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    Fisherman's Blues (Collectors' Edition)

    08/29/2006 | Capitol 

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    All Music Guide 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 fourteen outtakes, alternate versions and late-night studio jams. The re-mastered original included extended versions of "And a Bang on the Ear" and "World Party."] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Fisherman's Blues
  • 4:26
  • 2
  • We Will Not Be Lovers
  • 7:01
  • 3
  • Strange Boat
  • 3:06
  • 4
  • World Party
  • 5:28
  • 5
  • Sweet Thing
  • 7:12
  • 6
  • Jimmy Hickey's Waltz
  • 2:06
  • 7
  • And a Bang on the Ear
  • 9:14
  • 8
  • Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?
  • 3:18
  • 9
  • When Will We Be Married?
  • 3:00
  • 10
  • When Ye Go Away
  • 3:44
  • 11
  • Dunford's Fancy
  • 1:04
  • 12
  • The Stolen Child
  • 6:55
  • 13
  • This Land Is Your Land
  • 0:54
  • 14 (2)
  • Carolan's Welcome (#)(*)
  • 2:51
  • 15 (2)
  • Killing My Heart (#)(*)
  • 3:54
  • 16 (2)
  • You in the Sky (#)(*)
  • 5:47
  • 17 (2)
  • When Will We Be Married? (#)(*)
  • 2:40
  • 18 (2)
  • Nobody 'Cept You (#)(*)
  • 3:05
  • 19 (2)
  • Fisherman's Blues (#)(*)
  • 5:49
  • 20 (2)
  • Girl of the North Country (#)(*)
  • 4:24
  • 21 (2)
  • Lonesome and a Long Way from Home (#)(*)
  • 3:05
  • 22 (2)
  • If I Can't Have You (#)(*)
  • 3:30
  • 23 (2)
  • Rattle My Bones and Shiver My Soul (#)(*)
  • 2:38
  • 24 (2)
  • Let Me Feel Holy Again (#)(*)
  • 6:09
  • 25 (2)
  • Meet Me at the Station (#)(*)
  • 3:24
  • 26 (2)
  • The Good Ship Sirius (#)(*)
  • 0:43
  • 27 (2)
  • Soon as I Get Home (#)(*)
  • 12:03

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    Credits

    • Anthony Thistlethwaite
    • Harmonica, Arranger, Harmonica (Electric), Group Member, Fuzz Mandolin, Slide Mandolin, Saxophone, Sax (Baritone), Organ (Hammond), Mandolin
    • Steve Wickham
    • Fiddle, Arranger, Group Member, Mouth Organ, Vocals (Background), Vocals
    • Colin Blakey
    • Flute, Horn, Tin Whistle, Group Member, Piano
    • Mike Scott
    • Organ, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Bouzouki, Mandolin, Group Member, Adaptation, Editing, Liner Notes, Producer, Vocals, Piano (Electric), Organ (Hammond), Guitar (Electric), Drums, Bowed Bouzouki, Arranger, Piano, Percussion
    • Vinnie Kilduff
    • Guitar, Uillean Pipes, Producer, Vocals (Background), Tin Whistle


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