Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Cry for Home
2. Too Long in Exile
3. Gloria
4. Help Me - Van Morrison, Williamson, Sonny B
5. Lonely Avenue/4 O'Clock in the Morning - Van Morrison, Pomus, Doc
6. Days Like This
7. Ancient Highway
8. Raincheck
9. Moondance
10. Centerpiece - Van Morrison, Edison, Harry "Swee
11. That's Life - Van Morrison, Gordon, Kelly
12. Benediction - Van Morrison, Allison, Mose
13. The Healing Game
14. I Don't Want to Go Without You - Van Morrison, Berns, Bert

Disc 2:

1. Shenandoah - Van Morrison, Traditional
2. Precious Time
3. Back on Top
4. When the Leaves Come Falling Down
5. Lost John - Van Morrison, Traditional
6. Tupelo Honey
7. Meet Me in the Indian Summer
8. Georgia on My Mind - Van Morrison, Carmichael, Hoagy
9. Hey Mr. DJ
10. Steal My Heart Away
11. Crazy Love
12. Once in a Blue Moon
13. Little Village
14. Blue and Green
15. Sitting on Top of the World - Van Morrison, Traditional
16. Early in the Morning - Van Morrison, Traditional
17. Stranded

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3593 in Music
• Released on: 2007-06-19
• Number of discs: 2

Album Description
The new 2-CD collection, compiled by Morrison himself, offers a comprehensive overview of his later material. The set's 31 tracks include previously unreleased collaborations with Tom Jones and Bobby Bland, as well as duets with John Lee Hooker, B.B. King and Ray Charles.

Amazon.com
Navigating Van Morrison's extensive catalog since 1993 is a formidable task even diehard fans might not want to attempt. The Irish icon has flirted with blues, jazz, country, pop, Celtic, and his own style of indescribable into-the-mystic spiritually-oriented poetic folk on his numerous releases, making for quite a thorny culling assignment. So the EMI brass were probably ecstatic when the singer took the job himself. He weeds through a dozen or so albums released since Volume 2's mile-marker, and adds a clutch of previously unavailable mixes, rarities, and live tracks. The result: a nearly two-and-a-half-hour, 31-track double-disc set as sprawling, eclectic, and tenacious as Morrison's vision and discography. From occasionally rambling but spirited duets with veterans Bobby "Blue" Bland, Junior Wells, Georgie Fame, Lonnie Donegan, B.B. King, the Chieftains, Ray Charles, and even Tom Jones to concert versions of hits such as "Moondance" and an impressive take on Sinatra’s classic "That's Life," along with hidden gems like "Steal My Heart Away," this is a beautifully assembled and sequenced collection. It presents most of this multitalented auteur's facets and softens his often crusty exterior by showing his appreciation for the journeymen that helped develop the trail that Morrison then blazed in his own distinctive style. --Hal Horowitz

Customer Reviews

Very good collection
This double album is representative of V.M.'s best recent stuff. The fact that the sublime "Shenandoah" and "Meet Me in the Indian Summer" (Orchestral version) are included is alone worth the price of purchase. I've probably listened to Shenandoah 30 times already; it's a soul-stirring beauty of a song.

Disappointed
I'm a big fan of Van Morrison but was disappointed by some of the "updated" versions of some of the old classics. Like a prior reviewer mentioned, the original versions (the songs I love and remember)are far superior to some of the modified material in this compilation. I will keep searching for a definitive "Best of...". I would recommend listening to all the song samples before buying the album to make sure you like these versions - something I failed to do.

excelent selection of van morrison recordings
It is always a pleasure listening to van morrison.But,particularly this "Best of volume 3",with a selection of beutiful songs very well interpreted along with other artists.Marcelo Pegado