"Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue” is exactly what its title says that it is for Van Morrison. Although, Morrison does not pick his most popular songs. You won’t find “Moondance,” “Into The Mystic” or “Brown Eyed Girl” here. But this strategy allows him to give a bigger overview of his career, allowing later gems to shine.

He sings with peers like Steve Winwood, Mavis Staples and Georgie Fame along with younger voices like Joss Stone and Michael Buble. He even duets with his daughter, Shana Morrison on “Rough God Goes Riding.”

Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall, Natalie Cole, George Benson and Taj Mahal also make appearances and it is really nice to hear the late Bobby Womack one last time as the two duet on “Some Piece Of Mind.”

In the end, while this record is a rather standard exercise with nothing truly noteworthy to set it apart from other albums of its type, it still does its job by celebrating Morrison’s vast influence and saluting his long career. Could this have been done with a better known set of songs from his past? Certainly! But one gets the feeling that Morrison prefers to do it this way.