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Fisherman's Blues (180 Gram Vinyl) by The Waterboys.

Tracks:
Fisherman's Blues (2006 Remastered Version)
We Will Not Be Lovers (2006 Remastered Version)
Strange Boat (2006 Remastered Version)
World Party (2013 Remastered Version)
Sweet Thing (2006 Remastered Version)
And a Bang on the Ear (2006 Remastered Version)
Has Anybody Here Seen Hank? (2006 Remastered Version)
When Will We Be Married (2006 Remastered Version)
When Ye Go Away (2006 Remastered Version)
Dunford's Fancy (2006 Remastered Version)
The Stolen Child (2006 Remastered Version)

Performer Notes:

• Producers: Mike Scott, Johnston, Vinnie Kilduff, Dunford.
• On their early albums, the Waterboys became known as practitioners of "the Big Sound," an epic, wide-screen musical vision on a par with the contemporaneous offerings of U2 and Big Country, making them the musical equivalents of Cecil B. DeMille. For FISHERMAN'S BLUES, though, they decided to scale things down considerably, departing for a little while from their outsized pop/rock ambitions to embrace Celtic roots, folk, and heavily Dylan-influenced, BLOOD ON THE TRACKS-like folk-rock. The gambit paid off better than anyone could have expected, resulting in one of the band's most memorable, moving albums.
• Singer Mike Scott emerges here as a gifted troubadour, a mode he'd explore more fully years later in his solo work. Where he once spun grand statements framed by booming drums and echoing guitars, here he makes simple romantic observations backed by fiddles and acoustic guitars. A surprising nod to country roots pops up as well, with "Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?," but, in the end, FISHERMAN'S BLUES is closer to the Celtic soul of prime Van Morrison (whose "Sweet Thing" is covered here) than it is to either the band's rootsier influences or to any 1980s contemporaries.

Professional Reviews: Rolling Stone - 3.5 Stars - Very Good

Q (p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "FISHERMAN'S BLUES shares the same spiritual rock space as U2's late-'80s work, but with one essential difference: it's rooted in fiddle-driven Irish folk music."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.119) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] packs class from port to starboard, the singer tapping the incantatory power of WB Yeats, then spitting bile on the dizzying, inspired 'We Will Not Be Lovers'..."

Format: Vinyl (1 Disc)

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 24 July, 2015

Label: Chrysalis Records

Dimensions: 30.5 x 32 x 2.5 centimeters (0.31 kg)

• Producers: Mike Scott, Johnston, Vinnie Kilduff, Dunford.
• On their early albums, the Waterboys became known as practitioners of "the Big Sound," an epic, wide-screen musical vision on a par with the contemporaneous offerings of U2 and Big Country, making them the musical equivalents of Cecil B. DeMille. For FISHERMAN'S BLUES, though, they decided to scale things down considerably, departing for a little while from their outsized pop/rock ambitions to embrace Celtic roots, folk, and heavily Dylan-influenced, BLOOD ON THE TRACKS-like folk-rock. The gambit paid off better than anyone could have expected, resulting in one of the band's most memorable, moving albums.
• Singer Mike Scott emerges here as a gifted troubadour, a mode he'd explore more fully years later in his solo work. Where he once spun grand statements framed by booming drums and echoing guitars, here he makes simple romantic observations backed by fiddles and acoustic guitars. A surprising nod to country roots pops up as well, with "Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?," but, in the end, FISHERMAN'S BLUES is closer to the Celtic soul of prime Van Morrison (whose "Sweet Thing" is covered here) than it is to either the band's rootsier influences or to any 1980s contemporaries.