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Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue Image
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  • Summary: Produced with Don Was and Bob Rock, the album from the Hall of Fame artist features new arrangements of some of his less well known songs as duets with George Benson, Michael Bublé, Natalie Cole, Chris Farlowe, Georgie Fame, Mick Hucknall, Mark Knopfler, Taj Mahal, daughter Shania Morrison,Produced with Don Was and Bob Rock, the album from the Hall of Fame artist features new arrangements of some of his less well known songs as duets with George Benson, Michael Bublé, Natalie Cole, Chris Farlowe, Georgie Fame, Mick Hucknall, Mark Knopfler, Taj Mahal, daughter Shania Morrison, Gregory Porter, P.J. Proby, Mavis Staples, Joss Stone, Clare Teal, Steve Winwood, and Bobby Womack. Expand
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Real Real Gone
I'm real real gone I got hit by a bow and arrow You got me down to the very marrow You're a friend of mine And I'm real real gone On the radio Music... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Mar 18, 2015
    80
    Van delves deep to breathe new life into some relatively lesser-known gems ranging from 1974’s Streets Of Arklow (from Veedon Fleece) to Get On With The Show (What’s Wrong With This Picture?, 2003), rejuvenating them with persuasive soul and passion.
  2. Mar 24, 2015
    80
    All in all, Duets serves as a triumphant summation of a stellar career now spanning over half a century. Allowing others to join the celebration simply makes it all the more enjoyable, and a treat for those fans of both Morrison and his duet partners.
  3. 80
    His singing partners, all of whom bring their “A” game. They help make what could have been a forgettable, tossed off, commercially driven, contract fulfilling item into one of the singer’s more memorable projects. And with a catalog as rich and deep as Van Morrison’s, that’s high praise indeed.
  4. Mar 24, 2015
    70
    The duets album is often a stroke session that involves a minimum of thought — but not for Van Morrison.
  5. Uncut
    Mar 30, 2015
    60
    This is more Wilshire Boulevard than Cyprus Avenue, trading largely in a kind of light Vegas-y swing. [May 2015, p.77]
  6. The long list of guest stars lends the songs a variety that Morrison’s most monochromatic solo albums could well use.
  7. Q Magazine
    Apr 1, 2015
    20
    Duets guns unerringly for lounge-y stasis, swerving any trace of the funk, grit or bile which make Morrison such a unique treasure.... Criminal. [May 2015, p.108]

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