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Greatest hits album by Van Morrison
Released March 1990
Length 76:14
Label Polydor
Producer Bert Berns, Lewis Merenstein, Van Morrison, Dick Rowe, Ted Templeman
Van Morrison chronology
Avalon Sunset
(1989) The Best of Van Morrison
(1990) Enlightenment
(1990)
The Best of Van Morrison is a compilation album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It compiles songs spanning 25 years of his recording career. Released in 1990 by Polydor Records, the album was a critical and commercial success, becoming one of the best-selling records of the 1990s and helping revive Morrison`s mainstream popularity. Its success encouraged him to release a second and third greatest hits volume in 1993 and 2007, respectively. The album remains Morrison`s best-seller.

Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album`s liner notes.[13]

Bert Berns – producer (tracks 6 and 13)
Mick Glossop – engineer (tracks 5 and 18)
Lewis Merenstein – producer (track 7)
Van Morrison – primary artist, producer (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 10 to 12, and 14 to 20)
Cliff Richard – guest vocalist (track 18)
Robbie Robertson – producer (track 9)
Dick Rowe – producer (tracks 2 and 4)
Ted Templeman – producer (tracks 10 and 16)
Them – primary artist (tracks 2, 4, and 13)

All tracks are written by Van Morrison, unless otherwise noted

No. Title Writer(s) Original album Length
1. `Bright Side of the Road` Into the Music (1979) 3:45
2. `Gloria` (with Them) The Angry Young Them (1965) 2:37
3. `Moondance` Moondance (1970) 4:31
4. `Baby, Please Don`t Go` (with Them) Big Joe Williams single 2:40
5. `Have I Told You Lately` Avalon Sunset (1989) 4:18
6. `Brown Eyed Girl` (radio edit) Blowin` Your Mind! (1967) 3:03
7. `Sweet Thing` Astral Weeks (1968) 4:22
8. `Warm Love` Hard Nose the Highway (1973) 3:21
9. `Wonderful Remark` The King of Comedy soundtrack (1983) 3:58
10. `Jackie Wilson Said (I`m in Heaven When You Smile)` Saint Dominic`s Preview (1972) 2:57
11. `Full Force Gale` Into the Music 3:12
12. `And It Stoned Me` Moondance 4:30
13. `Here Comes the Night` (with Them) Bert Berns Them (1965) 2:46
14. `Domino` His Band and the Street Choir (1970) 3:08
15. `Did Ye Get Healed?` Poetic Champions Compose (1987) 4:06
16. `Wild Night` Tupelo Honey (1971) 3:31
17. `Cleaning Windows` Beautiful Vision (1982) 4:42
18. `Whenever God Shines His Light` (duet with Cliff Richard) Avalon Sunset 4:54
19. `Queen of the Slipstream` Poetic Champions Compose 4:53
20. `Dweller on the Threshold`
Van MorrisonHugh Murphy
Beautiful Vision 4:47
Total length: 76:14
Notes
The 1998 Australian/New Zealand re-release of the album also includes `Days Like This` (3:13) (from the 1995 album of the same name) as the seventh track, for a total of 21 tracks.[citation needed]
In 1998, the album was remastered and re-released, this time with the original stereo album version of `Brown-Eyed Girl`.[citation needed]
The original LP omitted `Wonderful Remark`, `Full Force Gale`, `Queen of the Slipstream` and `Dweller on the Threshold`. The original cassette only omitted the latter two tracks.[citation needed]
Notably absent is `Blue Money` from His Band and the Street Choir.