| Pay the Devil | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 6 March 2006 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 45:44 | |||
| Label | Lost Highway | |||
| Producer | Van Morrison | |||
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| Singles from Pay the Devil | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| earvolution.com | (unrated)[3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
| The Independent | (unrated)[5] |
| livedaily.com | (unrated)[6] |
| The Music Box |  [7] |
| No Depression | (unrated)[8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
Pay the Devil is the thirty-second studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in 2006 by Lost Highway. The album features twelve cover versions of American country and western tunes and three original compositions. It debuted at No. 26 on The Billboard 200 and peaked at No. 7 on Top Country Albums;[10][11] it was listed at No. 10 on Amazon Best of 2006 Editor's Picks in Country in December 2006.[12]
A deluxe edition of Pay the Devil featuring a video of five of the tracks taped during the performance at the Ryman was released on 27 June 2006.[13][14]
- ^ "Pay the Devil by van Morrison". Metacritic.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "earvolution.com review". Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ The Independent review
- ^ livedaily.com review Archived 24 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Music Box review
- ^ No Depression review Archived 8 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ "Chart Beat:Pay per Van". billboard. 16 March 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ "On the charts-Billboard country singles and albums". countrymusic.com. 25 March 2006. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ "Best of 2006: Editors' Pick in Country". amazon.com. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
- ^ "Van Morrison-Pay the Devil". losthighwayrecords.com. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ "Beautiful Day: Van Morrison". corkuniversitypress.typepad.com. Retrieved 2 June 2010.