The Waterboys – The Waterboys (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1986
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The Waterboys is an LP by The Waterboys from 1986 released on the Chicken Jazz, Ensign, Island Records label.
About this album
The Waterboys is an arresting debut that set out the band’s early identity with ambition and fire. Released in 1983, it introduced Mike Scott’s vivid songwriting, mixing folk-rock colour, post-punk drive and an expansive, literary sensibility. Built around songs such as A Girl Called Johnny, it showed a group already reaching beyond straightforward rock conventions towards something more visionary. The album helped establish The Waterboys as one of the most distinctive British and Irish acts of the decade, laying the groundwork for the larger, more celebrated records that followed while standing as a compelling statement in its own right.
Genre: Pop & Rock
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Artist: The WaterboysLabel: Chicken Jazz, Ensign, Island Records – L 20050Format: LP, Album, ReissueUnits: 1Country: AustraliaReleased: 1986Genre: Pop & RockStyle: Blues Rock, Folk Rock
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A1 December
A2 A Girl Called Johnny
A3 The Three Day Man
A4 Gala
B1 I Will Not Follow
B2 It Should Have Been You
B3 The Girl In The Swing
B4 Savage Earth Heart