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Van Morrison s Latest Record Project Vol 1 is his 42nd studio album Credit: Bradley Quinn It is sometimes said of great vocalists that they could sing the phone book and make it worth listening to. Well, there are moments on Van Morrison’s new album when you may find yourself wishing he would just wrap his golden vocal cords around a text as unremarkable as a telephone directory, and stop bloody moaning. The Northern Irish singer-songwriter is 75, still in remarkably fine voice, and clearly filled with creative energy; this, you might think, would give him at least something to be grateful for. But his almost heroically grouchy 42nd album suggests otherwise. Entirely written and recorded during the pandemic, Latest Record Project Volume 1 is a sourly-titled double album (triple on vinyl) of 28 songs, during which he barely has a good word to sing about anything. The track listing speaks volumes: The Long Con; Big Lie; Diabolic Pressure; Blue Funk; Stop Bitching, Do Somethin’;

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