Van Morrison - Remembering Now (Orange Vinyl)
With ‘Remembering Now’, Van Morrison returns to the transcendent, uncategorisable rhapsodies that make him unique. Soul, jazz, blues, folk, country - this is music in conversation with all of them but limited by none. Its rich with hallmarks of classic Van Morrison, from dominant themes of love in spirit with the great ‘Someone Like You’ (the escapist romance of ‘Once In A Lifetime Feelings’, the self-deprecating candour of ‘The Only Love I Ever Need Is Yours’) to specific references to locations from his youth in the title track and ‘Stomping Ground’. The title of another song, ‘When the Rains Came’, echoes a lyric from his classic ‘Brown Eyed Girl’.
Side 1:
1) Down To Joy
2) If It Wasn’t For Ray
3) Haven’t Lost My Sense Of Wonder
4) Love, Lover and Beloved
Side 2
5) Cutting Corners
6) Back To Writing Love Songs
7) The Only Love I Ever Need Is Yours
8) Once In A Lifetime Feelings
Side 3:
9) Stomping Ground
10) Memories And Visions
11) When The Rains Came
Side 4:
12) Colourblind
13) Remembering Now
14) Stretching Out
