The Waterboys -The Best Of 81-90 [1991][CD+SkidVid+Cov]192Kbps

THE WATERBOYS - THE BEST OF 1981-1990, album released 1991.

Encoded 192Kbps [Lame] mp3. Covers included.



The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Britain and Ireland. London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York and Findhorn have all served as a home for the group. The band has played in a number of different styles, but most often their music can be described as a mix of Celtic folk music with rock and roll, or folk rock. After ten years of recording and touring, the band dissolved in 1993 and Scott pursued a solo career. The band reformed in 2000, and continues to release albums and tour worldwide.



At their best, The Waterboys matched the brilliance of founder Mike Scott?s heroes like Patti Smith and Van Morrison, in creating poetic masterpieces with a spiritual essence-transcendent quality ? ?the Big Music? as Scott calls it. Examples are the dark, powerful Killing My Heart, the gentle ballad The Whole Of The Moon and the soaring Spirit. At their worst, they gave us singalong Celtic Folk like And A Bang On The Ear and others, but even these are rendered memorable by catchy melodies and the wonderful mix of instruments. Most of the songs fall somewhere in between, although the melodic A Man Is In Love and All The Things She Gave Me also stand with the Big Music.



Tracks:

01 A Girl Called Johnny

02 The Big Music

03 All The Things She Gave Me

04 The Whole Of The Moon

05 Spirit

06 Don't Bang The Drum

07 Fisherman's Blues

08 Killing My Heart

09 Strange Boat

10 And A Bang On The Ear

11 Old England

12 A Man Is In Love



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The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon [1985]



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