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Poetic Champions Compose by Van Morrison
Poetic Champions Compose is an album by Van Morrison, released in 1987. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Someone Like You”, on 2 lists with a best position of #638.
Poetic Champions Compose, Van Morrison's seventeenth studio album, came out on Mercury in 1987, and it finds the Northern Irish singer in no hurry at all. Two decades on from Them, after records that ranged from R&B stomp to long, spiritual journeys steeped in Celtic tradition and jazz, this is Van the Man easing back, the folk-rock grooves unhurried and the lights turned down low.
Most critics liked it, though plenty of them filed it as agreeable mood music, and that's fair enough: it isn't a record that grabs you by the collar. It's one to leave on and let work slowly. "Someone Like You" and "Queen of the Slipstream" are the songs listeners have carried away from it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Poetic Champions Compose on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone Like You | 2 | #638 | – | 2009–2020 | |
| 2 | Queen Of The Slipstream | 1 | #1607 | – | 2020 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.