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Mike Scott had been pursuing his grandiose "big music" since he founded the Waterboys, so it came as a shock when he scaled back the group's sound for the Irish and English folk of Fisherman's Blues. Although the arena-rock influences have been toned down, Scott's vision is no less sweeping or romantic, making even the simplest songs on Fisherman's Blues feel like epics. Nevertheless, the album is the Waterboys' warmest and most rewarding record, boasting a handful of fine songs ("And a Bang on the Ear," the ominous "We Will Not Be Lovers," "Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?," and the title track), as well as a surprisingly successful cover of Van Morrison's breathtaking "Sweet Thing." [Fisherman's Blues was reissued in 2006 with a bonus disc containing 14 outtakes, alternate versions, and late-night studio jams. It was reissued again in 2013 as a seven-disc box set featuring 121 tracks from the album sessions, 85 of which had been previously unavailable.]
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Hank Williams, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist - Steve Wickham, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist - Steve Wickham, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Arranger - Traditional, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Lebowsky, Composer - NEWMAN, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Karl Wallinger, Composer - Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist - Trevor Hutchinson, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Karl Wallinger, Composer - Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist - Trevor Hutchinson, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
VAN MORRISON, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
VAN MORRISON, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist - Steve Wickham, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
DISC 2
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist - Steve Wickham, Composer - Trevor Hutchinson, Composer - Anto Thistlewaite, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
R. Dorset, Lyricist - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - Anthony Thistlethwaite, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist - Anto Thistlewaite, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - Anthony Thistlethwaite, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Leon Payne, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist - Steve Wickham, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Liam O'Maonlai, Composer - Traditional, Composer - Donal Lunny, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Carter, Composer - GILBERT GABRIEL, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist - Habershon, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - Kevin Wilkinson, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist - Steve Wickham, Composer - Trevor Hutchinson, Composer - Anto Thistlewaite, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
The Waterboys, MainArtist - Steve Wickham, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
DISC 3
The Waterboys, MainArtist - Steve Wickham, Composer - Anto Thistlewaite, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - Traditional, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist - Steve Wickham, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Johnson, Composer - Butterfield, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist - O'casey, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Arranger - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist - Steve Wickham, Composer - Anto Thistlewaite, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist - Steve Wickham, Composer - Trevor Hutchinson, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
The Waterboys, MainArtist - Steve Wickham, Composer
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Mike Scott, Composer - The Waterboys, MainArtist
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
Album review
Mike Scott had been pursuing his grandiose "big music" since he founded the Waterboys, so it came as a shock when he scaled back the group's sound for the Irish and English folk of Fisherman's Blues. Although the arena-rock influences have been toned down, Scott's vision is no less sweeping or romantic, making even the simplest songs on Fisherman's Blues feel like epics. Nevertheless, the album is the Waterboys' warmest and most rewarding record, boasting a handful of fine songs ("And a Bang on the Ear," the ominous "We Will Not Be Lovers," "Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?," and the title track), as well as a surprisingly successful cover of Van Morrison's breathtaking "Sweet Thing." [Fisherman's Blues was reissued in 2006 with a bonus disc containing 14 outtakes, alternate versions, and late-night studio jams. It was reissued again in 2013 as a seven-disc box set featuring 121 tracks from the album sessions, 85 of which had been previously unavailable.]
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 6 disc(s) - 121 track(s)
- Total length: 07:37:25
- Main artists: The Waterboys
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Chrysalis Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited 2013 Chrysalis Records Limited
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