I don't think I liked this one very much.
Slim Slow Slider - The only track that's not really over produced. Madame George - Okay this is the best song on the album. The Way Young Lovers Do - I feel like Quentin Tarantino likes this one. Sweet Thing - I feel like all three of these tracks so far are kind of like the folksy acoustic songs that Zeppelin did, but that Zeppelin did them better.Ĭyprus Avenue - Okay this album is just the music that all the boomers lost their virginity to, isn't it? If not for the length, I could hear this being played at a diner.īeside You - A bit more jazzy. and the guy who did this.Īstral Weeks - Sort of light fluffy folksy stuff here. I always confuse Jim Morrison and Van Morrison and Morrissey. It was placed on numerous widely circulated lists of the best albums of all time and had an enduring effect on both listeners and musicians.įorty years after the album's release, Morrison performed all eight of its songs live for the first time at two Hollywood Bowl concerts in November 2008 this performance was later released as Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl. Its standing eventually improved greatly, with praise given to Morrison's arrangements and songwriting, and the album has been viewed as one of rock music's greatest and most important records (a reputation the singer himself has dismissed). His lyrics have been described as impressionistic, hypnotic, and modernist, while the record has been categorized as a song cycle or concept album.Īstral Weeks did not originally receive promotion from Morrison's record label and was not an immediate success with consumers or critics. The lyrics and cover art portray the symbolism equating earthly love and heaven that would often feature in the singer's subsequent records. The album's music blends folk, blues, jazz, and classical styles, signalling a radical departure from the sound of Morrison's previous pop hits, such as "Brown Eyed Girl" (1967). It was recorded at Century Sound Studios in New York during September and October 1968, and released in November of the same year by Warner Bros. Astral Weeks is the second studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison.
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