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  • Summary: After several cover album releases, Van Morrison returns with original music including "Down To Joy", which first appeared in the Kenneth Branagh's film "Belfast."
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  1. Record Collector
    Jun 10, 2025
    80
    Stupendous stuff. [Jun 2025, p.104]
  2. Jun 13, 2025
    80
    Van 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.
  3. Jun 10, 2025
    80
    What might be Morrison's best album since 1991’s Hymns To The Silence. [Jul 2025, p.88]
  4. Uncut
    Jun 10, 2025
    80
    Remembering Now is the deeply heartening sound of an artist recognising himself. [Jul 2025, p.34]
  5. Jun 12, 2025
    80
    Morrison'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.
  6. Jun 12, 2025
    60
    While 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.
  7. 60
    At 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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