Keep Me Singing
by Van Morrison
  • Record Label: Caroline
  • Release Date: Sep 30, 2016
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Rolling Stone
    Sep 29, 2016
    60
    Through arrangements elegant to a fault, his mercurial tenor, more supple and restrained, remains a marvel.
  2. The Independent (UK)
    Sep 28, 2016
    60
    There’s something of the warmth and fulfilment of Tupelo Honey about the album generally.
  3. Record Collector
    Oct 7, 2016
    40
    The tracks drift by like soporific imitations of past glories--for the most part there’s nothing especially wrong with the songs, they just sound as if they could have been composed using a Van Morrison Song Generator.

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8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Kimosabe
    Sep 30, 2016
    8
    I have been a fan from 1964, the Them days, and still listen to Astral Weeks, Moondance, Veedon Fleece, and No Guru, No Method, No TeacherI have been a fan from 1964, the Them days, and still listen to Astral Weeks, Moondance, Veedon Fleece, and No Guru, No Method, No Teacher and Too Late to Stop Now often. I saw Van many times in S.F., and I used to even see his mother walking her dog between Fairfax and San Anselmo and I used to visit his father's record store. But I have not liked all that Van has done. This new record is a very pleasant surprise. I like it from beginning to end. It has a different feel. The musicianship is very pleasing in a way somehow different from previous albums. All of the songs are good and he's not complaining. I have aged with Van and in these golden years, these autumnal days, these days of the setting sun, I find this album very comforting, like a well made gin and tonic. There is nothing saccharine, nothing too New Age, just a man using his voice and music to reflect on a long life. It's not Astral Weeks or Moondance but it's pretty damn nice.… Full Review »
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