There’s never been anything like Astral Weeks—not before or since. Parting with the straightforward, R&B-based rock of his past, a young Van Morrison embraced his love of jazz, blues, folk and poetry all at once. The thrillingly transcendent journey finds him mixing bittersweet childhood memories and in-the-moment reveries like a folk-rock James Joyce. His soulful voice soars over a constantly shifting, almost impressionistic landscape of fluid, jazzy lines, gentle strumming and shimmering orchestrations. The magic Morrison created here is as otherworldly as the title suggests.
Other Versions
- 8 Songs
- 1970
- 1968
- 2017
- 2016
- Bob Dylan
- Neil Young & The Bluenotes
- Ray LaMontagne
- The Allman Brothers Band
- The Velvet Underground