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Track Listings
1 | Goin' Down Geneva |
2 | Philosophers Stone |
3 | In The Midnight |
4 | Back On Top |
5 | When The Leaves Come Falling Down |
6 | High Summer |
7 | Reminds Me Of You |
8 | New Biography |
9 | Precious Time |
10 | Golden Autumn Day |
Editorial Reviews
Product description
CD - EXILE VIRGIN 1999 - EAN 724384714826
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Back on Top kicks off on an unpromising note with a generic blues shuffle, "Goin' Down Geneva," that belies the album's cocky title. Van Morrison quickly redeems himself, however, with a set otherwise closer in its balance of rave-up and reverie to his beloved early-'70s classics than much of his '90s output. "Philosophers Stone" is yet another position paper on the Belfast bard's art ("My job is turning lead into gold"), but it's welcome for its relative absence of complaint. Elsewhere, he revisits familiar themes of survival ("Back on Top"), celebrity's price ("New Biography"), and mortality ("Precious Time") in midtempo anthems laudable for deceptively buoyant tempos and crisp ensemble work. Vocally, his signature mix of rasp and croon proves as ripe as ever. --Sam Sutherland
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An eloquent balance of earthy musicality and spiritual restlessness. --Entertainment Weekly
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 5.5 x 4.94 x 0.45 inches; 3.36 ounces
- Manufacturer : Virgin Records Us
- Date First Available : February 10, 2007
- Label : Virgin Records Us
- ASIN : B00000I7JD
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #39,339 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #107 in Blue-Eyed Soul
- #296 in Contemporary Blues (CDs & Vinyl)
- #526 in Contemporary Folk (CDs & Vinyl)
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All tunes composed and produced by Van
You can’t tell if this music is 2021 or 1971.
Morrison music is always well written and performed
I will say that the first time I heard the album, I was not thrilled. But I decided to give the album another listen and liked it more and more each time I heard it. As a long-time Dylan fan it is a rare album by another artist that I want to hear over and over but this one qualifies. I just ordered Moondance; have to check out VM a bit more.
The bonus song "Valley of Tears" is a treat.(written by Fats Domino)
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Le choix des morceaux de musique, pour l'essentiel dérivés du blues, genre dans lequel excelle l'ancien chanteur des Them, les thèmes (dont un brillant hommage à Vince Taylor), les orchestrations, la qualité du son.
Dommage qu'il ne reprenne pas la version alternative de "Philosopher's Stone" (la meilleure), ni "Valley of Tears".