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 67 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,968.
(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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 03/27/2026 15:47 | RemainInLight | 3,288 | 36/100 | |
| 03/21/2026 08:46 |  melisandre | 284 | 79/100 | |
| 03/15/2026 17:03 | Charlesd | 68 | 84/100 | |
| 03/05/2026 00:13 | mrmcrook | 1,047 | 77/100 | |
| 02/19/2026 17:54 | Thearei30ee | 610 | 79/100 |
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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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Easy listening done well
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.
seb7 01/27/2025 18:21 | #307270
a great album that staggers a little in the second half
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.
This is a really great album. Every song on it is superb.
Van Morrison is a musical genius. The way he utilises such a vast array of instrumentation is so impressive and he makes the sound uniquely his own. There is no one who sounds like Van Morrison in relation to his singing and also his music. His sound is so rich and grand which makes for an extremely satisfying listen. This works best on side 1 where he just goes on a run of 5 outstanding tracks in a row. It is a near perfect side 1 which does lead to an obvious dip in quality on side 2. He maintains his quality musicianship on this side however and we are treated to some rewarding deep cuts such as These Dreams Of You and Everyone. This side may hold the record back in terms of being amongst the very greatest due to it not being consistent but it is still very good. Overall, if side 1's quality was maintained this would be in the argument for greatest album of all time but its second side is still thoroughly enjoyable which makes this well worth a listen.
Amazing
In my opinion the best Van Morisson's album by far, mire diversed and entertaining than Astral Weeks
Best Track: Moondance
Fav Tracks: Into The Mystic, Glad Tidings, These Dreams Of You
Least Fav: Everyone, Come Running
Me encanta este álbum. Muy disfrutable. Para mi mejor que Astral Weeks.
Definitely one of the best albums of 1970. All killer, no filler.
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