Enlightenment (album)

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Enlightenment
Enlightenment cover
Studio album by Van Morrison
Released October 1990
Recorded February 1990
Genre Celtic, Folk-rock
Length 50:30
Label Mercury
Producer Van Morrison
Professional reviews
Van Morrison chronology
The Best of Van Morrison
(1990)		 Enlightenment
(1990)		 Hymns to the Silence
(1991)
Singles from Enlightenment
  1. "Real Real Gone" b/w "Start All Over Again"
  2. "In the Days Before Rock 'N' Roll" b/w "I'd Love to Write Another Song"
  3. "Enlightenment b/w "Avalon of the Heart"

Enlightenment is an album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1990 (see 1990 in music). It reached No. 5 on the UK charts.

Contents

[edit] Reissue and remastered album

In June 2008, Exile/Polydor will release this album as part of batch two of the four catalogue reissues of Morrison's albums dated from 1971 through 2002.

[edit] Recording history

The album was recorded in London England and Real World in Box. The arrangements were by Fiachra Trench and Micheal O'Suilleabhain played piano with a brass section made up of British jazz musicians from the late sixties: Frank Ricotti, Henry Lowther and Malcolm Griffiths. One of the songs "So Quiet in Here" was recorded at the Kirk, Rode, Somerset, a setting which served as both church or studio.[1]

[edit] Songs

Contrary to the meaning of the title, the theme of the album is actually full of doubt and the songs seem to be saying that everything is what you make of it — heaven or hell. The song "Enlightenment" contains the words: "I'm in the here and now and I'm meditating/ And still I'm suffering but that's my problem/ Enlightenment, don't know what it is/". "So Quiet in Here" opens with foghorns blowing and is a continuation of the song "Into the Mystic" from the Moondance album. The single released from the album, "Real Real Gone" was originally written and meant for the 1980 album Common One.[2]

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Morrison unless noted otherwise.

  1. "Real Real Gone" – 3:43
  2. "Enlightenment" – 4:04
  3. "So Quiet in Here" – 6:09
  4. "Avalon of the Heart" – 4:45
  5. "See Me Through" – 6:13
  6. "Youth of 1,000 Summers" – 3:45
  7. "In the Days Before Rock'N'Roll" (Durcan, Morrison) – 8:13
  8. "Start All over Again" – 4:10
  9. "She's My Baby" – 5:14
  10. "Memories" – 4:14

[edit] Bonus tracks (2008 CD reissue)

  1. "Enlightenment" (alternative take)
  2. "So Quiet in Here" (alternative take)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

'Album - UK Album Chart

Year Chart Position
1990 UK Album Chart 5

Album' - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1990 The Billboard 200 62


Singles - Billboard

Year Single Chart Position
1990 "Enlightenment" Mainstream Rock Tracks 18

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, pp 292-293
  2. ^ Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, pp 293,294

[edit] References

  • Hinton, Brian (1997). Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison, Sanctuary, ISBN 1-86074169X

[edit] External links

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