- blues, folk rock, rock
- 60 min
- 10 tracks
Born to Sing: No Plan B is the 34th studio album recorded by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison, released by Blue Note Records on 2 October 2012. It is his first studio album of original songs since 2008's Keep It Simple, with its four-year gap being the longest between two studio albums to date from the artist.
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Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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Metacritic 72/100
- Allmusic4/5 ★
- Belfast Telegraph4/5 ★
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- The Irish Times3/5 ★
- Jazzwise4/5 ★
- musicOMH4/5 ★
- The Observer4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Uncut7/10 ★
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Tracks
- 1Open the Door (To Your Heart)5:19
- 2Goin' Down to Monte Carlo8:12
- 3Born to Sing4:39
- 4End of the Rainbow4:35
- 5Close Enough for Jazz3:45
- 6Mystic of the East4:56
- 7Retreat and View6:50
- 8If in Money We Trust8:02
- 9Pagan Heart7:52
- 10Educating Archie5:41
10 tracks, 60 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Van Morrison
- Released
- September 29, 2012
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
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