Third studio album by the Northern Irish singer-songwriter. Originally released in January 1970, the album found Morrison abandoning the abstract folk jazz compositions of Astral Weeks (1968) in favour of more formally composed songs. Moondance was an immediate critical and commercial success and helped establish Morrison as a major artist in popular music, while several of its songs became staples on FM radio in the early 1970s. The album has since been cited by critics as one of the greatest of all time.