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- Release Date: 1989 06
- Total Time: 42:22
- Genre: Rock
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| Avalon Sunset | ||||
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| Studio album by Van Morrison | ||||
| Released | 1989 Reissued January 2008 |
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| Recorded | June 1989 at The Woolhall, Eden, Olympic, Westside and The Townhouse Studios, England | |||
| Genre | Celtic, Folk-rock | |||
| Length | 42:22 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Van Morrison | |||
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Avalon Sunset is the nineteenth album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music.)
The 29 January 2008 reissued and remastered version of the album contains an alternative take of "Whenever God Shines His Light" and a version of "When the Saints Go Marching In" with additional lyrics by Morrison.[1]
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This album was recorded in London and Bath, England, and close to Avalon, the mythic kingdom of King Arthur. It marked the first appearance of Georgie Fame, who played the Hammond organ and would also provide backup vocals and help direct the band.
Morrison and Fame would work together for most of the nineties. The all new songs were rehearsed in two days and then recorded in another two days. Arty McGlynn (the guitarist) remarked about the band's feelings when the sessions ended "we still don't know if it's an album, or maybe a demo for an album." Morrison's reliance on spontaneity was evident on "Daring Night" where he can be heard calling out chord changes "one-four, one-four" (Gmaj to Cmaj) to Roy Jones near the song's ending.[2] The album was previewed at a private concert at Ronnie Scott's club on 24 May 1989.[3]
The album contains the romantic ballad "Have I Told You Lately", which became a hit single for Morrison, reaching #12 on the Adult Contemporary Charts and was a bigger hit for Rod Stewart in 1993. This song was again released on Morrison's 2007 album, Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits. The album also features the hit single "Whenever God Shines His Light" which was a duet with Cliff Richard. On a later song "When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God" the certainties of faith are questioned. "Contacting my Angel" is actually about a woman's presence not the more heavenly kind. On "I'd Like to Write Another Song" the singer conveys a feeling that writer's block seems to make living not worthwhile and makes a subtle joke by saying if he could only write another song: "In poetry I'd carve it well / I'd even make it rhyme/" but then doesn't by pairing it with "mind". It has often been said to be Morrison's most spiritual album, but contains songs exploring more earthy pleasures such as "Coney Island" and "Daring Night". The song "Coney Island" is set in a resort area in Northern Ireland and tells of a perfect day with a loved one and talk of "potted herring" and ending with the spoken words, "Wouldn't it be nice if it could be like this all the time." "Daring Night" is explicitly sensual with words of "And the bodies move and we sweat/And have our being/" and was originally recorded as an instrumental for the album Beautiful Vision. The song "I'm Tired Joey Boy" has a pastoral setting and was originally written as a poem, Morrison has said. The song "Orangefield" takes the singer back to schooldays and falling in love for the first time with an idyllic female that Brian Hinton compares to Beatrice in the Divine Comedy.[4]
All songs by Morrison
Special guests
| Year | Chart | Position |
| 1989 | UK Album Chart | 13 |
Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1989 | The Billboard 200 | 91 |
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1989 | "Have I Told You Lately" | Adult Contemporary | 12 |
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