- Record Label: Liaison Music
- Release Date: Aug 16, 2011
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Oct 31, 2011It would have been better to be more sharply focused, and more limited in scope, so a wider audience could discover it and maybe love it as much as Johnny Boy.
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MojoDec 22, 2011There's enough to pique interest for newbies. The rest of us will head on back to the master. [Sep 2011, p.99]
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Aug 16, 2011None of it is clumsy but, equally, none of it truly escapes the originator's gravitational field.
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Aug 16, 2011Like most tribute albums, Johnny Boy Would Love This is mixed, with a few misfires, like Snow Patrol's overblown "May You Never." But Mr. Martyn's pensive, moody spirit comes through, and the tribute should send listeners back to his own 1973 masterpiece, "Solid Air."
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Aug 16, 2011It's likely to appeal more to dedicated Martyn fans than newcomers but a fine tribute nonetheless.
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UncutSep 23, 2011The sonic darings of his own recordings has clearly fueled the imaginations of The Cure's Robert Smith and Beck, although the likes of Snow Patrol and Beth Orton stay closer to the originals. [Oct 2011, p.102]