Van Morrison - No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
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Free Music Review: A Great Escape Album
Hit: 5 Stars
As a long-time Van fan who pretty well owns his whole catalog, No Guru stands as my all-time favorite Morrison album, and is definitely deserving of 5 star status. Turn down the lights, sip some wine, and let the enchanting music of this masterpiece take you to some other place.Free Music Review: All That Matters Is My Relationship With You
Hit: 5 Stars
Van surely felt the need to go back on this one. Not necessarily back to his early roots...You know those legendary American R&B stars like Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson and Bobby Blue Bland. No here Van explores the more spiritual side of the Belfast Cowboy. Songs like Oh The Warm Feeling, Foreign Window and In The Garden demonstrate Van's deep commitment to Christian devotion. But what really sets this album apart from Van's eighties output is his willingness to open his heart and expose his true humanity. Call it a kinder gentiler Van...not so much pride and bravado, but a more compassionate and vulnerable Van.
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher....Yea, Van needs none of that. He stands on his own solid foundation. "All that matters is my relationship with you". He may remain a constant seeker, but Van will always find a way to express his inner most feelings about God and love and truth. Listen and hear the voice of the master.....No Guru, no method, no teacher....Just you and me in the garden.
Free Music Review: A reality check for Van Morrison fans...please
Hit: 5 Stars
I am writing this review out of frustration. I am pissed off at all the so-called Van Morrison fans who seemed to have unanimously decided to rate EVERY Van Morrsion album as worthy of 4 or 5 stars. This is crap and even Van would agree with me. He knows he has released some ordinary material over the recent years, yet reading all these cumulative scores on Amazon, the casual listener might assume all Van's albums are equally worthy...not true.
This album is a MASTERPIECE. "Common One" is not. "Hymns to the Silence" isn't and "Back on Top" is an oxymoron if ever there was one. I am a huge fan of Van, but even after repeatedly listenings of the aforementioned albums, they do not stand up in comparison to Van's truly astounding albums, of which 'No Guru" is amongst. Others albums that stand head and shoulders above not only other Van albums, but also any other singer songwriter's library (Young and Dylan included) are the following:
Astral Weeks, Moondance, It's Too Late to stop Now (the definitive live album), Veedon Fleece, Into the Music, Inarticulate Speech of the Heart, Poetic Champions Compose, Enlightenment and The Best of Van Morrison.
Why do I include the Best of Van you ask??? Well not only is it audiophile quality in it's repoduction, it really highlights Van's diversity and astonishing ability to powerfully convey human emotion in a huge variety of musical styles. It was my first introduction to Van Morrison and still is a great listen. His consistency dropped in albums since 1990, but he has still written and performed great songs since, some of which appear on Volume 3 of his greatest hits.
Anyway I have said my piece, which others may vehemently disagree about (as is the perogative of a Van Morrison fan :). I strongly recommend anyone who loves pop music, soul music, folk music, and jazz music to listen to "No Guru, No Method, No teacher" repeatedly, on a good hifi to discover what a brillant artist Van Morrison is. Enjoy.
Free Music Review: One of Van's Classics
Hit: 5 Stars
It's a shame that this phase of Van's career is over. This is just a brilliant recording of the bard from Belfast.Free Music Review: outstanding mid-period van morrison release.
Hit: 4 Stars
mid-period morrison (1986) here, and an oustanding release at that. despite ending with the the fantastic rollicking up-tempo number "ivory tower," the rest of this beautiful set is comprised of mid-tempo to slow-tempo numbers. plenty of back up vocals from a group of four fine ladies add a lushness to the record that serves it well, and saxophones and trumpets and the oboe add tasteful touches along the way. van's vocals are wonderful, as usual, with perhaps a cleaner, clearer ennunciation than on some of his more recent releases. a fantastic album from beginning to end. highly recommended.