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  <review>"Born to Sing: No Plan B"  is the 34th studio album recorded by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison. It was released on 2 October 2012 on Blue Note Records. Produced by Van Morrison, it marked his first studio album of original songs since 2008's Keep It Simple.
The album was well received by critics with most reviewers giving it four out of five stars, including Allmusic and Rolling Stone. It debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200.
It was also Morrison's first album since the merger of EMI and Universal Music Group, which consolidated ownership of all his albums from 1984 onward.
Recorded in his hometown of Belfast, the album was described as containing ten new original songs although "Close Enough for Jazz" had featured as an instrumental on his 1993 release Too Long In Exile. The album was recorded live at the studio and features a six piece band of musicians, with Morrison on vocals, piano, guitar and alto-saxophone.</review>
  <outline>"Born to Sing: No Plan B"  is the 34th studio album recorded by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison. It was released on 2 October 2012 on Blue Note Records. Produced by Van Morrison, it marked his first studio album of original songs since 2008's Keep It Simple.
The album was well received by critics with most reviewers giving it four out of five stars, including Allmusic and Rolling Stone. It debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200.
It was also Morrison's first album since the merger of EMI and Universal Music Group, which consolidated ownership of all his albums from 1984 onward.
Recorded in his hometown of Belfast, the album was described as containing ten new original songs although "Close Enough for Jazz" had featured as an instrumental on his 1993 release Too Long In Exile. The album was recorded live at the studio and features a six piece band of musicians, with Morrison on vocals, piano, guitar and alto-saxophone.</outline>
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  <title>Born to Sing: No Plan B</title>
  <year>2012</year>
  <premiered>2012-10-02</premiered>
  <releasedate>2012-10-02</releasedate>
  <runtime>60</runtime>
  <genre>Blues</genre>
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    <title>Open the Door (to Your Heart)</title>
    <duration>05:20</duration>
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    <title>Goin' Down to Monte Carlo</title>
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    <title>Born to Sing</title>
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    <title>End of the Rainbow</title>
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    <title>Close Enough for Jazz</title>
    <duration>03:45</duration>
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    <title>Mystic of the East</title>
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    <title>Retreat and View</title>
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    <title>If in Money We Trust</title>
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    <title>Pagan Heart</title>
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    <title>Educating Archie</title>
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