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John Martyn - Sapphire (2015) [Deluxe Edition]

John Martyn - Sapphire (2015) [Deluxe Edition]

BAND/ARTIST: John Martyn

  • Title: Sapphire
  • Year Of Release: 1984 / 2015
  • Label: Island Records ‎– 417 040-3
  • Genre: Alternative Rock, Folk Rock
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue, log, scans)
  • Total Time: 1:50:51
  • Total Size: 770 MB
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Tracklist:

Disc 1
01. Sapphire 05:16
02. Over the Rainbow 03:24
03. You Know 03:12
04. Watching Her Eyes 03:54
05. Fisherman’s Dream 04:18
06. Acid Rain 04:12
07. Mad Dog Days 04:59
08. Climb the Walls 04:14
09. Coming In on Time 03:34
10. Rope-Soul’d 04:48

Disc 2
01. Sapphire 04:51
02. Over the Rainbow 03:49
03. You Know 04:32
04. Watching Her Eyes 04:09
05. Fisherman’s Dream 04:34
06. Acid Rain 04:08
07. Mad Dog Days 05:24
08. Climb the Walls 05:19
09. Coming In on Time 04:08
10. Rope-Soul’d 04:52
11. Love in Your Life 03:28
12. Fisherman’s Dream 04:36

Live In Hamburg, Germany, 1986
13. Mad Dog Days 05:32
14. Fisherman’s Dream 05:10
15. Over the Rainbow 04:26

Recorded in the Bahamas with the help of Robert Palmer, Sapphire continues in the vein of the early-'80s slicker John Martyn sound. By now the guitar has sunk so far into the mix to where it's become virtually nonexistent, and keyboards and drum machines have taken over. Not that omnipresent guitar is necessary for a good Martyn album, but a career that's built so much with guitar, when changed to less guitar, needs to have something else going for it. Martyn's unique voice and adept songwriting have proven to be enough since his guitar sank into the background, but unfortunately these attributes aren't enough to sustain this particular album. The only really memorable tracks are "Fisherman's Dream" and "Mad Dog Days." "Over the Rainbow" (yes, the song from Wizard of Oz) is a surprisingly good choice for Martyn, yet it works much better in his live shows than here in a studio version. -- Rob Caldwell

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