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.
12" Vinyl
Astral Weeks
Album by Van Morrison
Released November 1968
Tracklist
- 1Astral Weeks7:003.5 ★
- 2Beside You5:102.0 ★
- 3Sweet Thing4:103.5 ★
- 4Cyprus Avenue6:502.0 ★
- 5Young Lovers Do3:103.0 ★
- 6Madame George9:252.6 ★
- 7Ballerina7:003.0 ★
- 8Slim Slow Slider3:202.4 ★
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Release credits
- guitar [5]
- engineer
- drums (drum set) [3, 5-7]
- acoustic guitar [7], classical guitar [1-3]
- flute [1, 3, 5-7], soprano saxophone [8]
- harpsichord [4], horn [7], strings [1, 3-4, 7]
- producer
- double bass
- acoustic guitar, lead vocals
- percussion [1, 5, 8], triangle [3], vibraphone [1-2, 5, 7]
Issues
A
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