Roll with the Punches (album)

Roll with the Punches is the 37th studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison.[4] The album was released on 22 September 2017 by Caroline Records.[5][6]

Roll with the Punches
Studio album by
Van Morrison
Released22 September 2017
Recorded2017
GenreRock, Americana
Length63:14
LabelCaroline
ProducerVan Morrison
Van Morrison chronology
Keep Me Singing
(2016)		 Roll with the Punches
(2017)		 Versatile
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
PopMatters[2]
Slant Magazine [3]

Background and launch

The album features five original songs and ten covers.[7][8]

To coincide with the release of the album, Morrison was the subject of a rare interview with Paul Jones, which was broadcast on Jones' BBC Radio 2 show, on 25 September 2017. Jones is a guest musician on the record.[9]

Morrison received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting from Emmylou Harris at the 2017 Americana Music Honors & Awards ceremony and performed "Transformation".

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Roll with the Punches"Van Morrison, Don Black3:58
2."Transformation"Van Morrison3:31
3."I Can Tell"
3:51
4."Stormy Monday / Lonely Avenue"T-Bone Walker / Doc Pomus5:30
5."Goin' to Chicago"Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing5:22
6."Fame"Van Morrison5:06
7."Too Much Trouble"Van Morrison3:04
8."Bring It On Home to Me"Sam Cooke5:39
9."Ordinary People"Van Morrison4:41
10."How Far from God"Sister Rosetta Tharpe3:47
11."Teardrops from My Eyes"Rudy Toombs3:53
12."Automobile Blues"Samuel Hopkins3:39
13."Benediction"Mose Allison3:12
14."Mean Old World"T-Bone Walker4:59
15."Ride on Josephine"Ellas McDaniel3:02
Total length:63:14

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[10]

Musicians
  • Van Morrison – electric guitar, harmonica, percussion, saxophone, vocals
  • Jeff Beck – electric guitar
  • Mez Clough – drums, percussion, background vocals
  • Laurence Cottle – electric bass, trombone
  • Ned Edwards – electric guitar, harmonica, background vocals
  • Dan Ellis – percussion
  • Georgie Fame – Hammond organ, vocals
  • Chris Farlowe – vocals
  • Colin Griffin – drums
  • Chris Hill – double bass
  • Pete Hurley – electric bass
  • Sumudu Jayatilaka – background vocals
  • Paul Jones – harmonica, vocals
  • Dave Keary – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
  • Dana Masters – background vocals
  • Stuart McIlroy – piano, electric voice, harmonica
  • Joseph Jordan-Richardson - Organ, Piano reserve, pig skin drums
  • Paul Moore – electric bass
  • Paul Moran – Hammond organ, trumpet
  • James Powell – drums
  • Jason Rebello – piano
  • Elizabeth Williams – background vocals

Technical
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Poppy Kavanagh – assistant engineer
  • Rowan McIntosh – assistant engineer
  • Gerry McLernon – engineer, mixing
  • Phil Parsons – assistant engineer
  • Patrick Phillips – assistant engineer
  • Tristan Powell – engineer, mixing
  • Will Purton – assistant, assistant engineer, engineer, mixing
  • Matt Tait – engineer, mixing
  • Richard Wade – photography
  • Enda Walsh – engineer, mixing

Charts

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