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An Appointment With Mr. Yeats
Rock · 2011 · 14 tracks · 56m

An Appointment With Mr. Yeats

The Waterboys

A grand, theatrical fusion of W.B. Yeats' poetry and expansive rock. Dense arrangements where fiddles and electric guitars collide in a spiritual, literary storm.

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It's like a high-energy rock opera where the lyrics were written by Ireland's greatest poet.

A grand, intellectual storm that balances high-stakes drama with moments of profound, quiet mysticism.

An Appointment With Mr. Yeats · vs · The Waterboys
Mythology+1.9σ

The writing leans notably further into mythology than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 56m
01
The Hosting of the Shee
4:30
02
Song of Wandering Aengus
5:25
03
News for the Delphic Oracle
4:30
04
A Full Moon in March
2:06
05
Sweet Dancer
3:27
06
White Birds
5:07
07
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
2:22
08
Mad as the Mist and Snow
4:06
09
Before the World Was Made
1:46
10
September 1913
7:18
11
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
2:32
12
Politics
3:48
13
Let the Earth Bear Witness
3:35
14
The Faery's Last Song
5:53
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive transition in Mad as the Mist and Snow where the rock arrangement mirrors the descent into madness.
The haunting, sparse piano melody that carries The Lake Isle of Innisfree into a moment of pure pastoral longing.
The epic seven-minute sprawl of September 1913 where the brass and fiddle build into a towering wall of sound.
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