Van Morrison Astral Weeks Vinyl Review

The album is a song cycle of universal themes about youth.

Van morrison astral weeks vinyl review.

Astral weeks might very well be van morrison s most essential lp but it s a problematic entry point. If you love astral weeks on lp or previous cd then this remastering is something to listen to. Astral weeks has always been enthralling and now with this remaster it s been given a new lease of life. It s insightful revealing a lot more sound from the instruments on a bigger picture.

He didn t use the phrase for a song title until a year later but astral weeks was the album on which van morrison fully descended into the mystic morrison s first full fledged solo. Astral weeks the song is probably my favorite track along with beside you sweet thing and madame george it s at times difficult for me to listen to van because you have to be patient and listen repeatedly for his music to sink in. I especially love listening to this album during the fall season which for me is a season of understanding and self actualization. Seven arts records 081227950378 warner bros.

The album blends jazz blues and classical music and offers an experience of lightness to being. Astral weeks a yearning for spirituality and transcendence beside you a desire for escape and belonging sweet thing exultation over youthful love cypress avenue an impressionistic remembrance of a first crush with the added barrier of class difference van s imagining his girlfriend with six white horses and a carriage the way that young lovers do again an intense description of feelings you will only have. Van morrison astral weeks label. Instead let s talk about no guru no method no teacher.

Lyrically that good old chestnut streams of consciousness always rears its head when astral weeks is discussed and it has to be said that a lot of the lyrics have no obvious meaning or point of connection. It stands the test of time. Van morrison is responsible for 4 or 5 of the century s top 20 albums and yet none even scratch the miraculous heights of astral weeks. No guru no method no teacher came.

Seven arts records r1 1768.