The Prophet Speaks is no less than Morrison’s 40th solo album. Morrison shares his late-career comfort zone with multi-instrumentalist Joey DeFrancesco and his band. The Prophet Speaks weighs in at a hefty one hour and nearly nine minutes, possibly making the listener yearn for the relative brevity of Astral Weeks, Moondance or Saint Dominic’s Preview. “When the prophet speaks, don’t need no explanation,” Morrison sings on the closing title track. At his imperial best, Van the Man can still be mystical and magical after all these years.

Source: The Irish Times December 07, 2018 04:52 UTC