The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues [Collectors Edition]

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 as well as a surprisingly successful cover of Van Morrison's breathtaking "Sweet Thing." [This special collectors edition includes a bonus disc containing fourteen outtakes, alternate versions and late-night studio jams. The re-mastered original includes extended versions of "And a Bang on the Ear" and "World Party."]

CD 1
01. Fisherman's Blues
02. We Will Not Be Lovers
03. Strange Boat
04. World Party
05. Sweet Thing
06. Jimmy Hickey's Waltz
07. And a Bang on the Ear
08. Has Anybody Here Seen Hank
09. When Will We Be Married
10. When Ye Go Away
11. Dunford's Fancy
12. The Stolen Child
13. This Land is Your Land

CD 2
01. Carolan's Welcome
02. Killing My Heart
03. You In The Sky
04. When Will We Be Married
05. Nobody 'Cept You
06. Fisherman's Blues
07. Girl Of The North Country
08. Lonesome And A Long Way From Home
09. If I Can't Have You
10. Rattle My Bones And Shiver My Soul
11. Let Me Feel Holy Again
12. Meet Me At The Station
13. The Good Ship Sirius
14. Soon As I Get Home


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