Common One
by Van Morrison
- Type: Album
- Released: August 1980
- Label: Mercury
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:10:38
- Community rating: 3.87/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Comprised of just six lengthy, sprawling tracks, Van Morrison's 'Common One' is an incredibly pastoral, intensely spiritual exploration of Celtic folk and jazz fusion. Driven by lush horn arrangements and strings, the album is a profoundly poetic, deeply meditative, and wonderfully warm homage to romantic literature and the healing power of nature.
Genres
Descriptors: nature, male-vocals, saxophone, literary, improvisation, acoustic, long-form, vocal, orchestral, fusion, soulful
Tracklist
- Haunts of Ancient Peace (7:10)
- Summertime In England (15:39)
- Satisfied (6:03)
- Wild Honey (5:50)
- Spirit (5:11)
- When Heart Is Open (15:14)
- Haunts of Ancient Peace (Alternative Take) (7:46)
- When Heart is Open (Alternative Take) (7:42)
Credits
- Van Morrison - primary artist, composed by, performer, design concept, producer
- Herbie Armstrong - acoustic guitar [rhythm], electric guitar [rhythm], backing vocals
- David Hayes - bass, backing vocals
- Peter Van Hooke - drums, backing vocals
- Chris Martin - engineer
- Dave Burgess - engineer
- Henry Lewy - engineer, producer, recorded by [additional], additional recording
- John Paul Jones - graphics
- John Allair - keyboards, backing vocals
- Mick Cox - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Bill Graham Management - management
- Bernie Grundman - mastered by, mastering
- Pee Wee Ellis - music director [musical director], arranged by [arranger], saxophone, flute, backing vocals, arranged by [horn section], conductor
- Stan Diamond - other [representation]
- Rudy Legname - photography by, photography
- Alex Kash - recorded by [additional], additional recording
- Mark Isham - trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
- Jeff Labes - arranged by [choir], conductor [choir], arranged by [strings], conductor [strings]
- Pete Brewis - backing vocals