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Van Morrison - Still On Top - Greatest Hits (3CD Limited Edition 2008)
STILL ON TOP: THE GREATEST HITS is a career-spanning anthology of hits by mercurial Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. Starting with two key tracks by his Rolling Stones-like 1960s band, Them--"Gloria" and "Here Comes the Night"--the set passes over Morrison's legendary 1968 album, ASTRAL WEEKS, a jazzy mood piece that works best as a whole, but otherwise cherry-picks a ton of FM radio classics. "Wild Nights," "Domino," "Moondance," and "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" are among the many highlights, presented in remastered sound.
Still on Top:Greatest Hits was originally released back in 2007 as a single disc 21 track set. For the more casual fan, it is still IMO the best option to get.
Now in 2008, Van Morrison has seen fit to re-release this set as an expanded 3 disc set with the same title. All of the 21 tracks from the single disc version are here but with the addition of 30 more tremendous tracks. While most die hard Van Morrison fans scoff at the idea of trying to distill his artistry to a compliation of sorts, this new 3 disc set represents the best option for people wanting to dig a lot deeper than the single disc version without having to buy individual albums.
The good part here is that all of the tracks are brilliantly remastered and each CD is almost maxed out close to 80 minutes. Disc One is just shy of 78 minutes, disc two is about 78 1/2 minutes and Disc Three is just shy of 79 minutes. One of my huge gripes when buying greatest hits CD's or anthologies is when they fail to max out the CD (or CD's) as much as they can to 80 minutes. Thankfully they didn't do that here and gave the buyer the absolute most music possible on 3 CD's.
The one thing I thought I would have a problem with is that the CD's are sequenced in chronological order. But upon listening to the set it's clear that Van Morrison sequenced each CD with a particular feel/mood in mind. This is most evident on Disc 3 which is very laid back and chilled out in a most relaxing and enjoyable way.
While there have been way too many compilation sets of Van Morrison's stuff over the years, I feel that this is the best one to get for people wanting a really thorough anthology of this legendary artist's long, long career...Kevin Dudley
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size: 541 MB
Genre : Classic Rock, Folk Rock
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Tracklist:
CD 1
01. Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) 3.00
02. Dweller On The Threshold 4.45
03. Whenever God Shines His Light 4.54
04. Moondance 4.33
05. Bright Side Of The Road 3.46
06 Brown Eyed Girl 3.04
07. Wavelength 5.46
08. Crazy Love 2.37
09. Someone Like You 4.07
10. When Will I Ever Learn To Live In God? 5.38
11. Tore Down A La Rimbaud 4.08
12. Wild Night 3.34
13. Gloria 2.39
14. Real Real Gone 3.41
15. Into The Mystic 3.31
16. In The Garden 5.47
17. Saint Dominic's Preview 6.26
18. Stranded 5.38
CD 2
01. Precious Time 3.48
02. Domino 3.10
03. Here Comes The Night 2.47
04. Little Village 4.30
05. And It Stoned Me 4.34
06. Days Like This 3.13
07. Have I Told You Lately? 4.21
08. Cleaning Windows 4.43
09. Baby Please Don't Go 2.42
10. Back On Top 4.21
11. Vanlose Stairway 4.09
12. Celtic New Year 6.12
13. Irish Heartbeat 3.54
14. The Healing Game (Alternative Version) 4.29
15. Full Force Gale 3.15
16. Warm Love 3.23
17. Did Ye Get Healed? 4.09
18. Tupelo Honey 6.56
19. Wonderful Remark 3.59
CD 3
01. Hey Mr. DJ 3.50
02. In The Forest 4.38
03. Queen Of The Slipstream 4.55
04. Rave On John Donne 5.17
05. Hymns To The Silence 9.38
06. Crazy Jane On God 4.07
07. Rough God Goes Riding 6.18
08. Steal My Heart Away 4.23
09. One Irish Rover 3.31
10. Listen To The Lion 11.10
11. Streets Of Arklow 4.24
12. The Beauty Of The Days Gone By 5.50
13. Take It Where You Find It 8.42
14. Coney Island 2.03
Post je objavljen 31.12.2008. u 20:12 sati.