Glasgow Walker Explained

Glasgow Walker
Type:	studio
Artist:	John Martyn
Cover:	Glasgow walker.jpg
Released:	May 22, 2000
Studio:	The 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
Length:	53:02
Label:	Independiente
Producer:	John Martyn Spencer Cozens Guy Barker Anthony Minghella Graham Walker Gabriel Yared
Prev Title:	The Church with One Bell
Prev Year:	1998
Year:	2000
Next Title:	On the Cobbles
Next Year:	2004

Glasgow Walker is a 2000 album by Scottish singer-songwriter John Martyn.^{[1] [2]} 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.^[3] Kathryn Williams is featured on backing vocals on "Can't Live Without" and "The Field of Play." The album was dedicated to Rod Woolnough.

Glasgow Walker peaked at No. 66 on the UK Albums Chart.^[4]

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."^[5]

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

• John Martyn – vocals, guitars, keyboards (2)
• Spencer Cozens – keyboards (1-7, 9), programming (1-4)
• Stefon Taylor – programming (1-3, 6, 7, 9), keyboard bass (1, 7)
• Phil Cunningham – accordion (3)
• Glasgow Gangster Funk [Gary Gilroy] – programming (4, 5, 7, 8)
• Alex Boyesen – programming (6)
• Reginald Hastings – slide guitar (1, 2, 5), milk bottles (9)
• Alan Thomson – bass guitar (3, 6, 9), slide acoustic guitar (6)
• Jim Lampi – Chapman stick (3, 4)
• Stanley Guffogg – bass guitar (4, 5)
• Arran Ahmun – drums (1, 2), percussion (1, 7)
• Dave Heath – bass flute (2)
• Rowen Cozens – violin (3)
• Kathryn Williams – backing vocals (3), additional backing vocals (8)

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

• Guy Barker
• Perico Sambeat
• Bernardo Sassetti
• Geoff Gascoyne
• Sebastian De Krom

Production

• John Martyn – executive producer, producer
• Spencer Cozens – producer (1-9), engineer, mixing
• Douglas "Bone" Graham – co-producer (1-3, 6, 9), engineer
• Reginald Hastings – co-producer (1-3, 6, 9), mixing
• Stefon Taylor – co-producer (1-3, 6, 9), engineer
• Dave Brinkworth – additional producer (4, 5, 7, 8), additional mixing (4, 5, 7, 8)
• Gary Gilroy – additional producer (4, 5, 7, 8), additional mixing (4, 5, 7, 8)
• Harry Warren – additional producer (4, 5, 7, 8), additional mixing (4, 5, 7, 8)
• Guy Barker – producer (10)
• Anthony Minghella – producer (10)
• Graham Walker – producer (10)
• Gabriel Yared – producer (10)
• Alex Boyesen – additional engineer
• Spenser McGeachy – additional engineer
• Nick Webb – mastering at Abbey Road Studios (London, UK)
• Ryan Art – sleeve design
• Paul Cox – photography

External links

• John Martyn's Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Artist Biography by Brett Hartenbach . AllMusic . 23 March 2021.
2. Web site: Folk Icon John Martyn Dies At 60 . NPR . 23 March 2021.
3. Web site: John Martyn . The Guardian . 23 March 2021.
4. Web site: JOHN MARTYN . Official Charts . 23 March 2021.
5. CD reviews . Birmingham Post . 3 June 2000 . 6.