The Best of Van Morrison

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The Best of Van Morrison
Compilation album by Van Morrison
Released	January 1990 (1990-01)
Recorded	1965-1989
Genre	Rock
Length	75:54
Label	Polydor Records
Producer	Bert Berns, Van Morrison
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Van Morrison chronology
Avalon Sunset (1989) The Best of Van Morrison (1990) Enlightenment (1990)
Singles from The Best of Van Morrison
"Gloria" b/w "Rave on, John Donne"

The Best of Van Morrison is a compilation album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1990 (see 1990 in music).

This was his first ever "Best of" album and was one of the best-selling albums of the 90s, spending a year and a half on the UK charts.^[1] With the combined success of this album and the previous album, Avalon Sunset, Morrison was once again in the pop/rock mainstream after a decade. The songs on the album were pulled from twenty-five years of material. One of the songs, "Wonderful Remark" had previously only been available on the soundtrack of the film, The King of Comedy.

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All songs by Morrison unless stated otherwise

1. "Bright Side of the Road" – 3:45
2. "Gloria" – 2:37
3. "Moondance" – 4:31
4. "Baby Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams) – 3:03
5. "Have I Told You Lately" – 4:18
6. "Brown Eyed Girl" – 3:03
7. "Sweet Thing" – 4:22
8. "Warm Love" – 3:21
9. "Wonderful Remark" – 3:58
10. "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" – 2:57
11. "Full Force Gale" – 3:12
12. "And It Stoned Me" – 4:30
13. "Here Comes the Night" (Bert Berns) – 2:46
14. "Domino" – 3:08
15. "Did Ye Get Healed" – 4:06
16. "Wild Night" – 3:31
17. "Cleaning Windows" – 4:42
18. "Whenever God Shines His Light" – 4:54
19. "Queen of the Slipstream" – 4:53
20. "Dweller on the Threshold" (Morrison/Hugh Murphy) – 4:47

The 1998 Australian/New Zealand re-release of the album also includes "Days Like This" (3:13) as the seventh track, for a total of 21 tracks.

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[edit] References

• Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press ISBN 1-55652-542-7

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