'Wake up', it says numerous times on the cover. So that immediately explains the album title What's It Gonna Take. The Irish blues and soul singer Van Morrison has, like many, done his own research on the Internet and found 'the truth'. Those who don't believe him are still asleep or are sheep. On his penultimate album
Latest Record Project, Volume 1 (2021) he was still mainly concerned with the
… lockdowns imposed and, according to him, unjustified (he couldn't play, after all). The criticism he received for this now reinforces that he must have only been close to "the truth," he sings in the opening track Dangerous. It's an absolute shame that Morrison had to navigate What's It Gonna Take with conspiracy theories. Musically, he's in great shape and his band sounds nice and funky. His voice just doesn't seem to wear off. Too bad it now has to be in the service of his supposed truth-telling, which is impossible to listen through. (MR)more
