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An Appointment with Mr. Yeats is the tenth studio album by the Waterboys, released on 19 September 2011 through W14/Proper Records.The album contains 14 tracks, all of which are based upon the poetry of W. B. Yeats, a long term influence on lead-songwriter Mike Scott.
Scott, the Edinburgh-born son of a college lecturer, is the founder and only permanent member of the Waterboys. Having begun his career in teenage Ayr punk band White Heat [8] and its Edinburgh successor Another Pretty Face, [9] he moved to London and formed another short-lived band, The Red and the Black.
Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, [1] Wilkinson is credited as a former official member of several successful British new wave acts, including the League of Gentlemen (1980), the Waterboys (1983–84), China Crisis (1983–89) and Squeeze (1995–96), as well as drummer for Holly Beth Vincent (1981–82). [2]
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
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"A Girl Called Johnny" is a song by British band the Waterboys, released in 1983 as the lead single from their debut studio album The Waterboys. The song was written by Mike Scott and produced by Rupert Hine. It reached No. 80 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 100 for three weeks. [2]
[6] Some of the lyrics were also inspired by the W. H. Auden poem "The Night Mail". [7] The song was recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin, Ireland, on 23 January 1986 as part of the first session for the album of the same name. [8] [9] Speaking of the song's recording to Songfacts in 2013, Scott recalled: "I wrote the third verse in the ...
Room to Roam is the fifth studio album by the Waterboys, released by Ensign Records in September 1990 in the United Kingdom. It continued the folk rock sound of 1988's Fisherman's Blues, but was less of a commercial success, reaching #180 on the Billboard Top 200 after its release there in October 1990.