Morrison complains about celebrity and "'so-called friends' who chose to spill inside information and memories to biographers." Morrison has often performed " Precious Time" live, which includes the lyrics, "It doesn’t matter to which God you pray/Precious time is slipping away." "New Biography" was prompted by Brian Hinton's Celtic Crossroads, written in 1996. "Reminds Me of You" dates back to a 1996 break-up of his engagement to Michelle Rocca they had reunited by the time of the song's release. The ballad, "When the Leaves Come Falling Down", features a string section, while "Golden Autumn Day" is about being mugged. "In the Midnight" is "bedroom music, pure and simple", while " Back on Top" is an optimistic statement of the singer's outlook.
Morrison's harmonica is prominent on "Philosopher's Stone", which features "one of the most limber vocal performances he's put on record in years, even tentatively jumping into the high squawk he seemed to have lost." Harmonica also features on "High Summer", which includes references to "Lucifer" and "God", and also alludes to Morrison's 1960s songs by way of "red sport cars" and "mansions on the hill". The opening track, " Goin' Down Geneva", has a very bluesy feel. The musicians on the album are understated with Ian Jennings playing double bass, Geraint Watkins playing Hammond organ and Pee Wee Ellis on saxophones. Recorded at the Wool Hall Studios, south of Bath, England, except strings, which were recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland. It reached the Top Twenty in seven countries, building on the success of 1997's The Healing Game.
Back on Top is the twenty-seventh studio album by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1999 by Point Blank.
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