Brown Eyed Girl/He Ain’t Give You None/TB Sheets/Spanish Rose/Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)/Ro Ro Rosey/Who Drove The Red Sports Car/Midnight Special
Blowin’ Your Mind was the debut album from former Them vocalist Van Morrison. Slightly disappointing, it is redeemed by the inclusion of the much played US No. 10 hit single Brown Eyed Girl. (US:182)
“Somewhat caught between an angry young garage rocker and a surrealist folk musician, Van Morrison's debut album quite fails to find it's proper voice. Except for the jangly hit single Brown Eyed Girl we don't have much here.”
“It's actually not that bad. The tracks here are bluesy, slightly dreamy. He Ain't Give You None could have easily been reworked to fit onto Astral Weeks. T.B. Sheets is a haunting masterpiece. The second side significantly putters. It was, after all, a contractual obligation to release this album, and Van had little, if any, input on the track selection.”
“Only came for Brown Eyed Girl but didn't stay for the rest which is mostly non-spectacular blues and some soul attempts including a few covers. Closer to Them than what he did afterwards, but not as raw.”
“Van Morrison blows your mind for about three minutes before he abruptly stops and makes a bunch of boring songs that show that he was really not yet a master of his destiny.”
“The problem is most of the songs suck apart from the mighty Brown Eyed Girl and the lusty He Ain't Give You None. Morrison was trying out takes for songs that ended up on Astral Weeks at the same time and his heart clearly lay in that direction, no matter how good his voice sounds here.”
“This is the first incarnation of Van's first official solo album, not great, but not as bad as some say. The record seems like merely a continuation of his work with Them with highlights in Spanish Rose and He Ain't Give You None. And it has Brown Eyed Girl, which you can hear at any pub, at any time, on any night.”
“Van Morrison's debut album will be always remembered for the massive pop hit Brown Eyed Girl. But that does not do justice to this fine record.”
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