Down the Road was commercially and critically one of Morrison's most successful albums. It charted higher in the U.S. than any of Morrison's albums since 1972's Saint Dominic's Preview. John Metzger of The Music Box wrote, ``every few years, Morrison manages to tap into some magical space that sums up both _his_ career and his influence in one fell swoop ... not that they're all that groundbreaking, they're just penultimate pieces of perfection. <sep>, Pronoun: his <sep>, A: John Metzger <sep>, B: Morrison