Moondance
by Van Morrison
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Van Morrison bestography
Moondance is ranked 2nd 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 15,364.
(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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Moondance track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Moondance 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 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 62 Music Albums of the 1970s | 44/62 | 6 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 47/100 | 52 |
| 2026 | Robert Anton Wilson | Favorite Album by Year | 56/76 | - |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 8/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 40 Music Albums of 1970 | 8/40 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 20 Music Albums of 1970 | 3/20 | 5 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 32 Music Albums of 1970 | 15/32 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 99 Music Albums of 1970 | 17/99 | 4 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 12/100 | 18 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 997 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 8,329 | |||
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Moondance ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 5 days ago | TheWongs | 841 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2026 21:36 | Gedi | 367 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 15:53 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 83.5/100, a mean average of 82.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/06/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5427): By StreakyNuno BestEverAlbums 08/21/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5411): By Juneof44
Liedzeit 08/11/2026 16:28 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Moondance comments
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Easy listening done well (Edited)
Just purchased because of a recent a recent listen on Astral Weeks. Definitely more diverse and an immediate entertaining listen. How he uses instrumentation is impressive and it makes him uniquely his own, I did like the brass used on this album. As far as I'm concerned, the song "Moondance" is fantabulous, love the sax and bass. Side 1 is near perfect and Side 2 is good but just can't match the solid songs on side 1. Now that I've listen to both albums a couple of times this album (Crazy Love) has a slight edge over Astral Weeks. (Edited)
seb7 01/27/2025 18:21 | #307270
a great album that staggers a little in the second half (Edited)
I,ve got both Moondance and Astral weeks and have listened to both many times ...I don't understand why Moondance is not rated better than Astral weeks ...kinda dents my faith in the ratings system. (Edited)
This is a really great album. Every song on it is superb. (Edited)
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