Van Morrison Keep It Simple 180 Gram Vinyl 2LP (Ex)
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TAS Rated 3/5 Music, 4/5 Sonics in the June/July 2008 Issue of TAS!
Keep It Simple is Morrison’s first album of new material since 2005, and the first in several years in which he penned all songs specifically for one album.
Van Morrison’s music has always incorporated the widely varied influences he heard and absorbed since his childhood days on the streets of Belfast - long before the bands of his youth and his initial breakthrough with Them. On Keep It Simple, Morrison honours all those varied influences - jazz, folk, blues, Celtic, country, soul and gospel - at times melding them all together at once in his own signature sound. There is a definite theme that recurs throughout the album, especially in the title track.
In keeping with the album title, Keep It Simple does not boast the big horns or string arrangements of some of Morrison's previous work. What it does feature are gorgeous songs rich with emotion, depth and beauty.
Whether it’s the easy country gospel of “Song of Home” or the bluesy swing of “How Can A Poor Boy,” throughout Keep It Simple Morrison exudes a wisdom gained through five decades of making groundbreaking music. Few artists have successfully recorded in as many genres of music as Van Morrison, and even fewer have remained as relevant for as long (only Ray Charles, with whom Van collaborated, comes to mind). Morrison has done so by constantly moving forward and never sitting still. On the heels of a series of "Best Of" releases, this record starts fresh with what could well be a record full of all new classics.
"I felt I had something to say with these songs." - Van Morrison
"Sonics are excellent. Morrison's voice is front and center, tones clean, echoes realistic, balances even, and organ stops detailed." - Bob Gendron, The Absolute Sound June/July 2008.
Features:
• Double LP
• Not available on CD!
Selections:
LP 1
1. How Can A Poor Boy?
2. School Of Hard Knocks
3. That's Entrainment
4. Don't Go To Nightclubs Anymore
5. Lover Come Back
6. Keep It Simple
7. End Of The Land
8. Song Of Home
LP 2
1. No Thing
2. Soul
3. Behind The Ritual
Recorded Live 2008
4. Blue and Green
5. Little Village
6. And the Healing Has Begun
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