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Moondance

Moondance is the third studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released on 27 January 1970 by Warner Bros. Records. After the commercial failure of his first Warner Bros. album Astral Weeks (1968), Morrison moved to upstate New York with his wife and began writing songs for Moondance. There, he met the musicians who would…

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Genres
R&B · soul · rock · jazz · pop
Label
Warner Bros.
Length
38:14
Producer
Van Morrison
Recorded
August–September 1969
Released
January 27, 1970 (1970-01-27)

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2013 reissue

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Moondance

Nodes151
Edges150
Triples193
Avg. degree1.99
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Moondance

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related to Release and reception · 38
Moondance → According, After, American, Astral Weeks, Billboard, British, Caledonia Soul Orchestra, Caravan, February, Fellow Rolling Stone, Forget Astral Weeks, Gaels, Gleason, Greil Marcus, Harrington, He, In Hage's, Into, Irish, Its
related to Recording and production · 35
Moondance → According, Around, Astral Weeks, August, Brooks Arthur, Century Sound, Collin Tilton, For, He, Holy Shit, In, It, Jay Berliner, Jr, Labes, Lewis Merenstein, Merenstein, Moondance's, Morrison, Morrison's
related to Legacy and reappraisal · 27
Moondance → Although, America, Caravan, Come Running, Crazy Love, Crosby, Elliot Scheiner, FM, Hage, Helen Reddy, In, Into, It, James Taylor, Johnny Rivers, Morrison, Mystic, Nash, Paul McCartney, Pitchfork
related to Songs · 27
Moondance → According, Alfred Lord Tennyson's, AllMusic's Tom Maginnis, And It Stoned Me, Astral Weeks, Autumn, Ballystockart, Bar, Caravan, Comber, Crazy Love, Crossing, Erik Hage, Evans, Harrington, He, Hinton, Into, Its, Jelly Roll Morton
related to Music and lyrics · 26
Moondance → According, African-American, Album Guide, AllMusic, As, Astral Weeks, Christgau, For Moondance, Harrington, His, In, In Robert Christgau's, In The Rolling Stone, Irish, It, Jason Ankeny, Joe, John Milward, Johnny Rogan, Morrison
related to 2013 reissue · 20
Moondance → Alan Light, And It Stoned Me, April, Blu-ray, CDs, Crazy Love, In Rolling Stone, It, Morrison, Morrison's, October, Record Collector, Record Store Day, Scheiner, Select, The, The Alternative Moondance, The Independent, Warner Bros, Will Hermes
Genres · 6
Moondance → Irish folk, jazz, pop, R&B, rock, soul
related to External links · 2
Moondance → Discogs, Super Seventies RockSite
Label · 1
Moondance → Warner Bros.
Length · 1
Moondance → 38:14

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MoondanceGenresR&B1.00infobox
MoondanceGenressoul1.00infobox
MoondanceGenresrock1.00infobox
MoondanceGenresjazz1.00infobox
MoondanceGenrespop1.00infobox
MoondanceGenresIrish folk1.00infobox
MoondanceLabelWarner Bros.1.00infobox
MoondanceLength38:141.00infobox
MoondanceProducerVan Morrison1.00infobox
MoondanceRecordedAugust–September 19691.00infobox
MoondanceReleasedJanuary 27, 1970 (1970-01-27)1.00infobox
MoondanceStudioA&R (New York City)1.00infobox
Moondanceis athird studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison0.90text

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