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The Waterboys have gone through four distinct phases. Their early years, or "Big Music" period was followed by a folk music period which was characterised by an emphasis on touring over album production and by a large band membership, leading to the description of the group as a "Raggle Taggle band". [7]
The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott.The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of Scottish, Irish, English, Welsh and American musicians, with Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York and Findhorn serving as a base for the group.
Title Album details Peak chart positions SCO [14]UK [9]UK Indie [15]The Live Adventures of: Released: August 1998; Label: New Millennium (#PILOT40); 66: 91: 10 Karma to Burn
Fisherman's Blues is the fourth studio album by the Waterboys, released by Ensign Records in October 1988. The album marked a change in the band's sound, with them abandoning their earlier grandiose rock sound for a mixture of traditional Irish music, traditional Scottish music, country music, and rock and roll.
Good Luck, Seeker is the fourteenth studio album by the Waterboys, which was released by Cooking Vinyl on 21 August 2020. [1]Good Luck, Seeker was announced on 5 June, with the first song to be previewed from the album being "My Wanderings in the Weary Land". [2]
A Pagan Place is the second studio album by the Waterboys, released by Ensign Records on 28 May 1984. [1] It was the first Waterboys record with Karl Wallinger as part of the band and also includes Roddy Lorimer's first trumpet solo for the band on the track "A Pagan Place".
Steve Wickham makes his Waterboys recording debut playing violin on "The Pan Within" and subsequently joined the band. This Is the Sea is the last Waterboys album with contributions from Karl Wallinger, who left the group to form his own band, World Party. The album was recorded between March and July 1985, and released that October.
A Rock in the Weary Land is the seventh studio album by the Waterboys, released in 2000 by BMG International.It was the group's first album after a seven-year break, but mostly continues the hard rock vein of the previous album Dream Harder (1993).