| Inarticulate Speech of the Heart | ||||
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| Studio album by Van Morrison | ||||
| Released | March, 1983 Reissued June 2008 |
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| Recorded | 1982 at The Town House, London; The Record Plant and Harbour Sound, Sausalito, California; Tres Virgos, San Rafael, California and Lombard Sound Studios, Dublin | |||
| Genre | Celtic, Jazz, New Age | |||
| Length | 47:10 | |||
| Label | UK Mercury USA Warner Bros. |
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| Producer | Van Morrison | |||
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| Singles from Inarticulate Speech of the Heart | ||||
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| Allmusic | [1] |
| Robert Christgau | (B-)[2] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
Inarticulate Speech of the Heart is the fourteenth album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). Morrison said he arrived at the title from a Shavian saying: "that idea of communicating with as little articulation as possible, at the same time being emotionally articulate". As his last album for Warner Bros. Records, he decided to do an album of mostly instrumentals. As he explained in 1984, "Sometimes when I'm playing something, I'm just sort of humming along with it, and that's got a different vibration than an actual song. So the instrumentals just come from trying to get that form of expression, which is not the same as writing a song."[4]
Although not expanded upon, of note is that a special thanks is given to L. Ron Hubbard in the liner notes.
The June, 2008 re-issued and re-mastered version of the album contains alternative takes of "Cry for Home" and "Inarticulate Speech of the Heart No. 2".[5]
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The recording sessions took place in California, Dublin, Ireland and a series of marathon sessions at The Town House in London. Morrison played piano, guitar and saxophone on these sessions.[6] Two Irish musicians played on the album (Arty McGlynn and Davy Spillane) and overall the music had a strong Celtic colouring. Four of the songs were instrumentals.[7]
All songs written by Van Morrison.
Album - Billboard
| Year | Chart | Position |
| 1983 | Pop Albums | 116 |
Album - UK Album Chart
| Year | Chart | Position |
| 1983 | UK Album Chart | 24[8] |