Van Morrison – Avalon Sunset (VG/VG+) – LP, UK 1989

Avalon Sunset is an LP by Van Morrison from 1989 released on the Polydor label.

About this album

Avalon Sunset finds Van Morrison in strong late-period form, balancing soul, gospel, jazz and pop-rock with a renewed melodic ease. Issued in 1989, the album includes 'Have I Told You Lately', one of his best-known later songs, and 'Whenever God Shines His Light', a duet with Cliff Richard that helped broaden its appeal. Morrison’s voice is often at its most committed here, moving between devotional reflection and romantic tenderness, while the arrangements keep the songs fluid and direct. The record was widely praised for reaffirming his gifts as a writer and interpreter, and it remains one of the key albums from his 1980s catalogue.