Cyprus Avenue (track)
by Van Morrison
Year: 1968
From the album Astral Weeks (track #4)
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Cyprus Avenue appears on the following album(s) by Van Morrison:
- Astral Weeks (track #4) (this album) (1968)
- It's Too Late To Stop Now (track #18) (1974)
- ...It's Too Late To Stop Now... Vols. II, III, IV (track #14) (2016)
- ...It's Too Late To Stop Now... Vols. II, III, IV (track #45) (2016)
- ...It's Too Late To Stop Now... Vols. II, III, IV (track #54) (2016)
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70/100  | 10/28/2025 10:26 | ShenBapiro | | 77/100 |
80/100 | 09/12/2025 19:19 | machiaj | | 74/100 |
80/100 | 09/07/2025 04:20 | BLO | | 86/100 |
80/100 | 08/06/2025 23:14 | mrmcrook | | 79/100 |
80/100 | 07/15/2025 23:00 | djbauer99 | | 91/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.9/100, a mean average of 85.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.6.
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Unparalleled in its beauty, somehow Van sounds a little more exposed here, a touch more fragile than usual. Then he sees those rainbow ribbons.
One of the album's true blues-folk tunes. Van's vocals are magnificent as always, and the violin in the background is wonderful. Not a huge fan of the harpsichord sound in general, so it gets a bit annoying as it gets used throughout all seven minutes of the track. Still well worth a listen or two.
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