Moondance

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Total Tracks: 10   Total Length: 39:13

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Moondance

deeloo710

You simply need to own this album

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Classic

amama2all3

Simply one of the best out there. "Into the Mystic" was my wedding theme and everyone loved it!

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Classic

spyda1970

Classic. Brilliant. Beautiful.

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Amazing

nick19

not a bad song on the whole album

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Classic

melia

Holds up well after all those years...

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Van's Best

gregrh

This is the album I grew up with - just great throughout. It always made me smile when I found out that my kids kept borrowing this one from my collection. A masterpiece!

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Hard Not To Love A Guy

DesertDirtDog

who doesn't give a shit what I think.

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Magnificent and Magical

Lovesthemusic

The album is amazing, and quickly becomes the soundtrack of your life. Don't listen to other reviewers, all the songs are fabu. #1 is my personal fave. Plus I love it because you understand most of the lyrics!

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Van Marrison's Masterpiece "Moondance"

marklark69

The short and sweet of it is that if you do not know Van's music this is the most accessible of all of his albums. Sheer Celtic Soul fantabulousness. He is in love with his gal AND the world and he is not afraid to tell the world (This album and Tupelo Honey are the only unabasedly happy albums he ever made. Crazy Love, Moondance, Into the Mystic and on and on. This is an ALBUM like may never be made again because if is all of one piece and that piece is a masterpiece.

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Garsh

EMUSIC-0098DD6F

It would be a pick if they gave you gave you 10 songs for 10 credits. Ouch.

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They Say All Music Guide

The yang to Astral Weeks’ yin, the brilliant Moondance is every bit as much a classic as its predecessor; Van Morrison’s first commercially successful solo effort, it retains the previous album’s deeply spiritual thrust but transcends its bleak, cathartic intensity to instead explore themes of renewal and redemption. Light, soulful, and jazzy, Moondance opens with the sweetly nostalgic “And It Stoned Me,” the song’s pastoral imagery establishing the dominant lyrical motif recurring throughout the album — virtually every track exults in natural wonder, whether it’s the nocturnal magic celebrated by the title cut or the unlimited promise offered in “Brand New Day.” At the heart of the record is “Caravan,” an incantatory ode to the power of radio; equally stirring is the majestic “Into the Mystic,” a song of such elemental beauty and grace as to stand as arguably the quintessential Morrison moment. – Jason Ankeny

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