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Beautiful Vision shares much sonically with its predecessor, Common One, being heavy on long, winding song-poems, moderate tempos, dense lyricism, and dated production. Still, this winds up being a stronger articulation of what Morrison was attempting to do on Common One -- much like how Wavelength got A Period of Transition right. That doesn't mean that this is a particularly easy album to warm to, since Morrison seems to be consciously creating an insular world here, only of interest to those willing to delve deeply into his own world, letting his elliptical melodies charm instead of frustrate, to let the leisurely pace seduce rather than lull. Once you do that, the record reveals such charming moments as "She Gives Me Religion," "Beautiful Vision," and "Cleaning Windows," a skipping light R&B tune that became one of his latter-day standards. Too much of Beautiful Vision is the product of a willfully idiosyncratic yet oddly measured vision to make it essential for anyone other than diehards, but moments such as that make it worth a listen.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Chris Hayes, Guitar - Pee Wee Ellis, Sarrusophone - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kent Duncan, Mastering Engineer - Mark Isham, Trumpet - David Hayes, Bass - Chris Michie, Guitar - John Allair, Organ - Jim Stern, Engineer - Tom Dollinger, Drums - Ann Fry, Assistant Engineer - Sean Fulsom, Pipe Organ
(P) 1982 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Hayes, Guitar - Pee Wee Ellis, Sarrusophone - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kent Duncan, Mastering Engineer - Mark Isham, Trumpet - David Hayes, Bass - Chris Michie, Guitar - John Allair, Organ - Jim Stern, Engineer - Tom Dollinger, Drums - Ann Fry, Assistant Engineer - Sean Fulsom, Pipe Organ
(P) 1982 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Hayes, Guitar - Pee Wee Ellis, Sarrusophone - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kent Duncan, Mastering Engineer - Mark Isham, Trumpet - David Hayes, Bass - Hugh Murphy, Lyricist - Chris Michie, Guitar - John Allair, Organ - Jim Stern, Engineer - Tom Dollinger, Drums - Ann Fry, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1982 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Hayes, Guitar - Pee Wee Ellis, Sarrusophone - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kent Duncan, Mastering Engineer - Mark Isham, Trumpet - David Hayes, Bass - Chris Michie, Guitar - John Allair, Organ - Jim Stern, Engineer - Tom Dollinger, Drums - Ann Fry, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1982 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Hayes, Guitar - Pee Wee Ellis, Sarrusophone - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kent Duncan, Mastering Engineer - Mark Isham, Trumpet - David Hayes, Bass - Chris Michie, Guitar - John Allair, Organ - Jim Stern, Engineer - Tom Dollinger, Drums - Ann Fry, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1982 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Rob Wasserman, Bass - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kent Duncan, Mastering Engineer - Mark Knopfler, Guitar - Gary Mallaber, Drums - Annie Stocking, Background Vocal - Hugh Murphy, Engineer - Chris Michie, Guitar - John Allair, Organ - Jim Stern, Engineer - Bianca Thornton, Background Vocal - Ann Fry, Assistant Engineer - Michele Segan, Percussion - Pauline Lozano, Background Vocal
(P) 1982 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Hayes, Guitar - Pee Wee Ellis, Sarrusophone - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kent Duncan, Mastering Engineer - Mark Isham, Trumpet - David Hayes, Bass - Chris Michie, Guitar - John Allair, Organ - Jim Stern, Engineer - Tom Dollinger, Drums - Ann Fry, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1982 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Rob Wasserman, Bass - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kent Duncan, Mastering Engineer - Mark Knopfler, Guitar - Gary Mallaber, Drums - Annie Stocking, Background Vocal - Hugh Murphy, Lyricist, Engineer - Chris Michie, Guitar - John Allair, Organ - Jim Stern, Engineer - Bianca Thornton, Background Vocal - Ann Fry, Assistant Engineer - Michele Segan, Percussion - Pauline Lozano, Background Vocal
(P) 1982 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Hayes, Guitar - Pee Wee Ellis, Sarrusophone - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kent Duncan, Mastering Engineer - Mark Isham, Trumpet - David Hayes, Bass - Hugh Murphy, Lyricist - Chris Michie, Guitar - John Allair, Organ - Jim Stern, Engineer - Tom Dollinger, Drums - Ann Fry, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1982 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kent Duncan, Mastering Engineer - Peter Van Hooke, Drums - Mark Isham, Synthesizer - David Hayes, Bass - Jim Stern, Engineer - Herbie Armstrong, Acoustic Guitar - Ann Fry, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1982 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Beautiful Vision shares much sonically with its predecessor, Common One, being heavy on long, winding song-poems, moderate tempos, dense lyricism, and dated production. Still, this winds up being a stronger articulation of what Morrison was attempting to do on Common One -- much like how Wavelength got A Period of Transition right. That doesn't mean that this is a particularly easy album to warm to, since Morrison seems to be consciously creating an insular world here, only of interest to those willing to delve deeply into his own world, letting his elliptical melodies charm instead of frustrate, to let the leisurely pace seduce rather than lull. Once you do that, the record reveals such charming moments as "She Gives Me Religion," "Beautiful Vision," and "Cleaning Windows," a skipping light R&B tune that became one of his latter-day standards. Too much of Beautiful Vision is the product of a willfully idiosyncratic yet oddly measured vision to make it essential for anyone other than diehards, but moments such as that make it worth a listen.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:58
- Main artists: Van Morrison
- Composer: Van Morrison
- Label: Legacy Recordings
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(P) 1982 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
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