Astral Weeks (1968)

By Van Morrison

Folk, blues, jazz and classical strands wind around impressionistic lyrics about earthly love and heaven, sung in long hypnotic stretches across eight songs. It was a sharp turn for Van Morrison, the Northern Irish singer-songwriter behind the 1967 pop hit "Brown Eyed Girl," and sold poorly on release in 1968 before landing on countless best-albums-of-all-time lists. For fans of loose, searching records that unfold slowly.

Released
1968
Tracks
8

Track list

  1. Astral Weeks
  2. Beside You
  3. Sweet Thing
  4. Cyprus Avenue
  5. The Way Young Lovers Do
  6. Madame George
  7. Ballerina
  8. Slim Slow Slider