I am a massive van fan. Infact i live for this guy. Ive been into him since i was 13, im now 24 so thats a good few years. I have every album he has ever officially released and a lot that are not so official, but i have to say that out of them all this album is my overall favourite after Astral ... Read review
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Enlightenment -
Its title seems squarely in the pilgrim's camp, where much of Van Morrison's '80s music
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dwells, but 1990'sEnlightenmentoffsets new glimpses of Morrison's oft-sought Avalon ("Avalon of the Heart") with darker confessions of human frailty and challenged ...
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Advantages: Every song is great. Disadvantages: Not much really.
I am a massive van fan. Infact i live for this guy. Ive been into him since i was 13, im now 24 so thats a good few years. I have every album he has ever officially released and a lot that are not so official, but i have to say that out of them all this album is my overall favourite after Astral weeks.
When you buy an album its probably quite rare that you will like every single song, but with this one, in my opinion, every single song is worth ... ...mixture of up tempo and slow songs to put you in all sorts of moods. There is a great veriaty of instruments such as strings, brass, a harp and even an accordian. There is also some lovely backing vocals from the great Georgie Fame. I can honestly say that i dont have a favourite song on this album because i just cant choose one. Although i do find myself listenig to a few of them over and over. The first of these would be so quiet in here. this ...
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Advantages: What a voice! That's MOrrison's voice and the music just follow the voice Disadvantages: To short.
...album he recorded is "ASTRAL WEEK" less than 2 days after arrival in NYC.
Only 8 songs but you can feel all the soul of his colored voice. His work between Blues/Jazz/Folk is superb, thereis a continuity all along the album but songs like "Astral Weeks", "Cyprus Avenue" or the poignant and so lovely story-in-a-song "Madame George" 9:25 totally pure where voice and music are so close...
Year by year this album has become a timeless classic so let the music play for this magnific album...
If you are interesting in VanMorrison's album I can advice : "Avalon Sunset" and "Enlightenment"......
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Album Notes: Personnel includes: Van Morrison (vocals); Paul Durcan (spoken vocals); Bernie Holland (guitar); Steve Gregory, Dave Bishop (saxophone); Henry Lowther (trumpet); Steve Waterman (flugelhorn); Malcolm Griffiths (trombone); Michael O'Suilleabhain (piano); Georgie Fame (electric piano, organ, background vocals); Neil Drinkwater, Alex Gifford (keyboards); Frank Ricotti (vibraphone); Steve Pearce, Brian Odgers (bass); Dave Early, Steve Sanger (drums); The Ambrosian Singers (background vocals).
Album Reviews: Q (1/91) - Included in Q's list of the 50 Best Albums of 1990.
Titles on disc 1
1.: Real Real Gone
2.: Enlightenment
3.: So Quiet In Here
4.: Avalon Of The Heart
5.: See Me Through
6.: Youth Of 1000 Summers
7.: In The Days Before Rock 'n' Roll
8.: Start All Over Again
9.: She's A Baby
10.: Memories
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