Ain't No Saint

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Ain't No Saint
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ReleasedSeptember 2008
Genre Folk, blues
Label Island
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Ain't No Saint is a career-spanning retrospective of folk musician John Martyn, released on the eve of the singer's 60th birthday in 2008.

Contents

The four-CD compilation album was compiled by John Hillarby, and is divided into two 'studio' discs and two 'live' discs. [2] [5] [6] Hillarby selected at least one song from each of Martyn's 22 albums, along with rarities and outtakes, and added over 30 unreleased pieces. [2] [5]

Track listing

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

Personnel

Production

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