had no idea what to expect. But cool, I like. The last song just does something weird to your stomach reminds me of driving late, while your parents listen to an obscure 80's album and its just weird noise but you're a kid and don't understand and don't know what to think of it. But cool album I’d listen to more of his stuff.

I was interested to hear this as I haven’t listened to much John Martin. I had some good bits that make me think I will have revisit this one a few times to fully appreciate it.

I like some of John Martyn’s stuff, but this isn’t my thing. It’s fine, but it feels like he avoided all of the things I like most about him on this album.

Very pleasant instrumentation. My favourites were Certain Surprise and Dancing.

Awesome record. I had to listen too it twice because it’s so good.

The vocalist needs a fat glass of water ASAP.

Nei, det va nu en fyr som tralla i vei på en funky gitar og også sang litt. Det va ikke så ille, men det va ikke helt uimotståelig fantastisk heller.

This is a very peaceful and relaxing album—I like it! Good for a rainy morning like today. “Small Hours” ended just as the sky cleared up and the sun came out. There’s something transcendent about that being accompanied by gentle guitar and keyboard and bells.

Super!

naja

It's fine. Just nothing I could latch on to.

Slightly more groovy Weather Channel music.

Consistent quality Not really my choice

A more experimental, dub, folk-rock album by John Martyn. It's smooth and clean, though the production is a bit dated. The closing song was very interesting. It's a good album but I enjoy his more folk oriented work more.

I liked the ‘vibe’ of some of these tunes eg Small Hours but overall I will not be re-listening in a hurry:|

Midt på treet, litt slitsam stemme i lengden. Meir pop enn prog, kanskje Phil Collins er ein samanlinkning

this was good, kinda weird

Fun and interesting. Probably won't go back for re-listens but enjoyed it nonetheless.

good background music

Really funky stuff. Rated extra high because this was not even close to being on my radar before this. Really dig this. Fav tracks: "Big Muff", "Dealer", "Small Hours"

Not in love with it, but it’s pretty easy to get absorbed in the vibe and there are enough interesting choices

Fav: Small Hours Least Fav: Big Muff That album cover is beautiful, and I think it accurately reflects the music with the last song being the obvious example

There are no word to describe how truly awful this album is. I must therefore resort to colors. This album is light institutional green. Intended to be calming but instead truly maddening to all those but the recently lobotomized.

Whelp. That was a shitshow

so experimental but damn that was a weird one

Not bad

Even with a number of quite upbeat tracks, this is an album of peace and serenity. Bathe in the ambience, relax, drift away. The production feels incredible, I think it might have been recorded outdoors or something, it just feels so spacious and alive and the sounds of nature really enhance this vibe. The vocals are sometimes delicate, sometimes more gruff. Along with the guitar licks, they feel close and intimate in contrast to the other more expansive sounds. The little sporadic ambient moments, when listened to through headphones, almost give me an ASMR like feeling. Favourite track - Small Hours (defines everything i love about this album). 8.5/10

Ok 2/5

Man i dont get why ppl are hating on this guy this much. I love his vibes. That said, Solid Air is miles better in my opinion. This might just be a strong 3 for me. Maybe low 4

What the hell was this?

Nice

Some cool bits, some cheese bits, it does sound ahead of its time for a record from 1977 - I know a lot of jam bros who would probably really love this.

Liked it but probably seek out listen again. Good bass. Pretty funky.

not usual choice, but ok for a one time listen

I like JM's music very much, that's why I am a bit biased 😄 Couldn't Love you more is the beste song

Listening to this makes me feel like I need to clear my throat

Cool. Better than I was expecting

Loved the track Dancing

When talented people make new age music?

Little boring

Let's be honest, he sounds absolutely smashed here (and he probably was). Elements of folk blend with what feels like smattering of fusion but his own quality and the backing musician's quality shine through. Best Tracks: Dealer; Couldn't Love You More; Dancing

This sounds like something you'd listen to live. Not voluntarily, but you'd enjoy it.

Kolejny przeciętny rock, który pomimo naprawdę pięknego wokalu i kilku sprawnych kompozycji nie robi mi nic. Ileż można słuchać tego samego? 6/10 i dzieki Bogu, że to już za mną. Gdzie innowacja? Kreatywność! Przełomowość!

What an interesting album! John Martyn blends jazz, folk and rock from a huge array of influences into something new and unique. After the first song I expected one type of album, but by the end he had somehow traversed across all those genres, weaving together something pretty extraordinary. While at times I thought the experimentation may have distracted a bit from some of the subtle beauty the album had, in the end it all felt cohesive and part of something bigger. After listening to it once I had to put it on a second time to try to understand what I had just listened to. I think if I listened again a couple more times this album could almost work its way into a perfect score. I will probably put this on again soon and definitely won't soon forget this artist and album that someone flew below my radar until now.

Holy shit, what was that?! I hadn't heard a single song off this album; I've never even heard of John Martyn. Based on the Wikipedia description, I was expecting some generic blues rock with some reggae influences thrown in, but that is not at all what we got on this album. The guitar work and use of echo and delay is incredibly unique. At times his voice sounds like a much less gravelly Tom Waits. The whole album is hypnotic and sounds way ahead of its time. Discoveries like this is exactly why I'm completing this project!

It has a strange mix of genres, with elements of jazz, blues, funk, electronic and folk-rock. The one consistent element between songs is the echo on the guitar. I enjoyed the variety and most of the music itself was decent, but I really didn't like his mumbly singing.

How do you describe John Martyn? Basically, at the end of the day he's a singer-songwriter, but he's so much more and has a sound style of his own - part folk, part blues, part jazz, and absolutley brilliant. I wasn't familiaer with this album, but I liked it, a lot.

very much prog but pretty good 3/5

Was expecting something like Robin Trower. No such luck. Is this worse than Trout Mask Replica?

I enjoyed it

20/09/2005 Good album. Spotify listeners: 754.3k

Like, is this guy just going to whisper from across the room for forty minutes? It drags. No spark. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions: - Couldn't Love You More - Small Hours

Kind of dull, but not bad.

Love.

It's like I got transported to a car driving on the highway, going 70 miles per hour, in total harmony with the world. Really liked this one.

Quick and final. Mediocre is the best word to describe this. The guy's voice is pretty mid for the average singer but unironically is just interesting enough that it gives the album more seasoning. Still there's really nothing to sing praises about apart from the decent end track. Not my thing but it wasn't awful. Top 1: Small Hours Everything else is MID 2.25-2.50/5

I didn’t hate it, it’s just nothing I’d ever actively seek out to listen to again.

2.5 stars. Not my favorite John Martyn, a bit too experimental. Standout is "Dancing".

2 stars for the cover art; Really disappointed by the album. Questioning if this is Really in 1001 albums you must listen to or 1001 you should avoid. Total Fail for me.

This album is understandingly divisive. The first song is, quite honestly, horrible. But if you stick it out (which isn’t that hard, it’s a shorter album) each song is better than the last.

Love to see folks like this, keeping it weird for all us sinners. Called out specifically in a recent Slits documentary as a reason Island records was tight. Anyway, not all for me, but its going for something, his singing is weird as shit, and that dealer song's catchier than anything has a right to be. Geese on the finale! Let me in!

It’s fine. The dub influence is clear. I don’t mind anything on here, but I probably wouldn’t listen again.

I loved the sound, the vibe. Pretty chill album overall

I liked the other John Martyn album, but this one didn't hit me

No idea what that was about.

Nicht wirklich meins, kann man sich anhören auch zur Entspannung so Vibemusik nichts was ucb mit unbedingt nochmal anhören muss

I wasn't so into this, to tell the truth, but there were some interesting sounds going on.

Interesting gutiar

Jeg gik ind i albummet med en overbevisning om at der skulle lyttes til John Mayer... Så galt gik det heldigvis ikke. Tilgengæld var det lidt en ligegyldig omgang. 2. Sidste nummer kunne måske noget.

Det er måske det kedeligste af de 428 albums jeg har hørt ind til videre

Has a couple of potentially interesting components, but they ultimately don't really go anywhere or carry the record in a long-term fashion. Really quite bland and uninspiring overall.

I was oh so excited to see this name cross my screen, as his Solid Air album was such a pleasant surprise on first listen. 5 years on from that album and it sounds once again like John has lived his years with a fullness. I think it was his intention to represent that with a very gritty vocal delivery on the opening "Dealer". Martyn takes a dive back into his more soulful delivery over the next few songs - I particularly loooove "Smiling Stranger". The bubbly instrumental, the strings that come soaring in, and John Martyn's ability to embody a character/scene is immersive. The wah pedal delay sound on "Big Muff" is the kinda stuff I've come to appreciate so much with this guy - little sounds with a lot of thought behind their recording techniques and placement in the composition of each song. Martyn excels at bringing in an experimental jazz ethos that drives him to create such distinct senses of *space* on his recordings. He is more than confident in letting instrumental sections air out into very placid atmospheres for minutes on end. I was digging "Couldnt Love You More" for similar reasons, then "Certain Surprise" just took things over the top for me! The bossanova style rhythym, Johns mumbly singing of a KILLER hook, then that lazy trumpet halfway through?!? What a trip. It's been a while since I stopped an albums tracklisting from playing out in order to replay a song - this one got my rare replay award. "Dancing" was a lowlight for me. It seemed a bit like a half cooked mashup of inspirations taken from equal parts Fleetwood Mac & The Doobie Brothers. Not a horrible song, but not great and didn't sit well in the track sequencing. All's well that ends well though, with John playing an echoey, post-rock style guitar on the closing "Small Hours" in a manner that makes you wonder 'did this guy just lay down a This Will Destroy You instrumental 30 years before the band even formed??' Seriously unreal. I had to look this guy up once this record finished - two stellar efforts in a row warrants some research. It's a shame he went through some rough times and was abusive to his partner for a while, likely around the time of this album. You can hear the trouble in his voice. I'll be curious to do some more listening of different projects during different times in his life. STRONG 4/5!

It was better than solid air. Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 2/5

One of the best albums? Doubtful. One of the best album covers? Absolutely. Just wish it was used on something way more cerebral or flamboyant.

Cool sound

A variety of styles that, for the era, calls to mind a British Harry Nilsson (although not quite the vocalist that Nilsson was).

Adding electronica to pop blues is worth one listen. Now I can move on.

I liked the first song. But I didn't care for the vocals for most of the album. Music's good, though, for many of the songs.

I’d listen to this again. Really enjoyed it

HATE the sound design on this one, sounds terrible

Soothing, pleasant, and interesting

Interesting twist on a folk style songwriting style. The drums were definitely grooving

Okay.

This one had me sleepy, especially with the ending track. Small Hours had me in some sort of trance and hearing lyrics in the middle of it was like a jumpscare. A pleasant album about loving life and being at peace with it. The tracks mostly conformed to that idea, but it was strange how Big Muff centered around class divide when that subject feels like it goes against the mission statement here. Big Muff, however, is my favorite of the bunch, so that’s a little unfortunate. Another thing that’s unfortunate is my friend Adam described poor Martyn as a 50 century Pharaoh and now I can’t unhear it. I hope he doesn’t actually come back as a Pharaoh and take his revenge on us.

The music isn’t bad, really. The final track even bumps the score by a whole point, but there’s no getting around the profoundly unique vocal delivery on offer here. Likely holding a grudge since the ten plagues of Moses, John Martyn pries open his own sarcophagus, unleashing his bars before an unsuspecting populous (my ears).

Fun sounds. An unusual mix of jazz, electronic elements and funk.

It's pretty bland, I don't hate it but honestly it's so just beige I'm going to immediately forget about it.

Some parts I did not like particular well. Others were tolerable. Felt like the album never really started

I didn't have a strong reaction to any of the music - maybe due to the low-key vibes - but can see where this was influential.

A peculiar mix of disparate elements that doesn't really gel. Martyn uses that faux-tough gruff vocal affectation common to 70s rock singers on top of music that is a mix of folky guitars, soft rock electric pianos and dated synthesizer sounds. A few of the tracks build up a head of steam (such as "Dealer") and others experiment with dub production techniques (such as "Smiling Stranger") but that none of that is enough to elevate this album out of mediocrity.

Þetta var ágæt plata. Mér fannst röddin á honum hljóma eins og Joe Cocker á elliheimili en það var bara fínt. Það er ekkert sem þessi plata skilur samt eftir sig hvað varðar lög. Gleymist fljótt

I liked the music quite a lot, but I wish he would enunciate a bit more when singing. The excellent final track boosts this album, almost into four territory.

Very experimental and nice but is a bit dull. Small Hours is so relaxing. 3/5

The music was fine, but on many of the songs the guy's voice was nearly unbearable. This is best forgotten to the ages.

It isn't bad for a rainy day, it was relaxed and chill and went with my mood. It is fluid and smooth, but nothing really grabbed me. I want to almost call it yacht rock but I want to be a little happier and upbeat on a yacht. His voice was different and interesting, but it also became mumbly and hard to understand at times.

This album is pretty chill in a very unspectacular way. I had to listen to this 3 times before I felt like I heard it. Dealer almost sounds like a funkier version of ZZ Top. Smiling Stranger and Big Muff have some trippy percussion. Couldn't Love You More is sweet and sentimental but not really moving. Certain Surprise was okay until he brought in that orchestral sweep in the background which totally cheezed it out. This is a very mediocre album.

He sings with such restraint in his voice that it somehow felt like work to listen to this. I guess some of the instrumentation was cool, and he has a nice voice, but it felt like too much of a slog for me to really enjoy.

What am I missing? Why is this here?

Not much my vibe

True confession. Yesterday I pressed "did not listen" to an album I did, in fact, listen to. I just didn't want to rate it. I felt like it was just OK but that maybe it deserved more? Maybe my mood was off? IDK. So I will revisit it. Today I listened to John Martyn. ... ... Same thing! But I won't say "did not listen" because I did and want to be honest. I felt like it is OK. Just kind of part of the fabric of bands and musicians doing their rounds and trying to make it in the world. Some people will be fans, others will just ... not much think of it. I will stop short of saying it was boring, the musicianship is quality. It is just that... My head table theory puts him somewhere in the midsection, and it is crowded there.

Lovely vocals and a sinuous special sound before its time.

It was okay. Easy listening/loungish

Martyn shifts from his folk/rock roots into a more commercial pop sound and even experiments with dub on this album. Full of mood swings and is a record you can chill out to but ultimately it is pretty forgettable.

Nice

Super duper dull, and John Martyn's voice is like getting sung at by a guy who's half asleep and severely dehydrated.

I didn't really vibe with this one. The vocals were pretty bad and the music was extremely dated, but not in a good way.

This is on the list but not Spirit of Eden? What the hell kind of shit is that? I love this though, never heard anything else like it.

Opening track put me off, but the moody vibe of the second one pulled me in. The rest of the album is filled with sneaky grooves and warm melodies. There’s even a song about Big Muffs inspired by a convo with Lee Scratch Perry. What more could you ask for?

[Joke about enjoying soft back side here]

A nice listen, sort of forgettable...but a pleasant journey nonetheless.

It's competent enough, but it troubles my ears. And I docked it an extra star because its inclusion on this list suggests it influenced all the other dickheads who try to sound like this.

I was confused by my own opinion. Maybe it’s just that I didn’t like his voice very much? There were a couple songs (with fewer vocals) that were pretty good. +1 for naming a song Big Muff.

ngl that last track really chilled me out. other than that this was a drugged out fart bomb.

Lo he escuchado sin prestar mucha atención, la verdad. Suena bien, una producción muy cuidada, pero mi opinión no tiene mucha base.

Listenable.

Great, easy to listen to. I could hear a lot of influences from other users.

This is one world where I enjoyed this listen though I will not revisit this one world 3.5

Very solid and unique.

Totally new one for me - both artist and album - and really enjoyed it. Woozy, warm, electronic-ish folk that seems way ahead of its time.

Very cool and soulful, forward looking acoustic rock. Small Hours is a particular highlight. Bit of filler tho

Unique fusion of jazz folk and rock. Worth a second listen

This feels like a lot of time went into crafting each song, thinking about the precise timings & effects of every note, all there for a purpose, creating a soundscape that must have influenced a lot later work Timeless

Ahead of his time

Sent me down a John Martyn rabbit hole. Great stuff

A really interesting listen. A more diverse album than I was expecting having only really heard Solid Air previously. Added to my "have to find on vinyl" list.

84% Best: Dealer; Big Muff; Small Hours Must-Hear? Sure. Once again the average rating on this site is absurd.

If someone put this album on, I wouldn't mind, except for the fact that we could instead spend our time listening to way better music instead. It's not good, but it's inoffensive.

Packt mich nicht. 2,3

Decent listen.

too dumb to listen to

Bad porn movie rock. I mean the guy has a song called Big Muff...

=The Beatles

This would have been an amazing album if his voice was better

Yesterday my wife told me that she doesn't believe into our relationship anymore. We're married for 20 years. I'm in shock. She's still the love of my life. I don't want to let her go. When I listened to Small Hours I had tears in my eyes: »They say you'll be my ruin Cos I love you so I just love you so« That's exactly how I feel. I learned that Martyn was facing a disintegrating marriage. I see the problem of this album (I thought it was in a phone waiting line at the first seconds of the album), but it touched me personally more than any album off this list so far.

Ret anonym.

😴

Meer tijdloze muziek van deze relatief onbekende baas. Wederom klinkt het alsof het veertig jaar later opgenomen had kunnen zijn door iemand als Jack Johnson. De uit-mijn-stoel-veer-van-pure-extase-factor is wat minder dan de vorige keer, het kabbelt een beetje en er wordt wat vrijblijvend op het keyboard gepingeld, maar verder goed gedaan.

Het eerste nummer heet Dealer. Het is duidelijk wat John 'top of mind' had. En dat hoor je ook wel aan de stem. Maar John weet dat zwakke rokerige geluid bij dit nummer eigenlijk goed te gebruiken. Bij volgende nummers komen zang en muziek hierdoor wat los van elkaar te staan. Soms jammer, want er zitten muzikaal leuke vondsten tussen. Zo doet Big Muff mij iets denken aan het veel recentere Propellorheads. (Ik lees nu dat het een samenwerking met Lee Perry is.) Aan de andere kant draagt de stem bij aan een uniek geluid. Al met al een leuk schijfje om eens te leren kennen. Ik heb het met plezier geluisterd. 3,5 ster

John Martyn, die naam komt me ergens bekend voor. Oh ja, van voormalig Fairport Convention. En we hebben al een eerder album gehad, wat ik een 4 gaf, maar het zegt me niks meer. Verder ga ik er wederom blanco in. De bluesy invloeden zijn fijn, de stem klinkt doorrookt, doordronken en doorgesnoven. Breekbaar. Alsof hij op zijn 90e daar zit, terwijl hij in werkelijkheid nog geen 30 was. Holy shit. Dan ben je goed naar de tering gegaan. De nummers klinken me onaf in de oren. Het is allemaal het begin van een refrein, een losse bridge of een half coupletje. Waar ik positief verrast was door het eerdere album, kan ik hier niet inkomen. Loshangend zand van een man in crisis. Alleen de een na laatste track Dancing klinkt plots supermodern in de oren. Door die galmende gitaren had dit zo in de 00s of 10s uitgebracht kunnen zijn. Een positieve uitschieter, al krikt dat de score niet per se op.

Easy listening album but nothing too special. 3 stars or C.

Some good songs. Sometimes emotional and interesting, sometimes flat. Enjoyed mostly that old-times pop vibes, like the song 'dancing'. 'small hours' also a nice ambient.

Small Hours - это ГИГА песня. Мне было в целом всё равно на все, что звучало до нее. Приятно, даже интересно, но довольно ровно и без энтузиазма. Но потом БЭМ! Это и Eno, Talk Talk, и Hammock, и American Dollar, и все-все. Лучшая песня - Small Hours.

2 Stars (5/15)

I'm biased against a lot of older music. Occasionally I find something I like. This one doesn't buck the trend for me. Its listenable, not something I would ever seek out or pick for myself. Feels like the singer is mumbling most of the time. Lyrics arent particularly insightful. Honestly album would sound better without any vocals. 2/5

Not bad.

Unremarkable album.

He really did peak with Solid Air. Spotify fucked over this one with the track listing. The first four tracks should be the last, and vice versa. Still, even with that, a bit more to be desired.

85/1001. The following might include some hallucinations: "Hey chatgpt + music generator, can you create an imaginary artist? He should be a British folk singer/songwriter with a deep and rough voice, incorporates jazz and early electronic elements on his music a bit like pink floyd and progressive rock. I'd like to get a name, short bio and an album from the later part of 1970's" "What an interesting and inspiring combination. Let's create an experimental folk artist which takes folk music beyond Davy Graham, The Pentangle and John Fahey. The artist John Martyn started in the British folk scene in the 1960's, but after befriending BBC radio electronic experimentation lab people and listening to early American psychedelic rock, especially the more experimental section of it, quickly realised his true potential would be combining jazz and electronic music to more traditional folk tunes. His records from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s document the process very well. His masterpiece album "One World" from 1977 was hailed by the critics but failed commercially. Instead of glueing very different styles together, it singlehandedly seemed to define a whole new genre. The new version of ChatGPT can also generate this album for you, would you like to listen to it?" "Yes, please"

Holy shit

Enjoyed this very much. There's some world class bass playing giving reggae/dub music vibes thanks to the highly versatile Dave Pegg! Lee "Scratch" Perry's guest star influence on Big Muff, and other tracks, brings the heavy groove. Also note that the legendary Steve Winwood is jamming synths on Dealer. This is an all-star effort that only faults when it slowed down too much (IMO) on One World and almost lost me.

Dealer 3.4 One World 2.8 Smiling Stranger 3 Big Muff 2.9 Couldn't Love You More 2.7 Certain Surprise 3 Dancing 3.2 Small Hours 2.5 Score: 2.9375

I quite like a few of his other songs but this album did not appeal to me at all. Didn't enjoy his vocals, or the attempts at ambient and jazz.

My first exposure to John Martyn was in the mid-1990s when I saw him at a festival called Guiness Fleadh. I was killing time waiting for Richard Thompson to take the stage and got a seat for Martyn's show. Martyn's music mesmerized me. When I heard him cover Portishead's "Glory Box," I was blown away--good covers are a difficult proposition. Now to read in the Wikipedia review of this album that it was an influence on trip hop and that he spent time in Jamaica before its recording...I'm excited by the experimental nature of it. Reminds me a bit of Kevin Ayers, too.

Boring

This is a unique listen and had some really good songs, but I don’t think this album should be on here. Martyn’s Solid Air is a much better album.

Really tried with this one because Martyn is an influence on The Verve apparently, and The Verve are one of my heart-bands. But this just isn't for me.

What a weird album. I wasn’t familiar with it before and had to listen to it twice to let it wash over me. Way ahead of its time but also unlike anything else. Not convinced that I enjoyed it but there was enough interesting ideas to keep me engaged and intrigued.

This was a new one for me. Really interesting album - decently short. I'll say 3.5 - not quite a 4, but definitely better than a 3.

Pretty nice, daddy-o!

Was pleasantly surprised by this one!

This was pretty good

What is the ceiling for an album in which fancy-pantsing is unironically rhymed with dancing? I really like that they recorded this album from a distance on a lake so you can actually hear geese honking in the background. That said I don't really like the songs very much.

When the vocals started in the first track I tought it was going to be a rough listen, but after a while it went into the background and I started to vibe with the backing track. 3/5

obscure british shit again. they should have let this guy catch his breath and drink some water before recording.

Calming and chill - reminded me of Cafe Aquarius.

Kim said, "I don't think this is so different than Dire Straits." I can't rightfully dock Martyn points for that off base comment but I think it is solid grounds for divorce. I don't really like this album.

Rating: 5/10 Meh.

2 stars. Not my thing but it was nice sounding.

nuh uh

Pretty cool funky. Didn’t like the slow songs as much. Nice active listening experience

Oh, there's another John Martyn album on this list? That's neat. I mean, to be honest, it kind of took me a second to remember that there was even a **first** one, SOLID AIR, so what does that say about **that** album, huh? I mean, OK, OK, let me be fair, SOLID AIR isn't bad, by no means. From what I can recall, of all of the albums I'd stumbled across to that point labelled as "singer-songwriter," it was one of my favorites, specifically for its jazzy bits. However, whenever it leaned into folk, that's when I started cooling on it, and ultimately I only ended up liking the thing instead of loving it. And frankly, I thought that was gonna be the situation here, too. I ended up listening to side one twice, and both times, there was just... A thing about it that kept me from truly loving it. Like, oh, sure, the first two songs on side one were great, but then once I hit up "Smiling Stranger" and "Big Muff", that's when stuff went slightly awry. It's like, the first two tracks are just so... I mean, damn good, y'know? The first one has this irresistible little groove to it, and then the title track is this wonderful slice of spacey stuff. But then with "Smiling Stranger" and "Big Muff"... I'unno, I think they were just too comfy staying on one spot for too long. Neither one really has that much instrumental progression, so after a bit they do honestly get a bit boring. "So, what," I wondered: "would this be another 4 for John?" Side two of this album... Oh, side two of this album ain't a redeemer, I ain't know what is. The album's second side is just so quietly beautiful. There's no showing off here; it just glides along at this wonderfully pretty place. From the acoustic glimmer of "Couldn't Love You More", to the tip-tap movement on "Dancing"... It's just such a good listen. And then there's "Small Hours". Oh, goodness me, "Small Hours". An incredible, largely piece of ambience that is legitmately so damn fuckin' pretty to listen to. It feels like a warm hug, softly comforting you and telling you that everything's alright. Legit, I can imagine putting this on if I'm panicking or stressing the fuck out and letting it calm me down. As I'm typing this part of the review, I'm listening to Spotify's auto-generated sample clip on loop, and even just this small portion of it... Oh, wow. Just, wow. This alone makes me wanna walk up to those 1 outta 5 reviews and tell 'em, "Hey, your thoughts are your thoughts, but you can't tell me this ain't just that good. Honestly now." I mean, I'll be 100, this isn't a mind-blowing album — but then, does every album even need to be? And besides, I enjoyed a majority of this thing enough, especially "Small Hours", to overlook any lingering thoughts of "But did I **need** to hear this before I die?" Whether or not I needed to, I'm happy I did, and ultimately, that's more important. Y'know, I read a piece of history somewhere that this album almost didn't get made because. Apparently, John Matryn was burned out on the music industry for... Well, numerous reasons; take your pick, including the death of Nick Drake. But thanks to an extended sabbatical in Jamaica and getting to socialise with reggae musicians, he refound his passion, and, well, this thing was the result. And lemme say, regardless of the end product, I'm glad he found his spark again — and I'm happy it birthed this album into the world. A good-ass time, for sure, and I couldn't dig it more.

Don't have much to say asides it just being a decent album. Solid 4 Stars.

I’m at a 4.5 that I’ll bump up to a 5 on the strength of “Small Hours” as a closing track. Second (and last!) time we’ve gotten John Martyn, second time he’ll get a 5 from me. Not too much to say about this one, weirdly enough. I think the music speaks for itself here – it’s a natural step forward from the “more upbeat version of Nick Drake” vibes of “Plain Air”. This is leaning ever so slightly into the synthier tones that would become new wave/post-punk, but by holding back, it manages to create something more akin to soft, jazzy trip-hop, blended with John Mayer’s or Jack Johnson’s guitar-driven musical sensibilities. When it works, it works really nicely – 6 of the 8 tracks here clicked for me, with only two of them falling short: “Smiling Stranger” & “Big Muff”. “Smiling Stranger” is nice, but it’s just missing an extra kick of energy that would really bring the song together for me. “Big Muff” is also good, but the total lack of instrumental progression (or even a small sense of it) pulls the track down hard for me. That first minute syndrome struck hard there, but neither of them are actively bad tracks. They just didn’t click for *me*. I was fully prepared to bump this down to a 4 because of that – 5 out of 7 tracks hitting well would probably warrant that, but then “Small Hours” happened, and it just felt *that* damn good. Full vibes track, and it’s a natural conclusion to the happier back half of the album, with the beach sounds & the synth work meshing wonderfully for an 8-minute wonderland in my mind. It’s a good enough album closer that I feel zero shame in bumping this up to a 5. The two tracks I wasn't vibing with are still good to listen to, and my taste is subjective anyway; they’ll probably click for someone else. Overall, just a good album – not quite as good top to bottom as “Solid Air” was, but it’s still pretty good all the same. Is it one that felt important enough that I had to listen to it before I died? I’m not sure, but you could convince me there’s not 1,001 albums out there better than it. If nothing else, it’s given me a blissful track in “Small Hours”. I enjoyed it, and I think it’s worth the bump up from a 4.5 to a 5. Good stuff once again, Mr. Martyn. P.S.: “One World” is *begging* to be sampled, especially around the 2:10 mark. Someone get on that.

70’s rock

Smooth, jazzy

Not my music, and def won’t listen to again. With that said, some songs were better than others and great background music to my homework.

I truly do not know what to make of this. A few times while listening I found myself feeling grooving with it. Other times I was absolutely not and wishing I wasn't only halfway into the damn thing. Felt long for its run time. But the bits where it clicked it really did, and I especially loved the last track, super ambient and chill. Giving it a three as I think it was pretty balanced between good and bad but it was not consistent in quality.

Nice guitar work, but overall not keen on the vocals and the album feels slow. Has a definite lull after the first few tracks but finishes quite strongly; the outro was a great ambient guitar effects track. Fine album. Dealer (7/10) One World (6/10) Smiling Stranger (5/10) Big Muff (5/10) Couldn’t Love You More (6/10) Certain Surprise (7/10) Dancing (7/10) Small Hours (7/10) 6.3/10

You know when you're in a foreign airport or train station and you hear an announcement over the tannoy in a language you don't understand, so your brain treats it as background noise and it just blends in with the wider soundscape? John Martyn's voice induces the same effect in me. He just sounds like he's far away for some reason, and my brain chooses not to focus on whatever he's singing. It's very odd. Aside from that, this music also just doesn't really do much for me. An inoffensive but utterly forgettable album

Froggy voiced, similar to Joe Cocker Jazz synth pop. Echoing guitar reminiscent of Eddie Hazel. I can see how some of the sounds and techniques could influence music yet to be created.

This is good and I enjoyed listening to it, but it didn't really grab me. Very inventive effects give this a unique sound.

I already had his Solid Air album as part of this project before. Which I loved. One of my discoveries in the 1001 project. This one though... It's fine, but I have no idea why it's on the list; it doesn't stand out in any way, really.

I'm no John Martyn fan and find his vocal style a bit too much of a swallow to swallow. But this, which mixes his vocals much more down in a soundscape that certainly has a call to be the first ambient folk album, is a good listen.

There might be a world where I give this a 5 after listening to it with headphones in a dark room, but in this world where I listen to most of these while working, this never really grabbed me. 2.6

After the sometimes very different reviews of the album, I was curious what I would hear. I actually found Martyn's voice annoying in the first track. But after that it was quite good. I liked the album. However, it didn't impress me enough for me to look for it again. 3/5

I don't understand why John Martyn's voice sounds like he has emphysema, or he is straining to sing. Maybe it's both? This is very jazzy and I think another listener referred to it as Yacht Jazz and that's probably a really good description. Apparently, John Martyn was going through a divorce at this time in his life and it affected the music. I don't have any context since this is the only album by him I have heard. I actually don't hate this sound but it does feel like it is missing some energy. Overall, I am glad I heard this album, even if I don't know that I am compelled to listen to more of his music. I would not term it as "exciting" by any stretch but I can see listening to this album while taking part in activities that involve water and a boat. Songs I enjoyed: Dealer Smiling Stranger Couldn't Love You More Certain Surprise Dancing

His voice is a bit jarring at first but once you get into the album, his voice matters less and less

This was pretty interesting. Some of the poppier stuff just reminded me of Steely Dan, but not nearly as catchy. The real draw here is the more ambient tracks. Small Hours was a great way to close this one out. 3.5/5? 4/5? Let's go with 3.75/5. That feels good.

I hate this challenge I don’t want to do it anymore who came up with this list

I'm enjoying this more than I thought I might based on the opening track. That track, "Dealer," didn't do much for me, in part because I didn't like Martyn's singing style on it. However, there's some chill jazz grooves on the remainder of the album, and Smiling Stranger is really good proto-trip hop. The final track, "Small Hours," feels like something straight off of a Sigur Ros album.

Everytime I see this artist's name, I think it's "Martyr" and have to do a double take. Now I feel like a martyr after listening to this album.

This sounds like someone listened to the first twenty seconds of Steve Miller Bands Fly Like an Eagle and decided to make a whole concept album about it Pure wanking self indulgent garbage

Too mellow made me sleepy

Surely must be an Inspiration to Talk Talk, Who should have more here.

Could not get into this, his voice is just not for me.

I don't think I hate it, but the suaveness just lingers in my mind long after I've heard the album

175/1089 - If this were an instrumental album only I'd give it 4 or 5 stars.

Can something be called etheral funk? This sounds so out of time in the 70s. I would love to hear more of this.

Jazzy rock album? I liked it, especially the ambient track at the end.

Very trippy and good for some ambient playlists I have

Meh

Why did I need to listen to this? Terrible voice, not fun to listen to.

This would probably get another star if the singers voice wasn’t so…. Yeah. The music is other wise pretty fantastic.

I’m not sure what I expected of this album, but it sounded like that background type of music you’d hear in a dentist. Something like Smooth FM. I understand that a lot of people like this kind of music, but it was played non-stop when I was a teenager working in Pizza Hut and Asda, so this whole vibe just always raises my hackles. It isn’t a terrible album by any means, but it’s just not for me. I guess it’s like if Smooth Fm allowed the distortion to be turned up from 0 to 1.

No, I just can't stand his voice

This was better than I remember it being. The first track is a bit odd, and I’m not a great fan of his voice, but it grows into a better than average background sound album. While I am not rushing out to buy a pristine copy, I would listen to it again. A nice, pleasant album that grows into its sound.

Surprisingly good, I've never even heard of the guy before but I quite enjoyed it

Ekkert að þessu. Frekar kósý bara.

Fínasta tónlist. Sting áður en Sting varð Sting.

Bad

Really cool novel sound with mellow jazz inspiration and emotive vocals

Groovy but don’t really understand its place on this list as it’s really nothing more than another divorced dad album.

Good lord, another dull album, thats 3 in less than a week now. Its really sapping my desire to continue this project... Anyways, this is 8 songs that seemingly never end, mostly forgettable until the last song "Small Hours"... "Big Muff" was interesting, but died by not having one single ounce of distortion pedal on it... (checks notes) Nevermind, it was about a different kind of Muff.

groovy beats

Eh

This is solid music to listen to while sitting in a rusty lawn chair by a lake being eaten alive by mosquitos. He always sounds like he tongue is swollen, but I really like the style. Not quite as good as Solid Air for me. Favorites were Big Muff, Couldn’t Love You More, and Dancing.

No review today. Good album, but nothing special especially when listened after brilliant Modest Mouse set. He didn't stand a chance.

This was okay...I really only liked the first song. The rest of it blurred together and didn't sound that interesting to me. I preferred his other album, Solid Air.

Nope.

Mostly average but small hours is great Steve winwood plays on this so it’s alright I guess

If it bangs, it bangs. Good ass album if you ask me

It’s quite rambley and not exactly easy to follow because for me it just sounds like just a bunch of sounds

Jazzy und Funky, hat mich aber nicht Mega abgeholt. Hab aber auch nur die ersten beiden Songs gehört lol

nice acoustic album, but I don't think it was my jam

This was great, wierd and wonderful. Will need to come back to this, but amazing that this was created in the 70s

5 stars for rhyming 'Romancing' and 'Fancypantsing'. 1 star for his inability to enunciate. 3 star average for average songs.

Meh, just meh. 38 uneventful minutes. Well I guess the last song was kinda fun but that’s about it. 2 stars

I knew one song from the album already, I enjoyed the album as a whole

John Martyn made music that increasingly came and went like vapor, but whose scent lingered long enough to leave a mark on those who came upon it. One World, the hazy yet contemplative sojourn in sound conjured up in Jamaica, is one of those imprints. Martyn is untethered yet content, seeking salvation in the atmosphere both physical and spiritual, aided by those who were on the same wavelength as him. Yet another peak from someone who should be more widely regarded than he is. Favorites: Dealer, One World, Big Muff, Couldn't Love You More, Dancing.

DO NOT let Nolan find this rock/jazz fusion album. We need him back on the Modest Mouse bad

Hey Aquaman. That’s my favourite Methro Tull song. Well, second favourite. Right after that 38 minutes song they did about being reincarnated as a starfish but retaining your human brain through some sort of cosmic mistake. Eternally locked inside a gelatinous star in the middle of the ocean. Can’t believe that one charted! ‘94 was a hell of a year. Anyway, this album here? Never heard of it in my life. It could be anything from 80’s pop ballads, to psychedelic show tunes. Maybe some combination of both. I waited days between writing that opening missive and actually listening to this thing. Apparently I needed time to mull. Let’s get this over with. Dealer - Funkyyy OH GOD. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcome Johnny M and the tracheostomy players. Raspy doesn’t begin to describe this vocal delivery. Say no to cigarettes, young fellas. One World - Says you. The unfortunate reality of one world, is you have to share it with guys who will imagine a song, write it, practice it, pay for studio time, and sing like this in front of real people. All the while I need coaching to book a hair appointment. Life never has been fair. This sounds like Sadé being sung in a drunken fashion by a disgruntled philosophy professor at a poorly funded college’s campus bar karaoke Tuesday. Hope that paints a picture for you. Smiling Stranger - Alright. This one kind of won me over. This album is hilarious and this song actually goes pretty hard. Big Muff - Gross. I hated typing those words, let alone hearing them belted out in a falsetto from da funkiest white boi on campus. I have been lost. I mean I’m having fun, but this sucks. Couldn’t Love You More - Whoa. Does this mean that he loves the subject of the song the most possible OR is it past tense, saying “hey pal, couldn’t love you any more, sorry.” This was truly awful. Once again, in a mostly funny way, although it was a little sad. This is obviously a guy in the throes of some addiction. Certain Surprise - This sounds like if you fed Nick Drake a steady diet of acid and speed and taught him about vocal jazz. How does that sound to you? If you said upsetting and hilarious, you just won a million dollars. Please contact uhh what was that address? Dancing - Adult partier anthem. A tribute to sadness, and the desperate clawing at a faded youth that dissipates with each strand of hair that meets its final rest on the pillow. Small Hours - Is this the party anthem redux?? No, it’s a 9 minute closer. Strap in, this should be good. We’re about halfway and nothing has happened. It’s quiet, fairly nice, but mostly boring. I do love the geese ad libs. Oh and now it’s over. That stunk. Man this is a tough one. I had a blast. I felt like I was permanently laughing while this thing was playing. I was laughing at it, but I was still laughing. How can I hate something that brought so much joy? Well, it’s very easy for me as I am a generational hater. This album sucks, but it sucks in such a way that I was never angry or bored. That has to be worth something! It’s worth about a 2, and a half”on to the next one.” Now that’s over with, I’m about to drop a couple tabs and get transported into the body of a sea star. Tally ho. 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Smiling Stranger

It took me awhile to warm up to this one. I want to like it, but something isn’t quite hitting for me. The instrumentals are a level or two above the vocals. The style is interesting enough that I will probably check out some of his other albums. If you are a fan of Dave Matthews you will probably love this because Dave rips him off hard.

No lo conocia, no me impresiono mucho, el ultimo tema esta bien, es instrumental, pero no algo que quiera volver a escuchar seguido.

Boring

If you ever find yourself in a swimming pool in the dark, hours after closing time, wanting to pump some appropriately mellow, aquatic tunes through the cheap speakers: this is the one for you.

This record did nothing for me. Somewhat boring, and the voice was a bit annoying.

This kinda passed me by without much fuss. It sounds a bit of a downer and there's scorching sun outside at the moment. It might be the kind of thing that would connect with me on a blue winter's afternoon when I'm twenty years older.

This is not for me. I guess I'll give it props because it is certainly unique and he is doing some interesting things, but the fusion folk scene is not my thing.

Much like any marathon, there will be a gruelling section where exhaustion will settle in. One World was the first wall I hit on this musical adventure, and my god did it hit hard. the 38m37secs of absolute dross that I experienced with this album was akin to an audible waterboarding. The only highlight (yes, only, and I use that term very lightly) was the song 'Certain Surprise', which I genuinely thought was hilarious at how shit it was. Apologies to fans of John Martyn, I'm sure he has some outstanding music in his back catalogue, but One World is not it.

This is so cheesy

This guy sounded like a cross between Phil Collins and Randy Newman, want shocked for the first song played after the album had finished included Phil. Couldn't love you more is a good song I think but after one listen it sounded like something people walk down the aisle to, it could grow to annoy me but currently still like it. Otherwise first half was trying to force being too jazzy and the latter was a bit bland. Still okay I think, 2.5.

Solid Air was considerably better. I was really looking forward to this too. Dealer is really good, but the rest fade into a middle-of-the-road, boring, monotonous easy-listening slow jam.

Was looking forward to this when I saw it come up. Listened to the "solid air" album we previously had again recently and it's really good..... Unfortunately, I didn't rate this as highly at all and it didn't really do much for me at all. Just felt a bit lifeless and meh compared to solid air. More poppy perhaps? A bit disappointing when compared to solid air. 2.5

Easy listening soft rock. Good album albeit nothing remarkable.

One song in and I can already tell I'm gonna hate this. If you want to know how to torture me, this album is the answer. I'm tempted to change all of my one star ratings because this is so bad. Maybe I owe Slipknot an apology

I started off enjoying this album, but that may have been relative to the albums that have been served up lately. Very soon it developed into a ‘I have changed my mind’ situation and ended in a ‘no thanks’

Bit wanky isn’t it? The track that stuck out was Big Muff (who knew anyone could sing about a big muff for 6.5 minutes?!) and I didn’t mind the instrumental at the end

Me esperaba algo así, nada mal. Lindo para trabajar. Nota: 3.4

I didn't much dig this, except for the closing track. Strange, as I do like some of Martyn's work. Maybe it needs another spin or two.

Without the vocals, this would be a 4-star album. With the vocals, it’s a difficult listen.

One World is a great album, but I think it's less accessible than the folk funk of Solid Air. You have to kind of squint at it. After this one, Martyn made a couple of albums with Phil Collins. It’s a good match to be honest, and Collins’ In The Air Tonight could be a John Martyn song. One World is also considered the prototype for Trip Hop. Which makes Martyn an echoey, dubby, missing link between Nick Drake, Phil Collins and Portishead.

não foi uma experiência muito boa eu poderia ter morrido sem ter escutado esse álbum pprt

eh mais um daqueles PQ ISSO TÁ NA LISTA?? não que seja desagradável. só sem sal mesmo, meio xoxo. vo dar 3 estrelas pq dancing eh divertidinha até!!!

Truly interesting record

I was expecting more from this, but it was o.k. Really just that. Kinda felt empty and not in a good way. Some decent songs here though. 2.5/5 - > 3/5

Relaxing but barely noticed it when I was doing discharge summaries.

Bury this album deep in a hole and never listen to it again

This was really refreshingly new to me, never heard of this artist before. I just loved the tape-loop guitar sound with kind of jazzy, bluesy sounds layered throughout. I'm definintely going to revisit this.

Really enjoyed this. Funky. Bluesy. Fusion-y. Ambient. 4 stars.

A very unique album that lead the way towards huge developments in popularizing dub, inspiring the trip-hop genre, and even reaching out to the modern EDM scene of today. I like the story of personal disillusionment and how working with new artists in new places brought such significant change. I know Scratch from other sources but didn't expect him to show up on a seemingly random album.

Not bad, didn’t pay very close attention

Enjoyable, somewhat quiet pop. Excellent vocals and good lyrics but not essential for me. 3.5 if possible.

Not as good as the other John Martyn album album we heard but still pretty cool. He really must have been a massive influence on Ray Lamontagne's vocal and musical styles. And I love Ray Lamontagne.

Super generic but not bad.

This is funky, psychedelic, and just straight up weird. Stylistically it feels a little all over the place, Mr. Martyn can’t seem to decide on a vocal style to use at all. This disjointed mess of psychedelia is not something that i would ever search out, nor is it something that I’d ever actively want to listen to. I really struggle to find any redeeming qualities, and throughout listening to this record I really just couldn’t wait for it to end. Weird stuff. 1*

Oh boy. I've never heard of John Martyn but this album cover is something. Very 1977. So my jaw actually dropped when the vocals kicked in on the opening track, but luckily the weird growly rasping vocals aren't the style he uses throughout the whole album. The vocals on "One World", for instance, I found really lovely. The super dubby wet synths on "Smiling Stranger" are wild. Overall I preferred the back half of this album. "Certain Surprise" and "Dancing" were probably my favorite two tracks on the album. "Couldn't Love You More" is really sweet, and "Small Hours" is a really cool atmospheric meandering outro. This was a really interesting album. Very strange, and undeniably quite charming. Would definitely listen again. Playlist track: "Certain Surprise"

The ambience and musical style are really cool. His voice is pretty off-putting to me though. It kind of ruins the vibe. If he was a little less Kermit-y, this would probably be a completely different rating for me. The singer, in this vibey, atmospheric style of music, has the most ability to ruin an album. I really like this music; it does feel very tropical and relaxed and makes me want to go spend some time outside in the sun, preferably by a beach. But his voice kind of cuts through all of that and undoes any feelings the instruments gave me. And that's why that last song hops onto my favorites list, because there's so little singing in it. So close, and yet at the same time, not really close at all. Favorite Song(s): One World, Small Hours

Hypnotic ambience

If your dream playlist includes waiting room vibes and elevator ambience, this album absolutely delivers.

Interesting, don’t love.

As much as I appreciate the attempt at a unique sound, this album felt very paint-by-numbers. Not that interesting or noteworthy beyond an easy to listen to yacht-rock/jazz fusion. Inoffensive but very forgettable

It was okay but very forgettable.

This is fucking annoying. Sounds like a midlife crisis. One star.

Not sure what I think here. This might bear repeated listening. I've heard of him from Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness' "The Album Years" podcast, but I've never listened to him until today. First impression is that he's a bit of mumbler. That's the thing that's got me on the fence - his voice. I have a feeling it would grow on me if I dove deeper into his catalog, but I don't think I found these songs compelling enough to lead me to do that. I'm stuck between two and 3 stars - I think I have to go with 2.

3.7

Album 778 of 1089 John Martyn - One World (1977) Rating : 2 / 5 An extra point for the closing track "Small Hours". Other than that, I found it lackluster and irritating.

Really enjoyed this one it’s got a bluesy funky feel while not being overblown with it. This is a good time and I loved his voice

Boring

Alot of the songs kinda just repeat the same word over and over, but in general decent

Fav tracks : couldn't love you more, certain surprize , small hours Was crazy fond at the beginning but it started growing on me more

Eh

Incredible set of sounds for an album of this era. Some real highlights, but loses some flow at points

Okay. Fine.

10/10 huge fan of his other album Solid Air and while I definitely like that one more, this was still absolutely delightful

Mellow. Not terrible

Favorites: Small Hours, One World I think I've always had issues with John Martyn's music that I haven't been able to pinpoint until now. I give this album credit for being completely unique and trying a fresh blend of folk, jazz, and ambient that works to his advantage on one or two tracks, but as a whole this album just doesn't interest me much. I also just can't get past his vocals - they don't really fit on the tracks for me that great.

Zen

I have no idea what to make of it. This was... odd

It wasn't that bad, actually

Very nice guitar sound, sound a little like a mandolin. The melodies were great and semi-experimental, but lacked, for me, a cohesive feeling. Stretched too much between funk, folk, and pop

miten voi olla näin absoluuttisesti vittu päissään? vähän edes pliis pikkasen edes selventyä ennen kun astuu studioon PLIIIIIS! muuten mielestäni mahtavaa mahtavaa musiikkia! BIG MUFF! kova mies mutta ei koskaan julma. tämä on steely dan mutta hyvä. kaksi kättä nyrkissä lähellä kehoa sykkii ylös alasin, suu kuin linnan rautaristikko nostettu ylös avoauki kammion syövereihin matkustaa vaikka hyönteisiä mutta ei häiritse.. BIG MUFF! ei mikään häiritse kyynärpäät viety taakse kuin selkälihasliikkeessä mutta nyrkit vaan liikkuu ylös alas tahtiin tahtiin tahtiin! musiiikki vienyt, musiikki hurmannut, se on tyrmännyt ja lumonnut ja haltioitunut mies on kateissa.. mies on edessäni mutta eksynyt!!! ei löydä tietään kotiin hänet on noiduttu. one world