- jazz-rock, r&b
- 45 min
- 10 tracks
- Mercury Records
Beautiful Vision is the thirteenth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in February 1982. It continued Morrison's departure from R&B at the time, instead favoring Celtic folk and American jazz in its music. As with many of Morrison's recordings, spirituality is a major theme and some of the songs are based on the teachings of Alice Bailey. Other songs show Morrison's Celtic heritage and reminiscence of his Belfast background.
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Spare, character-led, grave and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA−
- Record Mirror3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- The Village VoiceA
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Tracks
- 1Celtic Ray4:08
- 2Northern Muse (Solid Ground)3:60
- 3Dweller on the Threshold4:47
- 4Beautiful Vision4:07
- 5She Gives Me Religion4:21
- 6Cleaning Windows4:39
- 7Vanlose Stairway4:08
- 8Aryan Mist3:58
- 9Across the Bridge Where Angels Dwell4:26
- 10Scandinavia6:32
10 tracks, 45 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Van Morrison
- Label
- Mercury Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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