The Healing Game

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The Healing Game
Studio album by Van Morrison
Released	March 4, 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Folk Rock Rock
Length	53:38
Label	Mercury
Producer(s)	Van Morrison
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (Not Rated) link
Van Morrison chronology
Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison (1996)	The Healing Game (1997)	The Philosopher's Stone (1998)

The Healing Game is an album by Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1997.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Van Morrison

1. "Rough God Goes Riding" – 6:19
2. "Fire in the Belly" – 6:34
3. "This Weight" – 4:37
4. "Waiting Game" – 5:56
5. "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" – 3:53
6. "Burning Ground" – 5:38
7. "It Once Was My Life" – 5:10
8. "Sometimes We Cry" – 5:14
9. "If You Love Me" – 5:01
10. "The Healing Game" – 5:16

[edit] Personnel

• Van Morrison - vocal, acoustic guitar, harmonica
• Ronnie Johnson - electric guitar
• Peter O'Hanlon - dobro
• Leo Green - tenor saxophone, background vocals
• Pee Wee Ellis - soprano and baritone saxophones, background vocals
• Matt Holland - trumpet, background vocals
• Haji Akbar - flugelhorn
• Paddy Moloney - Uilleann pipes, whistle
• Robin Aspland, Phil Coulter - piano
• Georgie Fame - Hammond organ, background vocals
• Nicky Scott - bass guitar
• Alec Dankworth - acoustic bass
• Geoff Dunn - drums, percussion
• Ralph Salmins - percussion
• Brian Kennedy, Katie Kissoon - background vocals

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1997	The Billboard 200	32