As freewheeling as Moondance was polished, His Band and the Street Choir was a potpourri of loose and brassy R&B sounds. The album premiered several compositions that had first been mooted for both Astral Weeks and Moondance but wouldn't have fit snugly onto either album.
Criticism of the album centres on the relative simplicity of the lyrics compared to its predecessors, though the relaxed style garners praise, and indeed gives His Band And The Street Choir it's lovely feel. Favourite amongst the gems is I've Been Working, which I knew from a cover version by Bo Diddley.
Is Van Morrison's band & The Street Choir a good album?
As an album, His Band & the Street Choir may not equal Astral Weeks or Moondance, but the aim was never that lofty
That most of these songs have endured as fan favorites is testament enough to their quality
Discover His Band and the Street Choir by Van Morrison released in 1970
Christmas carol
Carol of the Bells is a popular Christmas carol which is based on the Ukrainian song called Shchedryk. The Carol of the Bells uses the original melody from Shchedryk, written by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914.
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1991 studio album by Savatage
Streets: A Rock Opera is the sixth studio album by the American heavy metal band Savatage and is a rock opera dealing with the rise and fall of the fictional musician DT Jesus. It was originally released in October 1991 on Atlantic Records. The album took almost a year to record, with pre-production beginning in October 1990. It was also Jon Oliva's last album as lead vocalist until 1995's Dead Winter Dead and 1997's The Wake of Magellan, where he shared lead vocal duties with Zak Stevens. He resumed lead vocal duties exclusively on 2001's Poets and Madmen.
The Caledonia Soul Orchestra was the band created by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison in 1973. The band was named after an eighteen-minute instrumental outtake on the His Band and the Street Choir album.
Christmas carol
Carol of the Bells is a popular Christmas carol which is based on the Ukrainian song called Shchedryk. The Carol of the Bells uses the original melody from Shchedryk, written by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914.
Streets: A Rock Opera is the sixth studio
1991 studio album by Savatage
Streets: A Rock Opera is the sixth studio album by the American heavy metal band Savatage and is a rock opera dealing with the rise and fall of the fictional musician DT Jesus. It was originally released in October 1991 on Atlantic Records. The album took almost a year to record, with pre-production beginning in October 1990. It was also Jon Oliva's last album as lead vocalist until 1995's Dead Winter Dead and 1997's The Wake of Magellan, where he shared lead vocal duties with Zak Stevens. He resumed lead vocal duties exclusively on 2001's Poets and Madmen.
The Caledonia Soul Orchestra was the band created by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison in 1973. The band was named after an eighteen-minute instrumental outtake on the His Band and the Street Choir album.
