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A Rock in the Weary Land
Rock · 2000 · 12 tracks

A Rock in the Weary Land

The Waterboys

A jagged, industrial-edged pivot from Mike Scott. Distorted guitars and urban grime replace the rolling hills, creating a heavy, apocalyptic rock experience.

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It's the Waterboys if they traded the fiddle for a fuzz pedal and a dark alleyway.

A restless, high-voltage search for meaning amidst urban decay and sonic chaos.

A Rock in the Weary Land · vs · The Waterboys
Intense+4.0σ

Intense saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Let It Happen
6:21
02
My Love Is My Rock in the Weary Land
8:16
03
It's All Gone
2:16
04
Is She Conscious?
4:41
05
We Are Jonah
5:08
06
Malediction
4:16
07
Dumbing Down the World
3:07
08
His Word Is Not His Bond
3:59
09
Night Falls on London
0:48
10
The Charlatan's Lament
6:53
11
The Wind in the Wires
5:33
12
Crown
7:04
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden eruption of jagged, overdriven guitar that tears through the opening of Let It Happen
The hypnotic, eight-minute circular groove of the title track as it builds into a wall of sonic grit
The jarring transition from the brief Night Falls on London into the scathing, distorted energy of The Charlatan's Lament
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