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Fisherman’s Blues
Rock · 1988 · 10 tracks

Fisherman’s Blues

The Waterboys

A radical pivot from stadium rock to the Irish countryside. Fiddle-heavy, spiritually charged, and recorded with the loose energy of a never-ending session.

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It's what happens when a stadium rock star runs away to a cottage in Ireland and finds his soul.

A joyous, salt-aired celebration of freedom and spiritual homecoming.

Fisherman’s Blues · vs · The Waterboys
Bonfire+3.0σ

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

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
02
We Will Not Be Lovers
7:03
04
World Party
4:01
05
Sweet Thing
7:15
06
Jimmy Hickey’s Waltz
2:07
08
Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?
3:19
09
When Will We Be Married?
3:01
10
When Ye Go Away
3:45
11
Dunford’s Fancy
1:04
12
The Stolen Child
6:56
13
This Land Is Your Land
0:56
Moments Worth Waiting For
The frantic, percussive acoustic strumming that drives the seven-minute buildup of We Will Not Be Lovers.
The transition into a spoken-word recitation of Yeats during the atmospheric climax of The Stolen Child.
The way the fiddle and mandolin intertwine to create a dizzying, celebratory swirl on the title track.
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