Best known in America for the
tracks “The Whole of the Moon”
and “Fisherman’s Blues”, their lat-
est release adds several songs to
the band’s greatest hits. Highlights
include the fun and upbeat title
track, “London Mick” (a tribute to
Mick Jones of The Clash), the bal-
lad “Out of All This Blue”, and the
last three tracks which showcase
Mike Scott’s poetic lyrics: “And
There’s Love”, “In My Time On
Earth”, and the epic closer, “Piper
At The Gates Of Dawn.”
Mike Scott has always been a
poet to me, albeit one that tran-
scends poetry into the three-
dimensional world. His lyrics are
poetic, but the combination of
the music and his vocals creates
something else - something big-
ger, something magical, some-
thing spiritual even. Poetry has
always been a large part of Scott’s
work and in 2011, The Waterboys
released An Appointment with Mr.
Yeats, an album featuring 14 po-
ems by W.B. Yeats put to music.
Watch a video for “London Mick” by The Waterboys
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