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8.0
108527
8.0 |
American Songwriter
It’s impossible to not get caught up in the sheer joy exuded by Morrison and company as he cranks out yet another winner in a bulging catalog filled with them
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8.0
108528
8.0 |
The Independent
Sounds like he’s having a blast on this satisfying album
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8.0
108523
8.0 |
The Observer
Of the covers, Hooker’s Dimples is the standout, but in truth there isn’t a weak link here. Excellent songs, expertly rendered – what is there to dislike?
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8.0
108524
8.0 |
All Music
This is a late-career surge that is all the more remarkable because Morrison really seems to be enjoying himself - he continues to hunger after the music that inspired his vocation in the first place
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8.0
108594
8.0 |
Q
Morrison might just be summoning a new creative burst. Print edition only
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7.2
108529
7.2 |
Paste Magazine
The prophet is speaking loud and clear and letting us know, he’s happy with the place where he’s arrived
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6.0
108530
6.0 |
Mojo
It's easy groove doesn't suggest exhaustion, just peace of mind. Print edition only
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6.0
108531
6.0 |
Uncut
The likes of John Lee Hooker's "Dimples" and Sam Cooke's "Laughin' and Clownin'" are intimate, effortless-sounding exercises in sublime jazz phrasing, his voice at 73 as supple as ever. Print edition only
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6.0
108532
6.0 |
The Skinny
You have to believe Van has half a dozen more time-stopping tunes in him, and hope he finds the time to get them on to tape. Too late to stop and smell the roses? Let's hope not
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6.0
108534
6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Morrison seems casual and at ease
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6.0
108577
6.0 |
Evening Standard
Compared to the majesty of Astral Weeks, released almost exactly 50 years ago, it’s a ragtag collection that’s unlikely to appeal beyond true believers
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6.0
108522
6.0 |
A.V. Club
At his imperial best, Van the Man can still be mystical and magical after all these years
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6.0
108525
6.0 |
The Guardian
He’s found something that has fired him up again, and despite the mellowness of the performances from Joey DeFrancesco’s band (this is the R&B Don Draper might hear in a Manhattan bar in Mad Men, not the kind Them played at the Maritime Hotel in Belfast), Morrison sounds fresh
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6.0
108526
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
On his fourth album in fourteen months, he proves he can write songs that are indistinguishable from the classics he covers
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