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Astral Weeks

by Van Morrison

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All Time

of 455,189

35
1960's

of 5,309

10
1968

of 221

1
Genres
- Classic Rock
  - Classic Rock
    
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    13
  - Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
    
    of 7,221
    
    9
- International
  - International
    
    of 74,343
    
    10
  - Celtic
    
    of 3,406
    
    1
  - Europe
    
    of 14,356
    
    9
  - British Isles
    
    of 5,387
    
    8
  - Britain
    
    of 4,725
    
    8
  - Ireland
    
    of 1,484
    
    1
- Jazz
  - Jazz
    
    of 57,652
    
    5
- Pop
  - Pop
    
    of 263,638
    
    35
  - Adult Contemporary
    
    of 6,690
    
    2
  - Pop Rock
    
    of 64,982
    
    28
  - Singer-Songwriters
    
    of 8,639
    
    8
- R&B & Soul
  - R&B & Soul
    
    of 34,032
    
    3
  - Soul
    
    of 24,171
    
    3
  - Blue-Eyed Soul
    
    of 736
    
    1
- Rock
  - Rock
    
    of 107,577
    
    28
  - Folk Rock
    
    of 4,567
    
    4

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 3.7410 Astral Weeks is ranked overall as 3.7410 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.9333 Astral Weeks has an avg. critic score of 3.9333 out of 4 stars

Astral Weeks Album Reviews

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Rolling Stone

He didn't use the phrase for a song title until a year later, but "Astral Weeks" was the album on which Van Morrison fully descended "into the mystic. ...more

All Music Guide

Astral Weeksis generally considered one of the best albums in pop music history. For all that renown,Astral Weeksis anything but an archetypal rock & roll album: in fact, it isn't a rock & roll album at all. ...more

PopMatters

I was 17 starting fall semester at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, a quaint golden-hilled town in central California. For my first few weeks in the dorms, I had a bovine alarm clock, i.e., mooing cows that decided to test their vocal chords several yards from my window. It felt like, for my citified self, the romantic epitome of the bucolic. ...more

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Adrian Denning.co.uk

In another world and in another time, coming home high. In another place, sits 'Astral Weeks'. No way to follow-up 'Brown Eyed Girl' of course, and no way to follow-up his early band Them, but the signs had been there. A utterly beautiful song from ...read the complete review at Adrian Denning.co.uk

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