Lit Up Inside contains the lyrics of about one third of the songs that Van Morrison has written over his 50 year career. In this representative selection from the work of one of the most innovative and enduring songwriters of the last century, the reader will find examples of all the features of the world that Van has created through his work: the back streets and mystic avenues; memories of childhood wonder and of adult work; the chime of church bells and the playing of the radio; the generous naming of other artists and the joy of solitude; love and sharp dealing; consolation and grace.

'This mix of genuine humility and hard-won hubris, of mysticism and technical mastery ... makes Van Morrison quite simply, and quite indisputably, "The Bard of Belfast".' Paul Muldoon If I ventured in the slipstream Between the viaducts of your dreams Keep 'Er Lit is the second volume of Van Morrison's collected lyrics containing one hundred and twenty songs from across his storied career. It contains love songs, work songs, songs about the pains and anxieties of existence, songs of consolation, songs about various kinds of spiritual quest and the realms of the mystical, and songs which deal with healing and reconciliation, both with the self and with others. Then there are the songs of memory and of childhood; songs about the natural world and about the perspectives it can provide on time. Taken together with Lit Up Inside, this volume gives an overview of his fifty-year career, revealing why he is celebrated as one of the most innovative and enduring songwriters of our time.

Van Morrison has an almost indefatigable drive still, more than 50 years into his legedendary career. What's It Gonna Take comes just one year after the double album Latest Record Project, Vol. 1 and contains 15 new tracks that reflect Van Morrison's tireless motivation to record and perform.

What's It Gonna Take is produced by Van Morrison and recorded at Real World Studios (Wiltshire), Bath Spa Hotel (Bath), Richard Dunn's Studio, Culloden Hotel (Co. Down) Holywood Studio (Co. Down ) and Musicbox Studios (Cardiff).

Track list
Dangerous
What's It Gonna Take?
Fighting Back is the New Normal
Fodder for the Masses
Can't Go on This Way
Sometimes It's Just Blah Blah Blah
Money from America
Not Seeking Approval
Damage and Recovery
Nervous Breakdown
Absolutely Positively the Most
I Ain't No Celebrity
Stage Name
Fear and Self-loathing in Las Vegas
Pretending

A selection of sixties rock hits from the likes of The Kinks, Van Morrison, The Hollies, The Animals, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, The Troggs and Grateful Dead.