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All rights reserved.Van Morrison - Down The Road (CD 2002)
| Track Listing 1. Down The Road 2. Meet Me In The Indian Summer 3. Steal My Heart Away 4. Hey Mr DJ 5. Talk Is Cheap 6. Choppin' Wood 7. What Makes The Irish Heart Beat 8. All Work And No Play 9. Whatever Happened To PJ Proby 10. Beauty Of The Days Gone By 11. Georgia On My Mind 12. Only A Dream 13. Man Has To Struggle 14. Evening Shadows 15. Fast Train
Album Notes Personnel includes: Van Morrison (vocals; acoustic guitar, harmonica, alto saxophone); Ned Edwards (acoustic & electric guitars, background vocals); Mick Green (acoustic & electric guitars); Johnny Scott (electric guitar, background vocals); Rosie Wetters (violin); Jake Walker (viola); Lee Goodall (flute, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, background vocals); Martin Winning (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Acker Bilk (clarinet); Matt Holland (trumpet, flugelhorn); Richard Dunn (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Fiachra Trench (piano); John Allair, Geraint Watkins (Hammond B-3 organ); Pete Hurley (bass); Colin Griffin, Bobby Irwin (drums); Aine Whelan, Crawford Bell, Karen Hamill, Olwin Bell, Siobhan Petit (background vocals).Recorded at The Wool Hall, Bath, England. Includes liner notes by Ben Sidran.Like Woody Allen (if you'll indulge the analogy), Van Morrison is an artiste seemingly bound to a heavy-duty work ethic, churning out one release after another at a startlingly regular, workmanlike pace and only occasionally hitting some majestic artistic heights. DOWN THE ROAD might seem like a slow starter, but hear it through and it will gradually but definitively distance itself from the crowded, often samey pack of VM releases immediately preceding it. While the first few tunes are forays into folk-rock, R&B, and balladry of a sort far from uncommon in the Morrison repertoire, things pick up considerably midway through. "Talk is Cheap" is an uncompromising blues tune that could be a BLONDE ON BLONDE-era Dylan outtake. "Choppin' Wood" bears an Ivory Joe Hunter-like backing, but the lyrics compare favorably to Van's '80s fave "Cleaning Windows." The Cab Calloway-style minor-key blues of "Whatever Happened to PJ Proby?" support quirky lyrics lamenting the loss of British rock cult figures Proby and Screaming Lord Sutch. Perhaps most impressive is "Man Has to Struggle," which manages the considerable feat of mating humanist philosophy to a soul groove. You never can tell what a mercurial sort like Van has up his sleeve. Editorial Reviews Rolling Stone (06/06/2002) Mojo (06/01/2002) Rolling Stone (06/06/2002) | |||||||||||||
Top Reviews  Van Morrison - Down The Road 26 of 28 people found this review helpful. Lots of melodic highlights here and The Wee Man sounds as if he was enjoying the recording with some of his lightest vocals for ages. The antithesis of some his earlier, more lyrically obscure albums (e.g. Common One), Down the Road gets to the point quickly on most songs and then repeats it again... and again... . It's a clever trick if you can get away with it and Morrison does here in most cases. Reminiscent of early Donovan on some of the melodies but always kept on an elevated plane by His Master's Voice. Enjoy... again... and again! Review ID: 10000000003868090 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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