The Healing Game is the twenty-sixth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1997 by Polydor. It reached the Top Ten in four countries, and the Top Twenty in three more. Following two overtly jazz albums, it saw Morrison adding blues and a pop sensibility. It is the only album recorded after 1980 which Rolling Stone judged to be among his ten best, calling it "a clear highlight of his mid-period discography". (Wikipedia)
Tracklist
- 1Rough God Goes Riding6:18
- 2Fire In the Belly6:34
- 3This Weight4:37
- 4Waiting Game5:56
- 5Piper at the Gates of Dawn3:53
- 6Burning Ground5:38
- 7It Once Was My Life5:11
- 8Sometimes We Cry5:14
- 9If You Love Me5:01
- 10The Healing Game5:17
- 11Look What the Good People Done5:42
- 12At the End of the Day4:30
- 13The Healing Game (Single Version)4:28
- 14Full Force Gale '963:34
- 15St. Dominic's Preview6:45
- 16The Healing Game (Alternate Version)7:41
- 17Fire in the Belly (Alternate Version)5:25
- 18Didn't He Ramble6:11
- 19The Healing Game (Jazz Version)5:16
- 20Sometimes We Cry (Full Length Version)8:23
- 21Mule Skinner Blues4:32
- 22A Kiss to Build a Dream On4:29
- 23Don't Look Back (feat. Van Morrison)6:42
- 24The Healing Game (feat. Van Morrison)5:09
- 25Boppin' the Blues3:58
- 26Matchbox4:07
- 27Sittin' On Top of the World3:19
- 28My Angel6:08
- 29All by Myself3:28
- 30Mule Skinner Blues4:34
- 31Rough God Goes Riding (Live at Montreux)5:40
- 32Foreign Window (Live at Montreux)3:54
- 33Tore Down a la Rimbaud (Live at Montreux)3:18
- 34Vanlose Stairway / Trans-Euro Train (Live at Montreux)4:56
- 35Fool for You (Live at Montreux)3:17
- 36Sometimes We Cry (Live at Montreux)5:31
- 37It Was Once My Life (Live at Montreux)5:02
- 38I'm Not Feeling It Anymore (Live at Montreux)7:24
- 39This Weight (Live at Montreux)4:21
- 40Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) [Live at Montreux]4:05
- 41Fire In the Belly (Live at Montreux)5:59
- 42Tupelo Honey / Why Must I Explain (Live at Montreux)6:50
- 43The Healing Game (Live at Montreux)5:51
- 44See Me Through / Soldier of Fortune / Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)* / Burning Ground (Live at Montreux)13:32
Credits
- PianoRobin Aspland
- Double bassAlec Dankworth
- Drums (drum set)Geoff Dunn
- Baritone saxophonePee Wee Ellis
- Tenor saxophoneLeo Green
- Electric guitarRonnie Johnson
- HarmonicaVan Morrison
- Instrument arrangerPee Wee Ellis
- Instrument arrangerLeo Green
- MixingWalter Samuel
- ProducerVan Morrison
- RecordingWalter Samuel
- VocalsBrian Kennedy
- VocalsKatie Kissoon
- VocalsVan Morrison
- FlugelhornHaji Ahkba
- Soprano saxophonePee Wee Ellis
- Hammond organGeorgie Fame
- TrumpetMatt Holland
- PercussionRalph Salmins
- Electric bass guitarNicky Scott
- Instrument arrangerMatt Holland
- VocalsGeorgie Fame
- PianoPhil Coulter
- Uilleann pipesPaddy Moloney
- WhistlePaddy Moloney
- Acoustic guitarVan Morrison
- Resonator guitarPeter O'Hanlon
- RecordingEnda Walsh
- VocalsPee Wee Ellis
- VocalsLeo Green
- VocalsMatt Holland
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