Is This John Marytn's Greatest Album?

Aren't we lucky those of us who have discovered John Martyn? One World is my favourite album of his and a perfect bridge between the more jazz folky Solid Air and the harrowing Grace and Danger.

All the tracks are gems including the acoustic declaration of unconditional love Couldn't Love You More and the catchy pop of Certain Surpise to the echoplex driven rhythms of Big Muff and Dealer.

Best of all is Small Hours; the ultimate 3 am track. I remember playing this album incessantly one summer and it took me a while to realise the background chattering geese sounds on this evocative final track were coming from the record and not from outside my student digs window! Oh, the nostalgia!