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1 Track listing  



1.1  Side one  





1.2  Side two  





1.3  Bonus tracks (2008 CD reissue)  







2 Personnel  



2.1  Musicians  





2.2  Production  







3 Charts  





4 Notes  





5 References  














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A Sense of Wonder
Studio album by
Released1985
January 2008 (reissue)
Recorded1983
GenreCeltic soul
Length43:08
LabelMercury (original release)
Polydor (all reissues since 1990)
ProducerVan Morrison
Van Morrison chronology
Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast
(1984)
A Sense of Wonder
(1985)
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
(1986)
Singles from A Sense of Wonder

  1. "A Sense of Wonder" b/w "Haunts of Ancient Peace"
    Released: October 1984
  2. "Tore Down a la Rimbaud" b/w "Haunts of Ancient Peace"
    Released: 1985

A Sense of Wonder is the fifteenth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison released in 1985. On first release, original pressings had to be recalled when the W. B. Yeats estate refused to allow Morrison's musical version of the poem "Crazy Jane on God" to be included, as they believed his poems should only be set to classical music. Morrison substituted "If You Only Knew" for the Yeats' recording. (Later, perhaps due to Morrison's efforts, Yeats poems would be put to rock settings on a whole album).[1]

The 29 January 2008 reissued and remastered version of the album contains alternate takes of "Crazy Jane on God" and "A Sense of Wonder".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Robert ChristgauC+[4]
Rolling Stone(not rated)[5]

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Van Morrison unless stated otherwise.

Side one[edit]

  1. "Tore Down a la Rimbaud" – 4:09
  2. "Ancient of Days" – 3:37
  3. "Evening Meditation" – 4:13
  4. "The Master's Eyes" – 4:01
  5. "What Would I Do" (Ray Charles) – 5:10

Side two[edit]

  1. "A Sense of Wonder" – 7:09
  2. "Boffyflow and Spike"  – 3:06
  3. "If You Only Knew" (Mose Allison) – 2:56
  4. "Let the Slave (Incorporating the Price of Experience)" (William Blake, Adrian Mitchell, Mike Westbrook) – 5:26
  5. "A New Kind of Man" – 3:21

Bonus tracks (2008 CD reissue)[edit]

  1. "Crazy Jane on God" – 3:50 (Alternate take) (William Mathieu, Morrison, William Butler Yeats)
  2. "A Sense of Wonder" – 6:06 (Alternate take)

Personnel[edit]

Musicians[edit]

Production[edit]

Charts[edit]

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 34
American Albums Chart 61
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 25

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, p. 246
  • ^ "Van Morrison Official Website – Tours, Music, Songs". Van Morrison. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  • ^ "A Sense of Wonder – Van Morrison – Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  • ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Van Morrison". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  • ^ Puterbaugh, Parke (9 May 1985). "A Sense of Wonder". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  • ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 208. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  • References[edit]


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