blues rock, rock, blue-eyed soul 43 min 8 tracks Polydor
Hard Nose the Highway is the seventh studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1973. It was his first solo album since his 1967 debut Blowin' Your Mind! to contain songs not written by Morrison. A cover version of the song "Bein' Green", usually associated with Kermit the Frog, is included, as is a take of the traditional song "Purple Heather". The album also contains the single "Warm Love," a fan favourite.
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Character
Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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- Allmusic3.5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB−
- Uncut1/5 ★
- The Village VoiceC+
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Tracks
- 1Snow in San Anselmo4:37
- 2Warm Love3:23
- 3Hard Nose the Highway5:14
- 4Wild Children4:21
- 5The Great Deception4:53
- 6Bein’ Green4:22
- 7Autumn Song10:37
- 8Purple Heather5:44
8 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Van Morrison
- Label
- Polydor
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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