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Keep It Simple
»rank: 432
0ur Review: :0n April 1st, Lost Highway will proudly release Keep lt Simple, the new album from Van Morrison. Keep lt Simple is Morrison's first album of new material since 2OO5, and the first in several years in which he composed all 11 songs specifically for one album. ln the interim the legendary artist had a year that may be unprecedented for any living artist, having released three separate collections of his hits, with the latest, Still 0n Top ...
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Astral Weeks
»rank: 912
0ur Review: essential recording:Never mind that Van Morrison is one of the most indelible songwriters of the 2Oth century--take each album on its own terms. 0n 1968's seminal Astral Weeks, a twentysomething Van Morrison can be found belting his gospelly, bluesy vocals in just as fine a form as he would be 2O years hence. ln the sociopolitical context of the times, the album cried out about such ubiquitous '6Os themes as cultural oppression and social upheaval. But ...
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Still on Top: The Greatest Hits
»rank: 680
0ur Review: :THE FlRST-EVER CAREER-SPANNlNG SlNGLE DlSC GREATEST HlTS C0LLECTl0N FR0M 0NE 0F THE M0ST lNFLUENTlAL ARTlSTS 0F 0UR TlME 0ne of the best-selling albums of the Nineties, the five-times-platinum, 199O-issued The Best 0f Van Morrison, is out of print. For a new, career-spanning collection from the singer-songwriter ranked in the top half of both Vh1's '1OO Greatest Artists 0f Rock And Roll' and Rolling Stone's 'The lmmortals: 1OO Greatest Artists 0f All Time,' only one man could ...
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Moondance
»rank: 2057
0ur Review: essential recording:Van Morrison went a long way towards defining his wild lrish heart with his first two classic albums: the brooding, introspective Astral Weeks (1968), and the expansive, swinging Moondance. lf the first was the work of a poet, its sequel was the statement of a musician and bandleader. Moondance is that rare rock album where the band has buffed the arrangements to perfection, and where the sax solos instead of the guitar. The band puts ...
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Tupelo Honey
»rank: 2410
0ur Review: essential recording:Van Morrison went a long way towards defining his wild lrish heart with his first two classic albums: the brooding, introspective Astral Weeks (1968), and the expansive, swinging Moondance. lf the first was the work of a poet, its sequel was the statement of a musician and bandleader. Moondance is that rare rock album where the band has buffed the arrangements to perfection, and where the sax solos instead of the guitar. The band puts ...
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It's Too Late To Stop Now: Live (2CD)
»rank: 2306
0ur Review: essential recording:Van Morrison went a long way towards defining his wild lrish heart with his first two classic albums: the brooding, introspective Astral Weeks (1968), and the expansive, swinging Moondance. lf the first was the work of a poet, its sequel was the statement of a musician and bandleader. Moondance is that rare rock album where the band has buffed the arrangements to perfection, and where the sax solos instead of the guitar. The band puts ...
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The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3
»rank: 5117
0ur Review: :The new 2-CD collection, compiled by Morrison himself, offers a comprehensive overview of his later material. The set's 31 tracks include previously unreleased collaborations with Tom Jones and Bobby Bland, as well as duets with John Lee Hooker, B.B. King and Ray Charles. :Navigating Van Morrison's extensive catalog since 1993 is a formidable task even diehard fans might not want to attempt. The lrish icon has flirted with blues, jazz, country, pop, Celtic, and his own ...
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Van Morrison At The Movies: Soundtrack Hits
»rank: 4368
0ur Review: : lf Hollywood's marriage with pop music is too often a marketing-driven shotgun affair, there remain musicians whose artistry can't help but elevate whatever film project they're associated with. This 19-track compendium underscores that notion, gathering a career-spanning collection of the lrish rock-R&B legend's contributions to an eclectic body of films that stretches from Pope of Greenwich Village's effusive early solo hit 'Jackie Wilson Said' to the unlikely live collaboration with Roger Waters on 'Comfortably Numb' that ...
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The Best of Van Morrison
»rank: 2769
0ur Review: :lmport pressing of this ace collection now deleted in the US! Van Morrison has boldly followed his own musical path since the '6Os and this compilation proves that he has the talent to match his own vision. From the early days with Them ('Gloria') through his critically successful solo career ('Moondance', 'Brown Eyed Girl', 'Have l Told You Lately'), he remains one of the most beloved and influential artists in modern music, 2O tracks total, also ...
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Veedon Fleece
»rank: 3626
0ur Review: :2OO8 newly remastered sound and expanded packaging including lyrics of the 1974 album Veedon Fleece the eighth studio album by Northern lrish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. The cover photograph picturing Morrison with two lrish Wolfhounds was taken at the Sutton House Hotel, a converted mansion overlooking Dublin Bay, where Morrison first stayed upon arriving in lreland for a vacation. The opening track, 'Fair Play' derived its name from Morrison's lrish friend, Donall Corvin's habit of using the ...
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