Astral Weeks

...Ghosts Of The Great Highway (2003) Ghosts Of The Great Highway seems destined to be thought of in the same context as Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, Nick Drake's Pink Moon, and Elliott Smith's Either/Or. All are masterworks by profoundly...

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There isn't much to connect those three examples: "Doolittle" was as bracingly abrasive as "Astral Weeks" was meditative and softly gorgeous, and "Astral Weeks" was generally embraced in its era while "Berlin" was notoriously reviled upon...

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...3237 will sit, shoulders slumped, head down, crying at life's unfairness. Was it Sergeant Pepper's, Pet Sounds, Dark Side of the Moon, Astral Weeks, Nevermind? Indeed, never mind. Music isn't a competition. There is no finish line. Indeed,...

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...in the green room, telling Holly Willoughby how they did it again. But Danyl Johnson, for all his vocal prowess, will not be giving us an Astral Weeks anytime soon. another way that President McAleese herself would applaud, with her...

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...the cello's strings were clearly audible all the way to the balcony's last row. Besides the re-ordered and invigorated treatment of the "Astral Weeks" material, Morrison proved to the crowd early on that this would be a night to remember,...

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Van Morrison Doing 'Astral Weeks' In Waterbury, At Foxwoods Van Morrison sings in concert at the Tower Theater July 10, 2008 in Upper Darby, Penn. (TOM GRALISH, MCT / July 10, 2008) These days, an artist who released an album as poorly...

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...Drake, Bryter Later, which appeared in 1970, saw Kirby deploy slightly fuller arrangements, much influenced by Van Morrison's Astral Weeks. Again the record did not sell well and with Drake a reluctant live performer his career stalled.

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Concert review: Van Morrison performs 'Astral Weeks' at Chicago Theatre "Astral Weeks," a 1968 album that produced not a single hit but remains one of the most revered works of the rock era, was the main course at Van Morrison's sold-out...

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...will show Morrison as he rehearses for the tour and will also features interviews and live performances. Astral Weeks sold poorly when it was first released in 1968 but has been a consistent critical favourite, regularly featuring in...

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...and their jazz training lent an improvised, impressionistic elegance to the album. Within one month, "Astral Weeks" was complete. Although "Astral Weeks" never matched the sales of its predecessor, few albums have better stood the test...

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