One World
by John Martyn

One World by John Martyn
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 4,727th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 80 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (70th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (781st)
Award Best albums of all time (4,727th)

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John Martyn bestography

One World is ranked 2nd best out of 28 albums by John Martyn on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Martyn is Solid Air which is ranked number 1192 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,454.

John Martyn album bestography « Higher ranked (1,192nd)
Solid Air
This album (4,727th)
One World
Lower ranked (4,727th) »
One World

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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One World rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,727th | 1970s rank: 781st | 1977 rank: 70th

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One World ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 80 votes)
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70/100
 
01/06/2026 13:52 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,79670/100
 
55/100
 
12/01/2025 18:57 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,20068/100
 
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11/23/2025 07:31 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
70/100
 
04/29/2025 11:41 Dankel  Ratings distribution  2,60576/100
 
80/100
 
03/26/2025 22:49 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,04272/100

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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.

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10/100
From 09/08/2021 16:46 | #273512
one chord. one lyric. roll it up and sell it to unsuspecting teenagers. new world music?
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80/100
From 09/10/2020 20:13 | #258020
This album has the biggest middle aged white guy in a Hawaiian shirt vibes I've ever heard. Think Gilmour-era Pink Floyd mixed with Steely Dan. I love it.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 01/07/2018 21:27 | #204897
Great, at times. Funkier than expected. I lost focus toward the end, so probably bears a second listen.
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85/100
From 12/13/2016 21:21 | #180093
Small Hours is so beautiful and serene. Possibly his best song.
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85/100
From 06/03/2016 12:59 | #167696
A lovely album. Some fantastic songs here. The early part of the record is for the more bigger sounding tracks, such as, dealer and, big muff. Best song on the album is the utterly beautiful, a certain surprise, perfect for a summer's afternoon. Solid air, quite rightly gets all the plaudits, but this is up there with it. Great chill out music.
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