Editing Van Morrison (section)

===''The Best of Van Morrison'' to ''Back on Top'': 1990–1999===
The early to middle 1990s were commercially successful for Morrison with three albums reaching the top five of the UK charts, sold-out concerts, and a more visible public profile; but this period also marked a decline in the critical reception to his work.<ref name="HeylinPage450-458">Heylin (2003), pages 450–458.</ref> The decade began with the release of ''[[The Best of Van Morrison]]''; compiled by Morrison himself, the album was focused on his hit singles, and became a multi-platinum success remaining a year and a half on the UK charts. [[AllMusic]] determined it to be "far and away the best-selling album of his career."<ref name="allmusic Biography: Van Morrison" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theirishworld.com/entertainment-latest-for-entertainment/music/4192-Te |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217004409/http://www.theirishworld.com/entertainment-latest-for-entertainment/music/4192-Te/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 December 2014|author=Marsden, Shelley|date=12 November 2007|title=Te's still Got It|publisher=The Irish World|access-date=5 April 2012}}</ref> In 1991 he wrote and produced four songs for [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] released on the ''Carrying A Torch'' album and performed a duet with [[Bob Dylan]] on BBC Arena special.<ref name=":02">{{cite journal|last=Sutcliffe|first=Phil|date=5 March 1991|title=Stories|journal=Q Magazine|volume=55|pages=10}}</ref>

The 1994 live double album ''[[A Night in San Francisco]]'' received favourable reviews as well as commercial success by reaching number eight on the UK charts.<ref name="ANISF">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/reviews/album/7076/36727|last=Puterbaugh|first=Parke|title=A Night in San Francisco Music Review|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=14 July 1994|access-date=23 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210031212/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/reviews/album/7076/36727|archive-date=10 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r202241|pure_url=yes}}
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In 1997, Morrison released ''[[The Healing Game]]''. The album received mixed reviews, with the lyrics being described as "tired" and "dull",<ref name="RoganPage450">Rogan (2006), page 450.</ref> though critic Greil Marcus praised the musical complexity of the album by saying: "It carries the listener into a musical home so perfect and complete he or she might have forgotten that music could call up such a place, and then populate it with people, acts, wishes, fears."<ref name="MarcusPage111">Marcus (2010), page 111.</ref> The following year, Morrison finally released some of his previously unissued studio recordings in a two-disc set, ''[[The Philosopher's Stone (album)|The Philosopher's Stone]]''. His next release, 1999's ''[[Back on Top (Van Morrison album)|Back on Top]]'', achieved modest success, being his highest-charting album in the US since 1978's ''[[Wavelength (album)|Wavelength]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p107175|pure_url=yes}}|title=Van Morrison: Billboard albums|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=12 September 2008}}</ref>