You're Driving Me Crazy
Studio album by
Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco
ReleasedApril 27, 2018
Recorded2018
StudioStudio D, Sausalito, California
GenreJazz
Length71:00
LabelSony Legacy
ProducerVan Morrison, Joey DeFrancesco
Van Morrison chronology
Versatile
(2017)		 You're Driving Me Crazy
(2018)		 The Prophet Speaks
(2018)
Joey DeFrancesco chronology
Project Freedom
(2017)		 You're Driving Me Crazy
(2018)		 In the Key of the Universe
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork7/10[3]

You're Driving Me Crazy is the 39th studio album by Irish musician Van Morrison, his first in collaboration with American jazz organist & trumpeter Joey DeFrancesco.[4] His third album in just seven months, and released on 27 April 2018 by Sony Legacy, it reached the Top 20 in the UK, and features Morrison's daughter, Shana.[5]

Critical reception

Pitchfork found that the album "captures the joy of making music", and praises "Joey DeFrancesco’s hard-driving soul-jazz combo".[5] It notes approvingly that "the quintet knocked out the album in a couple of days, just like acts used to do in the mid-20th-century heyday of Blue Note and Prestige". DeFrancesco is "an ideal foil for Morrison. Respectful but impish", it finds. "Van Morrison continues to prove he’s among the hardest-working vocalists in jazz and its adjacent musical territories", DownBeat concludes. The albums sees Morrison "varying pace and mood to supreme effect", with "DeFrancesco creating a vortex of colliding lines" on the track “Evening Shadows”.[6]

Track listing

No.TitleOriginal artistLength
1."Miss Otis Regrets"Cole Porter5:15
2."Hold It Right There"Clark Terry, William Grey, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson4:08
3."All Saints Day"Van Morrison3:05
4."The Way Young Lovers Do"Van Morrison4:13
5."The Things That I Used to Do"Guitar Slim5:56
6."Travellin' Light"Trummy Young, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer4:18
7."Close Enough for Jazz"Van Morrison4:44
8."Goldfish Bowl"Van Morrison7:05
9."Evening Shadows"Van Morrison, Acker Bilk3:21
10."Magic Time"Van Morrison5:13
11."You're Driving Me Crazy"Walter Donaldson4:46
12."Every Day I Have the Blues"Peter Chatman5:38
13."Have I Told You Lately"Van Morrison4:52
14."Sticks and Stones"Titus Turner2:46
15."Celtic Swing"Van Morrison5:15

Personnel

  • Van Morrison – vocals, alto saxophone, harmonica
  • Joey DeFrancesco – Hammond organ, keyboards, trumpet, backing vocals
  • Dan Wilson – guitar
  • Michael Ode – drums, percussion
  • Troy Roberts – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Shana Morrison - backing vocals on "Hold It Right There" and "Have I Told You Lately"

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 54
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 167
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11] 100
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 10
Irish Albums (IRMA)[14] 39
Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] 62
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[16] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[17] 11
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[18] 6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 41
UK Albums (OCC)[20] 20
US Billboard 200[21] 76

References

  1. ↑ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "You're Driving Me Crazy - Joey DeFrancesco, Van Morrison". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen (30 April 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Reed, Ryan. "Van Morrison Preps New LP 'You're Driving Me Crazy'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  5. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2018). "Van Morrison: You're Driving Me Crazy". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Zimmerman, Brian (July 2018). "Reviews: Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco - You're Driving Me Crazy". Downbeat. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "ARIA Chart Watch #471". auspOp. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Van Morrison and Joey Defrancesco – You're Driving Me Crazy" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Van Morrison and Joey Defrancesco – You're Driving Me Crazy" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Van Morrison and Joey Defrancesco – You're Driving Me Crazy" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Van Morrison Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Van Morrison and Joey Defrancesco – You're Driving Me Crazy" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Van Morrison and Joey Defrancesco – You're Driving Me Crazy" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Van Morrison". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Van Morrison and Joey Defrancesco – You're Driving Me Crazy". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  16. ↑ "NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  17. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 18: del 27.4.2018 al 3.5.2018" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  19. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Van Morrison and Joey Defrancesco – You're Driving Me Crazy". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  20. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Van Morrison Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
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