Too Long In Exile

Product Details

Artist : Van Morrison
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0731451921926
Label : Universal Music Group
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1993-06-08
UPC : 731451921926

ASIN : B000001E32

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Too Long in Exile
2. Big Time Operations
3. Lonely Avenue
4. Ball and Chain
5. In the Forest
6. Till We Get the Healing Done
7. Gloria
8. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
9. Wasted Years
10. Lonesome Road
11. Moody's Mood for Love
12. Close Enough for Jazz
13. Before the World Was Made
14. I'll Take Care of You
15. Instrumental/Tell Me What You Want

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Customer Reviews

One Of Van's Best (2004-02-18)

In some of my other reviews of Van Morrison recordings, Too Long In Exile has served as a point of comparison, but for some reason I never got around to reviewing the CD itself.I bought this on cassette way back when it was issued but hadn't listened to it for years until I recently bought it on CD. When I shoved it in the CD player, it brought forth a flood of memories.When originally released, the big selling point was a couple of duets Van did with his long time idol John Lee Hooker. I am going to go against the general positive commentary on the results of their collaboration. I think both songs they did together pollute and dilute the CD both musically and in spirit. Gloria was lame and commercial in the original and the insertion of Hooker into the remake made it worse. Wasted Years is in fact a waste of vinyl.It is the strength of most of the other material which makes Too Long In Exile one of Van's best despite the aforementioned duets. Highlights are Big-Time Operators, his rant against those who tried to cheat him in the music business; a heartfelt version of the 50s classic Lonely Avenue; Van's surrender to love on Ball and Chain; an excellent bluesy rendition of Good Morning Little Schoolgirl; the jazzy vocal expression on Lonesome Road and Moody's Mood For Love; and the soulful I'll Take Care of You which segues with a dreamy instrumental interlude into the finale.There are not enough superlatives in the lexicon to describe how good this CD is when you disregard the Morrison/Hooker duets. Too Long In Exile sets the bar high and indeed Morrison will not issue another CD of this quality for 10 years until the issue of Down the Road.If you are an old fan of Van Morrison who has somehow missed this, don't miss it for another day. If you are new to Morrison's music and are reading this out of curiosity, why not start with this? Neither of you will be disappointed!

the sheep baabbaaaaaaaa (2003-02-03)

buy this one for the sheep noise van does it rules he sounds like a poor little sheep in the fields it's an ok cd what do you want the guy gets older and he cant make everything great

to long in exile (2002-12-12)

this is with out a doubt his best work. He has many great albums but this is just fantastic!

If you're a fan of Van, get this cd man! (2001-11-02)

Great, great bluesy tunes. A mellow album that you can play all day.

Very Good (2001-07-20)

A solid, bluesy effort from 1993, highlighted by the outstanding, John Lee Hooker/Morrison reworking of "Gloria." Hooker and Van also team up for the slow-blues "Wasted Years," which is also excellent. "Big-Time Operators" is a slow, bluesy diatribe against the recording industry, while "Lonely Avenue" is lovely Morrison yearning. "In The Forest" is one of the most beautiful ballads Morrison has ever recorded. "Til We Get The Healing Done" reflects his strong religious views and is strong. The traditional "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl also fits Morrison like a glove. The set isn't perfect--there's a sprinkling of mediocre tracks in here, and more judicious song selection could have made for one of Morrison's all-time best LP's. Still quite strong, however, and possibly Morrison's best of the 1990's.

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