Back on Top is the twenty-seventh studio album by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in 1999 by Point Blank. This album marks a slight return to the forms of music he is most known for: blues and R&B. Upon the album's release, Rolling Stone reviewed it as "one Monet and nine Norman Rockwells", the "Monet" being "When the Leaves Come Falling Down" which it called a masterpiece. The 29 January 2008 reissued and remastered version of the album contains an alternative take of "Philosopher's Stone" and a new arrangement of Fats Domino's song, "Valley of Tears". Back on Top is the twenty-seventh studio album by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in 1999 by Point Blank. This album marks a slight return to the forms of music he is most known for: blues and R&B. Upon the album's release, Rolling Stone reviewed it as "one Monet and nine Norman Rockwells", the "Monet" being "When the Leaves Come Falling Down" which it called a masterpiece. The 29 January 2008 reissued and remastered version of the album contains an alternative take of "Philosopher's Stone" and a new arrangement of Fats Domino's song, "Valley of Tears". false 2025-09-26 12:02:19 1999 1999-01-01 1999-01-01 62 Blue-Eyed Soul Blues Blues Rock R&B Rock Soft Rock Soul 111443 2273655 1477c020-0d3e-410f-a57c-dcb4fc5384a9 a41ac10f-0a56-4672-9161-b83f9b223559 0bb66830-c02a-3d93-ba43-8fc21dce98ea /media/data/media5/Music/Van Morrison/Back on Top/folder.jpg Van Morrison Van Morrison 1 1 04:27 1 2 06:06 1 3 05:07 1 4 04:21 1 5 05:40 1 6 05:13 1 7 05:42 1 8 05:24 1 9 03:48 1 11 04:51 1 12 05:02 2 4 06:40