Album · Van Morrison
Enlightenment by Van Morrison
Enlightenment is an album by Van Morrison, released in 1990. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “She's My Baby”, on 1 list with a best position of #101.
Enlightenment, Van Morrison's 20th studio album, came out on Polydor in 1990, and it finds the Northern Irish singer still working both sides of his peculiar Celtic soul: the soul and early rhythm and blues his music has always leaned on, and the searching, spiritual reveries that keep pulling him toward the mist. "Real Real Gone" is the sunny side, a buoyant, finger-snapping strut that found a home on rock radio, and "She's My Baby" keeps the groove easy. The title track and "So Quiet in Here" lean toward the contemplative.
It reached number 5 in the UK. When it came back remastered in 2008, the reissue added alternate takes of those two songs, and "Start All Over Again" was singled out as one of the highlights of that batch of six reissued albums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Enlightenment on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She's My Baby | 1 | #101 | – | 2009 | |
| 2 | Real Real Gone | 2 | #60 | – | 1990–2020 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.