Van Morrison

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  • Blowin' Your Mind (1967)


  • 1. Brown Eyed Girl: 10
  • 2. He Ain't Give You None: 6.0
  • 3. T.B. Sheets: 3.8
  • 4. Spanish Rose: 4.2
  • 5. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye): 5.6
  • 6. Ro Ro Rosey: 4.9
  • 7. Who Drove The Red Sports Car?: 4.4
  • 8. Midnight Special: 5.0
  • Song Average: 5.2
  • Score: 46%

  • Astral Weeks (1968)


  • 1. Astral Weeks: 9.0
  • 2. Beside You: 8.7
  • 3. Sweet Thing: 9.8
  • 4. Cyprus Avenue: 9.3
  • 5. The Way Young Lovers Do: 7.8
  • 6. Madame George: 9.0
  • 7. Ballerina: 8.8
  • 8. Slim Slow Rider: 9.0
  • Song Average: 8.9
  • Score: 88%

  • Moondance (1970)


  • 1. And It Stoned Me: 9.4
  • 2. Moondance: 9.0
  • 3. Crazy Love: 9.1
  • 4. Caravan: 8.3
  • 5. Into The Mystic: 8.6
  • 6. Come Running: 8.0
  • 7. These Dreams Of You: 8.8
  • 8. Brand New Day: 9.0
  • 9. Everyone: 10
  • 10. Glad Tidings: 9.6
  • Song Average: 9.1
  • Score: 90%

  • His Band And The Street Choir (1970)


  • 1. Domino: 9.6
  • 2. Crazy Face: 9.0
  • 3. Give Me A Kiss: 9.1
  • 4. I've Been Working: 8.7
  • 5. Call Me Up On Dreamland: 8.2
  • 6. I'll Be Your Lover, Too: 9.1
  • 7. Blue Money: 9.0
  • 8. Virgo Clowns: 8.8
  • 9. Gypsy Queen: 9.2
  • 10. Sweet Jannie: 7.0
  • 11. If I Ever Needed Someone: 8.5
  • 12. Street Choir: 9.1
  • Song Average: 8.8
  • Score: 86%

  • Tupelo Honey (1971)


  • 1. Wild Night: 9.1
  • 2. (Straight To Your Heart) Like A Cannonball: 9.2
  • 3. Old Old Woodstock: 8.7
  • 4. Starting A New Life: 8.4
  • 5. You're My Woman: 9.0
  • 6. Tupelo Honey: 8.1
  • 7. I Wanna Roo You: 9.0
  • 8. When That Evening Sun Goes Down: 8.0
  • 9. Moonshine Whiskey: 9.1
  • Song Average: 8.7
  • Score: 80%

  • Saint Dominic's Preview (1972)


  • 1. Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile): 10
  • 2. Gypsy: 9.8
  • 3. I Will Be There: 9.5
  • 4. Listen To The Lion: 9.4
  • 5. Saint Dominic's Preview: 9.6
  • 6. Redwood Tree: 9.3
  • 7. Almost Independence Day: 9.6
  • Song Average: 9.6
  • Score: 96%

  • Hard Nose The Highway (1973)


  • 1. Snow In San Anselmo: 6.1
  • 2. Warm Love: 6.0
  • 3. Hard Nose The Highway: 6.0
  • 4. Wild Children: 6.1
  • 5. The Great Deception: 7.7
  • 6. Bein' Green: 6.5
  • 7. Autumn Song: 5.7
  • 8. Purple Heather: 7.0
  • Song Average: 6.4
  • Score: 61%

  • Veedon Fleece (1974)


  • 1. Fair Play: 9.1
  • 2. Linden Arden Stole The Highlights: 8.6
  • 3. Who Was That Masked Man: 8.1
  • 4. Streets Of Arklow: 9.0
  • 5. You Don't Pull No Punches, But You Don't Push The River: 9.2
  • 6. Bulbs: 9.0
  • 7. Cul De Sac: 7.7
  • 8. Comfort You: 8.0
  • 9. Come Here My Love: 8.2
  • 10. Country Fair: 8.6
  • Song Average: 8.6
  • Score: 81%

  • A Period Of Stransition (1977)


  • 1. You Gotta Make It Through The World: 6.2
  • 2. It Fills You Up: 5.7
  • 3. The Eternal Kansas City: 5.9
  • 4. Joyous Sound: 6.0
  • 5. Flamingos Fly: 5.5
  • 6. Heavy Connection: 5.9
  • 7. Cold Wind In August: 6.0
  • Song Average: 5.9
  • Score: 57%

  • Wavelength (1978)


  • 1. Kingdom Hall: 7.0
  • 2. Checkin' It Out: 7.8
  • 3. Natalia: 7.4
  • 4. Venice U.S.A.: 8.1
  • 5. Lifetimes: 9.0
  • 6. Wavelength: 6.2
  • 7. Santa Fe/Beautiful Obsession: 6.6
  • 8. Hungry For Your Love: 6.0
  • 9. Take It Where You Find It: 6.2
  • Song Average: 7.1
  • Score: 68%

  • Into The Music (1979)


  • 1. Bright Side Of The Road: 9.4
  • 2. Full Force Gale: 8.6
  • 3. Sleeping Out Queen: 8.0
  • 4. Troubadours: 9.0
  • 5. Rolling Hills: 9.2
  • 6. You Make Me Feel So Free: 8.4
  • 7. Angeliou: 9.0
  • 8. And The Healing Has Begun: 6.8
  • 9. It's All In The Game: 7.5
  • 10. You Know What They're Writing About: 8.1
  • Song Average: 8.4
  • Score: 77%

  • Common One (1980)


  • 1. Haunts Of Ancient Peace: 5.8
  • 2. Summertime In England: 3.8
  • 3. Satisfied: 5.0
  • 4. Wild Honey: 4.7
  • 5. Spirit: 4.5
  • 6. When Heart Is Open: 3.6
  • Song Average: 4.7
  • Score: 44%

  • Beautiful Vision (1982)


  • 1. Celtic Ray: 6.9
  • 2. Northern Muse (Solid Ground): 6.0
  • 3. Dweller On The Treshold: 5.5
  • 4. Beautiful Vision: 4.9
  • 5. She Gives Me Religion: 5.0
  • 6. Cleaning Windows: 4.7
  • 7. Vanlose Stairway: 4.9
  • 8. Aryan Mist: 4.1
  • 9. Across The Bridge Where Angels Dwell: 4.2
  • 10. Scandinavia: 5.1
  • Song Average: 5.1
  • Score: 47%

  • Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart (1983)


  • 1. Higher Than The World: 5.7
  • 2. Connswater: 4.7
  • 3. River Of Time: 5.0
  • 4. Celtic Swing: 4.6
  • 5. Rave On, John Donne: 4.1
  • 6. Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart No. 1: 3.2
  • 7. Irish Heartbeat: 5.1
  • 8. The Street Only Knew Your Name: 5.6
  • 9. Cry For Home: 4.8
  • 10. Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart No. 2: 3.9
  • 11. September Night: 3.1
  • Song Average: 4.5
  • Score: 42%

  • A Sense Of Wonder (1985)


  • 1. Tore Down A La Rimbaud: 7.2
  • 2. Ancient Of Days: 6.4
  • 3. Evening Meditation: 4.5
  • 4. The Master's Eyes: 4.9
  • 5. What Would I Do: 4.1
  • 6. A Sense Of Wonder: 5.1
  • 7. Boffyflow And Spike: 5.2
  • 8. If You Only Knew: 6.3
  • 9. Let The Slave: 4.9
  • 10. A New Kind Of Man: 5.4
  • Song Average: 5.4
  • Score: 51%

  • No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (1986)


  • 1. Got To Go Back: 5.2
  • 2. Oh The Warm Feeling: 4.8
  • 3. Foreign Window: 4.6
  • 4. A Town Called Paradise: 4.4
  • 5. In The Garden: 4.0
  • 6. Tir Na Nog: 4.1
  • 7. Here Comes The Knight: 5.1
  • 8. Thanks For The Information: 3.8
  • 9. One Irish Rover: 4.5
  • 10. Ivory Tower: 4.0
  • Song Average: 4.5
  • Score: 42%

  • Poetic Champions Compose (1987)


  • 1. Spanish Steps: 3.8
  • 2. The Mystery: 4.0
  • 3. Queen Of The Slipstream: 3.6
  • 4. I Forgot That Love Existed: 3.9
  • 5. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child: 3.3
  • 6. Celtic Excavation: 3.0
  • 7. Someone Like You: 3.2
  • 8. Alan Watts Blues: 4.0
  • 9. Give Me My Rapture: 3.7
  • 10. Did Ye Get Healed: 3.6
  • 11. Allow Me: 3.5
  • Song Average: 3.6
  • Score: 36%

  • Irish Heartbeat (1988)


  • 1. Star Of The Country Down: 9.0
  • 2. Irish Heartbeat: 6.1
  • 3. Ta Mo Chleamhnas Deanta: 7.0
  • 4. Ragian Road: 6.5
  • 5. She Moved Through The Fair: 6.8
  • 6. I'll Tell Me: 7.4
  • 7. Carrickfergus: 6.0
  • 8. Celtic Ray: 6.1
  • 9. My Lagan Love: 4.2
  • 10. Marie's Wedding: 7.0
  • Song Average: 6.6
  • Score: 64%

  • Avalon Sunset (1989)


  • 1. Whenever God Shines His Light: 7.7
  • 2. Contacting My Angel: 5.8
  • 3. I'd Love To Write Another Song: 6.0
  • 4. Have I Told You Lately: 9.4
  • 5. Coney Island: 9.0
  • 6. I'm Tired Joey Boy: 7.0
  • 7. When Will I Ever Learn To Live In God: 6.7
  • 8. Orangefield: 6.5
  • 9. Daring Night: 5.9
  • 10. These Are The Days: 6.0
  • Song Average: 6.4
  • Score: 67%

  • Enlightenment (1990)


  • 1. Real Real Gone: 9.7
  • 2. Enlightenment: 9.0
  • 3. So Quiet In Here: 8.7
  • 4. Avalon Of The Heart: 9.1
  • 5. See Me Through: 6.4
  • 6. Youth Of 1,000 Summers: 6.5
  • 7. In The Days Before Rock'n'Roll: 8.0
  • 8. Start All Over Again: 7.9
  • 9. She's My Baby: 6.8
  • 10. Memories: 9.0
  • Song Average: 8.1
  • Score: 76%

  • Hymns To The Silence (1991)


  • 1. Professional Jealousy: 5.8
  • 2. I'm Not Feeling It Anymore: 4.7
  • 3. Ordinary Life: 4.9
  • 4. Some Peace Of Mind: 6.5
  • 5. So Complicated: 5.6
  • 6. I Can't Stop Loving You: 7.0
  • 7. Why Must I Always Explain: 4.6
  • 8. Village Idiot: 4.8
  • 9. See Me Through, Pt 2: 3.6
  • 10. Take Me Back: 4.0
  • 11. By His Grace: 3.4
  • 12. All Saints Day: 4.2
  • 13. Hymns To The Silence: 3.9
  • 14. On Hyndford Street: 3.0
  • 15. Be Thou My Vision: 6.9
  • 16. Carrying A Torch: 4.3
  • 17. Green Mansions: 5.6
  • 18. Pagan Streams: 3.2
  • 19. Quality Street: 4.6
  • 20. It Must Be You: 4.8
  • 21. I Need Your Kind Of Loving: 3.9
  • Song Average: 4.7
  • Score: 38%

  • Too Long In Exile (1993)


  • 1. Too Long In Exile: 5.9
  • 2. Big Time Operators: 4.8
  • 3. Lonely Avenue: 4.6
  • 4. Ball & Chain: 5.0
  • 5. In The Forest: 4.1
  • 6. Till We Get The Healing Done: 5.2
  • 7. Gloria: 7.8
  • 8. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl: 7.0
  • 9. Wasted Years: 4.0
  • 10. The Lonesome Road: 3.8
  • 11. Moody's Mood For Love: 3.0
  • 12. Close Enough For Jazz: 4.3
  • 13. Before The World Was Made: 4.1
  • 14. I'll Take Care Of You: 3.8
  • 15. Instrumental/Tell Me What You Want: 3.1
  • Song Average: 4.7
  • Score: 48%

  • Days Like This (1995)


  • 1. Perfect Fit: 3.9
  • 2. Russian Roulette: 4.0
  • 3. Raincheck: 3.6
  • 4. You Don't Know Me: 3.1
  • 5. No Religion: 3.6
  • 6. Underlying Depression: 3.5
  • 7. Songwriter: 3.4
  • 8. Days Like This: 4.1
  • 9. I'll Never Be Free: 3.0
  • 10. Melancholia: 3.7
  • 11. Ancient Highway: 3.0
  • 12. In The Afternoon: 3.7
  • Song Average: 3.6
  • Score: 33%

  • The Healing Game (1997)


  • 1. Rough God Goes Riding: 6.1
  • 2. Fire In The Belly: 6.0
  • 3. This Weight: 5.6
  • 4. Waiting Game: 4.7
  • 5. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn: 5.5
  • 6. Burning Ground: 4.8
  • 7. It Once Was My Life: 4.1
  • 8. Sometimes We Cry: 4.0
  • 9. If You Love Me: 4.9
  • 10. The Healing Game: 4.5
  • Song Average: 5.0
  • Score: 49%

  • Back On Top (1999)


  • 1. Goin' Down Geneva: 6.8
  • 2. Philosopher's Stone: 6.6
  • 3. In The Midnight: 6.0
  • 4. Back On Top: 7.2
  • 5. When The Leaves Come Falling Down: 6.9
  • 6. High Summer: 7.6
  • 7. Reminds Me Of You: 6.0
  • 8. New Biography: 6.1
  • 9. Precious Time: 6.0
  • 10. Golden Autumn Day: 6.7
  • Song Average: 6.6
  • Score: 68%

  • You Win Again (2000)


  • 1. Let's Talk About Us: 6.9
  • 2. You Win Again: 5.6
  • 3. Jambalaya (On The Bayou): 5.9
  • 4. Crazy Arms: 5.2
  • 5. Old Black Joe: 4.8
  • 6. Think Twice Before You Go: 5.0
  • 7. No Way Pedro: 4.1
  • 8. Shot Of Rhythm and Blues: 4.3
  • 9. Real Gone Lover: 4.5
  • 10. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)?: 4.6
  • 11. Cadillac: 4.5
  • 12. Baby (You've Got What It Takes): 4.0
  • 13. Boogie Chillen: 4.8
  • Song Average: 4.9
  • Score: 48%

  • Down The Road (2002)


  • 1. Down The Road: 5.0
  • 2. Meet Me In The Indian Summer: 4.3
  • 3. Steal My Heart Away: 4.1
  • 4. Hey Mr DJ: 4.6
  • 5. Talk Is Cheap: 4.2
  • 6. Choppin' Wood: 4.5
  • 7. What Makes The Irish Heart Beat: 4.0
  • 8. All Work And No Play: 5.1
  • 9. Whatever Happened To PJ Proby: 4.8
  • 10. The Beauty Of The Days Gone By: 4.2
  • 11. George On My Mind: 3.5
  • 12. Only A Dream: 4.1
  • 13. Man Has To Struggle: 4.3
  • 14. Evening Shadows: 5.2
  • 15. Fast Train: 4.6
  • Song Average: 4.4
  • Score: 43%

  • What's Wrong With This Picture? (2003)


  • 1. What's Wrong With This Picture?: 5.2
  • 2. Whinin' Boy Moan: 4.8
  • 3. Evening In June: 4.7
  • 4. Too Many Myths: 4.4
  • 5. Somerset: 4.2
  • 6. Meaning Of Loneliness: 4.0
  • 7. Stop Drinking: 4.9
  • 8. Goldfish Bowl: 3.8
  • 9. Once In A Blue Moon: 4.4
  • 10. Saint James Infirmary: 3.8
  • 11. Little Village: 5.1
  • 12. Fame: 4.5
  • 13. Get On With The Show: 4.1
  • Song Average: 4.5
  • Score: 45%

  • Magic Time (2005)


  • 1. Stranded: 3.6
  • 2. Celtic New Year: 4.1
  • 3. Keep Mediocrity At Bay: 3.9
  • 4. Evening Train: 4.2
  • 5. This Love Of Mine: 3.1
  • 6. I'm Confessin': 3.0
  • 7. Just Like Greta: 3.4
  • 8. Gypsy In My Soul: 3.6
  • 9. Lonely And Blue: 3.7
  • 10. The Lion This Time: 4.5
  • 11. Magic Time: 3.8
  • 12. They Sold Me Out: 3.5
  • 13. Carry On Regardless: 3.6
  • Song Average: 3.7
  • Score: 34%

  • Pay The Devil (2006)


  • 1. There Stands The Glass: 4.1
  • 2. Half As Much: 4.0
  • 3. Things Have Gone To Pieces: 3.6
  • 4. Big Blue Diamonds: 3.8
  • 5. Playhouse: 3.9
  • 6. Your Cheatin' Heart: 3.5
  • 7. Don't You Make Me High: 3.6
  • 8. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It: 3.5
  • 9. Back Street Affair: 4.1
  • 10. Pay The Devil: 3.6
  • 11. What Am I Living For?: 4.3
  • 12. This Has Got To Stop: 4.0
  • 13. Once A Day: 3.4
  • 14. More And More: 3.3
  • 15. 'Till I Gained Control Again: 3.7
  • Song Average: 3.8
  • Score: 36%

  • Keep It Simple (2008)


  • 1. How Can A Poor Boy: 5.7
  • 2. School Of Hard Knocks: 5.0
  • 3. That's Entrainment: 5.5
  • 4. Don't Go To Nightclubs Anymore: 4.8
  • 5. Lover Come Back: 4.7
  • 6. Keep It Simple: 5.2
  • 7. End Of The Land: 4.9
  • 8. Song Of Home: 4.4
  • 9. No Thing: 4.1
  • 10. Soul: 5.7
  • 11. Behind The Ritual: 5.8
  • Song Average: 5.0
  • Score: 50%
Author Comments: 

Rankings

1. Saint Dominic's Preview *****/*****
2. Moondance ****1/2/*****
3. Astral Weeks ****/*****
4. His Band And The Street Choir ****/*****
5. Veedon Fleece ****/*****
6. Tupelo Honey ****/*****
7. Into The Music ***1/2/*****
8. Enlightenment ***1/2/*****
9. Wavelength ***/*****
10. Back On Top ***/*****
11. Avalon Sunset ***/*****
12. Irish Heartbeat ***/*****
13. Hard Nose The Highway ***/*****
14. A Period Of Transition **1/2/*****
15. A Sense Of Wonder **1/2/*****
16. Keep It Simple **1/2/*****
17. The Healing Game **/*****
18. Too Long In Exile **/*****
19. You Win Again **/*****
20. Beautiful Vision **/*****
21. Blowin' Your Mind **/*****
22. What's Wrong With This Picture? **/*****
23. Common One **/*****
24. Down The Road **/*****
25. Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart **/*****
26. No Guru, No Method, No Teacher **/*****
27. Hymns To The Silence *1/2/*****
28. Pay The Devil *1/2/*****
29. Poetic Champions Compose *1/2/*****
30. Magic Time *1/2/*****
31. Days Like This *1/2/*****