The Guide to Van Morrison
Submitted by lbangs on Mon, 05/23/2005 - 01:45
Tags:
- Blowin' Your Mind (1967) - *** 1/2
- Astral Weeks (1968) - *****
- Moondance (1970) - *****
- His Band and the Street Choir (1970) - **** 1/2
- Tupelo Honey (1971) - **** 1/2
- Saint Dominic's Preview (1972) - *****
- Hard Nose the Highway (1973) - ** 1/2
- It's Too Late to Stop Now (1974) - **** 1/2
- Veedon Fleece (1974) - ****
- A Period of Transition (1977) - ***
- wavelength (1978) - *** 1/2
- Into the Music (1979) - ****
- Common One (1980) - ***
- Beautiful Vision (1982) - ***
- Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1983) - ** 1/2
- A Sense of Wonder (1985) - ***
- Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast (1985) - *** 1/2
- No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (1986) - ***
- Poetic Champions Compose (1987) - *** 1/2
- Irish Heartbeat (1988) - **** 1/2
- Avalon Sunset (1989) - ****
- The Best of Van Morrison (1990) - *****
- Enlightenment (1990) - *** 1/2
- Bang Masters (1991) - ****
- Hymns to the Silence (1991) - *** 1/2
- Too Long in Exile (1993) - *** 1/2
- The Best of Van Morrison, Vol. 2 (1993) - ****
- A Night in San Francisco (1994) - ****
- Days Like This (1995) - ***
- How Long Has This Been Going On (1996) - ** 1/2
- Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison (1996) - ** 1/2
- The Healing Game (1997) - *** 1/2
- The Philosopher's Stone (1998) - ****
- Back on Top (1999) - ***
- Super Hits (1999) - **
- The Skiffle Sessions: Live in Belfast 1998 (2000) - *** 1/2
- You Win Again (2000) - ***
- Down the Road (2002) - *** 1/2
- What's Wrong With This Picture? (2003) - *** 1/2
Author Comments:
This appears just like my CC series, but there is one crucial distinction. This list is the combined opinions of me and the critics in the critical consensus series. My vote counted for one point just like the vote of each critic.
Essentially, this is simply an update of the CC series with my little voice tossed in as a drop in the critical pool.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever
I'm just in the process of building up my Van Morrison collection. Today received 'Saint Dominic's Preview', curtesy of Amazon.co.uk, and I'm now this very moment loading it onto my PC and iPod. Last week I got Veedon Fleece.
(But I still prefer Paul Rodgers.)
I bet you will enjoy; those are both terrific albums!
And I might well drop dead the day you find a favorite to take over Mr. Rodgers' position, so it is probably just as well... ;)
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs