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A Pagan Place - Waterboys

stable as punk were identified as a new phenomena known as Celtic indie rock …but wait were do ‘The Waterboys’ fit in to all this…well as U2 made it big The Waterboys fronted by the Scottish Mike Scott were developing their own brand of Celtic influenced folk/rock and their brand of music was in many ways looking back at the earlier days of 70’s progressive rock rather than the recent punk movement. Formed in 1983 The Waterboys had already released one album before ‘A Pagan Place’ but it was this record that really allowed them to be known to a wider audience. This second album cemented their musical style and for a few years at least made them the most identifiable ...

Dream Harder - Waterboys

The Waterboys "Dream Harder" was released in 1993, during The period when Mike Scott reportedly found God - and it certainly sounds like he s got the fervour and confidence of the newly-converted. Only problem is, and isn t this often the case with anyone who discovers God or religion, he may well be the only one who is truly convinced about the songs on this album. This album took a while to appear, following on from "Fisherman s Blues" and "Room to roam" - both of which had not always been well received. Although it was a departure from their first few albums, I quite liked "Fisherman s Blues". I tried to like "Dream ...

Fisherman's Blues - Waterboys

This is generally seen as the album where The Waterboys went folk. In their career so far, the Waterboys (basically Mike Scott with various session musicians and a few regulars) tend to cover two areas with their music. Both of which they do very well, and in their own way. In their earlier albums they were more of an epic rock n roll band with plenty of sax, trumpet, and metaphor about trains. Or just trains as a subject matter if metaphor fails. On this landmark album they really changed their direction somewhat, sticking with the trains in a couple of songs, but opting for a much more irish influenced folk sttyle. A couple of the tracks are remakes of traditional irish ...