Into the Music

by Van Morrison

Type: Album
Released: August 1979
Label: Mercury
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 1:02:31
Community rating: 3.86/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Rebounding brilliantly from a creative slump, Van Morrison delivered one of the most remarkably joyous, deeply passionate albums of his legendary career. 'Into the Music' beautifully synthesizes incredibly melodic Celtic folk instrumentation with soaring blue-eyed soul, offering a profoundly uplifting, intensely romantic celebration of love and spiritual renewal.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, soulful, spirituality, saxophone, life-affirming, male-vocals, rhythmic, accessible

Tracklist

Bright Side of the Road (3:46)
Full Force Gale (3:14)
Steppin' Out Queen (5:26)
Troubadours (4:41)
Rolling Hills (2:53)
You Make Me Feel so Free (4:08)
Angelou (6:50)
And the Healing Has Begun (8:02)
It's All in the Game (5:09)
You Know What They're Writing About (5:49)
Steppin' Out Queen (Alternative Take) (7:00)
Troubadours (Alternative Take) (5:29)

Credits

Van Morrison - primary artist, lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica, producer, written-by
Mark Isham - arranged by [horns], trumpet
Pee Wee Ellis - arranged by [horns], saxophone
Katie Kissoon - backing vocals
David Hayes - bass
Ed Fletcher - coordinator
Richard Freeman - coordinator
Peter Van Hooke - drums
Alex Cash - engineer [assistant]
Leslie Ann Jones - engineer [assistant]
Herbie Armstrong - guitar, backing vocals
Mark Jordan - keyboards
Stan Diamond - legal [lawyer]
Bill Graham - management [direction]
Bill Graham Management - management [direction]
Mick Brigden - management [direction]
Nick Clainos - management [direction]
Norman Seeff - photography by, design
Mick Glossop - producer [assisted by], recorded by, mixed by
Toni Marcus - violin, viola [stroviola], viola, mandolin
Zakir Hussain - tabla
Ry Cooder - slide guitar
Kurt Wortman - drums
Robin Williamson - tin whistle [penny whistle]
Carl Sigman - written-by
Charles Dawes - written-by