• 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. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. 83
    Morrison’s voice has lost some of its sheer power, but he has retained all of its deep expressiveness, still every bit the otherworldly musical instrument it’s been for the past half-century.
  2. Q Magazine
    Sep 28, 2016
    80
    There are some exquisite songs here. [Nov 2016, p.111]
  3. Mojo
    Sep 28, 2016
    80
    Hard blues, soul and R&B take a back seat to pop tunes with a elegant turn. [Oct 2016, p.92]
  4. Uncut
    Sep 28, 2016
    80
    Whatever it is that keeps him singing still packs a potent emotional punch. [Oct 2016, p.35]
  5. Nov 4, 2016
    70
    The old guy is largely content to accept the human situation and focus on the positive--the bliss of memory, the power of art, transcendent nature, and such. Maybe that’s more insurgent than it seems. But the album is lovely and perhaps that is all that matters.
  6. Sep 29, 2016
    70
    Morrison delivers each of these songs with attentiveness; the material is consistently presented with finesse. Nothing further is required.
  7. Sep 28, 2016
    67
    The return to familiarity is a welcome one.
User Score
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. 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 »