- r&b, rock, blues, soul
- 61 min
- 12 tracks
- Exile
Back on Top is the twenty-seventh studio album by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1999 by Pointblank. It reached the Top Twenty in seven countries, building on the success of 1997's The Healing Game.
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Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- George Graham(unrated)
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Goin’ Down Geneva4:29
- 2Philosophers Stone6:08
- 3In the Midnight5:10
- 4Back on Top4:25
- 5When the Leaves Come Falling Down5:42
- 6High Summer5:15
- 7Reminds Me of You5:43
- 8New Biography5:26
- 9Precious Time3:50
- 10Golden Autumn Day6:34
- 1Jackie Wilson Said (live)3:45
- 2Call Me Up in Dreamland (live)4:09
12 tracks, 61 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Van Morrison
- Label
- Exile
- Released
- 1999
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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