band band referred street choir fourth studio album northern irish singer songwriter released november originally titled fool street choir renamed morrison consent recording began early demo session small church new_york morrison booked studios 46th street new_york_city second quarter produce sessions songs released band street choir reviewers praised music sessions free relaxed sound lyrics considered simple compared previous work morrison intended record album cappella vocal backing vocal group called street choir songs released album included choir featured backing band morrison dissatisfied additional vocalists original choir changes led regard street choir poorly later years band street choir received morrison previous album peaking number billboard number album chart owes success mainly single released album surpassed morrison hit brown eyed girl remains successful single morrison solo career singles released album blue money successful managed reach billboard hot production recording recording began demo session small church intended produce official releases course morrison worked material previous albums recorded songs performed studio crazy face kiss limited recording equipment operated drummer intending open recording studio time remembered found old church load set pair run tracks tapes running like working thing album new band morrison brought musicians sessions guitarist bassist backing vocal trio returned sing needed multi joined band veteran tour played album joined morrison band late april replacing left band moved israel end year completed line trumpet hammond organ march morrison began work album recording studios new_york_city intended create record mind assembled vocal group called street choir consisting friends wife lived near wanted choir feature vocalists persuaded allow additional members join wives morrison later persuaded abandon use cappella group people mind street choir asked wanted sing old ladies got involved ruined thing unhappy tracks recorded choir wanted use group different effect wanted certain guys form cappella group cut lot songs maybe guitar didn turn session morrison recorded tracks demo session gypsy queen additional instrumental street choir engineer session helped produce according biographer morrison disagreement rest album morrison returned studios june august record remaining tracks featured album second session filled role engineer remember morrison giving job thought going producer saw calling takes asking people change parts didn consider producer van ask questions answers defined role morrison felt final recordings notably reworked song street choir shortly studio work concluded composition songs featured band street choir recorded albums weeks morrison rewrote rearranged release street choir recordings new album featured different personnel instrumentation songs album rolling_stone reviewer believes free relaxed sound borrow music genres simple lyrics lack complexity popularly expected morrison work recording feature band street choir working weeks sessions sessions final version produced band upbeat shows influence morrison notably sings line woman woman woman feel horn section describes breathtaking recorded times release sessions september november weeks recorded morrison rearranged frequently notably recording rap harmony versions release arranged moderate tempo features rhythm guitar horn overdubs later added recording morrison end chorus start verses shouts words dig near end band time according biographer helps bring theme song album song considered tribute pianist singer songwriter morrison recorded needed late blues influenced tracks album recorded start sit funny face morrison recorded street choir session renaming simply funny face recorded second session completely different title final form morrison duet acoustic guitars song fades laughter heard performed crazy face evolved going song morrison recorded october songs contain references american outlaw morrison arranged crazy face irregular time signature seventh beats bar emphasised begins gentle piano introduction ends abruptly view represents shot gun consistent american outlaw theme kiss gypsy queen final songs recorded recording session morrison wrote kiss planet newly born baby girl bar blues style rock music genre prominent 1960s leading reviewers compare song work beatles elvis_presley reviewers believed song inspired recorded impressions feels song failed attempt recapture spirit morrison composition inspired released album morrison sings song falsetto keyboardist plays imitating music box beginning end second recording session yielded remaining material gospel style composition lyrics refer life road morrison touring recorded album refer morrison life time finally living believe magical time planet recalled lover inspired marriage acoustic ballad moderate tempo bar vocal comes blue money pun filled reference morrison financial situation model wife planet worked industry meeting morrison second bar blues album written young love song reviewers speculated planet lyrics love baby sunday school lead believe written memories morrison childhood attended sunday school belfast planet california raised album closer street choir morrison repeats questions let things better come lyrics wrote songs street choir spawned increasing awareness badly ripped said lyric reference album curtis song track prominently features trumpet morrison harmonica writer described lyrics bitter wrote street choir finest songs morrison career musical poetic energy packaging scheduled band rush release sell christmas leaving little time plan packaging pressured conditions led company promotional releases band prepare incorrectly ordered track listing end lover conversation left finished record notes example album rough edges designed album cover wrote sleeve notes sound little desperate words wrote album sing dance find place songs life took photos morrison surrounded musicians wives children party planet son peter born previous relationship morrison dismissed photos rubbish commented cover looks far worse included hilarious image morrison length morrison complained stereotypical cover people think long hair beard bought people wearing mills agrees close came reception release band street choir released november morrison record produced released record company records band street choir peaked number billboard number album chart album received warm reception north_america largely success single peaked number billboard hot single remains morrison biggest hit climbed place higher hit brown eyed girl album mind hit netherlands reaching number dutch rolling_stone_magazine attributed success guitar figure beginning track considered great way start single fine way begin album blue money debuted second single outside number final single managed weeks billboard hot reaching number biographer believed deserved better recalled morrison designs securing radio airplay success singles reflected growing audience commercial appeal music october weeks album remastered reissued session bonus tracks alternate takes alternate versions working lover critical response reviewers generally praised compared morrison previous work band free album recorded minimal dubbing obviously intended flaw like set numbers gravity street choir album close perfect stood magazine reviewer felt inferior better eighty cent records got collection robert_christgau critical calling compelling album containing cuts occasional minor lapse taste nonetheless awarded album minus later upgraded commented band street choir reminiscent bob_dylan singer songwriter identified band street choir essential albums street choir favorite songs called songs album severe disappointment compared material previous albums morrison musicians responses regarded street choir poorly told biographer line lost control album think album doesn mean terms album didn sell glad morrison lost control album release retitled fool band street choir somebody got control got cover shit west_coast knew happening like couldn stop given business thing final approval things went ahead wrong thing told record company thing wasn thing went wrong despite assistant producer drummer recalled morrison positive feelings album time release holds view love songs album crazy face great songs era track listing songs written crazy face kiss sweet kiss working lover blue money gypsy queen needed street choir personnel musicians guitar harmonica tenor saxophone crazy face vocals backing vocals needed piano hammond organ backing vocals needed trumpet hammond organ bass electric acoustic guitars soprano alto piano drums percussion bass backing vocals backing vocals needed street choir larry ellen production producer assistant producer production coordinator engineer assisting engineers photography album design charts album singles
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