- blues rock, rock, folk rock
- 50 min
- 10 tracks
- Polydor
Enlightenment is the twentieth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in 1990 and reached No. 5 in the UK charts and "Real Real Gone" charted at No. 18 in Mainstream Rock Tracks.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Robert ChristgauB+
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- MusicHound3.5/5
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Select4/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Real Real Gone3:35
- A2Enlightenment4:03
- A3So Quiet in Here6:13
- A4Avalon of the Heart4:45
- A5See Me Through6:08
- B1Youth of 1,000 Summers3:40
- B2In the Days Before Rock ’n’ Roll8:06
- B3Start All Over Again4:10
- B4She’s My Baby5:14
- B5Memories4:09
10 tracks, 50 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Van Morrison
- Label
- Polydor
- Released
- 1990
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- NL
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