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No Guru, No Method, No Teacher | 
 enlarge | Artist: Van Morrison
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 117427
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 042283007727
EAN: 0042283007727
ASIN: B000001FK6
Release Date: June 14, 1994
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Condition: Used in good order in original case and artwork mint condition
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| Tracks:
| • | Got to Go Back | | • | Oh the Warn Feeling | | • | Foreign Window | | • | A Town Called Paradise | | • | In the Garden | | • | Tir Na Nog | | • | Here Comes the Knight - Van Morrison, Berns, Bert | | • | Thanks for the Information | | • | One Irish Rover | | • | Ivory Tower |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Longtime Van Morrison fans may prefer the Belfast bard's tougher, emphatically R&B-driven work, yet it's his lusher, mid-'80s output that helped him consolidate the scrappy gains made in the prior decades. The once-heightened polarity between the earthy and the ethereal seemed muted on albums that traded in a softer-focus, romantic mysticism mirrored by the expanded scale of Morrison's band and arrangements, and left room for him to dabble in instrumental compositions or his renewed love of sax and piano. No Method, No Guru, No Teacher proves among the more durable, convincing chapters in this era, carrying a now-familiar array of symbolic touchstones (the Celtic legacy of "Tir Na Nog" or an extended instrumental allusion to a hymn set to William Blake's musings on England) and offering two of Morrison's better meditations on redemption, "In the Garden" and "A Town Called Paradise," which echoes the fevered waltz-time trance of "Astral Weeks" itself. --Sam Sutherland
Album Description
Japanese only remastered SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing packaged in a paper sleeve and includes two bonus tracks. Universal. 2008.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Brilliant and Majestic October 2, 2008
Carol
If Astral Weeks is Van's masterpiece, this is a close second. And I actually have difficulty calling this album "second" to anything, because it is in a league of its own. So it's best not to even try to make comparisons. It's not like Astral Weeks or Tupelo Honey or Moondance--or anything Van--or for that matter, anyone else--has ever done.
Listening to No Guru is a soul-stirring, transcendental experience. You cannot listen to "Tir Na Nog" or "Oh The Warm Feeling" or "Got To Go Back" and not be mesmerized and transformed. Forget about his voice; this is not about vocal ability or range or skill. It is not about catchy melodies or witty refrains. It is not about Van the Man. This is not personality-driven music. Once you listen to it, it becomes yours and no one else's. Truly timeless and majestic.
A Great Escape Album April 8, 2008
R. Lewis (Ottawa Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a long-time Van fan who pretty well owns his whole catalog, No Guru stands as my all-time favorite Morrison album, and is definitely deserving of 5 star status. Turn down the lights, sip some wine, and let the enchanting music of this masterpiece take you to some other place.
All That Matters Is My Relationship With You November 22, 2007
Shell-Zee (Long Island, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Van surely felt the need to go back on this one. Not necessarily back to his early roots...You know those legendary American R&B stars like Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson and Bobby Blue Bland. No here Van explores the more spiritual side of the Belfast Cowboy. Songs like Oh The Warm Feeling, Foreign Window and In The Garden demonstrate Van's deep commitment to Christian devotion. But what really sets this album apart from Van's eighties output is his willingness to open his heart and expose his true humanity. Call it a kinder gentiler Van...not so much pride and bravado, but a more compassionate and vulnerable Van.
"No Guru, No Method, No Teacher"....Yea, Van needs none of that. He stands on his own solid foundation. "All that matters is my relationship with you". He may remain a constant seeker, but Van will always find a way to express his inner most feelings about God and love and truth. Listen and hear the voice of the master....."No Guru, no method, no teacher....Just you and me in the garden".
A reality check for Van Morrison fans...please October 27, 2007
astralman (Sydney, Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am writing this review out of frustration. I am pissed off at all the so-called Van Morrison fans who seemed to have unanimously decided to rate EVERY Van Morrsion album as worthy of 4 or 5 stars. This is crap and even Van would agree with me. He knows he has released some ordinary material over the recent years, yet reading all these cumulative scores on Amazon, the casual listener might assume all Van's albums are equally worthy...not true.
This album is a MASTERPIECE. "Common One" is not. "Hymns to the Silence" isn't and "Back on Top" is an oxymoron if ever there was one. I am a huge fan of Van, but even after repeatedly listenings of the aforementioned albums, they do not stand up in comparison to Van's truly astounding albums, of which 'No Guru" is amongst. Others albums that stand head and shoulders above not only other Van albums, but also any other singer songwriter's library (Young and Dylan included) are the following:
Astral Weeks, Moondance, It's Too Late to stop Now (the definitive live album), Veedon Fleece, Into the Music, Inarticulate Speech of the Heart, Poetic Champions Compose, Enlightenment and The Best of Van Morrison.
Why do I include the Best of Van you ask??? Well not only is it audiophile quality in it's repoduction, it really highlights Van's diversity and astonishing ability to powerfully convey human emotion in a huge variety of musical styles. It was my first introduction to Van Morrison and still is a great listen. His consistency dropped in albums since 1990, but he has still written and performed great songs since, some of which appear on Volume 3 of his greatest hits.
Anyway I have said my piece, which others may vehemently disagree about (as is the perogative of a Van Morrison fan :). I strongly recommend anyone who loves pop music, soul music, folk music, and jazz music to listen to "No Guru, No Method, No teacher" repeatedly, on a good hifi to discover what a brillant artist Van Morrison is. Enjoy.
One of Van's Classics June 29, 2007
Marcus Aurelius (PA USA)
It's a shame that this phase of Van's career is over. This is just a brilliant recording of the bard from Belfast.
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