I was pleasantly surprised by this record. Allmusic notes that Morrison "has no interest in innovation, he's already done that. The pace here is (mostly) laid-back, the music drenched in jazz, R&B, blues, and classy pop. He revels throughout in an elegant slow burn; his lyric themes are bittersweet, melancholic, filled with emotional and symbolic memory; his longing for the previous prevalent." [source] That's a pretty good description.
In watching the two videos, below, I was suddenly hit by the sad reality that Leonard Cohen and Van Morison (to the best of my know) never got up on stage together. At least, I can find no evidence. That seems like a missed opportunity.
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