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Too Long in Exile

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Van Morrison

Too Long in Exile

 
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Label: Polydor / Pgd
Rating: 4.5
 
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Tracklist of Too Long in Exile

Disc 1
1 Too Long in Exile  6:19 no lyrics yet - submit it
2 Big Time Operations   no lyrics yet - submit it
3 Lonely Avenue  6:25 no lyrics yet - submit it
4 Ball and Chain  5:36 no lyrics yet - submit it
5 In the Forest  4:38 no lyrics yet - submit it
6 Till We Get the Healing Done   no lyrics yet - submit it
7 Gloria  2:38 no lyrics yet - submit it
8 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl  3:33 no lyrics yet - submit it
9 Wasted Years  3:58 no lyrics yet - submit it
10 Lonesome Road  3:16 no lyrics yet - submit it
11 Moody's Mood for Love  2:52 no lyrics yet - submit it
12 Close Enough for Jazz  2:40 no lyrics yet - submit it
13 Before the World Was Made  4:24 view lyrics
14 I'll Take Care of You  5:19 no lyrics yet - submit it
15 Instrumental/Tell Me What You Want  8:10 no lyrics yet - submit it

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One Of Van's Best

In some of my other reviews of Van Morrison recordings, Too Long In Exile has served as a point of comparison, but for some reason I never got around to reviewing the CD itself.
I bought this on cassette way back when it was issued but hadn't listened to it for years until I recently bought it on CD. When I shoved it in the CD player, it brought forth a flood of memories.
When originally released, the big selling point was a couple of duets Van did with his long time idol John Lee Hooker. I am going to go against the general positive commentary on the results of their collaboration. I think both songs they did together pollute and dilute the CD both musically and in spirit. Gloria was lame and commercial in the original and the insertion of Hooker into the remake made it worse. Wasted Years is in fact a waste of vinyl.
It is the strength of most of the other material which makes Too Long In Exile one of Van's best despite the aforementioned duets. Highlights are Big-Time Operators, his rant against those who tried to cheat him in the music business; a heartfelt version of the 50s classic Lonely Avenue; Van's surrender to love on Ball and Chain; an excellent bluesy rendition of Good Morning Little Schoolgirl; the jazzy vocal expression on Lonesome Road and Moody's Mood For Love; and the soulful I'll Take Care of You which segues with a dreamy instrumental interlude into the finale.
There are not enough superlatives in the lexicon to describe how good this CD is when you disregard the Morrison/Hooker duets. Too Long In Exile sets the bar high and indeed Morrison will not issue another CD of this quality for 10 years until the issue of Down the Road.
If you are an old fan of Van Morrison who has somehow missed this, don't miss it for another day. If you are new to Morrison's music and are reading this out of curiosity, why not start with this? Neither of you will be disappointed!

the sheep baabbaaaaaaaa

buy this one for the sheep noise van does it rules he sounds like a poor little sheep in the fields it's an ok cd what do you want the guy gets older and he cant make everything great

to long in exile

this is with out a doubt his best work. He has many great albums but this is just fantastic!