| Remembering Now | ||||
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| Released | 13 June 2025 | |||
| Length | 68:00 | |||
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| Producer | Van Morrison | |||
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Remembering Now is the 47th studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released on 13 June 2025, by Exile Productions and Virgin Records. It is Van Morrison's return to original songwriting following cover albums and reworkings of his songs. The first single, "Down to Joy", was released on 27 February 2025,[1] having originally appeared in the soundtrack to the 2021 Kenneth Branagh film Belfast and subsequently been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[2] Other contributors to the album include Fiachra Trench, Don Black and Seth Lakeman.[3] The album's second single, "Cutting Corners", was released on 1 May 2025.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Uncut | 8/10[6] |
| i | [7] |
| Mojo | [8] |
All tracks are written by Van Morrison.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Down to Joy" | 3:38 |
| 2. | "If It Wasn't for Ray" | 3:17 |
| 3. | "Haven't Lost My Sense of Wonder" | 5:28 |
| 4. | "Love, Lover and Beloved" | 5:14 |
| 5. | "Cutting Corners" | 3:06 |
| 6. | "Back to Writing Love Songs" | 3:57 |
| 7. | "The Only Love I Ever Need Is Yours" | 2:36 |
| 8. | "Once in a Lifetime Feelings" | 4:38 |
| 9. | "Stomping Ground" | 5:15 |
| 10. | "Memories and Visions" | 6:49 |
| 11. | "When the Rains Came" | 6:23 |
| 12. | "Colourblind" | 3:31 |
| 13. | "Remembering Now" | 5:20 |
| 14. | "Stretching Out" | 8:55 |
Credits adapted from Tidal.[9]
| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] | 7 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] | 21 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] | 118 |
| Croatian International Albums (HDU)[13] | 11 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] | 11 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] | 6 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[16] | 81 |
| Japanese Dance & Soul Albums (Oricon)[17] | 2 |
| Japanese International Albums (Oricon)[18] | 22 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[19] | 5 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[20] | 35 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21] | 49 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] | 8 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[23] | 11 |
| UK Americana Albums (OCC)[24] | 1 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[25] | 3 |
| UK Jazz & Blues Albums (OCC)[26] | 1 |
| US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[27] | 21 |
