Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
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Free Music Review: So good its almost painful
Hit: 5 Stars
I won't say much, just add to the other voices in praise of this album. One more crowning achievement among many crowning achievements of this sensitive, soulful, poetic flame. When you listen to this, you wonder, was this guy really this talented? Did he really write, arrange, and sing this album? What sort of angel inspired this guy, and what could it possibly be like to have burned so brightly? Where can I get some of that? The answer is right here. Just listen.Free Music Review: Not just the best Van album, but the best album ever made.
Hit: 5 Stars
Just listen to this beyond masterpiece. Van was in a different world when he made this.Free Music Review: A Great Artist Set Free
Hit: 5 Stars
It seems Van is at his absolute best when he just creates from the heart and doesnt worry a bit about sales and hits and promotions. VEEDON FLEECE is like a great painting by a master, you can go to the museum and enjoy it hundreds of times and still find something new to appreciate it even more. Too bad more artists can't just do what they want and be artistically free.(but hey they gotta eat too, not to mention mansions and ferraris). This is the closest Van will ever come to revisiting the feel of ASTRAL WEEKS and yet its very different. Thank you Mr Morrison for choosing art over the hundreds of millions you could have piled up writing more hits over the years. This music is priceless as well as timeless. I think i'll listen to it again right now while gazing at one of my Monet prints . . . . .Free Music Review: Ethereal; Second Only To "Astral Weeks"
Hit: 5 Stars
While Astral Weeks will always be my favorite Van Morrison album (out of the thousands in my collection, maybe favorite record of all time), the largely overlooked Veedon Fleece is a close second. I am a little ashamed to admit that, after decades of checking out Van's deep discography, I only discovered this gem a few years ago. Man, was I missing out.
Veedon Fleece is to Celtic folk and country music what Astral Weeks was for more jazz and blue; where Astral Weeks is the brilliant, mysterious improvised statement of a wide-eyed, conflicted young man looking at the world in both fear and rapture, Veedon Fleece is the same passionate but older and wiser man looking back with heartful longing and resignation (but not yet bitter, like recent works).
"Fair Play," "Street Of Arklow, "Bulbs" "You Don't Pull No Punches" and "Cul De Sac" rank among his best compositions but have unfortunately been ignored on Best ofs. But like "Astral Weeks," its probably best to hear them is their original form anyway. Veedon Fleece also represents the end of an era (Van's return to Ireland from the States).
It's also his last essential album.
Free Music Review: dreams...
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of the best 2AM I need a dream records ever made. Those of you who know what I mean will know what I mean.