Van Morrison discography

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This is a discography for Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison.

Highlights of albums and songs as the lead vocalist and songwriter for the group Them from 1964-1966 include:

Albums:

Singles:

(for others see — Them Discography)

Contents

[edit] Studio and Live albums

Year Title Chart positions Certification/miscellaneous
UK US
1967 Blowin' Your Mind!
  • Bang
  • Released: September, 1967
 11 182
1968 Astral Weeks 140 1 - USA: Gold
1970 Moondance
  • Warner Bros. Records
  • Released: February, 1970
 32 29 USA: Multi-Platinum
1970 His Band and the Street Choir 18 32
1971 Tupelo Honey
  • Warner Bros. Records
  • Released: October, 1971
 - 27 USA: Gold
1972 Saint Dominic's Preview
  • Warner Bros. Records
  • Released: July, 1972
 - 15
1973 Hard Nose the Highway
  • Warner Bros. Records
  • Released: August, 1973
 22 27
1974 It's Too Late to Stop Now (Live)
  • Warner Bros. Records
  • Released: January, 1974
 - 53 UK: Silver
1974 Veedon Fleece
  • Warner Bros. Records
  • Released: February, 1974
 - 53 UK: Silver
1977 A Period of Transition
  • Warner Bros. Records
  • Released: April, 1977
 23 43
1978 Wavelength
  • Mercury
  • Released: September, 1978
 27 28 UK: Silver
USA: Gold
1979 Into the Music
  • Warner Bros. Records
  • Released: August, 1979
 12 43
1980 Common One
  • Warner Bros. Records
  • Released: August, 1980
 - 73
1982 Beautiful Vision
  • Warner Bros. Records
  • Released: February, 1982
 31 44
1983 Inarticulate Speech of the Heart
  • Warner Bros. Records
  • Released: March, 1983
 14 116
1984 Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast (Live)
  • Warner Bros. Records
  • Released: 1984
 - -
1984 A Sense of Wonder
  • Mercury
  • Released: December, 1984
 25 61
1986 No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
  • Mercury
  • Released: July, 1986
 27 70
1987 Poetic Champions Compose
  • Mercury
  • Released: 1987
 22 90
1988 Irish Heartbeat
with The Chieftans
  • Mercury
  • Released: June, 1988
 18 102
1989 Avalon Sunset 13 91 UK: Silver, Gold
USA: Gold
1990 Enlightenment
  • Mercury
  • Released: October, 1990
 5 62 UK: Silver, Gold
1991 Hymns to the Silence
  • Mercury
  • Released: September, 1991
 5 99 UK: Silver
USA Gold
1993 Too Long in Exile
  • Exile/Polydor
  • Released: June, 1993
 4 29 UK: Silver
1994 A Night in San Francisco (Live)
  • Polydor
  • Released: May, 1994
 8 125
1995 Days Like This
  • Polydor
  • Released: June, 1995
 5 33 UK: Silver, Gold
USA: Gold
1996 How Long Has This Been Going On
with (Georgie Fame)
  • Polydor
  • Released: June, 1995
 76 55 #1 Top Jazz Albums
1996 Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison
  • Polydor
  • Released: October, 1996
 - - #1 Top Jazz Albums
1997 The Healing Game
  • Polydor
  • Released: March, 1997
 10 32 UK: Silver
1999 Back on Top 11 28 UK: Silver, Gold
USA: Gold
2000 The Skiffle Sessions - Live in Belfast 1998
with (Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber) (Live) 		14 -
2000 You Win Again
with (Linda Gail Lewis) 		34 161
2002 Down the Road
  • Polydor
  • Released: May, 2002
 6 25 UK: Silver
2003 What's Wrong with This Picture? 43 32
2005 Magic Time 3 25
2006 Pay the Devil 8 26
2008 Keep It Simple 10 10
  • 1 chart position from 1998

[edit] Compilations

Album Year Chart position Notes
US UK
T.B. Sheets 1974 181 -
The Best of Van Morrison 1990 41 4 5× Platinum
The Best of Van Morrison Volume Two 1993 176 197 1
The Philosopher's Stone 1998 87 20
Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits 2007 35 17
The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3 2007 149 23
Still on Top - The Greatest Hits 2007 48 2 Platinum
  • 1 chart position from 2006

[edit] Limited editions

  1. Live at Austin City Limits Festival (2006)

[edit] Videos and DVDs

  1. Van Morrison in Ireland 1979 (1981)
  2. Van Morrison The Concert 1989 (1990)
  3. Live At Montreux 1980/1974 (2006) (RIAA certification:GOLD (2007))

[edit] Tribute albums

  1. No Prima Donna: The Songs of Van Morrison
  2. Vanthology: a Tribute to Van Morrison (2003)

[edit] Performer

[edit] Singles

Year Title US US MNST UK Album
1967 "Brown Eyed Girl"/"Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) 10 - - Blowin' Your Mind
1967 "Ro Ro Rosey"/"Chick-A-Boom" - - - Blowin' Your Mind
1967 "Spanish Rose"/"Midnight Special" - - - Blowin' Your Mind
1970 "Come Running"/"Crazy Love" 39 - - Moondance
1970 "Domino"/"Sweet Jannie" 9 - - His Band and the Street Choir
1971 "Blue Money"/"Sweet Thing" (U.S.)/Call Me Up in Dreamland (U.K.) 23 - - His Band and the Street Choir
1971 "Call Me Up in Dreamland"/"Street Choir" 95 - - His Band and the Street Choir
1971 "Wild Night"/"When That Evening Sun Goes Down" 28 - - Tupelo Honey
1971 "Tupelo Honey"/"Starting a New Life" 47 - - Tupelo Honey
1972 "Like a Cannonball"/"Old Old Woodstock" - - - Tupelo Honey
1972 "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)"/"You've Got the Power" 61 - - Saint Dominic's Preview
1972 "Redwood Tree"/"Saint Dominic's Preview" 98 - - Saint Dominic's Preview
1973 "Gypsy"/"Saint Dominic's Preview" - - - Saint Dominic's Preview
1973 "Warm Love"/"I Will Be There" - - - Hard Nose the Highway
1973 "Bein' Green"/"Wild Children" - - - Hard Nose the Highway
1974 "Ain't Nothing You Can Do"/"Wild Children" - - - It's Too Late to Stop Now
1974 "Bulbs"/"Cul De Sac" - - - Veedon Fleece
1974 "Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head Hard?)"/"What's Up Crazy Pup?" - - - -
1977 "The Eternal Kansas City"/"Joyous Sound" - - - A Period of Transition
1977 "Joyous Sound"/"Mechanical Bliss" - - - A Period of Transition
1977 "Moondance"/"Cold Wind in August" 92 - - Moondance
1978 "Wavelength"/"Checkin' it Out" 42 - - Wavelength
1979 "Natalia"/"Lifetimes" - - - Wavelength
1979 "Kingdom Hall"/"Checkin' it Out" - - - Wavelength
1979 "Bright Side of the Road"/"Rolling Hills" - - 63 Into the Music
1979 "Full Force Gale"/"You Make Me Feel so Free" - - - Into the Music
1982 "Cleaning Windows"/"It's All in the Game" - - - Beautiful Vision
1983 "Cry For Home"/"Summertime in England" - - 98 Inarticulate Speech of the Heart
1983 "Celtic Swing"/"Mr. Thomas" - - - Inarticulate Speech of the Heart
1984 "Dweller on the Threshold"/"Northern Muse (Solid Ground)" - - - Beautiful Vision
1984 "A Sense of Wonder"/"Haunts of Ancient Peace" - - - A Sense of Wonder
1985 "Tore Down a la Rimbaud"/"Haunts of Ancient Peace" - 19 - A Sense of Wonder
1986 "Ivory Tower"/"A New Kind of Man" - 21 - No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
1986 "Got to Go Back"/"In the Garden" - - - No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
1987 "Did Ye Get Healed?"/"Allow Me" - - - Poetic Champions Compose
1987 "Someone Like You"/"Celtic Excavation" - - 1 - Poetic Champions Compose
1988 "Queen of the Slipstream"/"Spanish Steps" - - - Poetic Champions Compose
1988 "I'll Tell Me Ma"/"Tà Mo Chleamhnas Déanta" - - - Irish Heartbeat
1989 "Have I Told You Lately"/"Contacting My Angel" - - 2 74 Avalon Sunset
1989 "Whenever God Shines His Light" (with Cliff Richard)/"I'd Love to Write Another Song" - - 20 Avalon Sunset
1989 "Orangefield"/"These Are the Days" - - - Avalon Sunset
1990 "Coney Island"/"Have I Told You Lately" - - 76 Avalon Sunset
1990 "Gloria"/"Rave on, John Donne" - - - The Best of Van Morrison
1990 "Real Real Gone"/"Start All Over Again" - 18 79 Enlightenment
1990 "In The Days Before Rock 'N' Roll"/"I'd Love to Write Another Song" - - 94 Enlightenment
1991 "Enlightenment"/"Avalon of the Heart" - 18 - Enlightenment
1991 "I Can't Stop Loving You" (with The Chieftains)/"All Saints Day" - - - Hymns to the Silence
1991 "Why Must I Always Explain?"So Complicated" - - - Hymns to the Silence
1993 "Gloria"/"It Must Be You" - 36 31 Too Long in Exile
1995 "Have I Told You Lately" (with The Chieftains)/"Love is a Teasin'"/"Fenny Hill" - - - The Long Black Veil
1995 "Days Like This"/"I Don't Want to go on Without You"/"That Old Black Magic"/"Yo" - - 65 Days Like This
1995 "Perfect Fit"/"Raincheck"/"Cleaning Windows" - - - Days Like This
1995 "No Religion"/"Whenever God Shines His Light"/"Have I Told You Lately"/"Gloria" - - 54 Days Like This
1996 "That's Life"/"Moondance"/"That's Life"
all with (Georgie Fame)		 - - 111 How Long Has This Been Going On
1997 "The Healing Game"/"Have I Told You Lately"/"Whenever God Shines His Light"/"Gloria" - - - The Healing Game
1997 "The Healing Game"/"Full Force Gale 96"/"Look at What the Good People Done"/"Celtic Spring" - - 46 The Healing Game
1997 "Rough God Goes Riding"/"At the End of the Day"/"The Healing Game" - - 168 The Healing Game
1999 "Precious Time"/"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)"/"Call Me Up in Dreamland" - - 36 Back on Top
1999 "Back on Top"/"John Brown's Body"/"I'm Ready" - - 69 Back on Top
1999 "The Philosopher's Stone"/"These Dreams of You"/"Raincheck" - - 171 Back on Top
2000 "I Wanna Go Home"
with (Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber)/"New Burying Ground"/"Midnight Special"		 - - 114 The Skiffle Sessions - Live In Belfast 1998
2000 "Let's Talk About Us"
with (Linda Gail Lewis)/"Singing the Blues"/"The Ballad of Jesse James"		 - - 100 You Win Again
2002 "Hey Mr DJ"/"Someone Like You"/"Bright Side of the Road" - - 58 Down the Road
2002 "Meet Me In The Indian Summer"/"In the Afternoon/Ancient Highway/Raincheck/Meditation/Joe Turner Sings/Don't You Make Me High" (Live)/"In the Midnight" (Live) - - 116 Down the Road
2003 "Once in a Blue Moon/"Walkin' My Baby Back Home"/"When You're Smiling" - - - What's Wrong with This Picture?