Pay the Devil

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Pay the Devil
Pay the Devil cover
Studio album by Van Morrison
Released March 6, 2006
Genre Country
Length 45:44
Label Lost Highway Records
Producer Van Morrison
Professional reviews
Van Morrison chronology
Magic Time
(2005)		 Pay the Devil
(2006)		 Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits
(2007)

Pay the Devil is an album by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison featuring twelve cover versions of American country and western tunes and three original compositions. It debuted at #26 on The Billboard 200 and peaked at #7 on Top Country Albums; it was listed at #10 on Amazon Best of 2006 Editor's Picks in Country in December 2006.

Morrison previewed some of the Pay the Devil material at his live shows in the previous year. On March 7, 2006, the day of its release in the US, Van Morrison Day was declared in Nashville by the mayor, and Morrison appeared at the historic Ryman Auditorium that evening for the first time. He continued to promote the album throughout 2006 and appeared at the Austin City Limits Music Festival on September 15, 2006.

A deluxe edition of Pay the Devil featuring a video of five of the tracks taped during the performance at the Ryman was released on June 27, 2006.

Contents

[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. "Till I Gain Control Again" (Rodney Crowell) – 5:59

[edit] Dvd track listing (Deluxe Edition)

Filmed at the Ryman Auditorium on March 7, 2006

  1. "Playhouse" (Morrison)
  2. "'Till I Gain Control Again" (Rodney Crowell)
  3. "Big Blue Diamonds" (Earl J. Carson)
  4. "This Has Got to Stop" (Morrison)
  5. "There Stands the Glass" (Alize Gresham, Russ Hull, Mary Jane Shurtz)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

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

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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