Van Morrison - Pay The Devil

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 45:34

Size: 104.3 MB

Styles: Country, Country-jazz

Year: 2006

Art: Front

[2:12] 1. There Stands The Glass

[2:36] 2. Half As Much

[3:07] 3. Things Have Gone To Pieces

[2:52] 4. Big Blue Diamonds

[4:10] 5. Playhouse

[2:28] 6. Your Cheatin' Heart

[2:19] 7. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

[2:45] 8. Back Street Affair

[3:00] 9. Pay The Devil

[3:53] 10. What Am I Living For

[4:40] 11. This Has Got To Stop

[2:48] 12. Once A Day

[2:42] 13. More And More

[5:56] 14. Till I Gain Control Again

With stunning album-length explorations of jazz and 1950s acoustic skiffle and a country-rockabilly collaboration with Linda Gail Lewis behind him, Van Morrison continues exploring classic country with compelling reinterpretations of standards from the 1950s to the 1970s. He reaches back over half a century for Hank Williams Sr.'s "Half As Much," "Your Cheatin' Heart," and "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" and Webb Pierce's landmark honky-tonk hits "Back Street Affair," "There Stands the Glass," and "More and More." Moving to the mid-'60s, he capably explores George Jones's "Things Have Gone to Pieces" and Connie Smith's "Once a Day." The 1970s are his limit, however, as he probes Rodney Crowell's "'Til I Gain Control Again." Three Morrison originals blend nicely into this mix, as do two non-country favorites: Chuck Willis's "What Am I Living For" and a gleeful spin on Blue Lu Barker's 1938 jazzy, single-entendre favorite "Don't You Make Me High." Recorded in Ireland with uncluttered hard-country backing, Pay the Devil reiterates Morrison's own musical diversity and flair for making any song his own. ~Rich Kienzle

Pay the Devil      

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