''Ain't No Saint'' is a career-spanning retrospective of folk musician

John Martyn Iain David McGeachy (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), known professionally as John Martyn, was a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio albums, and received frequent critical acclaim. ...

, released on the eve of the singer's 60th birthday in 2008. The four-CD compilation album was compiled by John Hillarby, and is divided into two 'studio' discs and two 'live' discs. Hillarby selected at least one song from each of Martyn's 22 albums, along with rarities and outtakes, and added over 30 unreleased pieces.

Track listing

# "Fairy Tale Lullaby" (John Martyn) – 2:51 # "Sing a Song of Summer" (Martyn) – 2:19 # "Stormbringer" (Martyn) – 4:17 # "Tree Green" (Martyn) – 3:10 # "Head and Heart" (Martyn) – 4:52 # "In the Evening" (Martyn) – 4:06 # "Solid Air" (Martyn) – 5:47 # "Keep On" (Martyn) – 4:58 # "The Glory of Love" (Billy Hill, Martyn) – 2:16 # "Go Down Easy" (Martyn) – 3:37 # "Ain't No Saint" nstrumental(Martyn) – 5:55 # "Fine Lines" (Martyn) – 3:49 # "Eight More Miles" (Martyn) – 2:03 # "Call Me Crazy" (Martyn) – 7:26 # "Black Man at Your Shoulder" (Martyn) – 7:22 # "All for the Love of You" (Martyn) – 5:05 # "Working It Out" (Martyn) – 2:44 # "Couldn't Love You More" (Martyn) – 3:05 # "Advertisement" (Martyn) – 0:34 # "Small Hours" nstrumental Martyn 10:20 # "Anna" (Martyn) – 4:13 # "Lookin' On" (Martyn) – 5:16 # "Amsterdam" (Martyn) – 5:29 # "Hung Up" (Martyn) – 4:00 # "Acid Rain" (Martyn, Alan Thomson) – 4:12 # "Who Believes in Angels" (Martyn) – 4:57 # "The Apprentice" (Martyn) – 4:22 # "Hole in the Rain" (Martyn) – 4:40 # "One World" (Martyn) – 6:27 # "Sunday's Child" (Martyn) – 6:12 # "Carmine" (Martyn) – 5:29 # "The Sky Is Crying" (Elmore James, Clarence L. Lewis, Morgan Robinson) – 4:01 # "So Sweet" (Martyn) – 4:50 # "Back to Marseilles" (Martyn) – 4:20 # "Bless the Weather" ive(Martyn) – 11:49 # "Make No Mistake" ive(Martyn) – 5:16 # "So Much in Love with You" ive/# Martyn 5:55 # "Spencer the Rover" ive(Martyn, Traditional) – 4:07 # "My Baby Girl" ive(Martyn) – 2:48 # "You Can Discover" ive(Martyn) – 5:15 # "Solid Air" ive(Martyn) – 7:00 # "I'd Rather Be the Devil (Devil Got My Woman)" ive(James) – 8:55 # "Outside In" ive(Martyn) – 13:09 # "Advertisement" ive(Martyn) – 0:17 # "Big Muff" ive(Martyn) – 9:32 # "One Day Without You" ive(Martyn) – 3:27 # "Dealer" ive(Martyn) – 7:14 # "Smiling Stranger" ive(Martyn) – 7:44 # "Johnny Too Bad" ive(Hylton Beckford, Derrick Leapold Crooks, Shadow Wilson, Delroy Wilson) – 3:56 # "Hurt in Your Heart" ive(Martyn) – 6:49 # "John Wayne" ive(Martyn) – 6:37 # "Angeline" ive(Martyn) – 5:21 # "Mad Dog Days" ive(Martyn) – 5:12 # "The Moment" ive(Martyn) – 4:16 # "Fisherman's Dream" ive(Martyn) – 5:06 # "Sweet Little Mystery" ive(Martyn) – 5:55 # "May You Never" ive (Martyn) – 5:37 # "Step It Up" ive (Martyn) – 3:47 # "Sunshine's Better" ive(Martyn) – 5:05 # "One for the Road" (Martyn) – 3:28 # "Over the Hill" ive(Martyn) – 3:27

Personnel

* Arran Ahmun –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

Spencer Cozens Pentangle may refer to: *Pentagram, a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes * Pentangle (band), a British folk rock band ** ''The Pentangle'' (album), a 1968 album by Pentangle *Miss Pentangle, a character from ''The Worst Witch ' ...

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

* John Paul "J.P." Jones –

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Alan Thomson – bass * Martin Winning –

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

Production

* Joe Black – project coordinator * Paschal Byrne – mastering * Daryl Easlea – liner notes, sleeve notes * John Hillarby – liner notes, compilation, tape research * Kenny Mathieson – photography * Barry Plummer – photography * Phil Smee – design * Shamil Tanna – cover photo

References

External links

The John Martyn Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ain't No Saint (Album) John Martyn albums 2008 compilation albums Island Records compilation albums