Hans andet album under eget navn ''Astral Weeks'' (1968) er af en hel generation rockskribenter og -historikere fremhævet som en at de allerbedste rockplader, der nogensinde er lavet.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojo.html | title = Mojo: The 100 greatest albums ever made | work = [[Mojo (tidsskrift)|Mojo]] | year =august 1995 | accessdate = {{dato|6-7-2017}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/van-morrison-astral-weeks-20120524 | title = 500 Greatest Albums of All Time | work = [[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone Magazines]] | date = {{dato|31-5-2012}} | accessdate = {{dato|7-6-2017}} | archive-date =  3. marts 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140303145457/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/van-morrison-astral-weeks-20120524 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Her manifesterede han sig som album-musiker, selvom han året forinden havde haft et top-ti-singlehit i USA med "[[Brown Eyed Girl]]".
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