Beautiful Vision
by Van Morrison
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Van Morrison bestography
Beautiful Vision is ranked 15th 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 15,296.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Beautiful Vision track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Beautiful Vision rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 10 Music Albums of 1982 | 9/10 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 90/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1982 by Ultimate Record Collector | 39/54 | - |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 39 Music Albums of 1982 | 31/39 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0601-0700* | 50/66 | - |
| 2026 | cronadigallina | Top 99 Music Albums of 1982 | 34/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 85 Music Albums of 1982 | 55/85 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 23/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 71 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 193 | |||
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Beautiful Vision ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/04/2026 16:26 |  Tamthebam | 23,296 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2026 19:11 | juhanirauhala | 41 | 88/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2026 02:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,695 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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Beautiful Vision forum mentions
Repo 08/03/2024 02:47 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
eclab 02/16/2014 07:26 in What album are you listening to right now?Beautiful Vision comments
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You often hear discussions about whether a specific album is among the artist's best or weaker releases. In this case I won't go into such a discussion; just note that here you have a terrific voice, some great songs and a lot of atmosphere.
My favourite tracks are "Celtic Ray", "Northern Muse", "Cleaning Windows" and "Vanlose Stairway"
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rockinsteve 03/10/2018 22:40 | #210607 | TOP COMMENT
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I absolutely love this album! I like every track, the playing by all of the musicians is fantastic. This is my second favorite album by Van the Man, right behind Astral Weeks.
Sandrof1969 02/17/2018 15:06 | #208558
Uno dei più bei dischi di Van Morrison ed uno dei miei preferiti. Gli ingredienti sono sempre gli stessi, solamente dosati meglio che in altre occasioni. La mano dell'autore è sempre presente, talmente personale da risultare riconoscibile pure nello strumentale finale.
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