fifth studio album northern irish singer songwriter released october morrison written songs album new_york california woman wrote recording sessions recording began beginning second quarter studios san_francisco morrison moved complete album namesake album title track honey produced flowers tree found album features musical genres prominently country soul folk rock blue eyed soul lyrics echo domestic bliss portrayed album cover largely describe celebrate rural surroundings morrison family life wife received success america charted number billboard charts certified gold riaa failed reach european world wide charts album yielded hit singles hymn like title track flavored wild night released single straight heart like successful enter billboard hot album received positive reviews music critics time release morrison biographers favorable later years background prior recording sessions morrison recorded demo tracks upcoming country western album tracks planned album appear traditional country songs like wild life crying time banks ohio later deleted morrison decided lease house expired landlord wanted explained release documentary film altered character community everybody uncle started showing bus station complete opposite supposed april began recording planned album morrison family moved california wife family living close morrison guitarist time told biographer morrison didn want leave wanted west manipulated going new home rural setting situated close san_francisco amid trees morrison abandoned idea country album exchanged intended material songs written earlier point time morrison pressure produce chart singles albums year previous album band street choir released november interview journalist described period contrast laid atmosphere pictured album cover went west_coast people musicians working weren available virtually completely new band overnight tough period didn want change band wanted studio ring somebody recording location recording sessions having moved new_york california musicians morrison previous band work wife ellen contributed backing vocals album recorded past contributed drums played drums album played drum kit songs new recruit remaining tracks played percussion biographer convinced morrison music benefited california comments musical explosion added great deal van music particular guitar work rock classic rest rhythm section credited album played keyboards tracks remaining members horn section boots houston trumpet band augmented producer contributed organ title track recording sessions took place spring studios san_francisco continued weeks songs recorded chosen wild night wanna like played tracks dropped second sessions remembered band rehearsed hotel pick van takes hotel band tune morrison relocated late spring san_francisco record second session tracks album time morrison rehearsed songs recording began helped sessions run smoothly woman recorded days songs playing drums vocals album live song times according boots houston commented morrison band went studio play set straight repeating played maybe songs van cut songs didn want time backing vocals horns remarked engineers recording album morrison ability musician arranger producer got wants right away change engineers couldn composition themes rural setting furnished backdrop domestic bliss expressed album cover songs lyrics contained references good life home interview given magazine time morrison wife referred morrison dislike time quiet don parties incredibly quiet life going road excitement morrison said songs album hanging sic according biographer written musician recalled morrison wrote tunes woman sitting piano recording sessions california album opens wild night hybrid soul country music influences utilizes moderate time signature features lead guitar playing song intro created according afternoon intro record van stopped said thing played intro don forget guitar driven intro clinton opinion morrison memorable singles wild night described biographer great start album recorded weeks sessions autumn recorded numerous times eventual release morrison recalled interview song originally slower number got studio ended faster tempo straight heart like combines moderately swung time blue eyed soul song boasts guitar riff accompanied acoustic guitars lyrically song praises nature easy solution stresses life referring possibly old old tribute morrison previous life upstate new_york theme domestic bliss song shows strong sensitivity children family life comments moving compelling look satisfying period van life musically song contains music genres jazz folk served inspiration song performed backing vocals recording describes starting new life simplest lyrically significant cut album van spells perfect clarity statement expresses need stock far come record support helped start new life song recorded album woman slow blues influenced ballad influenced minute decision morrison added song album place listen lion released recording listen lion released year later title song classic love ballad vein established crazy love album songs melody chord progression time uncut reviewer wrote album vocals song sees morrison use teeth tongue find new ways lines sweet honey right seemingly increasing bob_dylan performed song morrison concert tour 1990s remarked existed morrison merely vessel vehicle called song kind odyssey elvis_presley hometown mississippi gorgeous number album good true wanna scottish derivative country flavored prominently features steel guitar scottish derivative subtitle refers word featured song scottish slang word evening sun goes described flavored tune driven barrel house piano like wild night recorded autumn recording sessions morrison release alternative song featured wild night single final song compared musically likes band earlier morrison worked band song slow fast time coda abrupt ending combines country rock soul song morrison spoke having written lived time morrison comic element song morrison imitating fish blowing bubbles packaging title album derives honey produced flowers tree found predominantly florida photos album taken friend morrison wife town original released sleeve cover photograph showed planet riding horse morrison walking alongside cover photographs showed morrison fence horse wife standing right black white fence left rural setting depicting era vogue album covers time rock artists moved cities rural communities band grateful dead similar themes album covers morrison later complained cover explaining picture taken stable didn live went took picture split lot people think album covers life reception release released october album reached number billboard highest position reached morrison albums point failed reach charts europe middle sold copies certified gold riaa singles released album wild night rare alternative evening sun goes proved popular reach number billboard hot single fared slightly better netherlands peaking number reached number singles chart starting new life straight heart like old old single album reached number outside billboard hot album reissued reissue released january reissued remastered version album released contains alternative wild night reworked cover version traditional song riverside reissued vinyl bonus tracks critical response received critics album release wrote rolling_stone sense example artist making increased use album unit communication opposed merely song cut perfectly integrated magazine reviewer reviewed album release gave album high praise saying music good wouldn reason real thing critic dave marsh called perfect album van incredibly isn bad cut sure critic robert_christgau voiced reservations praise album writing rich cute tunes greatest hits worry domestic bliss van joy cooking requires later ranked fourth best album year village_voice annual morrison biographers impressed album commented masterpiece considerable improvement band street choir time rock steel guitars country rock morrison emerged work offered soulful romantic held opinion time morrison famous criticism resulting love songs album containing obvious lyrical truly worst poetry revenge songs inspired arrangements morrison response morrison said wasn happy consisted songs left finally gotten wasn fresh bunch songs hanging trying country western album commented seldom listened bad taste mouth aftermath music journalist wrote morrison albums elements appealing feeling personal married life album artist pushing forward challenging boundaries past years morrison expected tour promote album time developed performing especially problematic appearing large audiences playing concerts morrison spoke noticing confidence away times literally stage motto create choice stage morrison announced impending performance larger venue retiring performing live regaining confidence making regular informal performances small club near home began tour coast coast track listing songs written noted wild night straight heart like old old starting new life woman wanna scottish derivative evening sun goes whiskey bonus tracks reissue wild night alternative riverside traditional personnel musicians guitar harmonica vocals backing vocals acoustic guitars backing vocals drums drums starting new life evening sun goes old old tenor electric piano steel guitar honey boots houston flute backing vocals vocals backing vocals production producers direction photography arrangements arrangements boots houston like honey charts album singles
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