Glasgow Walker

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Glasgow Walker
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 22, 2000
StudioThe Joe Snowdon Memorial Shed
  • Million Dollar Studios (Cornwall, UK)
  • The Washoose (South Lanarkshire, Scotland)
  • Mill Studios (Kilkenny, Ireland)
Genre Folk rock, folk jazz, trip hop
Length53:02
Label Independiente [1]
Producer John Martyn
John Martyn chronology
The Church with One Bell
(1998)
Glasgow Walker
(2000)
On the Cobbles
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Glasgow Walker is a 2000 album by Scottish singer-songwriter John Martyn. [3] [4] It was his first album to be written on a keyboard rather than a guitar, after a suggestion from his friend Phil Collins. It contains trip hop influences, which Martyn had experimented with on his earlier album And. [5] Kathryn Williams is featured on backing vocals on "Can't Live Without" and "The Field of Play." The album was dedicated to Rod Woolnough.

Contents

Glasgow Walker peaked at No. 66 on the UK Albums Chart. [6]

Critical reception

The Birmingham Post called the album "probably [Martyn's] most assured album in a decade, a moving, heart-on-sleeve affair that finds him in fine voice." [7]

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Martyn except where indicated.

  1. "So Sweet" - 4:50
  2. "Wildflower" - 6:24
  3. "The Field of Play" - 5:48
  4. "Cool In This Life" - 4:20
  5. "Feel So Good" - 5:20
  6. "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) - 5:45
  7. "Mama T" - 5:52
  8. "Can't Live Without" - 4:12
  9. "The Cat Won't Work Tonight" - 4:57
  10. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene DePaul, Don Raye) - 5:19

Personnel

The Guy Barker International Quintet on "You Don't Know What Love Is"

Production

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