Out of All This Blue (Deluxe) The Waterboys

• 1 Do We Choose Who We Love 02:58
• 2 If I Was Your Boyfriend 04:11
• 3 Santa Fe 03:57
• 4 If the Answer Is Yeah 03:33
• 5 Love Walks In 06:24
• 6 New York I Love You 07:49
• 7 The Connemara Fox 05:30
• 8 The Girl in the Window Chair 02:57
• 9 Morning Came Too Soon 08:15
• 10 Hiphopstrumental 4 (Scatman) 02:28
• 11 The Hammerhead Bar 04:36
• 12 Mister Charisma 02:04
• 13 Nashville, Tennessee 06:00
• 14 Man, What a Woman 03:16
• 15 Girl in a Kayak 01:23
• 16 Monument 02:52
• 17 Kinky's History Lesson 05:19
• 18 Skyclad Lady 00:57
• 19 Rokudenashiko 03:06
• 20 Didn't We Walk on Water 05:52
• 21 The Elegant Companion 04:31
• 22 Yamaben 04:55
• 23 Payo Payo Chin 03:24
• 24 The Memphis Fox 04:08
• 25 If the Answer Is Yeah (Alternate Version) 03:29
• 26 If I Was Your Boyfriend (Zeenie Mix) 04:00
• 27 Epiphany on Mott Street 01:55
• 28 Didn't We Walk on Water (JessKav Mix) 05:33
• 29 Santa Fe (Instrumental) 03:56
• 30 Payo Payo Chin (Tokyo Hotel) 01:16
• 31 Return to Roppongi Hills 02:02
• 32 Nashville, Tennessee (Live) 05:36
• 33 Mister Charisma (Alternate Version) 03:31
• 34 So in Love with You 04:36
• Total Runtime 02:16:19

Info for Out of All This Blue (Deluxe)

Out Of All This Blue contains 23 songs. String and brass sections were arranged and conducted by Trey Pollard of The Spacebomb Collective. Mike Scott says of the record: “Out Of All This Blue is 2/3 love and romance, 1/3 stories and observations. I knew from the beginning I wanted to make a double album, and lucky for me – and I hope the listener – the songs just kept coming, and in pop colours.”

Speaking about the new album, Mike Scott said “Out Of All This Blue is 2/3 love and romance, 1/3 stories and observations. I knew from the beginning I wanted to make a double album, and lucky for me – and I hope the listener – the songs just kept coming, and in pop colours.”

"If you're a longtime Waterboys fan who often wonders when Mike Scott is going to get funky -- well, your time has finally come. Stylistic shape-shifting has long been part of Scott's modus operandi, but with the Waterboys' ambitious 2017's double set Out of All This Blue, Scott and his collaborators have jumped headfirst into R&B and funk rhythms, with drum loops and hip-hop-influenced production dominating many of the tracks. This being a Waterboys album, there's an eclectic variety of sounds and genres here, including more familiar detours into Celtic, country, and folk-influenced tracks and a few numbers that focus on Japanese culture (part of the album was recorded in Tokyo). But the majority of the album finds Scott and company belatedly embracing dance rhythms, and he takes to the funk more comfortably than one might expect. When Scott sings about the rough-and-tumble side of life in New York City or his pursuit of his latest romantic obsession, his passion lines up perfectly with the snap of the backing tracks, and this album's take on hip-hop rhythms is thankfully organic and non-gimmicky. Out of All This Blue feels a bit overstuffed at 23 tracks spread over two discs, but precious little of it feels like filler, with even the weakest tracks adding to the overall flavor of the album. And Scott remains a great storyteller, whether he's telling a woman why he should be her boyfriend, debating Memphis vs. Nashville, enjoying a night in a dive bar, or telling off Keith Richards. (And Scott responding to an insult to Neville Chamberlain from Kinky Friedman might sound like some sort of joke, but "Kinky's History Lesson" turns out to be one of the strongest and most moving tracks on this album.) Overall, Out of All This Blue is a bold experiment that succeeds, and once again demonstrates the depth and breadth of Mike Scott's talent." (Mark Deming, AMG)

Mike Scott, vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, organ, mellotron, bass, drums, percussion, FX, sampler
Zach Ernst, guitar
Niall C. Lawlor, guitar
Max Zaska, guitar
Brother Paul Brown, synthesizer, organ, piano, Clavinet, vocals
John Hegarty, piano
Steve Wickham, fiddle, sonics, horns, strings
David Hood, bass
Aonghus Ralston, bass
Neil Mahoney, bass
Megumi Igarashi, voice
Ralph Salmins, drums
Wild Bill Crivvens, percussion
Trey Pollard, string, brass and bass arrangement
The Indivisible Strings
Kevin Murphy, cello, double bass
Bill Blackmore, trumpet and flugelhorn
Thomas Haugh, zither, ukulele, percussion
Caoimhe Barry, choir
Conor J. Ryan, choir
Dublin Soul Choir
Karen Crowley, choir
Saoirse Duane, choir
Carly Coonagh, choir
Zeenie Summers, backing vocals, choir
Jess Kavanagh, backing vocals, choir

The Waterboys
are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York, and Findhorn have all served as homes for the group. The band has played in a number of different styles, but their music is a mix of Celtic folk music with rock and roll. After ten years of recording and touring, they dissolved in 1993 and Scott pursued a solo career. They reformed in 2000, and continue to release albums and tour worldwide. Scott emphasises a continuity between The Waterboys and his solo work, saying that "To me there's no difference between Mike Scott and the Waterboys; they both mean the same thing. They mean myself and whoever are my current travelling musical companions."

The early Waterboys sound was dubbed "The Big Music" after a song on their second album, A Pagan Place. This musical style was described by Scott as "a metaphor for seeing God's signature in the world." It either influenced or was used to describe a number of other bands, including Simple Minds, The Alarm, In Tua Nua, Big Country, the Hothouse Flowers and World Party, the last of which was made up of former Waterboys members. In the late 1980s the band became significantly more folk influenced. The Waterboys eventually returned to rock and roll, and have released both rock and folk albums since reforming. Their songs, largely written by Scott, often contain literary references and are frequently concerned with spirituality. Both the group and its members' solo careers have received much praise from both rock and folk music critics, but The Waterboys as a band has never received the commercial success that some of its members have had independently. Aside from World Party, The Waterboys have also influenced musicians such as Eddie Vedder, Johnny Goudie, Colin Meloy of The Decemberists,Grant Nicholas of Feeder,James Marshall Owen, and Miles Hunt of The Wonder Stuff; both Bono and The Edge from U2 are fans of the band.

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