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The Waterboys is an English rock band, which spawned several albums including their biggest hit, Fisherman's Blues.

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Contents 1 News 1.1 Tours & Concerts 1.2 Announcements 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 2.3 Compilations & Live Releases 3 Other artists 3.1 Similar artists 3.2 Contemporaries 4 Trivia 5 Reviews 6 External Links

News

Tours & Concerts

There are no current tour and concert schedules for The Waterboys.

Announcements

There are no announcements as of this time

Discography

Albums

The Waterboys July 1983 Ensign	A Pagan Place June 1984 Ensign	This is The Sea September 16, 1985 Chrysallis	Fisherman's Blues October 1988 Ensign
Roam To Room October 1990 Ensign	Dream Harder May 1993 Geffen	A Rock in The Weary Land September 25, 2000 BMG International	Universal Hall June 9, 2003 Puck
Book of Lightning April 2, 2007 Universal

Singles

Date	Title	Label
1983	A Girls Called Johnny	Ensign
1984	The Big Music	Ensign
1988	Fisherman Blues	Ensign
1993	The Return of Pan	Geffen

Compilations & Live Releases

The Best of Waterboys 81-90 1991 Ensign	The Secret Life of Waterboys 81-85 1994 Ensign	The Live Adventures August 25, 1998 Griffin	The Whole of The Moon: The Music of Waterboys & Mike Scott October 6, 1998 Chrysallis
Karma To Burn September 26, 2005 Puck	Platinum Collection October 23, 2006 EMI

Other artists

Similar artists

10,000 Maniacs	The Alarm
Hunters and Collectors	The Pogues
Simple Minds	U2
James	Runners
R.E.M.	The Saw Doctors

Contemporaries

U2	The Alarm
The Levellers	The Saw Doctors
The Pogues

Trivia

• The Waterboys was named after a line in the Lou Reed song "The Kids" but wholly appropriate given Scott's recurring lyrical fascination with sea imagery.

Reviews

External Links

• The Waterboys Official Website