Saint Dominic's Preview

Saint Dominic's Preview
Saint Dominic's Preview
Studio album by Van Morrison
Released	July 1972
Recorded	1971–1972
Studio	Columbia (San Francisco); Wally Heider (San Francisco); Pacific High (San Francisco);
Genre	Folk rock; R&B; soul;
Length	41:12
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Ted Templeman; Van Morrison;
Van Morrison chronology
Singles from Saint Dominic's Preview
	"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" b/w "You've Got the Power"; Released: 14 July 1972; "Redwood Tree" b/w "Saint Dominic's Preview"; Released: 20 September 1972; "Gypsy" b/w "Saint Dominic's Preview"; Released: January 1973;

Saint Dominic's Preview is the sixth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in July 1972 by Warner Bros. Records. Rolling Stone declared it "the best-produced, most ambitious Van Morrison record yet released."

The diversity of the material on the album highlighted Morrison's fusing of Celtic folk, R&B, blues, jazz and the singer-songwriter genre. "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" and the title track were blends of soul and folk, while lesser known tracks such as "Gypsy" and "Redwood Tree" continued to display a lyrical celebration of nature's beauty. Also on the album were two lengthy tracks, "Listen to the Lion" and the closing "Almost Independence Day" which were given primal, cathartic and intense vocal performances from Morrison. These tracks were similar to the songs on his 1968 album, Astral Weeks.

The album reached number 15 on the Billboard 200 when it was released. This would remain Morrison's highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 until 2008 when Keep It Simple came in at number 10.