The Literature Network - Van Morrison belts it out hot, but his new songs are lukewarm.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Van Morrison belts it out hot, but his new songs are lukewarm.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Date: 20031020
Author:Moon, Tom

Byline: Tom Moon

From a technical standpoint, there's nothing much wrong with "What's Wrong With This Picture?," Van Morrison's debut on his new label, Blue Note Records. It's a lush, intimate affair, a beautifully recorded acoustic document that aims to present the 58-year-old legend in gloriously autumnal post-rock maturity.

Among its pleasures are a flash of devastating introspection _ "Meaning of Loneliness," which invokes Jean-Paul Sartre and Hermann Hesse _ and the pulsating, romantic rhyming exercise "Evening in June." There are also several harangues on the ...

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