The Best of The Waterboys 81-90 [Import]

The Waterboys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 2, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000007O1N
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,837 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. A Girl Called Johnny

2. The Big Music

3. All The Things She Gave Me

4. The Whole Of The Moon

5. Spirit

6. Don't Bang The Drum

7. Fisherman's Blues

8. Killing My Heart

9. Strange Boat

10. And A Bang On The Ear

11. Old England

12. A Man Is In Love

Editorial Reviews

UK reissue of 1991 compilation for the Celtic alternative rock act. 12 tracks, 'Girl Called Johnny', 'Big Music', 'All The Things She Gave Me', 'Whole Of The Moon', 'Spirit', 'Don't Bang The Drum', 'Fisherman's Blues', 'Killing My Heart', 'Strange Boat', 'And A Bang On The Ear', 'Old England' & 'Man Is In Love'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Big Music, April 1, 2003

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of The Waterboys 81-90 (Audio CD)

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/trancendent 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 inbetween, although the melodic A Man Is In Love and All The Things She Gave Me also stand with the Big Music. I'd really like to give it four stars, but an album with classics like Killing My Heart or Spirit deserves the full five!

21 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too many styles, August 14, 2001

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Big Daddy (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of The Waterboys 81-90 (Audio CD)

I ordered this CD after having heard several cuts from "Fisherman's Blues," such as "Sweet Thing," "A Bang on the Ear," and the title track. I knew that the emsemble evolved through different styles in these ten years, but boy howdy, I didn't know just how much it evolved. The first several tracks are brash college-band tunes, albeit with Scott's more mature touches. I only enjoyed the more Celtic and folk flavored later tracks, and I therefore find myself skipping through the CD quite a bit. That being said, if you dig the early INXS sound, the earlier efforts are superb. The CD is absolutely an accurate representation of the group's music from '81 to '91, it just wasn't quite what I had hoped. The Waterboys just went through too many phases growing up. Caveat Emptor.

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Irish bands of their era, April 17, 2011

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Mary Elizabeth Hackenberger (West Hollywood, CA, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Best of The Waterboys 81-90 (Audio CD)

I love so many Waterboys songs and didn't want to replace all the DVDs I'd lost over the years. I was happy with this "Best Of" thing, because it had most of my old favorites included. If you're a Waterboys fan and want to re-visit some of the best of their work, this is worth the purchase.