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Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview (1972)
	Album details
	Label:     Ref#: rock-0001 Date: 1972   Category: rock Length: 41:32     Format: CD     Audio: Stereo     Genre: Classic Rock
Notes/Reviews
Conceived in the wake of his bucolic classics, Moondance and Tupelo Honey, 1972's Saint Dominic's Preview sustains their mix of crisp R&B ("Jackie Wilson Said") and anthemic folk-rock ("Almost Independence Day") while insinuating a darker, warier spirit to Morrison's music. In what would amount to the first major installment in an ongoing cycle of digs at the music business, the title song pits the singer's authentic art against the false idols of the predators and sycophants surrounding him--a familiar Morrison theme decades on but given a soulful urgency here that makes it tough to dismiss as the ravings of a career curmudgeon. --Sam Sutherland
Songs/Tracks
1.   Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)  3:00 2.   Gypsy  4:39 3.   I Will Be There  3:03 4.   Listen To the Lion  11:10 5.   Saint Dominic's Preview  6:26 6.   Redwood Tree  3:05 7.   Almost Independence Day  10:05
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