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Poetic Champions Compose

Reissued, Remastered

Van Morrison Format: Audio CD

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Track Listings

1	Spanish Steps
2	The Mystery
3	Queen Of The Slipstream
4	I Forgot Love Existed
5	Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
6	Celtic Excavation
7	Someone Like You
8	Alan Watts Blues
9	Give Me My Rapture
10	Did Ye Get Healed?
11	Allow Me

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If his albums are any indication, Van Morrison seems to have bounced between religions like a demented pinball. Amazingly, for a decade that saw the Belfast enigma explore Christianity and Scientology before returning, on Avalon Sunset, to Christianity, Poetic Champions Compose serves as a reminder that Van managed to even cram in an agnostic phase along the way. With this in mind, a desperately bleak version of the folk standard "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" lacerates the heartstrings. But the album shouldn't be assumed by any means to be a depressing affair. Three saxophone instrumentals, including the Miles Davis-influenced "Spanish Steps," lend a crisp Sunday morning feel to much of the proceedings, while "Queen of the Slipstream" and the live favorite "Did Ye Get Healed" suggest that, however bad the crisis of faith was (and the quite awesome preceding album No Guru, No Method, No Teacher suggests it was pretty bad), here is a man ultimately happy to find redemption in a love song. --Peter Paphides

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 4.94 x 0.45 inches; 3.68 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Polydor
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Polydor
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000009DDN
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #82,084 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #235 in Blue-Eyed Soul
- #597 in Contemporary Blues (CDs & Vinyl)
- #648 in Contemporary R&B (CDs & Vinyl)

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CD is fine. The case it came in was damaged.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 13, 2022

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I ordered the Van Morrison CD. The CD Itself is fine, but the case it came with is broken. Just about every CD I have ordered, arrives with the case broken. The CD's thank goodness are fine but it would be nice for the case to be intact.

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C.C. OURSO

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 4, 2022

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Product delivered as advertised.
Sounds Great !!!!

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Michael Haywood

Underappreciated

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 1, 2020

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I definitely feel like this is one of the more slept-on albums that Van has put out. It may come off as generic sounding but I think it's such an easy album to listen to. The kind of album you could honestly play all the way through without noticing and I feel that is what makes it so good.

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DiAnn

I love Van Morrison!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 29, 2021

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And I love this CD. It was advertised to be in “good” condition and I would say it’s better than good. I had this album years ago and was so excited to find it in CD format.

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Rancho DeLuxe

Start some where else, maybe chronologically

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 4, 2020

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I seem to be collecting Van Morrison music unwittingly. To be sure, there are absolutely wonderful tracks on each and every one. This particular CD I've listened to just a single time and it just didn't "click" with me. I find the orchestrations uncharacteristic and not consistent with the Van I seem to be accumulating; it's cumbersome and over-produced to the point of interfering with Morrison's vocals which are always top notch. It's certainly a moody piece of music, and lyrically sound but it's simply not worth the purchase until you have everything else by Van. The one GLOWING exception to this review is "Someone Like You" which is actually a monologue to God and reflects V.M.'s brush with agnosticism ( Pretty good trick for an Irishman if one thinks about it...)

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joe boggess

Classical music!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 10, 2021

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One of my very favorite albums of all time

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Cheryl Henry

Perfection

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 27, 2021

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This is classic VM art. Worth every penny!

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Jonathan JMan

A head turner and a heart mender!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 27, 2016

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A rather obscure album by Van Morrison to be looked into....This album has been a favorite of my and helped me weather a 20 yr. long marriage break up when I was at my most despondent. The intimacy of these songs is well worth discovering. For me it has been over and over again. May not rock and roll like some of his others perhaps but the quality of his introspective lyrics and musicianship make some of his other recordings sound trite by comparison...which is saying alot.....

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Keith

If you have one VtM CD this has to be it.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 3, 2014

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I have lots of Vans cds. In my opinion, apart from the best of's, if you buy just one of his albums this is the very best cd he ever made. Every track is a masterpiece, some will bring tears to your eyes, they do to me. Not one weak track, which is a bit unusual for any artist. You will not be disappointed with this CD, if you are you are nor a Van fan.

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Sandra G

A must for all Van Morrison Fans

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 12, 2019

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Every track is superb the best in my opinion Van Morrison has done.

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SeanO’C

Great album in poor condition. Disappointed.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 18, 2021

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Classic Van Morrison. Love the music. However, both case and CD very dirty and needed cleaning. Skipping on two tracks. Do not the “Used - very good” claimed by the seller. First time to have this experience, usually confident in buying used.

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Quality

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 1, 2019

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Loved the CD, excellent condition, arrived when expected.

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Yorkshire Rose

What can I say

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 18, 2013

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Van the Man is just my all time hero. I just adore his music. This is a brilliant album, as expected. I am discovering more and more unknown albums through a wonderful professional friend who has a fantastic taste in music, and this album confirms it.

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