Music Review:
Accentuate the Positive – Van Morrison
****
Van Morrison returns with Accentuate the Positive, his 45th studio album overall, his twelfth in the past ten years, and second of 2023, following the excellent Moving on Skiffle. Covering nineteen songs made popular by the Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and others, the album finds Morrison returning to one of his childhood passions, this time to rock ‘n’ roll.
With Morrison’s voice in top form, backed by his excellent band and background singers, this album is a lot of fun. As one reviewer wrote, it was if they were hanging around the studio having a party playing music they love without knowing the tapes were running.
Morrison is joined on guitar by Jeff Beck on one of his last studio performances on “Lonesome Train”, on which Chris Farlowe adds vocals. Taj Mahal joins Morrison on “Lucille” and “Shake, Rattle and Roll”.
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