Glorious Fool

by John Martyn

Glorious Fool cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: WEA
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 55:20
  • Community rating: 3.06/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Phil Collins, 'Glorious Fool' finds the Scottish folk innovator embracing a highly polished, commercially oriented sound. The record integrates sleek synthesizers, drum machines, and sophisticated pop sensibilities, marking a definitive departure from his acoustic origins while retaining his distinctively slurred vocal delivery[cite: 1].

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Couldn't Love You More (4:00)
  2. Amsterdam (5:28)
  3. Hold on My Heart (4:41)
  4. Perfect Hustler (4:46)
  5. Hearts and Keys (7:27)
  6. Glorious Fool (5:00)
  7. Never Say Never (4:52)
  8. Pascanel (Get Back Home) (3:48)
  9. Didn't Do That (4:22)
  10. Please Fall in Love with Me (6:12)
  11. Don't You Go (4:40)

Credits

  • John Martyn - primary artist, vocals, guitar, written-by
  • Alan Thomson - bass
  • Dick Cuthell - flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Eric Clapton - guitar
  • Max Middleton - keyboards
  • Danny Cummings - percussion
  • Bill Smith - sleeve

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