- rock, blues rock
- 78 min
- 15 tracks
- Legacy
Too Long in Exile is the twenty-second studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. The album was produced by Morrison and draws on urban blues and soul jazz sounds, including collaborations with John Lee Hooker and Georgie Fame.
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Grave, spare, character-led and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic2/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB−
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- Select2/5 ★
- The Village VoiceA−
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Tracks
- 1Too Long in Exile6:19
- 2Big Time Operators6:04
- 3Lonely Avenue6:25
- 4Ball & Chain5:36
- 5In the Forest4:38
- 6Till We Get the Healing Done8:23
- 7Gloria5:20
- 8Good Morning Little Schoolgirl4:08
- 9Wasted Years3:58
- 10The Lonesome Road3:16
- 11Moody’s Mood for Love2:52
- 12Close Enough for Jazz (instrumental)2:40
- 13Before the World Was Made4:24
- 14I’ll Take Care of You5:19
- 15Instrumental / Tell Me What You Want8:10
15 tracks, 78 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Van Morrison
- Label
- Legacy
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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