Van Morrison Latest Record Project

I’ll have to give it a 2nd listen.  The first time around really didn’t do it for me.  It wasn’t a bad album…It just wasn’t Van Morrison a la the “Moondance” era.  IMO, that’s the problem a lot of artists run into who’ve created their masterpiece early on…any subsequent work tends to be measured against the masterpiece rather than material by other artists inhabiting the same time-slot-in-history as the later work (By that measure, I’d give “…Project” a solid B.)

I have generally enjoyed all Vans albums as they came out, been a fan since he was with Them, and have enjoyed each one on it's own merit as he changed and grew as an artist. He has been quite prolific with new releases and was going to skip this one because the reviewers mentioned that he had an axe to grind, then I remembered that he has always had an axe to grind. I will get an ear on this one before I purchase but will check it out. Enjoy the music

Yes he has! LOL! 

Honestly, I don’t care for Vans latest. Could not get through the first listen. Disappointing. 

I’ve only listened to a couple of tracks on youtube (I’m away from home) so take this for what it’s worth.

Van has been criticized by some for making the same album over and over for the last few years. They're all pleasant enough, but they all seem to be 10% inspiration and 90% going through the motions. This last one may be his least inspired yet.

I think he made it to keep himself busy during the lockdown and that might explain why it’s a double cd, or he may have just done that to piss off the record company.

Listen to Van’s sax solo in about the last minute of Only A Song. I can’t believe that anyone outside the realm of free jazz would put that on an album. It sounds like a new sax student’s fist attempt at playing the thing.

I don’t mean to offend people who like the album, the tunes are pleasant enough, Van is still in good voice, and I’m sure there’s plenty of good musicianship on it. The fact that it’s politically incorrect is a plus for me, it just sounds like a really uninspired Van to me.