![]() But Rolling Stone considered it worthy of a #19 position in its 500 Greatest Albums. It only went Gold in 2001 – 31 years after it’s release. ![]() The album and all of its songs didn’t venture into the charts. However the charts and Astral Weeks were world’s apart. If any song were to hit the charts from this album Sweet Thing, would be it. Sweet Thing is another surreal and gorgeous accoustic ballad that should be played over all candle-lit dinners. This beautiful “Spanish” hand picked piece, depicts what can only be described as Van’s emotions for a girl as he lays “beside her”. Beside You then backflips from what the opener delivers. “To be born again” he tells us throughout seven minutes of bliss. ![]() Immediatley, Van’s lyrics wash over you, emanating a sense of warmth and happiness that few album openers can deliver. Apparently he told the session members to “just play”, giving them some loose chord patterns to follow, which cites the notion precision isn’t the key to perfection.Īstral Weeks, is a gorgeous opener. The loosely jammed music which flows throughout the album is that of pure genius with Van leading the way on guitar and his emotional, baritone voice. Combining elements of Classical, Jazz and Folk, Morrison’s eight-track masterpiece is pure magic. Has an album ever been more emotionally stirring? Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks epitomises accoustic/pop but shouldn’t be labelled one.
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