3 Things Critics Said About Van Morrison's Astral Weeks

It was called a mystical document Lester Bangs described the album as “a mystical document” and “a beacon, a light on the far shores of the murk.”

It gave a sense of the divine Bruce Springsteen said Astral Weeks gave him “a sense of the divine.”

It was seen as outside of history Greil Marcus compared it to Bob Beamon’s record-shattering long jump, calling it a singular achievement “way outside of history.” The album barely charted on release.