Van morrison astral weeks digipak cd8/3/2023 ![]() The third released single, " (Straight to Your Heart) Like a Cannonball", was less successful and did not enter the Billboard Hot 100. The album yielded two hit singles, the hymn-like title track, and the R&B-flavored " Wild Night". It failed to reach any of the European or other worldwide charts. Tupelo Honey received most of its success in America it charted at number 27 on the Billboard charts and in 1977 it was certified gold by the RIAA. The lyrics echo the domestic bliss portrayed on the album cover they largely describe and celebrate the rural surroundings of Woodstock and Morrison's family life with then-wife Janet "Planet" Rigsbee. The album features various musical genres, most prominently country, but also R&B, soul, folk-rock and blue-eyed soul. The namesake for the album and its title track is a varietal honey produced from the flowers of the tupelo tree found in the Southeastern United States. Morrison moved to the Columbia Studios in May 1971 to complete the album. Recording began at the beginning of the second quarter of 1971 at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco. ![]() Morrison had written all of the songs on the album in Woodstock, New York, before his move to Marin County, California, except for "You're My Woman", which he wrote during the recording sessions. It was released in October 1971 by Warner Bros. ![]() Tupelo Honey is the fifth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. " (Straight to Your Heart) Like a Cannonball".
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