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THE WATERBOYS "fisherman's blues" cd, 1988

career stats:
studio albums...........11
singles.....................31

this album......................#13 UK.......#26 AU.......#76 US
singles:
"fisherman's blues"..........#32 UK........#54 AU
"and a bang on the ear"....#51 UK
"world party"...................no chart action

The Waterboys' fourth studio album, and a swap from a mate on this forum....
ive always been a fan of these guys but never actually got round to buying any albums(I own a couple of singles on vinyl though)
album is very folky to my ears, lots of traditional folky instruments and sounds abound....
the album simply blw me sideways from the opening sounds of the opening track....
its well written,sung and produced, I will be following up on this one....
despite its poor showing on the charts at the time, this is the band's biggest selling album worldwide...
the music critics hated this when first issued because it marked a change in sound for the band,now though, the music critics hail it as one of the best
albums of that period....hindsight is a wonderful thing sometimes!
anyway, I love this album,even the tracks that only get a like score come close to me loving them, and who knows, with repeated listens they well might...
awesome stuff Jerome, thanks!

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: dunfords fancy
best track: has anybody here seen hank?

[video=youtube;hyK0Y33L9mE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyK0Y33L9mE[/video]

tracks:

1...fisherman's blues ***
2...we will not be lovers ***
3...strange boat ***
4...world party ***
5...sweet thing **
6...jimmy hickey's waltz(instrumental) **
7...and a bang on the ear ***
8...has anybody here seen hank? ***
9...when will we be married? ***
10.when ye go away **
11.dunford's fancy(instrumental) *
12.the stolen child **

3s=7
2s=4
1s=1

rating: 2.5