Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
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Artist: Van MorrisonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Astral Weeks
- Beside You
- Sweet Thing
- Cyprus Avenue
- Way Young Lovers Do
- Madame George
- Ballerina
- Slim Slow Slider
Music reviews of Astral Weeks
Music Review: Un-rate-able - Astral Weeks Simply Stands On it's Own
Rating: 5 Stars
I think it was 1969, a friend and I took the train into NYC to comb the record shops. In one small shop somewhere near Grand Central Station I'm flipping through vinyl with this playing in the store, and more and more I can't do anything but listen. Madame George did it. So I say to my friend, "listen to this, this is pretty cool," but he's taciturn, non-committal. I was riveted. So I left with Astral Weeks and Country Joe's Thinking of Woody Guthrie. Astral Weeks is one album that simply entered my aural mind and took up residence. I can hear it anytime, anywhere, no ear buds necessary. In my own Van Morrison list of indispensables this is the cornerstone, along with Veedon Fleece, A Sense of Wonder and St. Dominic's Preview.
Description of Astral Weeks
Pressed on 180gram vinyl. Mastered from the original analog master tapes and it features all original packaging 1968's Astral Weeks remains not only Morrison's masterpiece, but one of the greatest records ever made. A haunting, deeply personal collection of impressionistic Folk styled epics recorded by an All Star Jazz backing unit including bassist Richard Davis and drummer Connie Kay, its poetic complexity earned critical raves but made only a minimal commercial impact. Astral Weeks had been dark and anguished.Never mind that Van Morrison is one of the most indelible songwriters of the 20th century--take each album on its own terms. On 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 20 years hence. In the sociopolitical context of the times, the album cried out about such ubiquitous '60s themes as cultural oppression and social upheaval. But it is Morrison's vocal dexterity and passion that maintains such timeless appeal. Take tracks like "Madame George" or "Cyprus Avenue" and you'll find such beautiful mourning, it'll be clear why modern songwriter Sin?ad O'Connor once publicly exclaimed: "Van Morrison should be friggin' canonized." --Nick Heil
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