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72年に発表された通算6作目。前作同様,T.テンプルマンとの共同プロデュースによるシスコ録音で,カレドニア・ソウルの世界を拡げた意欲作。ジャッキー・ウィルソンに捧げた1やシングル曲6も良いが,457でのソウルフルな精神的彷徨はまさに圧巻。
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Conceived in the wake of his bucolic classics,
Moondance and
Tupelo Honey, 1972's
Saint Dominic's Preview sustains their mix of crisp R&B ("Jackie Wilson Said") and anthemic folk-rock ("Almost Independence Day") while insinuating a darker, warier spirit to Morrison's music. In what would amount to the first major installment in an ongoing cycle of digs at the music business, the title song pits the singer's authentic art against the false idols of the predators and sycophants surrounding him--a familiar Morrison theme decades on but given a soulful urgency here that makes it tough to dismiss as the ravings of a career curmudgeon.
--Sam Sutherland