▁spiritual ity ▁cas ually ▁but ▁confident ly ▁expressed ▁in ▁songs ▁that ▁are ▁" int ros pective , ▁impression istic ", ▁and ▁" charg ed ▁by ▁the ▁author ' s ▁over wh el ming ▁belief ▁in ▁them ". ▁High ▁F idel ity ▁was ▁im pressed ▁by ▁Mor r ison ' s ▁ability ▁to ▁explore ▁a ▁divers ity ▁of ▁universal ▁emot ions ▁and ▁called ▁the ▁album ▁" the ▁full - circle ▁complement ▁to ▁his ▁most ▁cos mic , ▁alleg or ical ▁work ", ▁ve ering ▁from ▁g ospel - root ed ▁R & B ▁and ▁G ael ic ▁songs ▁to ▁rock ▁and ▁roll ▁bl ended ▁with ▁" heart f elt ▁religious ▁fer vor ". ▁" There ' s ▁a ▁general ▁sense ▁of ▁happiness ▁and ▁clar ity ▁here ", ▁the ▁magazine ▁wrote , ▁" as ▁if ▁Mor r ison ▁has ▁finally ▁dist illed ▁his ▁feelings ▁down ▁to ▁their ▁most ▁essential ▁musical ▁level ." ▁In ▁The ▁Village ▁Vo ice , ▁Robert ▁Christ g au ▁de emed ▁In to ▁the ▁Music ▁his ▁best ▁record ▁since ▁ 1 9 7 0 ' s ▁Mo ond ance ▁while ▁writing ▁that ▁like ▁Bob ▁D yl an , ▁Mor r ison ▁had ▁" ab andon ed ▁met ap hor ical ▁pret ensions , ▁but ▁only ▁because ▁he ▁lov es ▁the ▁world ". ▁Mor r ison ' s ▁simple ▁od es ▁to ▁rural ▁life , ▁he ▁believed , ▁were ▁made ▁v ivid ▁and ▁deeper ▁by ▁backing ▁mus icians ▁such ▁as ▁Marcus ▁and ▁" by ▁his ▁own ▁exc urs ions ▁into ▁a ▁vocal ese