Pay the Devil

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Pay the Devil
Pay the Devil cover
Studio album by Van Morrison
Released March 6, 2006
Recorded  ???
Genre Celtic rock, Country, Blues, R&B
Length 45:44
Label Lost Highway
Producer(s) Van Morrison
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 4/5 stars link

The Music Box 3.5/5 stars link

Van Morrison chronology
Magic Time
(2005)
Pay the Devil
(2006)
N/A


Pay the Devil is an album by veteran singer/songwriter Van Morrison featuring mainly cover version of American Country and Blues tunes.

Morrison previewed some of the Pay the Devil material at his live shows in the previous year.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "There Stands the Glass" - (Alize Gresham, Russ Hull, Mary Jane Shurtz)– 2:16
  2. "Half as Much" - (Curly Williams) – 2:36
  3. "Things Have Gone to Pieces" - (Leon Payne) – 3:11
  4. "Big Blue Diamonds" - (Earl J. Carson) – 2:56
  5. "Playhouse" - (Morrison) – 4:14
  6. "Your Cheatin' Heart" - (Hank Williams) – 2:32
  7. "Don't You Make Me High" - (Daniel Barker, Ken Harris) – 2:47
  8. "My Bucket's Got a Hole In It" - (Clarence Williams) – 2:22
  9. "Back Street Affair" - (Billy Wallace) – 2:49
  10. "Pay the Devil" - (Morrison) – 3:03
  11. "What Am I Living For?" - (Art Harris, Fred Jay)– 3:57
  12. "This Has Got to Stop" - (Morrison) – 4:44
  13. "Once a Day" - (Bill Anderson) – 2:52
  14. "More and More" - (Merle Kilgore, Webb Pierce) – 2:46
  15. "'Til I Gain Control Again" - (Rodney Crowell) – 5:59

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Van Morrison - Producer
  • Declan Gaffney - Mixing assistant
  • Jerome King - Assistant engineer
  • Alastair McMillan - Mixing
  • Walter Samuel - Engineer, mixing