r&b 96 min 21 tracks
Hymns to the Silence is the twenty-first studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was his first studio double album. Morrison recorded the album in 1990 in Beckington at The Wool Hall Studios and in London at Townhouse and Westside Studios.
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Character
Character-led, grave, spare and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3/4 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- Q3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
- The Village VoiceB+
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Tracks
- 1Professional Jealousy3:47
- 2I'm Not Feeling It Anymore6:36
- 3Ordinary Life3:34
- 4Some Peace of Mind6:28
- 5So Complicated3:22
- 6I Can't Stop Loving You3:58
- 7Why Must I Always Explain?3:53
- 8Village Idiot3:17
- 9See Me Through, Part II (Just a Closer Walk with Thee)3:13
- 10Take Me Back9:10
- 1By His Grace2:38
- 2All Saints Day2:32
- 3Hymns to the Silence9:43
- 4On Hyndford Street5:22
- 5Be Thou My Vision3:52
- 6Carrying a Torch4:29
- 7Green Mansions3:42
- 8Pagan Streams3:41
- 9Quality Street3:60
- 10It Must Be You4:11
- 11I Need Your Kind of Loving4:31
21 tracks, 96 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Van Morrison
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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