Tupelo Honey (studio album)
by Van Morrison

Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 2,508th   
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 242 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (56th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (461st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,508th)

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Van Morrison bestography

Tupelo Honey is ranked 6th best out of 61 albums by Van Morrison on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Van Morrison is Astral Weeks which is ranked number 66 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,360.

Van Morrison album bestography « Higher ranked (1,815th)
Into The Music
This album (2,508th)
Tupelo Honey
Lower ranked (3,565th) »
It's Too Late To Stop Now

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Tupelo Honey track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Tupelo Honey rankings

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Overall rank: 2,508th | 1970s rank: 461st | 1971 rank: 56th

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79/100 (from 242 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.3/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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From 08/29/2014 12:47 | #120693
Van goes country and it works!
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From 09/12/2012 19:29 | #50447
This album is the one that is most like his debut. But this is so luch better. Great songs, great arrangements an always great singing. One of Vans five best and they are all masterpieces.
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From 07/20/2012 15:23 | #46909
The third album that is tied for Van Morrison's greatest. Seems a little more upbeat than before. Just pure poetry, and the guy could swing.

Sad that he didn't do much after the 70s...
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From 01/29/2012 14:34 | #36147
This is the sunniest collection from a master, and this album is also notable for the restraint he exercises here - no song is longer than four minutes. I love the opening of "Starting a New Life"...."when I hear that robin sing, well, I know it's coming on spring..." Later in the album he sings "Twenty-third of December Covered in snow/ You in the kitchen With the lights way down low/ I'm in the parlor playing my old guitar/ Speaking to you, darling, to find out how you are" Those two instances alone would make this the lightest Van on record but then there is Cannonball and Evening Sun and Moonshine Whiskey. The title track is a gorgeous love song very comparable to Crazy Love and you have to agree that Wild Night is one of his best ever singles. And for all those highlights there is not one skippable track on the rest of this. Underrated, oh yes.
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From 01/06/2012 01:17 | #34664
Like a southern belle smooth and easy goin' really enjoyed it...
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From 09/17/2011 13:42 | #27604
Bork and jojoexile are absolutely correct.
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From 08/03/2011 22:17 | #25668
ANOTHER GREAT SET FROM "THE MAN"...TITLE TRACK IS PERFECT... OTHER FAV'S "EVENING SUN","MOONSHINE" AND "WILD NIGHT"
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From 05/17/2011 16:35 | #21904
Pure greatness yet again. Van Morrison may have been the best artist of them all at this point in time as everything he turned out was of top quality.
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From 07/06/2010 19:53 | #13325
The song, "Tupelo Honey" is one of the best songs of the 1970s, perfect arrangement. It gives the lyrics space to unfold. I have always really liked it, my favorite Van song.
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Best Albums of 1971
1. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
2. Who's Next by The Who
3. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
4. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
5. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
6. Blue by Joni Mitchell
7. Tago Mago by Can
8. Meddle by Pink Floyd
9. L.A. Woman by The Doors
10. Tapestry by Carole King
11. Fragile by Yes
12. Bryter Layter by Nick Drake
13. Master Of Reality by Black Sabbath
14. Aqualung by Jethro Tull
15. Ram by Paul & Linda McCartney
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20. At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
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