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Van Morrison
Reviewed by Scott Schinder | Mar 12, 1999
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Van Morrison; Genre: Rock

The Celtic-soul visionary has been playing by his own rules for so long that he's now a virtual one-man genre. Morrison's latest dispatch contains some of his most sonically and emotionally accessible music in years. Tunes like ''When the Leaves Come Falling Down,'' and even the petulant anti-fame diatribe ''New Biography,'' maintain an eloquent balance of earthy musicality and spiritual restlessness. A-

Originally posted Mar 12, 1999 Published in issue #476 Mar 12, 1999 Order article reprints

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