Bless The Weather
by John Martyn

Bless The Weather by John Martyn
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-11-00
Overall rank: 5,157th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 75 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (82nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (823rd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,157th)

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John Martyn bestography

Bless The Weather is ranked 3rd best out of 28 albums by John Martyn on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Martyn is Solid Air which is ranked number 1213 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,433.

John Martyn album bestography « Higher ranked (4,944th)
One World
This album (5,157th)
Bless The Weather
Lower ranked (8,881st) »
Grace And Danger

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Bless The Weather rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,157th | 1970s rank: 823rd | 1971 rank: 82nd  Overall chart history
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings).Help Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
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2026 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s60/1008
2026JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of 197161/1002
2026MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 197136/1003
2026marco17Top 100 Greatest Music Albums47/10052
2026Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s67/1007
2026BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of 197129/1004
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 60 Music Albums of 19719/604
2026 LiedzeitTop 100 Greatest Music Albums33/10065
2026 videoheadcleanervideoheadcleaner's 401-50038/100 -
2026Rm12398Top 46 Music Albums of 197112/464
2026 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 197154/1002
2026davidhuretTop 44 Music Albums of 197120/443
2026 paladisiactop albums, #2701-2800*59/77 -
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 197142/1003
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s99/1000
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of 1971 by U R C66/70 -
2025 flamingyesdeptTop 66 Music Albums of 197113/664
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 197144/1003
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '70's (401 - 500) by U R C50/100 -
2025JohnnyoTop albums of the 70’s (301 - 400)31/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 66
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 270
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Bless The Weather ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 75 votes)
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02/28/2026 21:44 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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01/04/2026 06:00 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,45270/100
 
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08/11/2025 16:53 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,84865/100
 
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03/21/2025 15:10 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,17572/100
 
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08/24/2024 22:49 flamingyesdept  Ratings distribution  2,94377/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.


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My favourite John Martyn record - on a par with any of Nick Drake's albums. Terribly underrated
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An extremely fine acoustic album, one of Martyn's finest with songs that stay with you. Smooth and lovely vocals and production, tinges of jazz at the end that would unfold more in layter albums.
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