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| Track Listing 1. There Stands The Glass 2. Half As Much 3. Things Have Gone To Pieces 4. Big Blue Diamonds 5. Playhouse 6. Your Cheatin' Heart 7. Don't You Make Me High 8. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It 9. Back Street Affair 10. Pay The Devil 11. What Am I Living For 12. This Has Got To Stop 13. Once A Day 14. More And More 15. Till I Gain Control Again
Album Notes Personnel: Van Morrison (vocals, acoustic guitar); Johnny Scott, Mick Green (guitar); Paul Godden (steel guitar); Bob Loveday (violin); Cavin Wright, Fiachra Trench (strings); Geraint Watkins (piano); Ian Jennings (double bass); Paul Riley (electric bass); Bobby Irwin (drums).Over the course of his remarkable career, Van Morrison has ranged so widely across the musical map that it's not exactly a surprise to hear him settling down for a straightforward American roots effort. PAY THE DEVIL, released in 2006 on the Lost Highway label, finds Morrison abandoning any remaining mystical Celtic trappings to tip his hat to the country music of the 1940s and '50s. The arrangements are appropriately spare, with fiddle, steel and acoustic guitar, bass, and drums propping up most of the songs, while strings and backing vocals flesh things out on occasion.There are three Morrison originals and a handful of songs popularized by Hank Williams ("Your Cheatin' Heart" and "Half As Much," among them) and Webb Pierce ("There Stands the Glass" and "Back Street Affair"), but the selections are all of a piece, sounding as though they're being transmitted from a Nashville barroom of yore. Morrison's voice doesn't have the elasticity it once did, but there's a textured world-weariness, perfectly suited for these songs, that lets listeners know he's still the man. Editorial Reviews Rolling Stone | |||||||||||||
Top Reviews  Friend of the Devil 7 of 9 people found this review helpful. When I heard a track from Pay the Devil on Kershaw's Radio 3 programme my heart skipped a beat. Van Morrison...country music...marriage in heaven... It occurred to me that Elvis (Costello not Presley) had attempted the same thing with Almost Blue. Almost Blue was his 7th recording while Van's effort clocks in at 37. That says a lot about how you should approach this landmark in recording history. Take a look at that cover. It's fully loaded. If you want to sit at the table with the Man, you better be holding a good hand. Van certainly is; There Stands the Glass, Your Cheatin' Heart, Till I Gain Control Again. But sitting comfortably beside these classics stands Playhouse, Pay the Devil and the cd's standout track This Has Got To Stop all written by himself. There's the rub - only a musician with 4 decades of quality behind him could pull off such a feat. It's a tribute to Van Morrison that when you put this cd on, you treat each track equally. This is not an album of covers, this is the real deal. Mr Morrison's devil has been long caged but on Pay the Devil he comes out roaring. Listen to the lion. Don't let your deal go down. Better the devil you know. Review ID: 10000000001379961 Was this review helpful? Report this review Reviews excellent completes my collectionReview created: 26/06/08 by: The Wee man from Belfast up to his usual high standard. No two albums are alike, he chops and changes his style, one moment jazz/blues the next country. Unlike other artists or bands you cannot predict what his next album will be like except that it will be good. He uses only the finest musicians in his band from whatever genre takes his fancy. Never boring, even after over 50 years performing on stage, he has not lost his appetite for the love of his life, music. Review ID: 10000000007711696 Was this review helpful? Report this review Pay the Devil- Van MorrisonYou know, as a rock performer for many years, I always hated Country music. Since Van the Man`s "Pay the Devil", I have grown to really like some of it!There Stands the Glass, Playhouse,the Title track, The wonderful"Until I Gain Control Again" have changed my life so much. I am even playing these and many other tracks with my Band,"Mystic" Maybe a Van the Man Tribute Band??? Review ID: 10000000007276880 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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