- blues rock, rock, folk rock, pop rock
- 62 min
- 17 tracks
- Warner Records
His Band and the Street Choir is the fourth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in November 1970 by Warner Bros. Records. Originally titled Virgo's Fool, Street Choir was renamed by Warner Bros. without Morrison's consent.
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Character
Character-led, spare, grave and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- Music Story5/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock5/5
- Pitchfork8.7/10
- Q3/5 ★
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- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- Uncut8/10
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Tracks
- 1Domino3:07
- 2Crazy Face2:56
- 3Give Me a Kiss2:40
- 4I’ve Been Working3:26
- 5Call Me Up in Dreamland3:52
- 6I’ll Be Your Lover, Too3:53
- 7Blue Money3:45
- 8Virgo Clowns4:11
- 9Gypsy Queen3:17
- 10Sweet Jannie2:10
- 11If I Ever Needed Someone3:47
- 12Street Choir5:01
- 13Call Me Up in Dreamland (take 10)4:14
- 14Give Me a Kiss (take 3)2:33
- 15Gypsy Queen (take 3)4:13
- 16I’ve Been Working (alternative version)4:26
- 17I’ll Be Your Lover, Too (alternative version)4:10
17 tracks, 62 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Van Morrison
- Label
- Warner Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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