Influence
Biographer Brian Hinton has said that when he agreed to write Celtic Crossroads, it was with the hope that he might "turn a few people on to this album, above all others in Morrison's rich oeuvre."
Sinéad O'Connor reviewed the album on 28 November 2007 on The Dave Fanning Show and praised it as: "the record I always come back to again and again...It is far superior to Astral Weeks and I love Astral Weeks. This is the definitive Van album with the definitive Van song, "Who Was That Masked Man"...It's the most obvious album he's ever done about Ireland...Veedon Fleece is the only thing I listen to just before I go on stage." When asked in an interview in 2005 to name something she considered "a mind-altering work of art", she answered: "Van Morrison's Veedon Fleece."
Singer-songwriter Elvis Costello has referred to this album as one of his favourites and names "Linden Arden Stole the Highlights" as the song that makes this album "special to (him)."
Josh Klinghoffer (Red Hot Chili Peppers and Dot Hacker) hails the record in Q Magazine in November 2011. When asked which record he could not be without, he answered: "At this point I’ve determined that Veedon Fleece by Van Morrison is my favourite record of all time. I love it from start to finish; it’s perfect".
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