Van Morrison: Magic Time
CML call number: CD/POPULAR/Morrison
Contents: Stranded, Celtic New Year, Keep Mediocrity at Bay, Evening Train, This Love of Mine (Parker/Sanicola/Sinatra), I'm Confessin' (Daugherty/Neilburg/Reynolds), Just Like Greta, Gypsy in My Soul, Lonely and Blue (Brooks/Razaf/Waller; an adaptation of "Black and Blue" by Razaf and Waller), The Lion This Time, Magic Time, They Sold Me Out, Carry On Regardless. All songs by Van Morrison except as noted.
Rolling Stone wrote: "What, you expected a screwed-and-chopped album? This is Van the Man, and he doesn't mess around with fashion on Magic Time — he just sticks to the turf he knows, which is the steady-rolling Celtic folk soul that makes his Irish heart beat. As always, his voice is pure gold, and the songs are worthy as well, with a new Van theme song in 'Keep Mediocrity at Bay.' He sings the curmudgeonly pleasures of isolation ('Just Like Greta'), but he can't resist the call of true love in 'Lonely and Blue,' one of his most gorgeous R&B ballads" ("The Top 50 Records of 2005," 12/29/05-1/12/06).
Contents: Stranded, Celtic New Year, Keep Mediocrity at Bay, Evening Train, This Love of Mine (Parker/Sanicola/Sinatra), I'm Confessin' (Daugherty/Neilburg/Reynolds), Just Like Greta, Gypsy in My Soul, Lonely and Blue (Brooks/Razaf/Waller; an adaptation of "Black and Blue" by Razaf and Waller), The Lion This Time, Magic Time, They Sold Me Out, Carry On Regardless. All songs by Van Morrison except as noted.
Rolling Stone wrote: "What, you expected a screwed-and-chopped album? This is Van the Man, and he doesn't mess around with fashion on Magic Time — he just sticks to the turf he knows, which is the steady-rolling Celtic folk soul that makes his Irish heart beat. As always, his voice is pure gold, and the songs are worthy as well, with a new Van theme song in 'Keep Mediocrity at Bay.' He sings the curmudgeonly pleasures of isolation ('Just Like Greta'), but he can't resist the call of true love in 'Lonely and Blue,' one of his most gorgeous R&B ballads" ("The Top 50 Records of 2005," 12/29/05-1/12/06).
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