{"product_id":"van-morrison-remembering-now-cd","title":"Van Morrison – Remembering Now Music CD","description":"\u003ch3\u003eReview\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty-seven albums into a 58-year recording career, Van Morrison proves he’s still got things to say and play on Remembering Now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough it runs some 70 minutes, the album has nothing that qualifies as filler among its 14 tracks, reinforcing the 79-year-old Morrison’s astonishing late-career creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorrison writes about his music (the title track), gratitude (“Love, Lover and Beloved”) and his youth in Northern Ireland on “Stomping Ground;” the latter pair being but two of a handful of orchestral ballads that recall Morrison’s Enlightenment era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Morrison does a lot of recycling on Remembering Now, most obviously on “If it Wasn’t for Ray,” a slowed-down recasting of “Wild Night,” and the “Tupelo Honey” soundalike that is “Haven’t Lost My Sense of Wonder.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmid these rehashes are a couple of tracks headed for Morrison’s canon. “Down to Joy” is a horn-driven delight casting the prickly singer in contentment and “Cutting Corners” is a humble admission of Morrison “feeling low but … acting strong;” both would fit nicely on a concert playlist loaded with classics from his discography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo Comments comments associated with this post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— dean, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jambands.com\/reviews\/2025\/08\/01\/van-morrison-remembering-now\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ejambands.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 79, Van Morrison shows no signs of retreating, and his catalog of late-period work rivals many artists' entire output. Morrison has always treated the studio as a place for spiritual excavation rather than commercial calculation, drawing from the same well of Celtic soul and mystic blues that powered *Astral Weeks* and *Moondance* decades ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVan Morrison's new album, Remembering Now, marks his return to original music with a rich blend of soul, jazz, blues, folk and country, featuring the long-awaited single, “Down To Joy.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Down To Joy (3:38)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. If It Wasn’t For Ray (3:17)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Haven’t Lost My Sense Of Wonder (5:28)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Love, Lover and Beloved (5:13)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Cutting Corners (3:06)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Back To Writing Love Songs (3:57)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. The Only Love I Ever Need Is Yours (2:36)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Once In A Lifetime Feelings (4:38)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. Stomping Ground (5:15)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. Memories And Visions (6:49)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. When The Rains Came (6:22)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12. Colourblind (3:30)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e13. Remembering Now\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e14. Stretching Out\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 044003445666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Exile\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.13.25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"relix.shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49990878691570,"sku":"26024005","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/7018\/9810\/files\/Van-Morrison-Remembering-Now-CD.png?v=1787917905","url":"https:\/\/discandvinyl.com\/products\/van-morrison-remembering-now-cd","provider":"DiscandVinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}