marked the beginning of a very prolific period of song making.
“Wavelength”
Morrison sings the opening lines in falsetto and synthesizers mimic the sounds of the short wave radio stations that he listened to as a boy.
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Into the Music: “The album’s last four songs, “Angelou”, “And the Healing Has Begun”, and “It’s All in the Game/You Know What They’re Writing About” are a veritable tour-de-force with Morrison summoning every vocal trick at his disposal from “Angelou’s climactic shouts to the sexually-charged, half-mumbled monologue in “And the Healing Has Begun” to the barely audible whisper that is the album’s final sound.” (Scott Thomas Review’)
The following year, Morrison released Wavelength; it became at that time the fastest-selling album of his career and soon went gold. The title track became a modest hit, peaking at number forty-two. Making use of 1970s synthesizers, it mimics the sounds of the shortwave radio stations that he listened to in his youth. The opening track, “Kingdom Hall” evoked Morrison’s own childhood experiences attending church with his mother and foretold a religious theme that would be more evident in his next album, Into the Music.
Considered by Allmusic as “the definitive post-classic-era Morrison”, Into the Music, was released in the last year of the 1970s with songs on this album that alluded to what would become recurring themes: “religious redemption, Celtic myths and the redemptive power of music.” “Bright Side of the Road” was a joyful, uplifting song that would appear on the soundtrack of the movie, Michael. Common One to Avalon Sunset: 198089
With his next album, the new decade found Morrison following his muse into uncharted territory and merciless reviews. In
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