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You Win Again | 
| Artist: Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis
Label: Virgin Records Us
Category: Music
Buy New: $17.98
Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 14519
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 50258
UPC: 724385025822
EAN: 0724385025822
ASIN: B00004Y9S0
Release Date: October 3, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Let's Talk About Us - Van Morrison, Blackwell, Otis | | • | You Win Again - Van Morrison, Williams, Hank [1] | | • | Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Van Morrison, Williams, Hank [1] | | • | Crazy Arms - Van Morrison, Mooney, Ralph | | • | Old Black Joe - Van Morrison, Lewis, Jerry Lee | | • | Think Twice Before You Go - Van Morrison, Smith, A | | • | No Way Pedro - Van Morrison, Morrison, Van | | • | Shot of Rhythm and Blues - Van Morrison, Thompson, Terry | | • | Real Gone Lover - Van Morrison, Bartholomew, Dave | | • | Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)? - Van Morrison, Williams, Hank | | • | Cadillac - Van Morrison, McDaniel, Ellas | | • | Baby (You've Got What It Takes) - Van Morrison, Otis, Clyde | | • | Boogie Chillen - Van Morrison, Hooker, John Lee |
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Amazon.com
Van Morrison, never the most predictable of performers, takes yet another odd turn with You Win Again, a collection of rootsy duets with one Linda Gail Lewis. And who is this belter who holds her own while sharing the mic and billing with Van the Man on cuts ranging from Hank Williams's "Jambalaya" to Stephen Foster's "Old Black Joe" to John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen"? Turns out she's the sister of Jerry Lee Lewis; in fact, Morrison came across her at a Jerry Lee convention in Wales. The unlikely twosome were soon rushing through live studio recordings of a bunch of country, blues, and R&B favorites backed by a rockin' combo. Coming as it does on the heels of Morrison's for-the-fun-of-it Skiffle Sessions, You Win Again signals Morrison's continuing impulse to wallow joyfully in the music of his youth. It's actually superior to The Skiffle Sessions, and while it won't make anyone forget Astral Weeks, so what? There's no reason Morrison fans can't have as much fun listening to You Win Again as their hero apparently had making it. --Steven Stolder
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| Customer Reviews: Read 45 more reviews...
 two great guys having a great time!!! January 19, 2008
D. Jackson
What is all the fuss about who sounds the best and why Van did this?
Is it perhaps 'cos it was fun? I could not care less who sounds the best or whether the songs are the best. If all there was left in the world were a couple of albums like this then who would I be to complain???
And Boogie Chillen got me up and looking for my Canned Heat albums again!!!!! Now there's a band who only knew one rule...enjoy yourself and two fingers to everybody who can't raise a smile!!!
Good for you Van and Linda!
 Van Morrison doing classic country? Sweet..... February 27, 2007
Paul J. Escamilla (NYC)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I don't understand why some people have bashed this album. It's not perfect, sure, and it's not one of Van's most stellar achievements....but I am enjoying it thoroughly nonetheless. Why? Because I'm a fan of old-school classic country music and I'm a fan of Van Morrison, and this is like a dream come true. He does a fantastic job of belting out these songs and you can tell how much he loves this music. This is a worthy addition to Van's discography, and a welcome fresh take on classic roots music.
Enjoyable fun music January 17, 2007
broad spectrum music lover (Tiel, Netherlands)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While I am not a great Van Morrison fan, although I have followed his career for more than 40 years [I first saw him live in 1967] I like this little album quite a lot. Country music has never been one of my favorite genres, but Van and Linda make it sound quite enjoyable for me here. Of course it is not one of the great master pieces of the last half century, but I find I often enjoy the little not so polished gems more. Very good backing band and mostly a nice choice of songs [even Cadillac sounds OK to me]. And the fun all the musicians had making this record comes through very clearly. So in my opinion it is definitely enjoyable fun music.
"VAN MORRISON, ALWAYS SOUNDS GOOD" August 22, 2006
LADY MADONNA (PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I THINK THIS CD WAS GREAT! I WOULD EVEN GIVE IT 4 1/2 STARS.
IT'S NOT THE OLDER VAN MORRISON.YOU CAN,T BE AN ARTIST AND NOT TRY DIFFERENT THINGS, IT GETS BORING. THIS CD HAS SOME R&B AND ROCK~ROLL AND ALSO SOME COUNTRY SOUND TO IT.I THINK LINDA LEWIS PLAYS A GREAT PIANO AND SOUNDS GOOD WITH MORRISON.IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU TIRED,IT MAKES YOU GET UP AND SHAKE YOU BOOTY.I PLAY IT WHEN I FEEL LIKE PARTYING. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A OPEN MIND AND TRY DIFFERENT SOUNDS,THAT'S WHAT MAKES LIFE SO INTERESTING,WITHOUT IT YOUR NOT EXPANDING YOUR HORIZON!! :~)
Not a major item, but an enjoyable, breezy 42 minutes nevertheless September 7, 2005
Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Interesting. One and two stars, five stars...apparently this album really divides the Red Sea.
Well, if you hate country music and 50s rock n' roll you obviously aren't going to like this album very much. Sure, there are couple of blues covers and a good original ("No Way Pedro"), but the bulk of this album is made up of songs by men like Hank Williams, Otis Blackwell, and Dave Bartholomew.
Van Morrison duets with Jerry Lee Lewis' sister Linda...well, it actually sounds more like she is singing harmony vocals half the time, but she plays some terrific, rollicking piano not unlike her brother's.
Will you like this album? Well, this is not a typical Van Morrison album, obviously. He doesn't usually cover three Hank Williams-songs on one CD...doesn't usually cover Hank Williams at all, and nor does he do "Old Black Joe" or "Crazy Arms".
These are NOT soulful rhythm & blues-renditions of those songs either; this is country & western and ol' time rock n' roll, everything in the spirit of Jerry Lee Lewis. Even "Boogie Chillen" and "Think Twice Before You Go" is played a la Jerry Lee rather than John Lee Hooker, and while Morrison is in fine form vocally, a lot of devoted fans will probably disapprove of him doing such a "lightweight" record.
Me, I love Van Morrison's music, but I don't need him to record a new "Moondance" every time, and I enjoy this fun meat-and-potatoes album. How can you not enjoy a swinging piano-driven slice of proto-rock n' roll like "Real Gone Lover"?
It sounds like Morrison and Lewis are having the time of their lives pounding out 13 songs they love, R&B, blues, country, and rock & roll in between each other. And everything sounds like it was played by a tough little bar band on a Saturday night, easy and unforced.
"You Win Again" is a fun little roots record; it's not great art, but it's not a self-conscious "tribute album" either, it's just good fun.
3 3/4 stars. Lighten up!
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