released in 1974, this was van's last album for 3 years, and a seriously amazing bookend to a string of great, often brilliant, albums that started with astral weeks. veedon fleece really is a return to the form of that first warner bros. release too. there are none of the bloodshot and blue-eyed soul numbers (save for the slow burnin' "cul de sac") that were so plentiful on the last several records; this is all orchestral, soaring folk-rock and straight roots. it's a pretty somber and personal album for him too, as he'd just split with janet planet, and a lot of his hippy-dippy lyrical tendencies were replaced with heavier shit. veedon fleece was roundly ignored upon its release and, though it has gained momentum of late, is still his most undeservingly overlooked album. a straight up masterpiece, peep it here.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
van morrison - veedon fleece
released in 1974, this was van's last album for 3 years, and a seriously amazing bookend to a string of great, often brilliant, albums that started with astral weeks. veedon fleece really is a return to the form of that first warner bros. release too. there are none of the bloodshot and blue-eyed soul numbers (save for the slow burnin' "cul de sac") that were so plentiful on the last several records; this is all orchestral, soaring folk-rock and straight roots. it's a pretty somber and personal album for him too, as he'd just split with janet planet, and a lot of his hippy-dippy lyrical tendencies were replaced with heavier shit. veedon fleece was roundly ignored upon its release and, though it has gained momentum of late, is still his most undeservingly overlooked album. a straight up masterpiece, peep it here.
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