Poetic Champions Compose

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Poetic Champions Compose
Studio album by Van Morrison
Released	1987
Recorded	Summer 1987
Genre	Celtic, Folk-rock
Length	47:45
Label	Mercury
Producer(s)	Van Morrison
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (Not rated) link Robert Christgau (B+) link
Van Morrison chronology
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (1986)	Poetic Champions Compose (1987)	Irish Heartbeat (1988)

Poetic Champions Compose is an album by Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music.)

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Morrison unless noted otherwise

1. "Spanish Steps" (Instrumental) – 5:20
2. "The Mystery" – 5:16
3. "Queen of the Slipstream" – 4:55
4. "I Forgot That Love Existed" – 4:17
5. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" - (traditional) – 4:27
6. "Celtic Excavation" (Instrumental) – 3:17
7. "Someone Like You" – 4:06
8. "Alan Watts Blues" – 4:24
9. "Give Me My Rapture" – 3:44
10. "Did Ye Get Healed?" – 4:06
11. "Allow Me" (Instrumental) – 3:53

[edit] Personnel

• Van Morrison - Guitar, harmonica, saxophone (alto), vocal
• Mick Cox - Guitar
• June Boyce - Vocal (background)
• Neil Drinkwater - Synthesizer, piano
• Martin Drover - Trumpet fluegelhorn
• Royce Jones - Percussion, drums
• Steve Pearce - Bass guitar
• Fiachra Trench - strings, woodwind

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1987	The Billboard 200	90