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Jun 13, 2025Van the Man is back doing what he does best. Remembering Now, his 47th album, is 14 songs of beautiful and reflective music addressing aging, romance and a sense of yearning for the landscapes and landmarks that made us who we are.
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Jun 12, 2025Morrison's been rambling in strange territory for the last five years, but this is proof that the restless wandering spirit didn't forget his Muse, or who he is.
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UncutJun 10, 2025Remembering Now is the deeply heartening sound of an artist recognising himself. [Jul 2025, p.34]
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Jun 10, 2025The album is not perfect. As Morrison often does, he makes the album too long with ‘filler’ songs – “If It Wasn’t for Ray” (a failed attempt at honoring his main influence, Ray Charles), “Cutting Corners,” and “Colourblind,” the latter annoyingly placed in the spellbinding songs in the album’s latter half. Take most of the songs that are left and arguably you have the best music Van Morrison has presented in over three decades.
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Jun 10, 2025What might be Morrison's best album since 1991’s Hymns To The Silence. [Jul 2025, p.88]
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Record CollectorJun 10, 2025Stupendous stuff. [Jun 2025, p.104]
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Jun 13, 2025At 14 tracks, Remembering Now has a slight paunchiness to it – something that grates particularly during the drearier slow numbers, such as “The Only Love I Ever Need Is Yours” and “Memories and Visions”.
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Jun 12, 2025While they might not pass muster against even his lesser career highlights, they at least convince you that his heart is still in it. His uniquely unburdened, earthy voice has aged quite well and he easily holds these songs together. If only the material were more consistently compelling.