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378:(1973). He spent 1975 touring to an excessive schedule, but by the end of the year had become disillusioned with the music industry, particularly session musicians who he believed prioritised finance over creativity in their decisions, deceitful managers and agencies, and threatened to end his career. He felt he needed to tour excessively to help aid his wife
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resided in two converted stables. Although Martyn had said he brought his wife and children to the cottage, he also claimed that
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guitar effects, while his lyrics discuss love, specific people and his disintegrating marriage. Some of the recording was achieved outdoors, with Island's mobile recording studio being used to operate a live feed across the farm's surrounding lake; microphones picked up the full ambience of the area,
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felt that the "electrified swagger" of "Big Muff" was the highlight of the pop-leaning songs, while finding the album's "understated explorations of mood" to be even more compelling, particularly citing the title track and "Small Hours" for their "mesmerizing, smoky grooves". Reviewing the reissue,
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shaped like animals. Martyn recalled: "Scratch is going, ‘Boy, look at the muff on that!’, looking at this horse. ‘Now put this with the pig, see? Now boy, this is one big muff!’ And he was going on about his big muff, and how it was going to get away with the powder puff and everything. That guy's
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is considered one of Martyn's best-loved albums. The musician, who had a noted distaste for some of his previous records, was pleased with the album, and continued to play some of its songs live for the rest of his life. He later said: "You can really tell we were somewhere else when we made it. I
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The closing, eight-and-a-half minute "Small Hours" is a relaxed piece, featuring
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hailed the album as "rue, liquid essence", saying Martyn "achieved the sort of rich sonic brine that perfectly depicts the state of his soul," with songs taking listeners to "a place of solitude and intimacy like only he can," highlighting "Small Hours" for being arguably Martyn's finest song. In
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flutes and a walking bass line, eventually fading with a breathy wail. Martyn felt the theme of the title track did not need an explanation, adding: "regardless of political boundaries it is one world whether you like it or not, just because people look different on the other side of the world
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commented that Martyn "seems fated to inspire madness and mayhem, no matter how utterly shambolic the circumstances he finds himself in," feeling this may be due to his uniquely "foggy" voice and ability to "trick out what are invariably simple songs with ravishing detail." In
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singers. He later said: "I found them even more hustly, and even more petty. And I've never been one for coteries; I don't like scenes. Fuck the scene — there ain't no 'scene' — the whole thing's a scene." The new compositions downplayed acoustic guitar and instead focused on
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doesn't mean to say that they are different." In the song, the realisation that people share "one world" leaves Martyn "cold and lonely." The "dubby suspension" of "Smiling
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at the end of the month, becoming Martyn's first charting album, although it only stayed on the chart for one week. Its success was despite being one of the musician's more experimental records of the era, and for being released at the height of the
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music, though Munro interpreted its lyrics as "a plea – presumably to
Beverley – asking that she understands how a music man must live in a world." He further described this trio of songs as some of Martyn's more commercial-leaning material to date.
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on a daily basis to record the album. The musician said of the farm: "Vast grounds, lovely lake, a fine environment. It was my way of saying, it's not all rock'n'roll and mirrors". While at the farm, Martyn and engineer
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also fuelled Martyn's drug habits during the stay at the farm. Brown felt that the opium generally helped keep Martyn's moods up during recording, with only occasional times when he would become drunk and difficult.
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saxophone solo disrupts the shifting melody lines. Inspired by "gangsters and lowlives", the song was described by Martyn as "a piece of advice to the public", adding "I've always distrusted a smiling stranger".
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was, despite Martyn's increasing fan base in 1977, as "esoteric as ever" with its influences from dub and "oblique ambience." Nick Dale listed the "pretty drugged-out record" among Martyn's essential albums in
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wrote that the album's "oceanic funk and ambient ethereality was gloriously out of step with the UK rock scene in 1977." "Dancing" was released as a single in
February, backed with "Dealer". As of 1981,
388:(1976), was released through mail order from the Martyns' home and sold successfully, but Martyn's bad moods, drinking problems and poor relationship with his wife continued, later worsening when
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sense of humour is in the song. It's silly, Jamaican silly." The pair wrote the lyrics together at the breakfast table while Martyn later added the song's simplistic chords. Described by critic
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bass, while Moog synthesiser phases from left to right. Goldman adds that Martyn's voice "performs abrupt disappearances, bobbing up immediately at some other angle to the ears."
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to bridge Martyn's earlier, more simple folk-based music with the "strutting, jazz-inflected rock" he began exploring in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2004, Island Records released a "
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described the album as very warm and "full-sounding", comparable to "an armchair before an open fire, somewhat stoned, keeping the cold winter at bay." In an article for
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thing, man. It was the echo thing that invented dub for Scratch – and I just came across my version of it by accident." While at the studios, he appeared on Spear's
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of his, with choosing which songs he should record for the album, later explaining: "he has what I call 'cross-over ears,' he'd as soon listen to
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felt the "mean, moogy and magnificent" album was the most "mesmerising" he had heard that year, deeming it "plain better than anything else."
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for being "as blotto and as blessed with sometimes hazy, sometimes crystalline music, as anything he's ever done," drawing comparisons with
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chose the title track as an example of his talent. "Small Hours" was later reworked by Martyn into the track "Anna" as the backdrop for
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features an echoing, meditative sound with heavy usage of guitar effects. According to writer Wilson Neate, the album combines the
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was really pleased with it." The album's more pop-oriented songs signalled the slicker pop direction Martyn began exploring with
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dedicated to introducing Martyn's music to a wider audience. Aired later the same night with an introduction from presenter
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924:become Martyn's first chart success.
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2729:"John Martyn: One World (Island)"
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2426:Belbin, Dave (24 January 1978).
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2091:"The Gentlest Circus: One World"
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3133:Encyclopedia of Popular Music
2397:Black, Johnny (August 2008).
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1189:The Rolling Stone Album Guide
1063:Encyclopedia of Popular Music
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2727:Rea, Steven X (April 1978).
2000:"John Martyn's 70s gig list"
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1703:"Small Hours" (Live) – 7:23
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3164:Strong, Martin C. (1994).
2883:"John Martyn Gigging Soon"
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1413:The Great Rock Discography
1101:The Great Rock Discography
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2820:"John Martyn – One World"
2500:"John Martyn 'One World'"
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1675:"Certain Surprise" – 3:52
1639:"Certain Surprise" – 3:52
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1666:"Smiling Stranger" 3:30
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234:Released: February 1978
3256:(25–26). December 1978
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1622:"Big Muff" (Martyn,
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1663:"One World" – 4:04
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2889:. 15 October 1977
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1783:Andy Newmark
1765:Yamaha organ
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283:John Stevens
255:studio album
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3937:1977 albums
3874:Live albums
3697:The Tumbler
3674:John Martyn
3250:"Jaarlijst"
2463:"One World"
2004:John Martyn
1855:Tony Wright
1849:Phill Brown
1789:Morris Pert
1785:– drums (1)
1777:Neil Murray
1763:(1, 3, 8),
1574:Esben Storm
1528:I Feel Love
1504:world music
1363:Terry Riley
934:Tony Wright
881:Latin music
722:Composition
693:trombonist
621:Murray Head
604:Phill Brown
525:jazz fusion
259:John Martyn
167:John Martyn
44:John Martyn
3962:Dub albums
3926:Categories
3721:Inside Out
3527:11 January
3505:11 January
3304:11 January
3282:11 January
3260:16 January
3175:0862413850
2970:"Newsdesk"
2940:"Newsdesk"
2910:"Newsdesk"
2733:Crawdaddy!
2668:16 January
1936:11 January
1896:References
1779:– bass (3)
1773:– bass (7)
1508:Jah Wobble
1490:Portishead
1420:said that
1333:Skip James
1315:Crawdaddy!
983:movement;
968:Bob Harris
877:bossa nova
796:describes
772:Inside Out
770:nature of
533:Nottingham
493:soundtrack
442:musicians
420:sabbatical
394:Nick Drake
375:Inside Out
362:Background
295:sabbatical
220:One World
169:chronology
3737:One World
3713:Solid Air
3636:One World
3595:One World
3391:Pitchfork
3329:The Times
3112:One World
2627:Pitchfork
1843:Technical
1771:Dave Pegg
1744:One World
1738:Personnel
1624:Lee Perry
1594:Faultline
1538:One World
1482:One World
1467:One World
1463:One World
1452:One World
1422:One World
1383:One World
1359:John Cale
1321:One World
1304:One World
996:One World
981:punk rock
972:One World
930:One World
922:One World
920:) helped
798:One World
793:Pitchfork
784:jazz-funk
764:One World
730:Lee Perry
683:Dave Pegg
667:Gilgamesh
659:Pentangle
647:One World
640:PA system
635:One World
595:Berkshire
587:One World
580:Berkshire
572:One World
570:produced
559:Recording
553:One World
549:One World
500:One World
456:One World
448:Max Romeo
406:producer
330:One World
314:dub music
271:Berkshire
250:One World
231:"Dancing"
189:One World
107:jazz-funk
78:, England
76:Berkshire
24:One World
3793:Cooltide
3769:Sapphire
3417:(2000).
3130:(2007).
3116:AllMusic
2862:Gongster
2759:The Wire
2692:"Albums"
2571:AllMusic
2432:Gongster
2176:AllMusic
2150:The Wire
1979:AllMusic
1884:for the
1686:Disc two
1631:Side two
1626:) – 6:30
1608:Side one
1559:The Word
1506:pioneer
1486:trip hop
1400:AllMusic
1368:Gongster
1026:AllMusic
885:highlife
863:Side two
848:tea cups
821:Side one
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