Keep Me Singing

Keep Me Singing
Studio album by Van Morrison
Released 30 September 2016
Recorded 2015–16
Genre Rock
Length 56:33
Label Caroline Records
Producer Van Morrison[1]
Van Morrison chronology
Duets: Re-working the Catalogue
(2015)
Keep Me Singing
(2016)

Keep Me Singing is the 36th studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. The album was released on September 30, 2016, by Caroline Records.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Consequence of SoundB-[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[6]
The Independent[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

Keep Me Singing received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76 based on 8 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
Mojo The 50 Best Albums of 2016 2016
47[9]

Commercial performance

Keep Me Singing debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart, and at number nine on the US Billboard 200.[10] It sold 25,000 units in the US in its first week, with almost all of that figure in traditional album sales.[10] It is Morrison's highest-charting album in the country, and third top 10 album.[10]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Let It Rhyme"   3:53
2. "Every Time I See a River"   4:43
3. "Keep Me Singing"   3:39
4. "Out In the Cold Again"   7:06
5. "Memory Lane"   4:08
6. "The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword"   3:51
7. "Holy Guardian Angel"   6:18
8. "Share Your Love with Me"   4:11
9. "In Tiburon"   5:18
10. "Look Behind the Hill"   2:28
11. "Going Down to Bangor"   5:18
12. "Too Late"   2:48
13. "Caledonia Swing"   2:52

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 11
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 42
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15] 18
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[16] 7
French Albums (SNEP)[17] 141
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 6
Irish Albums (IRMA)[19] 28
Italian Albums (FIMI)[20] 14
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21] 5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[22] 20
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[23] 39
Scottish Albums (OCC)[24] 3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[25] 5
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[26] 19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 12
UK Albums (OCC)[28] 4
US Billboard 200[10] 9

References

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  2. Kreps, Daniel (29 June 2016). "Van Morrison Announces New LP 'Keep Me Singing'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Reviews for Keep Me Singing by Van Morrison". Metacritic. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  4. Thom Jurek (30 September 2016). "Keep Me Singing - Van Morrison | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. Reiff, Corbin (28 September 2016). "Van Morrison – Keep Me Singing". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  6. Bernstein, Jonathan (28 September 2016). "Van Morrison's Keep Me Singing: EW review". EW.com. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  7. Andy Gill (28 September 2016). "Album reviews: Drive-By Truckers, Van Morrison, Bon Iver, Pixies, Regina Spektor and more". The Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  8. Hermes, Will (29 September 2016). "Review: Van Morrison, 'Keep Me Singing'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  9. "The 50 Best Albums of 2016". Mojo. November 22, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Caulfield, Keith (9 October 2016). "Solange Scores Her First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'A Seat at the Table'". Billboard. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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  24. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  25. "TOP 100 ALBUMES — SEMANA 40: del 30.09.2016 al 06.10.2016" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
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  28. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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