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| 1. Domino |
| 2. Crazy Face |
| 3. Give Me A Kiss |
| 4. I've Been Working |
| 5. Call Me Up In Dreamland |
| 6. I'll Be Your Lover, Too |
| 7. Blue Money |
| 8. Virgo Clowns |
| 9. Gypsy Queen |
| 10. Sweet Jannie |
| 11. If I Ever A Needed Someone |
| 12. Street Choir |
Before the first song (Domino) was over, I knew I was wrong. This has got to be the most joyous album ever made. That great old Biblical phrase "a joyful noise" is the only way to describe it. ItŐs not a sappy, moon-June kind of happiness. I keep thinking of a line from Blue Money. He sings, "YouŐre so glad to be alive, honey." ThatŐs the spirit that courses through this album. It sounds like a man who has been deep down in the blues (the man who sang about TB sheets, I guess) and came up laughing and smiling and singing his heart out.
If youŐve listened to any later Morrison albums, you know that joy didnŐt remain in much of his music. But at least weŐve got this album. Even the most pensive song on the CD Đ IŐll Be Your Lover Too Đ is warm and contented, full of quiet joy. Most of the songs on here really do make you glad to be alive.
IŐve heard His Band and The Street Choir described as a "minor" Moondance Đ the same rich and soulful horns, the same jazz feel, but without the lyrical depth. Maybe. ItŐs true thereŐs not a song here with the poetry of Into the Mystic or And It Stoned Me (both from Moondance), but pure, unadulterated happiness is nothing to turn up your nose at. Owning this album really is like owning a little chunk of joy.