Van Morrison - The Prophet Speaks on CD

Description

This fourteen track album follows a recent run of hugely acclaimed albums (Roll With The Punches, Versatile and You’re Driving Me Crazy), each of which has delved deep into the musical styles that have continued to inspire Van throughout his life – vocal jazz and R&B. Here, Van takes on a series of unarguable classics by the likes of John Lee Hooker, Sam Cooke and Solomon Burke (among others) and makes them unmistakably his own. Alongside these reinterpretations, The Prophet Speaks features six phenomenal new Van Morrison compositions. “It was important for me to get back to recording new music as well as doing some of the blues material that has inspired me from the beginning. Writing songs and making music is what I do, and working with great musicians makes it all the more enjoyable.” Van Morrison The Prophet Speaks again finds Van working with the incredible multi-instrumentalist Joey DeFrancesco (the artist co-credited on You’re Driving Me Crazy) and his band (including Dan Wilson on guitar, Michael Ode on drums and Troy Roberts on tenor saxophone). The Prophet Speaks Van Morrison

TRACKS

Disc 1
1. Gonna Send You Back to Where I Got You From - Van Morrison (4.4)
2. Dimples - Van Morrison (5.33)
3. Got to Go Where the Love Is - Van Morrison (4.23)
4. Laughin and Clownin - Van Morrison (5.31)
5. 5am Greenwich Mean Time - Van Morrison (5.37)
6. Gotta Get You Off My Mind - Van Morrison (3.44)
7. Teardrops - Van Morrison (6)
8. I Love the Life I Live - Van Morrison (3.34)
9. Worried Blues/Rollin and Tumblin - Van Morrison (6.22)
10. Ain t Gonna Moan No More - Van Morrison (6.15)
11. Love Is a Five Letter Word - Van Morrison (3.45)
12. Love Is Hard Work - Van Morrison (4.28)
13. Spirit Will Provide - Van Morrison (4.03)
14. The Prophet Speaks - Van Morrison (4.54)