Van Morrison discography
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{{Infobox artist discography
|Artist = Van Morrison
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|Image = Van-Morrison.jpg
|Caption = Morrison performing in 2007
|Studio = 45
|Live = 7
|Option = 1
|Option name = Remix albums
|Compilation = 9
|Video = 6
|Singles = 82
|Soundtrack =
}}
This is the discography of Northern Irish singer Van Morrison.
Morrison made his first recording playing saxophone on "Boozoo Hully Gully" with the International Monarchs in 1962.Turner 1993, p. 43 His first recording session as lead singer/songwriter with Them was produced by Dick Rowe at Decca's studio. "Don't Start Crying Now" was the first single released and the garage rock classic, "Gloria" was also recorded at this session.Turner 1993, p. 48 "Baby, Please Don't Go" (recorded October 1964) was released November 1964 with "Gloria" as the B-side and was a Top Ten hit in the UK Singles Chart.Turner 1993, p. 51 "Here Comes the Night" was Them's second hit in 1965, charting at No. 2 in the UK and No. 24 in the US.Turner 1993, p. 53
Morrison had his first recording session as a solo artist for Bang Records in New York City for Bert Berns on 28 March 1967. One of the songs was "Brown Eyed Girl", which charted at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.Turner 1993, pp. 76–77 By April 2008, he had been on the Billboard album chart a total of 787 weeks.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003788203|date=8 April 2008|author=Fred Bronson|magazine=Billboard |title=Van Arrives|access-date=16 August 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080615145017/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003788203 |archive-date = 15 June 2008}}
Studio albums
=1960s=
=1970s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="8"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| AUS
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| GER
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NED ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NOR ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NZ ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| US |
| scope="row"| Moondance
|
| 32 || 20 || 46 || 56 | |
| scope="row"| His Band and the Street Choir
|
| 18 || 32 || 39 || — || — || — || rowspan="5" {{n/a}} || 32 | |
| scope="row"| Tupelo Honey
|
| — || 33 || 32 || — || — || — || 27 | |
| scope="row"| Saint Dominic's Preview
|
| — || 15 || 14 || — || 10 || — || 15 | |
| scope="row"| Hard Nose the Highway
|
| 22 || 42 || 18 || — || — || — || 27 | |
| scope="row"| Veedon Fleece
|
| 41 || 59 || 80 || — || — || — || 53 | |
| scope="row"| A Period of Transition
|
| 23 || 31 || — || — || — || — || — || 43 | |
| scope="row"| Wavelength
|
| 27 || 16 || 31 || — || 50 || — || 9 || 28 | |
| scope="row"| Into the Music
|
| 21 || 10 || 20 || — || 33 || 16 || 13 || 43 | |
| align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. "N/A" indicates chart not yet published. |
=1980s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="11"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| AUS ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| GER
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| IRE
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NED ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NOR ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NZ ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWE ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWI ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| US |
| scope="row"| Common One
|
| 53 || 40 || — || — || — || — || 22 || 23 || — || — || 73 | |
| scope="row"| Beautiful Vision
|
| 31 || 20 || 22 || — || — || 25 || 9 || 13 || 36 || — || 44 | |
| scope="row"| Inarticulate Speech of the Heart
|
| 24 || 21 || 69 || — || — || 14 || 17 || 4 || — || — || 116 | |
| scope="row"| A Sense of Wonder
|
| 25 || 34 || 27 || 53 || — || 30 || — || 19 || 43 || 30 || 61 | |
| scope="row"| No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
|
| 27 || 32 || 57 || 46 || — || 30 || — || 20 || 9 || — || 70 | |
| scope="row"| Poetic Champions Compose
|
| 26 || 25 || 23 || 53 || — || 13 || — || 21 || 19 || — || 90 | |
| scope="row"| Irish Heartbeat (with The Chieftains) |
| 18 || 29 || 29 || 62 || — || 35 || 15 || 23 || 26 || 27 || 102 | |
| scope="row"| Avalon Sunset
|
| 13 || 30 || 28 || 35 || 1 || 8 || 11 || 18 || 10 || — || 91 |
|
| align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
=1990s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="11"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| AUS ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| GER
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| IRE
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NED ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NOR ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NZ ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWE ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWI ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| US |
| scope="row"| Enlightenment
|
| 5 || 39 || 19 || 43 || 1 || 33 || — || 14 || 7 || — || 62 | |
| scope="row"| Cuchulainn{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqGXvFgmdJQC&pg=PA78 |page=78 |title=Hymns to the Silence: Inside the Words and Music of Van Morrison |author=Peter Mills |year=2010 |isbn=9780826429766 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic}}
|
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| Hymns to the Silence
|
| 5 || 31 || 28 || 27 || 3 || 34 || 12 || 12 || 10 || 34 || 99 | |
| scope="row"| Too Long in Exile
|
| 4 || 4 || 6 || 47 || 5 || 21 || 2 || 3 || 9 || 17 || 29 |
|
| scope="row"| Days Like This
|
| 5 || 16 || 15 || 49 || 1 || 33 || 7 || 8 || 8 || 39 || 33 |
|
| scope="row"| How Long Has This Been Going On (with Georgie Fame & friends) |
| 76 || 100 || 58 || 83 || — || 81 || — || — || 47 || — || 55 | |
| scope="row"| Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison (Georgie Fame, Mose Allison and Ben Sidran) |
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| The Healing Game
|
| 10 || 17 || 59 || 12 || 5 || 29 || 8 || 6 || 13 || 43 || 32 | |
| scope="row"| Back on Top
|
| 11 || 13 || 21 || 20 || 7 || 21 || 1 || 5 || 5 || 42 || 28 |
|
| align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
=2000s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="11"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| AUS ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| CAN ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| GER
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| IRE ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NED ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NOR ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NZ ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWE ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWI ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| US |
| scope="row"| You Win Again (with Linda Gail Lewis) |
| 34 || — || — || 47 || 23 || 94 || 32 || 36 || 21 || — || 161 | |
| scope="row"| Down the Road
|
| 6 || 7 || — || 10 || 6 || 13 || 5 || 8 || 10 || 36 || 25 |
|
| scope="row"| What's Wrong with This Picture?
|
| 43 || 37 || — || 13 || 19 || 13 || 10 || 17 || 18 || 65 || 32 | |
| scope="row"| Magic Time
|
| 3 || 15 || — || 12 || 14 || 10 || 6 || 21 || 6 || 45 || 25 | |
| scope="row"| Pay the Devil
|
| 8 || 54 || — || 21 || 22 || 31 || 10 || — || 16 || 55 || 26 | |
| scope="row"| Keep It Simple
|
| 10 || 43 || 10 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 7 || 15 || 11 || 55 || 10 | |
| align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
=2010s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="11"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| AUS ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| CAN ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| GER
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| IRE ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NED ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NOR ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NZ ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWE ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWI ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| US |
| scope="row"| Born to Sing: No Plan B
|
| 15 || — || 15 || 15 || 9 || 20 || 14 || 12 || 7 || 33 || 10 | |
| scope="row"| Duets: Re-working the Catalogue
|
| 5 || 10 || 13 || 11 || 7 || 3 || 8 || 2 || 33 || 14 || 23 | |
| scope="row"| Keep Me Singing
|
| 4 || 11 || 18 || 6 || 14 || 7 || 20 || 5 || 19 || 12 || 9 | |
| scope="row"| Roll with the Punches
|
| 4 || 11 || 26 || 5 || 7 || 13 || 30 || 9 || 40 || 9 || 23 | |
| scope="row"| Versatile
|
| 38 || 31 || — || 35 || 28 || 28 || — || 37 || 50 || 80 || 119 | |
| scope="row"| You're Driving Me Crazy (with Joey DeFrancesco) |
| 20 || — || 100 || 10 || 39 || 29 || — || — || — || 41 || 76 | |
| scope="row"| The Prophet Speaks
|
| 40 || 49 || 98 || 22 || 50 || 29 || — || 34 || — || 34 || 110 | |
| scope="row"| Three Chords & the Truth
|
| 13 || 11 || — || 11 || 15 || 18 || — || 20 || 34 || 15 || 57 | |
| align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
=2020s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="11"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| AUS ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| CAN ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| GER
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| IRE ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NED ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NOR ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NZ ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWE ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWI ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| US |
| scope="row"| Latest Record Project, Volume 1
|
| 5 || 41 || — || 3 || 48 || 4 || — || — || 29 || 6 || 182 | |
| scope="row"| What's It Gonna Take?
|
| 62 || 94 || — || 8 || — || 14 || — || — || — || 7 || — | |
| scope="row"|Moving On Skiffle
|
| 16 || — || — || 11 || 32 || 19 || — || — || — || 18 || — | |
| scope="row"|Accentuate the Positive
|
| 39 || — || — || 21 || — || 42 || — || — || — || 22 || — | |
| scope="row"|New Arrangements and Duets
|
| — || — || — || 26 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"|Remembering Now
|
| colspan="11" {{TBA|To be released}} |
| align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Live albums
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="11"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| AUS ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| GER
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| IRE ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NED ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NOR ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NZ ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWE ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWI ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| US |
| scope="row"| It's Too Late to Stop Now
|
| 167 | 23 | 41 | 28 | 79 | 35 | — | {{n/a}} | — | — | 53 | |
| scope="row"| Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast
|
| 47 || 70 || — || 56 || — || 50 || — || 24 || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| A Night in San Francisco
|
| 8 || 12 || 31 || 73 || — || 39 || — || 9 || 23 || — || 125 | |
| scope="row"| The Skiffle Sessions – Live in Belfast (with Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber) |
| 14 || — || — || 80 || 13 || 99 || 33 || 14 || 51 || — || — | |
| scope="row"| Live at Austin City Limits Festival
|
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl
|
| 61 || 67 || — || 45 || 36 || 31 || 36 || 15 || 17 || — || 33 | |
| scope="row"| ..It's Too Late To Stop Now: Volumes II, III, IV & DVD |
| 47 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 19 || 59 || 118 | |
| align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. "N/A" indicates chart not yet published. |
Singles
=1960s=
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! rowspan="2" style="width:2em;" | Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | B-side ! colspan="4" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Certifications ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album | |||
| style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | UK ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | CAN
! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NED ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3" | 1967
| style="text-align:left;" | "Brown Eyed Girl" | style="text-align:left;" | "Goodbye Baby" | 60 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| rowspan="3" | Blowin' Your Mind | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | "Ro Ro Rosey"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Chick-A-Boom" | — | — | — | —
| |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Spanish Rose"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Midnight Special" | — | — | 18 | —
| |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
=1970s=
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! rowspan="2" style="width:2em;" | Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | B-side ! colspan="4" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Certifications ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album | |||
| style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | UK ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | CAN
! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NED ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" | 1970
| style="text-align:left;" | "Come Running" | style="text-align:left;" | "Crazy Love" | — | 21 | — | 39
|
| Moondance |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Domino"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Sweet Jannie" | — | 8 | 22 | 9
| | rowspan="3" |His Band and the Street Choir |
| rowspan="4" | 1971
| style="text-align:left;" | "Blue Money" | style="text-align:left;" | "Call Me Up in Dreamland" | — | 13 | — | 23
| |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Call Me Up in Dreamland"
| style="text-align:left;" | "When That Evening Sun Goes Down" | — | — | — | 95
| |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Wild Night"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Street Choir" | — | 20 | 24 | 28
| | rowspan="3" | Tupelo Honey |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Tupelo Honey"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Starting a New Life" | — | 35 | — | 47
| |
| rowspan="3" | 1972
| style="text-align:left;" | "(Straight to Your Heart) | style="text-align:left;" | "Old Old Woodstock" | — | — | — | — | | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" | style="text-align:left;" | "You've Got the Power" | — | 65 | — | 61
| | rowspan="3" |Saint Dominic's Preview |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Redwood Tree"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Saint Dominic's Preview" | — | — | — | 98
| |
| rowspan="3" | 1973
| style="text-align:left;" | "Gypsy" | style="text-align:left;" | "Saint Dominic's Preview" | — | 76 | — | — | | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | "Warm Love"
| style="text-align:left;" | "I Will Be There" | — | 66 | — | —
| | rowspan="2" | Hard Nose the Highway |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Bein' Green"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Wild Children" | — | — | — | —
| |
| rowspan="4" | 1974
| style="text-align:left;" | "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" | style="text-align:left;" | "Wild Children" | — | — | — | —
| | It's Too Late to Stop Now |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Bulbs"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Who Was That Masked Man" | — | — | — | —
| | Veedon Fleece |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Caldonia" (with The Caledonia Soul Express)
| style="text-align:left;" | "What's Up Crazy Pup?" | — | — | — | —
| | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Gloria" (live)
| style="text-align:left;" | "Warm Love" | — | — | — | —
| | It's Too Late to Stop Now |
| rowspan="3" | 1977
| style="text-align:left;" | "The Eternal Kansas City" | style="text-align:left;" | "Joyous Sound" | — | — | — | —
| | rowspan="2" |A Period of Transition |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Joyous Sound"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Mechanical Bliss" | — | — | — | —
| |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Moondance"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Cold Wind in August" | — | — | — | 92
| | Moondance |
| 1978
| style="text-align:left;" | "Wavelength" | style="text-align:left;" | "Checkin' It Out" | — | 63 | — | 42
| | rowspan="3" |Wavelength |
| rowspan="4" | 1979
| style="text-align:left;" | "Natalia" | style="text-align:left;" | "Lifetimes" | — | — | — | —
| |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Kingdom Hall"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Checkin' it Out" | — | — | — | —
| |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Bright Side of the Road"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Rolling Hills" | 63 | — | 48 | — | | rowspan="2" |Into the Music | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | "Full Force Gale"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Bright Side of the Road" | — | — | — | —
| |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
=1980s=
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! rowspan="2" style="width:2em;" | Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | B-side ! colspan="10" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Certifications ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album | |||||||||
| style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | UK ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | AUS ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | BEL ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | CAN
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | IRE
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | NED ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | NZ ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | US Under ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | US ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | US | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980
| style="text-align:left;" | "You Make Me Feel So Free" | style="text-align:left;" | "Full Force Gale" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| | Into the Music |
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| style="text-align:left;" | "Cleaning Windows" | style="text-align:left;" | "It's All in the Game" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| | rowspan="2" | Beautiful Vision |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Scandinavia"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Dweller on the Threshold" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| |
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| style="text-align:left;" | "Cry For Home" | style="text-align:left;" | "Summertime in England" | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | —
| | rowspan="2" | Inarticulate Speech of the Heart |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Celtic Swing"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Mr. Thomas" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| |
| rowspan="2" | 1984
| style="text-align:left;" | "Dweller on the Threshold" | style="text-align:left;" | "Northern Muse (Solid Ground)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| | Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast |
| style="text-align:left;" | "A Sense of Wonder"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Haunts of Ancient Peace" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| | rowspan="2" | A Sense of Wonder |
| 1985
| style="text-align:left;" | "Tore Down a la Rimbaud" | style="text-align:left;" | "Haunts of Ancient Peace" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 19 | | |||||||||
| rowspan="2" | 1986
| style="text-align:left;" | "Ivory Tower" | style="text-align:left;" | "A New Kind of Man" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21
| | rowspan="2" | No Guru, No Method, No Teacher |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Got to Go Back"
| style="text-align:left;" | "In the Garden" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| |
| rowspan="2" | 1987
| style="text-align:left;" | "Did Ye Get Healed?" | style="text-align:left;" | "Allow Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| | rowspan="3" | Poetic Champions Compose |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Someone like You"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Celtic Excavation" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | —
| |
| rowspan="2" | 1988
| style="text-align:left;" | "Queen of the Slipstream" | style="text-align:left;" | "Spanish Steps" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| |
| style="text-align:left;" | "I'll Tell Me Ma" (with The Chieftains)
| style="text-align:left;" | "Tà Mo Chleamhnas Déanta" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| | Irish Heartbeat |
| rowspan="3" | 1989
| style="text-align:left;" | "Have I Told You Lately" | style="text-align:left;" | "Contacting My Angel" | 74 | 93 | 14 | — | 12 | 14 | — | — | 12 | —
| | rowspan="3" | Avalon Sunset |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Whenever God Shines His Light" (with Cliff Richard) | style="text-align:left;" | "I'd Love to Write Another Song" | 20 | — | — | 89 | 3 | — | — | — | — | —
| |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Orangefield"
| style="text-align:left;" | "These Are the Days" | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | — | — | — | —
| |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
=1990s=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" style="width:2em;" | Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | B-side ! colspan="10" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Certifications ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album | |||||||||
| style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | UK ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | AUS ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | CAN
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | IRE
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | NED ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | NZ ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | SCO
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | US ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | US ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | US | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4" | 1990
| style="text-align:left;" | "Coney Island" | style="text-align:left;" | "Have I Told You Lately" | 76 | — | — | 30 | — | — | rowspan="7" {{n/a}} | rowspan="11" {{n/a}} | — | —
| | Avalon Sunset |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Gloria"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Rave on, John Donne" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| | The Best of Van Morrison | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | "Real Real Gone"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Start All Over Again" | 79 | 117 | 28 | — | — | — | 34 | 18
| | rowspan="3" | Enlightenment | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | "In the Days Before Rock 'n' Roll"
| style="text-align:left;" | "I'd Love to Write Another Song" | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| | ||
| rowspan="3" | 1991
| style="text-align:left;" | "Enlightenment" | style="text-align:left;" | "Avalon of the Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | "I Can't Stop Loving You" (with The Chieftains) | style="text-align:left;" | "All Saints Day" | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| | rowspan="2" | Hymns to the Silence | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | "Why Must I Always Explain?"
| style="text-align:left;" | "So Complicated" | 101 | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | 43
| | ||
| 1993
| style="text-align:left;" | "Gloria" (with John Lee Hooker) | style="text-align:left;" | "Have I Told You Lately" | 31 | 22 | 36 | 17 | 37 | 46 | — | 36 | —
| | Too Long in Exile | |
| rowspan="4" | 1995
| style="text-align:left;" | "Have I Told You Lately" | style="text-align:left;" | "Love is a Teasin'" | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | — | —
| | |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Days Like This"
| style="text-align:left;" | "That Old Black Magic" | 65 | — | 23 | — | — | — | 53 | — | —
| | rowspan="3" | Days Like This | |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Perfect Fit"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Raincheck"/"Cleaning Windows" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| | |
| style="text-align:left;" | "No Religion"
| style="text-align:left;" | "Whenever God Shines His Light"/ | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | 51 | — | —
| | |
| 1996
| style="text-align:left;" | "That's Life" (with Georgie Fame) | style="text-align:left;" | "Moondance" | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| | How Long Has This Been Going On |
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| style="text-align:left;" | "The Healing Game" | style="text-align:left;" | "Full Force Gale '96"/"Look | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | 15 | — | —
| | rowspan="2" | The Healing Game |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Rough God Goes Riding"
| style="text-align:left;" | "At the End of the Day" | 168 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| |
| rowspan="3" | 1999
| style="text-align:left;" | "Precious Time" | style="text-align:left;" | "Jackie Wilson Said | 36 | — | 49 | — | 96 | — | 34 | 2 | — | —
| | rowspan="3" | Back on Top |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Back on Top"
| style="text-align:left;" | "John Brown's Body"/"I'm Ready" | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | 4 | — | —
| |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Philosopher's Stone"
| style="text-align:left;" | "These Dreams of You"/"Raincheck" | 171 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. Gray background indicates chart not yet published. |
=2000–present=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" style="width:2em;" | Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | B-side ! colspan="5" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Certifications ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album | ||||
| style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | UK ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | IRE ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | NED ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | SCO
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | US | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| style="text-align:left;" | "I Wanna Go Home" | style="text-align:left;" | "New Burying Ground"/ | 95 | — | — | — | —
| | The Skiffle Sessions - Live in Belfast 1998 |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Let's Talk About Us" (with Linda Gail Lewis) | style="text-align:left;" | "Singing the Blues"/ | 85 | — | — | 99 | —
| | You Win Again |
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| style="text-align:left;" | "Hey Mr. DJ" | style="text-align:left;" | "Someone like You"/ | 58 | 41 | 91 | 54 | 19
| | rowspan="2" | Down the Road |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Meet Me in the Indian Summer"
| style="text-align:left;" | "In the Afternoon/Raincheck" (Live)/ | 116 | — | — | — | —
| |
| 2003
| style="text-align:left;" | "Once in a Blue Moon" | style="text-align:left;" | "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" | — | — | — | — | 16
| | What's Wrong with This Picture? |
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| style="text-align:left;" | "Crazy Love" (with Ray Charles) | rowspan="7" {{N/A|No B-side}} | — | — | — | — | 12
| | {{Non-album single}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Evening in June"
| — | — | — | — | 20
| | What's Wrong with This Picture? |
| 2005
| style="text-align:left;" | "Celtic New Year" | — | — | — | — | —
| | Magic Time |
| rowspan="3" | 2006
| style="text-align:left;" | "Playhouse" | — | — | — | — | —
| | Pay the Devil |
| style="text-align:left;" | "And It Stoned Me" (Live)
| — | — | — | — | —
| | Live at Montreux 1980/1974 |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Cry for Home" (with Tom Jones)
| — | — | — | — | —
| | rowspan="2" | The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3 |
| 2007
| style="text-align:left;" | "Blue and Green" | — | — | — | — | —
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| style="text-align:left;" | "Soul" (Live) | style="text-align:left;" | "Soul" | — | — | — | — | —
| | rowspan="2" | Keep It Simple |
| style="text-align:left;" | "That's Entrainment"
| rowspan="2" {{N/A|No B-side}} | — | — | — | — | 12
| |
| 2012
| style="text-align:left;" | "Open the Door (To Your Heart)" | — | — | — | — | 25
| | Born to Sing: No Plan B |
| 2016
| style="text-align:left;" | "Every Time I See a River" | style="text-align:left;" | "Every Time I See a River" (album) | — | — | — | — | —
| | Keep Me Singing |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| style="text-align:left;" | "Close Enough for Jazz" | style="text-align:left;" | "The Things I Used to Do" | — | — | — | — | —
| | You're Driving Me Crazy |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Ain't Gonna Moan No More"
| rowspan="3" {{N/A|No B-side}} | — | — | — | — | —
| | The Prophet Speaks |
| rowspan="2" | 2025
| style="text-align:left;" | "Down to Joy" | — | — | — | — | —
| | rowspan="2" | Remembering Now |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Cutting Corners"
| — | — | — | — | — |
| colspan="16" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Other certified songs
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Song ! Certification ! Album |
| 1968
| "Sweet Thing" | | Astral Weeks |
| 1970
| "Into the Mystic" | | Moondance |
Other appearances
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Song ! Album ! Notes |
| 1983
| "Wonderful Remark" | original song |
| 2001
| "Sittin' on Top of the World" | Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records{{Cite web |title=Various - Good Rockin' Tonight - The Legacy Of Sun Records |url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Good-Rockin-Tonight-The-Legacy-Of-Sun-Records/master/203319 |access-date=2019-07-18 |website=Discogs |language=en}} | with Carl Perkins |
| 2005
| "Blue and Green" | Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now | original song |
Compilations
;Selected charted discography
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:2em;" | Year
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:22em;" | Title ! colspan="11" scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:12em;" | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | UK ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | AUS ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | CAN
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | GER
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | IRE
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | NED ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | NOR ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | NZ ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | SWE ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | SWI ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | US | ||||||||||
| 1990
| style="text-align:left;" | The Best of Van Morrison | 4 | 1 | 18 | — | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | — | 41
|
|
| 1993
| style="text-align:left;" | The Best of Van Morrison Volume Two | 31 | 28 | 45 | — | — | 38 | — | 6 | — | — | 176
| |
| 1996
| style="text-align:left;" | The Best of Van Morrison Vol 1 & 2 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| |
| 1998
| style="text-align:left;" | The Philosopher's Stone | 20 | 28 | 91 | 52 | — | 80 | 11 | 17 | 14 | — | 87
| |
| 2000
| style="text-align:left;" | The Great Van Morrison | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| |
| rowspan="3" | 2007
| style="text-align:left;" | Van Morrison at the Movies – Soundtrack Hits | 17 | 29 | 28 | 63 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 98 | 35
|
|
| style="text-align:left;" | The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3
| 23 | — | — | — | 80 | 89 | — | — | 47 | — | 149
| |
| style="text-align:left;" | Still on Top – The Greatest Hits
| 2 | 15 | — | — | 3 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 96 | 48
|
|
| 2015
| style="text-align:left;" | The Essential Van Morrison | 33 | 23 | 86 | — | 18 | 88 | — | 6 | — | — | 101
| |
| 2017
| style="text-align:left;" | The Authorized Bang Collection {{efn|group=upper-alpha|The Authorized Bang Collection peaked at #142 on the Belgian album charts in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Van+Morrison |title=Belgian (flanders) chart peaks |publisher=ultratop.be/nl (Hung Medien) |access-date=5 December 2020}}}} | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
| |
| colspan="15" align="center" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
= Remix albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! scope="col" style="width:30em;"| Notes |
|---|
| scope="row"| The Alternative Moondance
|
|
|
= Unauthorised compilations =
- T.B. Sheets (1973)
- This Is Where I Came In (1982){{Cite web |title=Van Morrison - This Is Where I Came In |url=https://www.discogs.com/Van-Morrison-This-Is-Where-I-Came-In/master/836874 |access-date=2019-07-18 |website=Discogs |date=1977 |language=en}}
- Bang Masters (1991)
- Payin' Dues (1994)
- The Complete New York Sessions '67 (1997)
- Super Hits (1999)
- The Complete Bang Sessions (2002)
Video albums
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Video details ! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| UK UK music video and DVD chart peaks:
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| AUS
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| AUT
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| BEL
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| GER
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| IRE
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NED
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SPA
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| US |
| scope="row"| Van Morrison in Ireland
|
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| Van Morrison: The Concert
|
| — || — || — || — || 2 || — || — || — || — || 12 | |
| scope="row"| Live at Montreux 1980/1974
|
| 1 || 4 || — || 9 || — || — || — || 6 || — || 18 |
|
| scope="row"| Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl: The Concert Film |
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| Live in Austin, Texas 2006
|
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| In Concert
|
| 2 || — || 2 || 3 || — || 51 || 2 || 1 || 6 || 2 | |
| align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Session work
= Performance =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Release ! Song !Artist |
|---|
| 1971
| Cahoots | "4% Pantomime" |
| 1972
| Never Get Out of These Blues Alive | "Never Get Out of These Blues Alive" | rowspan="3" |John Lee Hooker |
| 1991
| "I Cover the Waterfront" |
| 1995
| "Medley: Serves Me Right to Suffer / Syndicator" |
| 1999
| Reload | "Sometimes We Cry" |
| 2000
| "The Last Laugh" |
| 2002
| Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm & Blues{{allMusic |class=album |id=570885 |label=Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm & Blues – Jools Holland |first=Cub |last=Koda |access-date=25 November 2011}} | "Back o' Town Blues" |
| 2004
| "Crazy Love" |
| 2019
| "I Hear You Paint Houses" |
| 2020
| "I Got Nothin'" |Dion |
= Production =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Release ! |
| 1976 |
| 1994
|No Prima Donna: The Songs of Van Morrison |various |
| 1997 |
Other documented performances
- The Last Waltz (1978)
- The Wall – Live in Berlin (1990)
- One Irish Rover BBC2 Arena TV (1991){{cite web|url=http://freelib.org/dylan/89-06-27.html|title=One Irish Rover:Hill of the Muses|publisher=freelib.org|access-date=17 August 2008|archive-date=16 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216080518/http://freelib.org/dylan/89-06-27.html|url-status=dead}}
- Austin City Limits: Van Morrison PBS-TV episode (2006){{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117&Itemid=305|title=Episodes:Van Morrison (2006)|publisher=PBS|access-date=17 August 2008|archive-date=16 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616141243/http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117&Itemid=305|url-status=dead}}
See also
{{Hatnote|Them discography}}
Footnotes
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References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- DeWitt, Howard A. (1983). Van Morrison: The Mystic's Music, Horizon Books, {{ISBN|0-938840-02-9}}
- Turner, Steve (1993). Van Morrison: Too Late to Stop Now, Viking Penguin, {{ISBN|0-670-85147-7}}
- [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p107175|pure_url=yes}} Van Morrison>Charts & Awards] AllMusic
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=van morrison|chart=all}} Van Morrison:Chart History] Billboard 200 Albums
- [http://tsort.info/music/cy84r9.htm Album artist #31 Van Morrison] charts: including UK
- [http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27399/van-morrison/ UK chart stats: Van Morrison]
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=van morrison|chart=all}} Van Morrison:Chart History] billboard.com Singles
- [https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=van%20morrison&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25 RIAA Gold and Platinum search results: Van Morrison] Riaa.com, 2008-08-13
- {{IMDb name|0607341|Van Morrison}}
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