The Waterboys – A Rock In the Weary Land – Vinyl LP

Coloured Vinyl

A Rock In The Weary Land’ was The Waterboys’ seventh studio album, originally released on 25 September 2000. The recording saw the return of the band name after Mike Scott’s two solo albums and featured contributions from two original Waterboys, Kevin Wilkinson and Anthony Thistlethwaite, and some brilliant new ones including keyboard players Thighpaulsandra and Sir Richard Naiff.  NME described the album as “a masterpiece” and Mojo called it “brazen, unapologetic, vital”. Mike Scott has curated this definitive version, with the sequence on the LPs and CD Disc 1 based on the 14-song 2001 US edition, which added ‘Lucky Day / Bad Advice’ and ‘My Lord, What A Morning’ to the original UK version.  The 2CD version features twelve previously unreleased tracks, chosen by Scott, and the 4th side of the 2LP vinyl version is taken up with a spectacular 16-minute live version of Waterboys’ classic Savage Earth Heart.

The CD package includes a 28-page booklet, and the vinyl album comes in a gatefold sleeve.

Disc: 1
1 Let It Happen
2 The Charlatan’s Lament
3 Is She Conscious?
4 We Are Jonah
5 It’s All Gone
6 My Love Is My Rock in the Weary Land
7 Lucky Day/Bad Advice
8 His Word Is Not His Bond
9 Malediction

Disc: 2
1 Dumbing Down the World
2 The Wind in the Wires
3 Night Falls On London
4 Crown
5 My Lord, What a Morning
6 Savage Earth Heart
7 The Forever Music