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NEW ALBUM: The Waterboys - Where the Action is - Ruby - 25-05-2019 THE WATERBOYS - Where the Action is The Waterboys have gone all smooth and dancey – it’s kinda strange! No journey under the skin this, sadly - I preferred the rougher edges, I think – unused to such slick production from these gentlemen. However, if I hadn’t heard them before, I would have been a little more enchanted, I suspect, and Mike Scott is as articulate and erudite as ever … except … horror of horrors, they do a rap song! What the actual??! Oh, ok – it’s in the fine print – it does say ‘an entertainment in sound by WATERBOYS’ on the cover – and to be honest, I could deal with it – hip hop vibes – can you believe?? There are some real catchy numbers, there’s energy and ease and there are some good sounds (even if it's all a tad confusing) – “Ladbroke Grove Symphony”, for example, which is what a resurrected and revamped version of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers might conceivably come up with. Then again, there are also some oddly dated sounding songs, and I don’t mean retro. By the end of it all, I had redeveloped a sense of humour and I concede that it wouldn't be torture to listen again, even if I am not inclined to want to make a purchase. The closing track is a reading, the spoken “Piper at the Gates of Dawn” which is an excerpt from Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows. At least Scott is still paying homage to great classical literature and he hasn’t lost the ability to spin a good story himself … there remain a few things to be counted upon! RE: NEW ALBUM: The Waterboys - Where the Action is - CRAZY-HORSE - 26-05-2019 i had to brace myself for your linked track after reading that theyd "gone all smooth and dancey" with this one Ruby... anyway, i psyched myself up, listened and loved what i heard... i'll listen to the full album tonight as im fully intrigued now... RE: NEW ALBUM: The Waterboys - Where the Action is - CRAZY-HORSE - 26-05-2019 Damn, Spotify Australia doesn't have the album yet! RE: NEW ALBUM: The Waterboys - Where the Action is - Ruby - 26-05-2019 ^Maybe give Deezer a try CH. They often have new releases up very quickly. RE: NEW ALBUM: The Waterboys - Where the Action is - CRAZY-HORSE - 26-05-2019 Deezer listen: okay, so I just listened to the album, well disk one, I wasn't interested in the 'remixes' disk! hearing a lot of late 1970s on the album, retro, but still sounding new at the same time... Ruby's linked track sums up the album overall... loved that spoken word track at the end, even though it really doesn't have anything in common with the rest of the album it is soothing and cleansing as in it clears your head of the album so you are free to move on to listen to the next thing all up, I really liked the album, not sure if i'll put it on the to purchase list yet, will have to give it another listen first. RE: NEW ALBUM: The Waterboys - Where the Action is - Ruby - 27-05-2019 ^In case you didn't know, which you probably do - "London Mick" is about Mick Jones, of The Clash. RE: NEW ALBUM: The Waterboys - Where the Action is - CRAZY-HORSE - 27-05-2019 I wasn't aware of that, thanks Ruby...