Common One
by Van Morrison
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Common One is ranked 12th best out of 62 albums by Van Morrison on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Van Morrison is Astral Weeks which is ranked number 70 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,463.
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Common One track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/17/2026 20:23 | GatherTheRock | 6 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2026 23:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,328 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 18:18 | jhoe1994 | 41 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 07:27 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,288 | 84/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 20:32 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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For me this is the peak album from an period from Astral weeks to Into the music. It is a summary that can´t be better. After that it started a sekking of developing the style. A couple of albums after that, up now, are very good but there ate also a numerous that are not good but I still have them all. The one that are interesting later ar those when he went to the early period. Some separate songs on later albums are world class but never a whole album. On this album, Common one, he has delivered the number one tune for me and that is Summertime in England. Fantastic that they played that on the live Astral weeks album. He has newly made a new with the same gospel rhythm, If in money we trust. I really wait to hear a live version of that.
One off his best albums. Serene and comtemplative.
My favorite songs :Satisfied....Wild honey.....When heart is open.....Summertime in England
I quite agree, this one often gets overlooked. I discovered it at the same time as ASTRAL WEEKS, and although that is a masterpiece, this one is a fine continuation of his "Mystic Van" persona.
eclab 02/13/2014 13:25 | #103035 | TOP COMMENT
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Beautiful! And certainly underrated when it was released. More Mystic Van than Soulful Van, but that's just fine.
Another great one from van but the strong songwriting is not really shown here. The feeling and musicianship is awese though.
I can't believe there are only 2 people with this on their list. Terribly underrated!
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