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 The Philosopher's Stone - Van Morrison
 The Philosopher's Stone - Van Morrison ... Tracklisting1 Philosopher's Stone 2 These Dreams Of You 3 Raincheck Newest Review: ... 6/10 7) CONTEMPLATION ROSE This song sounds rather bleak to begin with; a sad guitar, backed by an equally sad piano. The ... more ... bleakness continues, as Van poetically sings of something that I'm not able to identify. There's a slightly Spanish mood to the words, but I'm not sure how the words and images fit into the whole scheme of things. I'd guess this is from Van's rather strange mid-1970s period when he was going very far into himself, to places that the listener often was unable to follow. This track is OK, but not great.
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8) DON'T WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW
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Philosophers Stone
Release Date: 1999 - 07 - 05, Audio CD, Pointblank Last Update 23.11.2009 05:46
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The Philosopher's Stone - Van Morrison: A sometimes boring, sometimes wonderful mish-mash from the c ... (3713 words)
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NB: I haven't listed the musicians on this double CD, as there are too many of them. Also, the picture of the album sleeve above is very different to the one I own, which is the original. Van Morrison's double CD "The Philosopher's Stone" is a collection of tracks - some good and some not so good....a couple of them are superb and a couple of them are truly terrible - which were I suppose swept from the studio cutting room floor over a period of years. A fair proportion of the songs are merely different arrangements of material appearing on some of Van's other albums, and the rest are virtually otherwise unknown. Apart from ... Read the complete review
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