Moondance

Van Morrison有爱尔兰音乐教父之称，他在美国闯荡多年后回到故乡，开始尝试把早期的音乐实践和爱尔兰本土音乐进行结合。滚石杂志在评论这张发行于1970年的专辑时说，Van Morrison把这套灵魂乐队阵容融合进了爵士、布鲁斯、诗歌艺术以及他自己童年关于爱尔兰的鲜活记忆，作出了一张如梦幻般唯美的专辑。外界一般评价这张专辑为“香醇小品”，Van Morrison本人也认为制作这张专辑时的乐队正是自己最理想的配置。这张专辑反响很大，确定了Van Morrison在爱尔兰乐坛的地位。 这张专辑在滚石杂志评出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第65位。 The yang to Astral Weeks' yin, the brilliant Moondance is every bit as much a classic as its predecessor; Van Morrison's first commercially successful solo effort, it retains the previous album's deeply spiritual thrust but transcends its bleak, cathartic intensity to instead explore themes of renewal and redemption. Light, soulful, and jazzy, Moondance opens with the sweetly nostalgic "And It Stoned Me," the song's pastoral imagery establishing the dominant lyrical motif recurring throughout the album -- virtually every track exults in natural wonder, whether it's the nocturnal magic celebrated by the title cut or the unlimited promise offered in "Brand New Day." At the heart of the record is "Caravan," an incantatory ode to the power of radio; equally stirring is the majestic "Into the Mystic," a song of such elemental beauty and grace as to stand as arguably the quintessential Morrison moment.