Blowin' Your Mind!
Released: 1967
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Released: 1967
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Although Van Morrison's first solo album is remembered for containing the immortal pop hit "Brown Eyed Girl," Blowin' Your Mind! is actually a dry run for his masterpiece, Astral Weeks. Songs like...
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Astral Weeks
Released: November 1968
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Released: November 1968
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Astral Weeks is generally considered one of the best albums in pop music history. For all that renown, Astral Weeks is anything but an archetypal rock & roll album: in fact, it isn't a rock & roll...
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Moondance
Released: February 1970
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Released: February 1970
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The yang to Astral Weeks' yin, the brilliant Moondance is every bit as much a classic as its predecessor; Van Morrison's first commercially successful solo effort, it retains the previous album's...
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Tupelo Honey
Released: October 1971
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Released: October 1971
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Tupelo Honey is typical of Van Morrison's early-'70s work in both sound and structure; after dispensing with the requisite hit -- here, the buoyant, R&B-inflected "Wild Night" -- he truly gets down...
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Saint Dominic's Preview
Released: 1972
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Released: 1972
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While less thematically and sonically cohesive than Van Morrison's prior albums, Saint Dominic's Preview nonetheless hangs together on the strength of its songs, an intriguingly diverse collection...
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Hard Nose the Highway
Released: August 1973
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Released: August 1973
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Although it marks a decline from the astonishing run of five great albums Van Morrison had made from 1968 through 1972, Hard Nose the Highway is still a respectable, if uneven, effort, notably...
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T.B. Sheets
Released: January 1974
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Released: January 1974
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Another re-packaging of Bang Records material issued without Van Morrison's approval, this album focuses on Morrison's longer, more ambitious songs, such as the title cut, and is notable for...
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It's Too Late to Stop Now
Released: January 1974
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Released: January 1974
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While Van Morrison is, to be kind, an erratic and temperamental live performer, he's in stellar form throughout the double album It's Too Late to Stop Now, a superb concert set that neatly...
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Veedon Fleece
Released: February 1974
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Released: February 1974
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The final album of Van Morrison's remarkably prolific and innovative 1968-1974 period (followed by three years of silence), Veedon Fleece brings the singer full circle, returning him to the...
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A Period of Transition
Released: 1977
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Released: 1977
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Titles rarely come as explicit as A Period of Transition, a record Van Morrison released three years after Veedon Fleece, an uncommonly long period of inactivity for this prolific artist. It was...
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