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The Best Of Van Morrison [Original recording remastered, Best of]

Van Morrison (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (87 customer reviews)

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1. Bright Side Of The Road
2. Gloria
3. Moondance
4. Baby Please Don't Go
5. Have I Told You Lately
6. Brown Eyed Girl
7. Sweet Thing
8. Warm Love
9. Wonderful Remark
10. Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
11. Full Force Gale
12. And It Stoned Me
13. Here Comes The Night
14. Domino
15. Did Ye Get Healed
16. Wild Night
17. Cleaning Windows
18. Whenever God Shines His Light
19. Queen Of The Slipstream
20. Dweller On The Threshold

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Van Morrison reputedly wasn't crazy about the idea of a greatest-hits package, and this set's haphazard programming--which leaps from period to period, style to style, tossing in two key singles by his mid-'60s band Them--speaks to his lack of involvement. Still, it rivals Moondance as Morrison's most popular album, and for a reason: like that classic, it offers one deeply soulful, spiritually and musically thoughtful track after another. Much of his more "difficult" work is ignored here; in fact, Best of... gives us an intriguing picture of a Van who's almost eager to please. --Rickey Wright

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Van Morrison est le barde moderne d'une Irlande du Nord déchirée par les injustices de l'Histoire. Artiste attiré à la fois par la mystique celtique et la foi chrétienne, il forge, depuis le début des années 60, l'une des musiques les plus riches de son temps, puisant dans le folk, le blues, le jazz et le rock'n'roll. Cette anthologie de vingt titres (remasterisés) retrace les différentes étapes de la carrière de l'ex-chanteur de Them. De "Bright Side Of The Road" à "Moondance", en passant par ce bel hommage au pionnier de la soul qu'est "Jackie Wilson Said", l'oeuvre de Van Morrison, toujours, sonne d'une grande authenticité et met en valeur l'une des voix les plus expressives de la rock-music. --Philippe Margotin
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Van the Man's Best...almost Aug 19 2002
Format:Audio CD
"The Best of Van Morrison" is a great introduction to Van's entire career, beginning with his days in British Invasion group Them. The album includes their hits "Gloria," "Baby Please Don't Go," and "Here Comes The Night." Would have been great if they had included "Mystic Eyes," which does not appear on Van's second greatest hits album either. His Bang era is represented by "Brown-Eyed Girl." The version on the album is the edited version (minus "making love in the green grass"). If you want the original version, his "Bang Masters" includes it, as well as an alternate take. "The Best of Van Morrison" also includes tracks from his peak period between "Astral Weeks" and "St Dominic's Preview." Like any "Best of" album, there are tracks missing, such as "Crazy Love," "Into The Mystic," "Tupelo Honey," and "Blue Money." Furthermore, "Astral Weeks" is only represented with one track, "Sweet Thing," which is hardly indicative of the avante-gardeness of "Astral Weeks." Still, if you must own one Van Morrison album, this is the one.
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Good Place to Start Aug 16 2002
Format:Audio CD
This album shows you that Van is about a lot more than Brown Eyed Girl.
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Excellent Intro To Van & Why To Upgrade to the New Version May 13 2002
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If you don't have any Van Morrison this is an excellent starting point, however, be forewarned that you will find yourself needing to buy additional CD's of his. There are countless amazing songs - more than most people even realize he wrote.

My only problem with this CD is the sequencing. As good as all these songs are, his earlier tracks with Them just do not flow well into his more sophisticated tracks like "Moondance" or "Have I Told You Lately". This is easily remedied of course by programming (or heaven forbid!) burning a mix of your own.

When a musician makes SO much good music, of course some favorites will be missing (Tupelo Honey, Crazy Love, Astral Weeks, etc.) but you will be hard pressed to find a safer bet when it comes to buying a single CD by Van the Man.

If you love this CD as I do, and you're thinking of "upgrading" to the new remastered version, it's definitely worth the investment for a few reasons. First the sound quality is noticeably improved (and it was good to begin with!). You'll also get the album version of "Brown Eyed Girl", not that butchered single edit so many complain about. One other minor thing - the tracks are now numbered on the back of the CD case. I know this sounds minor but if you had the older version without the numbers noted, and tried programming it (as I often did), you can probably relate to this minor, but still appreciated, change.

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Most recent customer reviews
That is magnicifent!
That CD is real MUSIC, it is just perfect.
And that guy from LA who named the Genius
Morrison a Dude - is just an idiot himself, nothing more. Read more
Published on Sep 16 2004
In Response To IVAVARIO
The new remaster has the unedited Brown Eyed Girl with the "Making Love in the green grass...." line intact. Read more
Published on Jun 14 2004
I Hate This Dude
This horrible little idiot is SO annoying. His voice stinks and his lyrics are stupid. His music is only for idiots who are too brainwashed by outdated garbage music like this to... Read more
Published on Jun 13 2004 by Melting_Pot
A Great Discovery
Having grown up in Generation X, I had no idea who Van Morrison was until a few years ago when I bought this CD for my father. Read more
Published on Jun 5 2004 by Irishgal
Van Morrison's Greatest hits vol 1
I love this cd.

It is awesome.

I listened to it 10 + years ago.

I listen now.

I still love it.

The few cd's you can never get sick of. Read more

Published on May 24 2004 by Paul Finkelstein is my name. PPM is my game!
Superb sound quality
Although I already own most of the material on this CD, I was astounded at how much better the tunes sound (even the old Them tracks) with the high quality remastering job done. Read more
Published on April 30 2004 by Johnny Hodges
It Stoned Me to my soul
Van Morrison has as many compilation albums as just about anyone, save The Beach Boys, and while there are omissions on this particular collection, such as 'Blue Money', 'Saint... Read more
Published on Feb 20 2004 by Don Schmittdiel
Skip This One
Van is great, but the edited version of his greatest song "Brown Eyed Girl" is on this CD. Otherwise has some good tracks.
Published on Jan 5 2004
A nice sampling of Van The Man's hit's!!!
A nice sampling of Van's hits!!! A great collection!!! Two thumbs up!!! A+
Published on Jan 4 2004 by Jason P. Pumphrey
Not bad, but not great either...
Where is Tupelo Honey??? That song should have been included in this Best of CD.....
Published on Dec 3 2003
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