Van Morrison “A Sense of Wonder”

Aside from a short divorce-inspired break between 1974’s “Veedon Fleece” and 1977’s “A Period of Transition,” Van Morrison had been plowing out an album a year since 1965. But, by 1984, on “A Sense of Wonder” we find Van noodling in instrumentals, snoozing through transcendental musings, and making professional Soul songs that try to access the Mystic through the back door of a synthesizer.