Johnny Boy Would Love This... A Tribute To John Martyn
Various Artists
Released:
Aug 2011
Label:
Liaison Music
John Martyn was a massive talent, one with a love for experimentation. It's only fitting that this tribute album is a wildly sprawling listen that boasts both abrupt shifts in style and a seriously diverse assortment of artists. What other compilation out there contains contributions from blues-rocker Joe Bonamassa, Beck, Phil Collins, indie-folkies Vetiver and The Cure's Robert Smith? Speaking of Smith, he turns in what just might be the best piece here, an utterly gorgeous version of "Small Hours" that sounds like a cross between The Cure and Spirit of Eden-era Talk Talk -- no lie.
Play Album
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3:25David Gray
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5:13Clarence Fountain
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7:53Robert Smith
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4:25Beck
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4:13Ted Barnes
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3:46The Swell Season
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4:08Emperors of Wyoming
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3:14Lisa Hannigan
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4:30Vetiver
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5:40Skye
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4:16Cheryl Wilson
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2:12Joe Bonamassa
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3:48Sonia Dada
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4:14Sabrina Dinan
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4:24Paolo Nutini
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5:41Snow Patrol
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3:07Beth Orton
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2:23The Bombay Bicycle Club
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5:45Syd Kitchen
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4:42Vashti Bunyan
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3:41Morcheeba
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5:05Nicholas Barron
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2:57John Smith
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4:37Judie Tzuke
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3:26Jim Tullio
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4:12Oh My God
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7:25The Blackships
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3:24Ultan Conlan
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5:26Brendan Campbell
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5:31Phil Collins