Album · 1989
Avalon Sunset
by Van Morrison
Avalon Sunset is a 1989 blue-eyed soul album by Van Morrison. It runs 12 tracks across 53 minutes.
Blue-Eyed Soul · Folk Rock · Pop Rock
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- 79 /100
- 5 critics
- 12
- Tracks
- 53 min
- Runtime
- 125 bpm
- Tempo
- C major
- Key
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5 publications
- The Village VoiceA−
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5
- Chicago Tribune3/4
- AllMusic3.5/5
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Avalon Sunset album cover
The Avalon Sunset cover was designed by John Minihan and Michael McDonagh, photographed by Mike Smallcombe, and art-directed by Shoot That Tiger!.
- Design
- John Minihan, Michael McDonagh
- Photography
- Mike Smallcombe
- Art direction
- Shoot That Tiger!
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Tracklist
12 tracks · 53 min
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Avalon Sunset is the nineteenth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music.)The album has been described as "a powerful statement that the often turbulent muse had stabilized and was now a sublime force flowing through Van Morrison". The 29 January 2008 reissued and remastered version of the album contains an alternative take of "Whenever God Shines His Light" and a version of "When the Saints Go Marching In" with additional lyrics by Morrison.
In brief
- When was Avalon Sunset released?
- Avalon Sunset was released in 1989.
- How many tracks are on Avalon Sunset?
- Avalon Sunset has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 53 minutes.
- What genre is Avalon Sunset?
- Avalon Sunset is catalogued under Blue-Eyed Soul, Folk Rock, Pop Rock.
- What BPM is Avalon Sunset?
- Avalon Sunset runs at a median tempo of 125 BPM across its tracks, most often in C major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Avalon Sunset?
- Listeners of Avalon Sunset also rate Abbey Road by The Beatles, Graceland by Paul Simon, The Very Best of Jackson Browne by Jackson Browne.