A Sense of Wonder

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{{Infobox album

| name = A Sense of Wonder

| type = Album

| artist = Van Morrison

| cover = VanMorrisonASenseOfWonder.jpg

| alt =

| released = December 1984
January 2008 (reissue)

| recorded = 1983

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Celtic soul

| length = 43:08

| label = Mercury (original release)
Polydor (all reissues since 1990)

| producer = Van Morrison

| prev_title = Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = No Guru, No Method, No Teacher

| next_year = 1986

| misc = {{Singles

| name = A Sense of Wonder

| type = studio

| single1 = A Sense of Wonder" b/w "Haunts of Ancient Peace

| single1date = October 1984

| single2 = Tore Down a la Rimbaud" b/w "Haunts of Ancient Peace

| single2date = 1985

}}

}}

A Sense of Wonder is the fifteenth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison released in 1984. On first release, original pressings had to be recalled when the W. B. Yeats estate refused to allow Morrison's musical version of the poem "Crazy Jane on God" to be included, as they believed his poems should only be set to classical music. Morrison substituted "If You Only Knew" for the Yeats' recording. (Later, perhaps due to Morrison's efforts, Yeats poems would be put to rock settings on a whole album).Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, p. 246

The 29 January 2008 reissued and remastered version of the album contains alternate takes of "Crazy Jane on God" and "A Sense of Wonder".{{cite web|url=http://www.vanmorrison.co.uk/?m=Content&Content(record_id)=9e7f77a8944fa52fb858a13add2752e0|title=Van Morrison Official Website – Tours, Music, Songs|date=6 October 2017|website=Van Morrison|access-date=7 October 2017}}

{{Album reviews

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-sense-of-wonder-mw0000194956|title=A Sense of Wonder – Van Morrison – Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=7 October 2017}}

|rev2 = Robert Christgau

|rev2Score = C+{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Van+Morrison|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Van Morrison|website=Robertchristgau.com|access-date=7 October 2017}}

|rev3 = Rolling Stone

|rev3score = (not rated){{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/a-sense-of-wonder-93506/|title=A Sense of Wonder|first1=Parke|last1=Puterbaugh|date=9 May 1985|publisher=Rolling Stone|access-date=8 December 2018}}

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