Van MorrisonEven the finest white soul voice of his generation has to keep that catalogue turning over.
In his singular way he’s avoided sullying the true classics of his history – there’s no Gloria, Bright Side Of The Road or such – but there are places here where commercial considerations have obviously won out: looking at you, Bublé. But even his second-division songs with input from real contemporaries like Steve Winwood or Georgie Fame – or those where there’s a mutual respect and restraint like Mark Knopfler’s voice-and-distinctive-guitar turn on Irish Heartbeat – have worth beyond just shifting units.
