Reviews (page 9 of 9)
Geweldig yeah
Cool jazz/soul/rock/funk fusion stuff. Worth a revisit.
I discovered John Martyn a good while ago through Beck covering him on a live in studio radio appearance. Later Spotify allowed me to explore his entire catalog and I was fairly obsessed with him for a while. I like nearly all of his 70s and 80s material. This album isn't my absolute favorite of his but is sort of his breakthrough and definitely a great album. The only track that doesn't fit the "night music" mood that he captures so well is the second track "over the hill" with the folksier sound of the mandolin that turns me off a bit. If you removed that track I think this would be a perfect album for me. I'm typically not a huge folk fan but I love his unique way of blending it with jazz and other elements. He maintains such a seductively subdued mood that I find hypnotic.
Pretty chill. I can see John Martyn having a cult-appeal. Some neat experimentation going on here, but overall is just fine... doesn't do much beyond that for me.
Hella funky. Great album.
Was nice to listen to but the album did not get to me. Was not bad to me.
Dreams by the Sea feels like I'm in the start of Dirty Harry. Dripping with 70s cop movie. Liked it way more on the second listen.
-nick drake, arthur verocai, neil young, astral weeks -"Dreams by the Sea" is a funky hit, "Gentle Blues" has a cool synthy sound at the end -wait he was friends with nick drake and dedicated it to him this is a nice fine album but for this sound I would probably go to everyone listed above before I go to this again
Não é muito bom, mas eu gostei. Tem clima de surf rock.
Nice atmospherical folk album, a must listen in the middle of the night.
decent acoustic guitar stuff, didn't really catch my ear
Rich sound- both guitar and voice. I liked the 5 songs I listened to. Would listen again. Didn’t feel dated.
Very nice. Kind of cozy and relaxing.
'May You Never‘ hatte ich im Frühjahr (2021) gehört, weil im 1001albums-subreddit darauf verwiesen wurde, mich dann aber nicht mit Martyn beschäftigt, den ich vorher nicht kannte. Freund von Nick Drake, eine gewisse musikalische Ähnlichkeit ist unverkennbar und deshalb gefällt mir das wohl auch so gut (btw: ich hoffe, Drake ist in dieser Liste). Dieses Album ist großartig, Perlen wie diese sind der Grund, dass ich dieser Liste weiterhin folge. "it's a classic with not a note out of place" sagt BBC Music und trifft damit den Nagel auf den Kopf.
jazz/folk just isn't my jam, couldn't get into most of the songs
Amazing album, great mix of folk and jazz. First track i wasn't big on but the rest of the album was solid
Cool, chill, jazzy
Folk to funk to folk.
very very good
paia
Sweet bass
A bit different but I like it
A new favorite. Atmospheric, serious but makes you want to be in the crowd to jam along. Folksy and Jazzy with experimental effects and smoky vocals
Sweet marriage of folk and jazz.
Great album that is genre bending and never boring. Dilling into folk, pop, rock, jazz, blues and doing it all great
Was very calming, a bit too wispy for my taste. But a good listen nonetheless.
Solid Trash
Fantástico.
Okay. Nothing I'd return to.
Profundo e com forte potencial terapêutico. Super original e diferente de tudo o que já ouvi. Ainda sim, com sons familiares e que me agradaram logo de cara. Ouvir mais e mais vezes
Álbum incrível. Já virou um clássico para mim. Acompanhar as letras transforma a experiência. Destaque: Solid Air, Don't Wanna Know e May You Never
Did not listen to it but looked into it enough. I'm sure it was fine but not what i was in the mood for the day after the Dodgers won the World Series.
Singer/songwriter, jazz-inspireret, akustisk
Super inconsistent from one song to the next. Some really nice guitar work, but not usually enough to elevate a boring tune. This guy sounds like he doesn't move his jaw when he sings. Best track: Over the Hill
Not bad but I think I would have liked it more without vocals. He sounds like me mumble singing to myself walking to the car or something
Interesting stuff, reminds me a bit of nick drakes early work
High 2
Not half bad! A precursor to soft folk rock singer songwriters like Jack Johnson and Citizen Cope. Something I could see myself coming back to.
Delightful. Flows beautifully between singing and playing. The guitar is the right amount of percussive. Martyn's voice is unique and captivating and like another instrument.
Surprisingly great folk album with some psychedelic elements
This had potential but kinda blew it. The first song was great - like some weird acoustic soul-ish number with great lil melodies and whatnot - but then it became more by-the-numbers SAME OL' FOLK ROCK in other songs. There were a few other tracks that tried to capture the same essence as the title track, but none really got up there, and I hate folk rock. Without the first song this album would be a 2, but with it, it's a 3/5.
Whattawow
Good album…. Bit funkier and 70s sounding that I expected. Probably revisit!