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This week's gonna be astral.



Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks" (1968)

Tracklisting:
01 | Astral Weeks
02 | Beside You
03 | Sweet Thing
04 | Cyprus Avenue
05 | The Way Young Lovers Do
06 | Madame George
07 | Ballerina
08 | Slim Slow Slider

Next week there will be blood.

One of my favorite albums of all time.

01 | Cypress Avenue
02 | Madame George
03 | Astral Weeks
04 | Sweet Thing
05 | Slim Slow Slider
06 | The Way Young Lovers Do
07 | Beside You
08 | Ballerina

Astral Weeks
Cyprus Avenue
Beside You
Madame George
Ballerina
Sweet Thing
The Way Young Lovers Do
Slim Slow Slider

Sweet Thing
Madame George
Cyprus Avenue
Astral Weeks
Slim Slow Slider
Beside You
Ballerina
The Way Young Lovers Do

Cyprus Avenue
Astral Weeks
Madame George
Beside You
The Way Young Lovers do
Slim Slow Slider
Ballerina
Sweet Thing

3 | Sweet Thing
6 | Madame George
1 | Astral Weeks
4 | Cypress Avenue
5 | The Way Young Lovers Do
7 | Ballerina
2 | Beside You
8 | Slim Slow Slider

One of my favourite albums of all time. Even the comparatively weaker tracks are excellent, and the order of my favourite tracks changes with each listening. Here's how it stands this morning:

1. Cyprus Avenue
2. Astral Weeks
3. Ballerina
4. Madame George
5. Sweet Thing
6. Slim Slow Slider
7. Beside You
8. The Way Young Lovers Do

05 | The Way Young Lovers Do
02 | Beside You
06 | Madame George
03 | Sweet Thing
08 | Slim Slow Slider
04 | Cyprus Avenue
01 | Astral Weeks
07 | Ballerina

1- Madame George
2- Sweet Thing
3- Astral Weeks
4- The Way Young Lovers Do
5- Slim Slow Slider
6- Beside You
7- Ballerina
8- Cyprus Avenue

Oops, I was so busy updating old RTT albums, that I nearly forgot to rank the current one!

05 | The Way Young Lovers Do*
03 | Sweet Thing
02 | Beside You
08 | Slim Slow Slider
01 | Astral Weeks
06 | Madame George
04 | Cyprus Avenue
07 | Ballerina

Personal favorites *
Overall album rating: 6.75

Results after the first week of voting:
01 | Madame George | 3,0 points
02 | Astral Weeks | 3,3 points
03 | Cyprus Avenue | 3,7 points
04 | Sweet Thing | 3,7 points
05 | The Way Young Lovers Do | 5,0 points
06 | Beside You | 5,0 points
07 | Slim Slow Slider | 5,8 points
08 | Ballerina | 6,6 points

03 | Sweet Thing
06 | Madame George
04 | Cyprus Avenue
01 | Astral Weeks
05 | The Way Young Lovers Do
07 | Ballerina
08 | Slim Slow Slider
02 | Beside You

"And I will walk and talk in gardens all wet with rain."

01 | Sweet Thing
02 | Cyprus Avenue
03 | Madame George
04 | The Way Young Lovers Do
05 | Astral Weeks
06 | Beside You
07 | Ballerina
08 | Slim Slow Slider

01 | Astral Weeks
04 | Cyprus Avenue
06 | Madame George
03 | Sweet Thing
07 | Ballerina
05 | The Way Young Lovers Do
08 | Slim Slow Slider
02 | Beside You

01 | Astral Weeks
03 | Sweet Thing
04 | Cyprus Avenue
06 | Madame George
02 | Beside You
05 | The Way Young Lovers Do
07 | Ballerina
08 | Slim Slow Slider

Like Rumours, a classic that I never liked, will a new listening confirm it?

Great:

Good:

OK:
06 | Madame George

Not for moi:
02 | Beside You
04 | Cyprus Avenue
03 | Sweet Thing
08 | Slim Slow Slider
01 | Astral Weeks
07 | Ballerina
05 | The Way Young Lovers Do



it's less inecoutable than Rumors.

1. Sweet thing
2. The way young lovers do
3. Cypress avenue
4. Astral weeks
5. Ballerina
6. Madame George
7. Beside you
8. Slim slow slider

04 | Cyprus Avenue
06 | Madame George
01 | Astral Weeks
07 | Ballerina
08 | Slim Slow Slider
03 | Sweet Thing
02 | Beside You
05 | The Way Young Lovers Do

The hardest one to rank. My favorite album.

Sweet Thing is majestic, not a note of it could be bettered. The rest of the album doesn't fall far behind it either:

03| Sweet Thing
01| Astral Weeks
05| The Way Young Lovers Do
02| Beside You
06| Madame George
04| Cyprus Avenue
07| Ballerina
08| Slim Slow Slider

03 | Sweet Thing
01 | Astral Weeks
08 | Slim Slow Slider
04 | Cyprus Avenue
06 | Madame George
05 | The Way Young Lovers Do
07 | Ballerina
02 | Beside You

03 | Sweet Thing
01 | Astral Weeks
05 | The Way Young Lovers Do
04 | Cyprus Avenue
06 | Madame George
07 | Ballerina
02 | Beside You
08 | Slim Slow Slider

Astral Weeks
The Way Young Lovers Do
Madam George
Ballerina
Cyprus Avenue
Sweet Thing
Beside You
Slow Slim Slider

I'm a straight male, but I will confidently say that Van Morrison's voice throughout this album is the sexiest thing I've ever heard.