An Appointment with Mr. Yeats by The Waterboys (CD, 2011)

EMI

5099972915820

17050167535

The Waterboys

CD

2011

An Appointment with Mr. Yeats

Alternative, Rock

Having already adapted "The Stolen Child" on 1988's Fisherman's Blues and "Love and Death" on 1993's Dream Harder, Mike Scott's Waterboys went the whole nine yards in 2011 by dedicating their tenth studio album, An Appointment with Mr. Yeats, entirely to the poetry of arguably Ireland's most famous literary figure. Co-produced with Marc Arciero, the follow-up to 2007's Book of Lightning features many of the songs Scott had performed on his 2010 five-night sold-out show of the same name, including interpretations of both Yeats' mythical pieces ("The Hosting of the Shee," "Song of Wandering Aengus") and his political works ("September 1913," "Politics"). ~ Jon O'Brien

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Uncut (p.105) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hrillingly alive with Scott's undaunted belief in rock's majestic possibilities..." Record Collector (magazine) (p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This album seems the culmination of years of love and endeavour in pursuit of a contextualising of Yeats..."

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