Bless The Weather
by John Martyn

Bless The Weather by John Martyn
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 4,999th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 75 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1971 (81st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (814th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,999th)

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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 1207 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,430.

John Martyn album bestography « Higher ranked (4,783rd)
One World
This album (4,999th)
Bless The Weather
Lower ranked (8,758th) »
Grace And Danger

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,999th | 1970s rank: 814th | 1971 rank: 81st
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2026MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 197136/1003
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 50 Music Albums of 19718/504
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 197141/1003
2026 videoheadcleanervideoheadcleaner's 401-50029/100 -
2026davidhuretTop 43 Music Albums of 197120/433
2026marco17Top 100 Greatest Music Albums47/10053
2026 LiedzeitTop 100 Greatest Music Albums33/10067
2026 paladisiactop albums, #2701-2800*58/76 -
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s96/1001
2026 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s59/1008
2026JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of 197160/1002
2026 Patman360Top 99 Music Albums of 197154/992
2026Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s78/1005
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of 1971 by U R C66/70 -
2025 WasinskiTop 96 Music Albums of 197177/961
2025 flamingyesdeptTop 66 Music Albums of 197113/664
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 197144/1003
2025Rm12398Top 46 Music Albums of 197113/464
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '70's (401 - 500) by U R C50/100 -
2025BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of 197129/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 66
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 275
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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 75 votes)
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75/100
 
02/28/2026 21:44 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
70/100
 
01/04/2026 06:00 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58370/100
 
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08/11/2025 16:53 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,54465/100
 
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03/21/2025 15:10 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,13572/100
 
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08/24/2024 22:49 flamingyesdept  Ratings distribution  2,93677/100

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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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From 09/30/2017 12:44 | #198921
My favourite John Martyn record - on a par with any of Nick Drake's albums. Terribly underrated
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From 09/30/2016 16:52 | #176083
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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