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- Posted: 12/02/2011 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#384): Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
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Today's album of the day
Astral Weeks by Van Morrison (View album)
Year: 1968.
Overall rank: 56.
Average rating: 85/100 (from 279 votes).
Tracks:
1. Astral Weeks
2. Beside You
3. Sweet Thing
4. Cyprus Avenue
5. The Way Young Lovers Do
6. Madame George
7. Ballerina
8. Slim Slow Slider
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety.
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RFNAPLES
Level 8
Gender: Male
Age: 77
Location: Durham, NC, USA 
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M Hurley
Gender: Male
Age: 32
- #3
- Posted: 12/02/2011 20:56
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So many people have been touched by it, yet it still feels so personal. Beauty incarnate.
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- #4
- Posted: 12/02/2011 21:34
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#1 on my chart and my favorite album. Every time I listen, it takes me on a journey that is always amazing. The album has the best lyrics I've heard and it has an amazing combination of jazz and folk. Not a big fan of Morrison's work after this (Moondance is great though), but he could only really go down hill after this. My favorite song here is "Sweet Thing"
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Applerill
Autistic Princess <3
Gender: Female
Age: 32
Location: Chicago
- #5
- Posted: 12/02/2011 21:42
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Oh boy. I've been waiting for this AotD.
This is one of the most mind-numbingly boring albums I've ever listened to.
Here's how I like to interpret the lyrics to the title track:
Could you please not find me?
Would you kiss-a my eyes?
To tase me now
In death come early,
BEA-Porn Again
BEA-Porn Again
On a side note, my brother is named George, and he doesn't even like "Madame George".
EDIT: Guys, I don't want to make a bunch of people mad or anything, but really, what's the deal with this? I guess I just don't like this kind of music. It's like Lateralus for octogenarians.
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Hayden
Location: Vietnam 
- #6
- Posted: 12/02/2011 21:49
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This is album has a "Kid A" effect to it. You have to listen to it a couple dozen times before you'll like it.
Except, it's a bit blander 😕
Madame George is a good song that I enjoy, but I can do without the rest 😐
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sgraham1990
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Location: Oregon
- #7
- Posted: 12/02/2011 22:42
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Currently #8 on my chart.
Absolutely mesmerizing album...
And that is all I am going to, and able, to say about that.
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- #8
- Posted: 12/03/2011 01:47
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| Hayden wrote: | This is album has a "Kid A" effect to it. You have to listen to it a couple dozen times before you'll like it.
Except, it's a bit blander 😕
Madame George is a good song that I enjoy, but I can do without the rest :| |
That's nonsense
This is straight away incredible
I agree with Le_Samurai
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Hayden
Location: Vietnam
- #9
- Posted: 12/03/2011 02:01
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| Polythene Pam wrote: | | Hayden wrote: | This is album has a "Kid A" effect to it. You have to listen to it a couple dozen times before you'll like it.
Except, it's a bit blander 😕
Madame George is a good song that I enjoy, but I can do without the rest :| |
That's nonsense
This is straight away incredible
I agree with Le_Samurai |
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Maybe I just don't like it 😐
I always hear such good things about this one too 🙁 . Maybe one day.
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M Hurley
Gender: Male
Age: 32
- #10
- Posted: 12/03/2011 02:20
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@Hayden You really should get to know it better. It has an extraordinary healing power.
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