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'''''Enlightenment''''' is the twentieth [[album]] by [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] [[singer-songwriter]] [[Van Morrison]], released in 1990 (see [[1990 in music]]). It reached #5 in the UK charts and "[[Real Real Gone]]" charted at #18 in Mainstream Rock Tracks.
'''''Enlightenment''''' is the twentieth [[album]] by [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] [[singer-songwriter]] [[Van Morrison]], released in 1990 (see [[1990 in music]]). It reached #5 in the UK charts and "[[Real Real Gone]]" charted at #18 in Mainstream Rock Tracks.


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Robert Christgau(B+)[2]
Entertainment Weekly(A)[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

Enlightenment is the twentieth album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1990 (see 1990 in music). It reached #5 in the UK charts and "Real Real Gone" charted at #18 in Mainstream Rock Tracks.

The June 2008 re-issued and re-mastered version of the album contains an alternative takes of "Enlightenment" and "So Quiet in Here"."Start All Over Again" from this album was listed as one of the standout tracks from the six album reissue.[5]

Recording

The album was recorded in London, England and Real World in Box. The arrangements were by Fiachra Trench and Micheal O'Suilleabhain played piano with a brass section made up of British jazz musicians from the late sixties: Frank Ricotti, Henry Lowther and Malcolm Griffiths. One of the songs "So Quiet in Here" was recorded at the Kirk, Rode, Somerset, a setting which served as both church or studio.[6]

Composition

Contrary to the meaning of the title, the theme of the album is actually full of doubt and the songs seem to be saying that everything is what you make of it — heaven or hell. The song "Enlightenment" contains the words: "I'm in the here and now and I'm meditating/ And still I'm suffering but that's my problem/ Enlightenment, don't know what it is". "So Quiet in Here" opens with foghorns blowing and is a continuation of the song "Into the Mystic" from the Moondance album. The single released from the album, "Real Real Gone", was originally written and meant for the 1980 album Common One.[7]

Track listing

All songs by Morrison unless noted otherwise.

  1. "Real Real Gone" – 3:43
  2. "Enlightenment" – 4:04
  3. "So Quiet in Here" – 6:09
  4. "Avalon of the Heart" – 4:45
  5. "See Me Through" – 6:13
  6. "Youth of 1,000 Summers" – 3:45
  7. "In the Days Before Rock 'N' Roll" (Durcan, Morrison) – 8:13
  8. "Start All Over Again" – 4:10
  9. "She's My Baby" – 5:14
  10. "Memories" – 4:14

Bonus tracks (2008 CD reissue)

  1. "Enlightenment" – 3:29 (alternative take)
  2. "So Quiet in Here" – 4:03 (alternative take)

Personnel

Musicians

Production

  • Producer: Van Morrison
  • Engineers: Mick Glossop, Steve Williams
  • Mixing: Mick Glossop, Steve Williams
  • String and Choir arrangements: Fiachra Trench
  • Keyboard and Synth arrangements: Neil Drinkwater

Charts

Album

UK Album Chart

Year Chart Position
1990 UK Album Chart 5

Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1990 The Billboard 200 62

Singles

Billboard

Year Single Chart Position
1990 "Real Real Gone" Mainstream Rock Tracks 18

Notes

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Robert Christgau review
  3. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  4. ^ Rolling Stone review
  5. ^ "Catalog Reissues by Van Morrison on Blurt Online". blurt-online.com. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  6. ^ Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, pp. 292-293
  7. ^ Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, pp 293, 294

References

  • Hinton, Brian (1997). Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison, Sanctuary, ISBN 1-86074169X
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