- The Best of Van Morrison
Infobox Album | Name = The Best of Van Morrison
Type =Compilation album
Artist =Van Morrison
Released = start date|1990|01
Recorded = 1965-1989
Genre = Rock
Length = 75:54
Label =Polydor Records
Producer =Bert Berns ,Van Morrison
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:83220r3ac48b link]
Last album = "Avalon Sunset "
(1989)
This album = "The Best of Van Morrison"
(1990)
Next album = "Enlightenment"
(1990)
Misc = Singles
Name =The Best of Van Morrison
Type =compilation
Single 1 =Gloria" b/w "Rave on, John Donne
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album by Northern Irishsinger-songwriter Van Morrison , released in 1990 (see1990 in music ).This was his first ever "Best of" album and was one of the best-selling albums of the 90s, spending a year and a half on the UK charts [Heylin, Can You Feel The Silence, p. 437] after charting at #4 and at #1 in
Australia on the ARIA Albums Chart. [web cite|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Van+Morrison&titel=The+Best+Of&cat=a |title=The Best of Van Morrison |publisher=australian-charts.com |accessdate=2008-08-05] With the combined success of this album and the previous album, "Avalon Sunset ", Morrison was once again in the pop/rock mainstream after a decade. The songs on the album were pulled from twenty-five years of material.One of the songs, "Wonderful Remark " had previously only been available on the soundtrack of the film, "The King of Comedy".Track listing
All songs written by
Van Morrison except as indicated.
#"Bright Side of the Road " – 3:45
#"Gloria" – 2:37
#"Moondance" – 4:31
#"Baby, Please Don't Go " (Big Joe Williams ) – 3:03
#"Have I Told You Lately " – 4:18
#"Brown Eyed Girl " – 3:03
#"Sweet Thing" – 4:22
#"Warm Love " – 3:21
#"Wonderful Remark " – 3:58
#"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile) " – 2:57
#"Full Force Gale " – 3:12
#"And It Stoned Me " – 4:30
#"Here Comes the Night" (Bert Berns ) – 2:46
#"Domino" – 3:08
#"Did Ye Get Healed? " – 4:06
#"Wild Night " – 3:31
#"Cleaning Windows " – 4:42
#"Whenever God Shines His Light " – 4:54
#"Queen of the Slipstream " – 4:53
#"Dweller on the Threshold" (Morrison, Hugh Murphy) – 4:47The
1998 Australian/New Zealand re-release of the album also includes "Days Like This" (3:13) as the seventh track, for a total of 21 tracks.Chart positions
Notes
References
*Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press ISBN 1-55652-542-7
succession box
before = "Cuts Both Ways " byGloria Estefan
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years =August 19 -September 8 1990
after = "Two Fires " byJimmy Barnes
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