- Audio CD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Import
- ASIN: B000PUB9IM
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,326,776 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format: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!
27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The Waterboys (or more accurately Mike Scott and various musicians) started their career by being picked as a support band for U2, and you can see why from listening to their early material. 'A Girl Called Johnny' is miles away from something like 'Fisherman's Blues', and apart from the vocals, it's hard to imagine it's the same band.
They didn't go the stadium rock route of U2 though, and if anything their career went backwards, from near rock anthems to celtic folk rock recorded in small out of the way recording studios. Mike Scott's talent is undeniable though, writing some great songs. The one that everyone knows is 'Whole of the Moon', but there are plenty of other great songs here too.
That's the trouble though, there just isn't enough room on this CD to do them justice. A double CD would have been far better, as there are too many tracks missing that really should be here. That's the ONLY reason I think 4 stars rather than 5 though.
Format:Audio CD
I had the this album many years ago but over several house moves I lost it. I decided that it was time to replace it, along with several others (vinyls), This is a brilliant album, it basically has all the well known tracks that are loved by all Waterboys fans. It is a good introduction to their music and great for the car. be carefull if the windows are down though because you cant help singing along with the tracks very loudly -scaring other motorists!
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Wonderful Waterboys
A brilliant compilation of early Waterboys music at a daft price-don't miss it-I have them all anyway, but a great mix for the car!
Published 4 months ago by Ali G
good listen
The cd was bought to replace a tape cheerfully destroyed by my 7 year old. As I hadn't listened to the tape for a good while, it reminded me of how great it was and still is, to... Read more
Published 4 months ago by gerry latawiec
Good but not exceptional.
The exhilaration of some tracks makes this collection worthwhile but focuses more on Scott than later material which shows other members of the band (e.g. Read more
Published 9 months ago by PJW Griffin
Digitising the tape collection
Bought this to replace a tape I had not listened to for a long time. Hmm sounded better first time round!!
Published on 17 Sep 2009 by Mr. Alan Massey
Stands the test of time.
Bought this to replace my lost copy and to load onto the MP3 player, sit back relive some of the best listening (usually by the pool on holiday) I have had. Read more
Published on 22 April 2009 by glasgow guy
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