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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Fisherman's Blues (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 2. We Will Not Be Lovers (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 3. Strange Boat (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 4. World Party (Extended) | |||
| 5. Sweet Thing (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 6. Jimmy Hickey's Waltz (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 7. And A Bang On The Ear (Extended) | |||
| 8. Has Anybody Here Seen Hank? (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 9. When Will We Be Married (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 10. When Ye Go Away (2006 Digital Remaster) | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Carolan's Welcome | |||
| 2. Killing My Heart (Alternative) | |||
| 3. You In The Sky | |||
| 4. When Will We Be Married (1987 Recording) | |||
| 5. Nobody 'Cept You | |||
| 6. Fisherman's Blues (Alternative) | |||
| 7. Girl Of The North Country | |||
| 8. Lonesome And A Long Way From Home | |||
| 9. If I Can't Have You | |||
| 10. Rattle My Bones And Shiver My Soul | |||
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When The Waterboys' Irish violinist Steve Wickham suggested to Mike Scott that Spiddal was a great place to get away from it all, no-one could have guessed how Scott would take his advice to heart. Within less than a year The Waterboys were transformed from stadium rock incumbents to adopted Irish folk-rockers. Fisherman's Blues is the entrancing outcome of that transition. If the family snapshot on the cover is to be taken at face value, one might imagine this to be an idyllic time in The Waterboys career. In truth, the sessions were painstaking, with Scott discarding over 50 songs over a two-year process. What remains though, is a classic of its time: from the yearning euphoria of the title track to otherworldly beauty of "When Ye Go Away", lent cohesion by the singularity of Scott's vision. For sheer inspiration and flow, precedents begin and end at Van Morrison's Astral Weeks--a doubly appropriate comparison, this, given Scott's superlative reading of Morrison's "Sweet Thing". --Peter Paphides
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2 CD set. The Waterboys were formed in London in 1981 and led by the singer/songwriter Mike Scott, the group's only constant member - with the supporting musicians ever changing around him. 1988's Fisherman's Blues is the Waterboys's 4th album for which the band were joined by traditional Irish players like fiddler Steve Wickham, drummer Dave Ruffy, keyboardist Guy Chambers and bassist Marco Weissman, resulting in a stripped-down, folky sound which was a marked step away from the 'big music' he founded and pursued in previous albums. It has been called their 'warmest and most rewarding record'. Complete with a bonus disc of 14 previously unreleased tracks and packaged in a digipack with pvc slipcase - it follows on from the successful re-issues of the first 3 Waterboys's albums 'The Waterboys', 'A Pagan Place' and 'This Is The Sea'. EMI.
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By Emily
Format:Audio CD
This is probably the most beautiful and perfect CD ever. Everything about this album stirs up so many emotions while listening to it. Songs like "We Will Not Be Lovers" and "World Party" are faster, but still perfectly crafted. "Fishermans Blues" is by far the best track on here. The lyrics are just amazing. It really paints a picture in my mind. "The Strange Child" is one of my favorite poems of all time, and it being set to the fairie like flutes in the background, just brings chills up the spine.
This album is a MUST HAVE. Probably the closest you can get to perfection in one CD.
This album is a MUST HAVE. Probably the closest you can get to perfection in one CD.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By H3@+h
Format:Audio CD
This is one of those albums, that is so not what I normally listen to, and everytime I put it on, I love it even more. It's so refreshingly different from what's on the radio. I'm not sure where these guys are exactly from, but I can close my eyes and see them rocking some bar in County Cork, southern Ireland. The singers voice matches the music well, and it's all just a great mix of folk, punk, and traditional rock, with traditional instruments. The song "Fishermans Blues" was in the opening scene of the movie "Waking Ned Devine", and fits well there and here. Another favorite is "And a Bang on the Ear". It's so good, as is the rest of the album. I suggest fishing for this cd, you might get hooked.
Format:Audio CD
This 4th album from 1988 by The Waterboys has now been enhanced. Fisherman's Blues represented a move to Celtic folk and includes Van Morrison's Sweet Thing and Dylan's Girl Of The North Country. The extra tracks all come from the same long recording session; the rest was released on the 2001 release Too Close To Heaven. My favorites include tuneful romps like And A Bang On The Ear, the title track, the spiritual songs Let Me Feel Holy Again and Meet Me At The Station, plus the breathtaking up-tempo Killing My Heart which is the closest this album comes to the "big music." This is an album of moving melodious music and poetic lyrics. The CD booklet includes an essay by Mike Scott, lovely photographs and information on every one of the songs.
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An Irish folk-rock success
The Waterboys are best known for the song "The Whole of the Moon," which although overplayed thanks to being released as a single both in 1985 and 1990, is still their... Read more
Published on Feb 22 2004 by J. Houzet
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome
This cd is one if you hear once, you will want to get the cd at some point in time. It is a celtic rock, ballad type sound and the lead singers voice is one to never forget. Read more
Published on Jan 8 2004 by Bryan Flanagan
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I agree, 5 stars!
This music just speaks to my soul. It is roots music, haunting, beautiful, familiar but refreshing. Mike Scott IS the Waterboys and he truly is a man with a vision. Read more
Published on Feb 14 2003 by Davie Holifield
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lyric Truth, Gaelic Beauty & Folk Wisdom.
It's hard to believe that The Waterboys were once a punk & new wave influenced band after listening to the traditionally purist "Fisherman's Blues". Read more
Published on Dec 13 2002 by Chris Matthews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Celtic rock
This disc has remained one of my favorites for years, ever since the 80's when I heard "We Shall Not Be Lovers" on the local college station and was moved to go out and buy my own... Read more
Published on Dec 4 2002 by David Bonesteel
5.0 out of 5 stars
You have no idea what you might be missing
It seems that everyone that writes a review can recall THE moment when they "discovered" the Waterboys. Mine was in the winter of 1985 in the basement of pizza bar. Read more
Published on Sep 2 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars
Powerful music
This album is awesome. If you like celtic folk rock, it gets no better than this. I especially like the cover of "Sweet Thing". And "Bang on the ear" is a jam. Read more
Published on April 21 2002
4.0 out of 5 stars
"No ceiling bearing down on me, save the starry skies above"
Mike Scott isn't exactly the best singer anyone's ever heard. The Waterboys aren't even really an Irish band. Read more
Published on Feb 22 2002 by spiral_mind
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Tunes
Love the music here. The reason I bought this, was because I wanted "Fisherman's Blues", which was a song on the soundtrack of "Waking Ned Devine", the great... Read more
Published on Feb 3 2002
4.0 out of 5 stars
Only Liked 3 Tracks but they are WONDERFUL!
First heard of this group on the soundtrack of Waking Ned Devine.Got this album and "Bang On The Ear" has become one of my favorites of all time, Fishermn's Blues, and... Read more
Published on Sep 27 2001 by Michael L. Blechynden
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