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| Released | 16 February 1982 | |||
| Recorded | May–summer 1981 | |||
| Studio | The Record Plant Sausalito, CA | |||
| Genre | Celtic folk, jazz, rock, rhythm and blues | |||
| Length | 45:31 | |||
| Label | Mercury (All countries except US & Canada [Original release]) Warner Bros. (US & Canada) Polydor (1989 & 1998 European reissues) | |||
| Producer | Van Morrison | |||
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Beautiful Vision is the thirteenth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in February 1982. It continued Morrison's departure from R&B at the time, instead favoring Celtic folk and American jazz in its music. As with many of Morrison's recordings, spirituality is a major theme and some of the songs are based on the teachings of Alice Bailey. Other songs show Morrison's Celtic heritage and reminiscence of his Belfast background.
Beautiful Vision received critical acclaim but garnered only modest chart success, peaking at number 31 on the UK album charts and number 44 on the US Billboard 200.