Comments on: Van Morrison — Astral Weeks http://www.musthear.com/music/reviews/van-morrison/astral-weeks/ Only the music you must hear Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:36:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Mark Wilde http://www.musthear.com/music/reviews/van-morrison/astral-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-1712 Mark Wilde Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:02:30 +0000 http://www.musthear.com/music/?p=833#comment-1712 This is an especially rare type of album, that not only fits in perfectly with the autumn season (it virtually embodies it) but it also has all of the timeless autumnal themes: recollection, regret, remembrance. This album conjures a timeless nostalgia within me (inspiring my own vague childhood memories) with its remarkable musical complexity (an achingly beautiful melding of folk, jazz, classical, and Van the Man's bluesy vocals which were at a supernatural height here and never reached this level again). The greatest singer/songwriter album, eclipsing even Dylan...Van Morrison's trip down memory lane is filled with deeply emotional improvisational lyrics, impressionistic and mystical imagery, and pure soul. Accompanying the greatest vocals to grace any album in the history of popular music are one of the greatest jazz rhythm sections and a string quartet. The most personal album ever made. This is an especially rare type of album, that not only fits in perfectly with the autumn season (it virtually embodies it) but it also has all of the timeless autumnal themes: recollection, regret, remembrance. This album conjures a timeless nostalgia within me (inspiring my own
vague childhood memories) with its remarkable musical complexity (an achingly beautiful melding of folk, jazz, classical, and Van the Man’s bluesy vocals which were at a supernatural height here and never reached this level again). The greatest singer/songwriter album,
eclipsing even Dylan…Van Morrison’s trip down memory lane is filled with deeply emotional improvisational lyrics, impressionistic and mystical imagery, and pure soul. Accompanying the greatest vocals to grace any album in the history of popular music are one of the greatest
jazz rhythm sections and a string quartet. The most personal album ever made.

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