User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
- Summary: The latest release for the Northern Irish singer is his first album with all original songs since 1999's Back on Top.
- Record Label: Lost Highway
- Genre(s): Rock
- More Details and Credits »
Top Track
| Behind The Ritual | |
|---|---|
| Drinking wine in the alley, drinking wine in the alley Making time, drinking that wine Out of my mind in the days gone by Making time with Sally,... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
Powered by
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 9 out of 12
-
Mixed: 3 out of 12
-
Negative: 0 out of 12
-
On this relaxed and cohesive set, Van's band fall into simple and graceful grooves and play like a proper group, not hired hands.
-
So far, so agreeable, but a minor niggle is that Morrison evidently continues to favour comfortable rather than challenging accompanists. Then the album hots up.
-
True, there are moments during this self-penned collection of bluesy numbers that the Irishman does indeed Keep It Simple, but perhaps too much so, and it comes off as "Rather Too Easy" instead.
-
The Belfast cowboy keeps on making quality records
-
Most of Keep it Simple has a demeanor of ease to it.
-
Morrison's first collection of originals in longer than most of us can remember relies on a characteristic combo of jazz phrasing and bluesy riffs that should please die-hards and maybe bring in a few latter-day converts.
-
It’s difficult to hear this as anything but self-parody.
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 1 out of 1
-
Mixed: 0 out of 1
-
Negative: 0 out of 1
-
RennyK.Apr 5, 2008
-