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Morrison's best album of the '90s still casually hangs out in the spiritual world that served as his home for most of his '80s material, but the mystical touches are at least kept in check for a good deal of the time. Better still is that Morrison sings with a passion that had crawled into laziness during big, and crucial, chunks of his career (most prominently the early to mid-'80s). The songs, or more accurately (as the title makes very clear) hymns, combine the elements that have guided Morrison's best albums -- R&B, folk, pop, Celtic, rock, even gospel -- for a satisfying journey through the mystic and the real. Its double-disc length, however, is a bit off-putting; a spirited rewrite of his last album (1990's Enlightenment) really doesn't need this much space to make its point. But his rambling musings (like the soulfully suave "Why Must I Always Explain") retain a compelling power. 


Verenigd Koninkrijk
Rock
Label: Mercury


Disc: 1 

01. Professional Jealousy 
02. I'm Not Feeling It Anymore 
03. Ordinary Life
 04. Some Peace Of Mind 
05. So Complicated 
06. I Can't Stop Loving You 
07. Why Must I Always Explain
 08. Village Idiot 
09. See Me Through Pt. II
 10. Take Me Back 

Disc: 2 

01. By His Grace 
02. All Saints Day 
03. Hymns To The Silence 
04. On Hyndford Street 
05. Be Thou My Vision 
06. Carrying A Torch 
07. Green Mansions 
08. Pagan Streams 
09. Quality Street 
10. It Must Be You
 11. I Need Your Kind Of Loving