Van Morrison - The Healing Game
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Artist: Van MorrisonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-03-04
Music Label: Polydor / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Rough God Goes Riding
- Fire In The Belly
- This Weight
- Waiting Game
- Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
- Burning Ground
- It Once Was My Life
- Sometimes We Cry
- If You Love Me
- The Healing Game
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Free Music Review: Better Van. What's with the Blues Brothers Look.
Hit: 5 Stars
'The Healing Game' by Van Morrison is the second of his albums I've reviewed, although I've been a Van Morrison fan since 'Moondance' came out on vinyl!!!! Thjis 1998 album is better than the 1978 album, and it reaffirms my notion that once the new Gershwin award (recently awarded to Paul Simon) is given to Bob Dylan, I expect Van Morrison to be near the front of the line, as a composer who has given us lots of good songs over many decades. One thing I notice about this album is the large number of 'quotes' I hear. For example, the song 'Waiting Game' sounds very much like Morrison's thinking 'How would I write a song like Kurt Weill's 'September Song'. But then, I'm a big Kurt Weill fan, so I might be imagining that one. But there are others. The production seems a bit tighter and cleaner than the 'Celtic Motown' of Wavelength. But I hear no trace of 'Blues Brothers' influence, in spite of the distinct Elroy Blues look on the cover pic. If you can get it cheap, this one is a keeper.
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Cranky, sly, dour, ecstatic, Van Morrison treads his own stubborn pilgrimage through blues, jazz, R&B, Celtic rays, and their ineffable junction in his own music. This 1997 album distills the renewed focus on blues and jazz sources that shaped much of his '90s work, noteworthy for its concision--this is one of his leanest, least expository sets in recent years, paring the arrangements down to the guts of the generally fine material. "Rough God Goes Riding" kicks off, an archetypal Morrison anthem that could have fit snugly on Moondance, no mean achievement after all these years, yet consistent with this marathon runner's ability to turn up vivid images and engaging grooves. There's a decided gospel fervor to the interplay of the frontman's salty vocals and his soulful choral partners, never more so than on the sublime title song. --Sam SutherlandBlues Music CDs
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