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Astral Weeks: Live At The Hollywood Bowl

Van Morrison

Astral Weeks: Live At The Hollywood Bowl

Four decades after its release, the legendary Morrison revisits his acclaimed 1968 album

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
Listen to the Lion
UK Release date
09/02/2009
  1. 10.0 |   Evening Standard

    The voice is deeper, the music richer with the help of an orchestra, but the original magic is still very much in evidence.
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  2. 10.0 |   The Independent

    A triumph, revisited.
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  3. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    This is essentially Morrison pulling all stops in attempt to fulfill his never-ending quest for transcendence; in this instance, to transcend the average concert experience.
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  4. 8.0 |   Observer Music Monthly

    When Morrison hits his stride he seems to float onto another plane.
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  5. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Transcendence is always a work in progress; the eight songs on Astral Weeks are still up to the task.
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  6. 7.0 |   Blender

    Morrison’s vocals are no longer pleading; songs once edged with sexual and spiritual desperation are now filled with authority and closely guarded wisdom.
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  7. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Different time, different place.
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  8. 4.5 |   Pitchfork

    OK, so maybe what Astral Weeks represents to so many of us can't be perfectly recorded, whether on vinyl or in 1s and 0s-- definitely not in words.
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