NewCC0012: Van Morrison

Submitted by lbangs on Fri, 04/27/2001 - 05:23
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  • Astral Weeks (68): *****
  • Moondance (70): *****
  • His Band & Street Choir (70): *****
  • Saint Dominic's Preview (72): **** 1/2
  • Irish Heartbeat (88): **** 1/2
  • It's Too Late to Stop Now (74): **** 1/2
  • The Best of Van Morrison [Mercury] (90): **** 1/2
  • Tupelo Honey (71): **** 1/2
  • Avalon Sunset (89): **** 1/2
  • The Healing Game (97): ****
  • A Night in San Francisco (94): ****
  • Wavelength (78): ****
  • Into the Music (79): ****
  • Poetic Champions Compose (87): ****
  • The Bang Masters (91): ****
  • The Best of Van Morrison, Vol. 2 (93): ****
  • The Skiffle Sessions: Live in Belfast 1998 (00): ****
  • Veedon Fleece (74): *** 1/2
  • Beautiful Vision (82): *** 1/2
  • Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast (85): *** 1/2
  • No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (86): *** 1/2
  • Enlightenment (90): *** 1/2
  • Hymns to the Silence (91): *** 1/2
  • Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison (96): *** 1/2
  • The Philosopher's Stone (98): *** 1/2
  • Back on Top (99): *** 1/2
  • Blowin' Your Mind! (67): ***
  • Best of Van Morrison [Bang] (69): ***
  • T.B. Sheets (74): ***
  • A Period of Transition (77): ***
  • Common One (80): ***
  • A Sense of Wonder (85): ***
  • Too Long in Exile (93): ***
  • Days Like This (95): ***
  • How Long Has This Been Going On (96): ***
  • You Win Again (00): ***
  • Hard Nose the Highway (73): ** 1/2
  • The Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (83): **
Author Comments: 

This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.

Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.

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