The Best of Van Morrison
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| Greatest hits album by Van Morrison | ||||
| Released | January 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1965-1989 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 75:54 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Van Morrison, Bert Berns | |||
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| Singles from The Best of Van Morrison | ||||
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| Allmusic |  [1] |
| Robert Christgau | (A)[2] |
The Best of Van Morrison is a compilation album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1990 (see 1990 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[3] after charting at #4 and at #1 in Australia on the ARIA Albums Chart.[4] 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.
Contents |
[edit] 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 - The mono single edit
- "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" (duet with Cliff Richard) – 4:54
- "Queen of the Slipstream" – 4:53
- "Dweller on the Threshold" (Morrison, Hugh Murphy) – 4:47
The 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.
[edit] Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1990 | Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 1 |
Album - UK Album Chart
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1990 | UK Album Chart | 4[5] |
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1990 | The Billboard 200 | 41 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Robert Christgau review
- ^ Heylin, Can You Feel The Silence, p. 437
- ^ "The Best of Van Morrison". australian-charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Van+Morrison&titel=The+Best+Of&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ^ Chart Stats: Van Morrison
[edit] References
- Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press ISBN 1-55652-542-7
| Preceded by Cuts Both Ways by Gloria Estefan |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album 19 August - 8 September 1990 |
Succeeded by Two Fires by Jimmy Barnes |
