- folk rock, rock, classic rock, blue-eyed soul
- 39 min
- 10 tracks
- Warner Bros. Records
Moondance is the third studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released on 27 January 1970 by Warner Bros. Records. After the commercial failure of his first Warner Bros. album Astral Weeks (1968), Morrison moved to upstate New York with his wife and began writing songs for Moondance. There, he met the musicians who would record the album with him at New York City's A & R Studios in August and September 1969.
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Character-led, grave, spare and warm.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA+
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography9/10
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- Music Story5/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock5/5
- Pitchfork8.4/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Sputnikmusic5/5
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Tracks
- A1And It Stoned Me4:34
- A2Moondance4:37
- A3Crazy Love2:37
- A4Caravan5:03
- A5Into the Mystic3:30
- B1Come Running2:32
- B2These Dreams of You3:54
- B3Brand New Day5:11
- B4Everyone3:34
- B5Glad Tidings3:42
10 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Van Morrison
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Released
- 1970-03
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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