''The Best of Van Morrison Volume Two'' is a compilation album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician whose recording career started in the 1960s. Morrison's albums have performed well in the UK and Ireland, with more than 40 reaching the UK ...

released in 1993. Morrison chose the tracks for this album himself. It is mostly drawn from his work during 1984–1991. " Real Real Gone" from the 1990 album ''

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'' was the only song included that was a fairly successful single. The other songs were not well known except for among longtime fans. They were a good example of his more idiosyncratic material that had been prevalent during this period when his work was mostly about spiritual searches for fulfillment. But also included were a 1960s

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's " Don't Look Back" and "

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Track listing

All songs written by

except as indicated. #" Real Real Gone" – 3:42 #: from ''Enlightenment'', 1990 #"When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God?" – 5:39 #: from ''Avalon Sunset'', 1989 #"

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", also "Motherless Child", is a traditional spiritual. It dates back to the era of slavery in the United States. An early performance of the song was in the 1870s by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. "Blue Ge ...

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) – 4:27 #: from ''Poetic Champions Compose'', 1987 #" In the Garden" – 5:46 #: from ''No Guru, No Method, No Teacher'', 1986 #"A Sense of Wonder" – 7:12 #: from ''A Sense of Wonder'', 1985 #" I'll Tell Me Ma" (Traditional) – 2:31 #: with

The Chieftains The Chieftains were a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous w ...

#: from ''Irish Heartbeat'', 1988 #"

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" – 2:03 #: from ''Avalon Sunset'', 1989 #"

" – 4:07 #: from ''Enlightenment'', 1990 #"Rave on, John Donne/Rave On, Part Two" (Live) – 9:17 #: from ''Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast'', 1984 #" Don't Look Back" (

) – 3:20 #: with

#: from ''The Angry Young Them'', 1965 #"

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) – 3:51 #: with

#: from ''Them Again'', 1966 #"One Irish Rover" – 3:28 #: from ''No Guru, No Method, No Teacher'', 1986 #"The Mystery" – 5:17 #: from ''Poetic Champions Compose'', 1987 #"Hymns to the Silence" – 9:33 #: from ''Hymns to the Silence'', 1991 #"Evening Meditation" – 4:14 #: from ''A Sense of Wonder'', 1985

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Best Of Van Morrison Volume Two, The 1993 greatest hits albums Albums produced by Van Morrison Van Morrison compilation albums Polydor Records compilation albums