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Like it very much.
I only have a few of his albums and love them all including this one. I listen to it often in the car. It is quintessential Van Morrison.
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The best of the best
I have to say, I have come to realize this is one of my favorite albums of the year tied with Houston Marchman's - Naked The Best of Houston Marchman. Both are soooo good and I can listen to their voices over and over again and never get tired. Houston Marchman is special in that his music is filled with soul, passion, and solid lyrics. He truley has THE best singing vioce I have ever heard in my entire life. You should check out the cd if you enjoy this one.
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Unwind
Van Morrison's What's Wrong With This Picture? put three songs in my personal top ten including my #1 "Evening In June" plus "Once in a Blue Moon" & "Whinin' Boy Moan." When Van is hot, the singer reaches blast furnace temperatures and is emotionally incendiary. He enjoys the unique position of being able to follow his muse and allow his audience to follow. In so doing, his artistry remains high in his best moments.
"Keep It Simple" has some excellent moments. "That's Entrainment" is a delightful track with the classic Morrison sway, part soul, part jazz, "You with your ballerina dance, well you put me back in a trance." I had to look up "entrain" which means "enter or put into railway train." I'm not sure I totally get the connection, but I love the sound. "Lover Come Back" is such a classically good song that I had to check to see that Van wasn't covering some standard that had escaped my attention. His voice bubbles over with emotion, "Since you went away, I'm a lonely, lonely one; Come on back to stay; you are the only one." "End of the Land" is exquisite with its sense of rejuvenation that comes from the oceanside. "Keep It Simple" has some classic Morrison tracks and is a delightful disc by which to unwind. Enjoy!
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He's back!!
With his latest work, "Keep it Simple", Van is once again the man! I purchased his "Down the Road" CD several years ago and found it to be good, but somewhat uninspired, and all the songs start to sound the same. After resigning myself to the fact that his music would probably only be mediocre at this stage of his life I was VERY pleasantly surprised to find Van going back to his soulful roots with this new album. It has a retro yet fresh feeling to it with the incorporation of the female backing vocals and the organ. The songs are really moving like his early works were in the 70's. I also enjoy the lyrics in these songs as he sees life from the perspective of a man his age. I give him a lot of credit to put out a piece of work like this at this point in his career.... when the creative juices are usually dried up! "Keep It Simple" is a work of art kept simple. I would totally recommend buying this if you're a Van fan!
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Surprisingly brilliant
On first listen I was disappointed at the opening numbers--seemingly throw-away songs that reminded me of Van as his most uninspiring moments. Some of your are already getting ready to click and comment on this reviewer's cluelessness, but let me finish. Van's best work is among the most soul-felt work an artist has ever produced, and he's left a very high bar for what the lover of his work wishes for. Somewhere into the cd, Van delivers: "Keep it Simple" is a fine cut, but "End of the Land" is just about as fine and blue-eyed-Belfast soul as anything else VM has ever offered to his listeners. "Behind the Ritual" is another gem that gives us Van in the zone that makes us forgive some of his less successful efforts. I started listening to the c.d. with those three cuts programmed first, and all of a sudden the lesser tracks started opening up. I'm not too picky--all I want is brilliance before I accept the more humble songs. If you're willing to make up your own track list, I think you'll start to see that this is one of the cd's worthy of the artist who gave the world some of the best music in the last 45 years. Thank you Van. Thank you.
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