My favourite song on this is Sweet Thing and I don’t like much else on the album. All the songs feel drawn out too long and like they are just repeating the same lines over and over. I only really gave it 2.5 stars because I can appreciate the songwriting but as an album all the songs just blend together and nothing surprises me. Also I’m not really a fan of folk music in general. I think I like sweet thing because it’s very structured with a hi hat beat and has the descending strings motif and is pretty rememberable.
Astral Weeks
Album by Van Morrison
Released November 1968
Tracklist
- 1Astral Weeks7:033.5 ★
- 2Beside You5:132.0 ★
- 3Sweet Thing4:223.5 ★
- 4Cyprus Avenue6:562.0 ★
- 5The Way Young Lovers Do3:113.0 ★
- 6Madame George9:412.6 ★
- 7Ballerina6:593.0 ★
- 8Slim Slow Slider3:202.4 ★
- 9Beside You (take 1)5:57
- 10Madame George (take 4)8:24
- 11Ballerina (long version)8:024.0 ★
- 12Slim Slow Slider (long version)4:53
More by Van Morrison
Release credits
- guitar [5]
- engineer [1-8]
- drums (drum set) [3, 5-7]
- acoustic guitar [7], classical guitar [1-3]
- flute [1, 3, 5-7], soprano saxophone [8]
- arranger [9-12], conductor [9-12], harpsichord [4], horn [7], strings [1, 3-4, 7]
- producer
- double bass [1-8]
- acoustic guitar [1-8], lead vocals [1-8]
- percussion [1, 5, 8], triangle [3], vibraphone [1-2, 5, 7]
Issues
A12" VinylNovember 1968
A1987
A1987
A25 October 1990
A1992
A17 February 1995- ACD (2000 Alsdorf reissue, WE 835)2000
A30 September 2008
A12" Vinyl2009
ADigital Media2013
A30 October 2015
A30 October 2015
ADigital Media30 October 2015
ADigital Media (expanded edition)30 October 2015
ADigital Media (digital expanded edition)2015- A
A
ADigital Media- ADigital Media
A12" Vinyl (U.S. Specialty repress)
ACD (BMG Direct)
A12" Vinyl1968