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Revision as of 15:28, 28 July 2017
This is an incomplete discography of releases by The Waterboys.
Singles
For the sake of convenience, singles by Another Pretty Face, The Waterboys and by Mike Scott are included in this chart. All tracks were released as singles in the UK, except:
- Tracks marked ♦ were released commercially as singles, but not in the UK.
- Tracks marked ♦♦ were released as promo-only singles, and only in the US.
| Year | Title | Artist credit | Chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | CAN | IRE | NZL | US Modern Rock | ||||
| 1979 | "All the Boys Love Carrie" | Another Pretty Face | – | – | – | – | – | – | Non-album release |
| 1980 | "Whatever Happened to the West?" | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Heaven Gets Closer Everyday" | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1981 | "Soul to Soul" | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1983 | "A Girl Called Johnny" | The Waterboys | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | The Waterboys |
| "December" | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1984 | "The Big Music" | – | – | – | – | – | – | A Pagan Place | |
| ♦ "Church Not Made With Hands" | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| ♦ "All the Things She Gave Me" | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1985 | "The Whole of the Moon" | 26 | 12 | 71 | – | 19 | – | This Is the Sea | |
| ♦ "Don't Bang the Drum" | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1988 | "Fisherman's Blues" | 32 | 54 | – | 13 | 20 | 3 | Fisherman's Blues | |
| 1989 | "And a Bang on the Ear" | 51 | – | – | 1 | – | – | ||
| ♦♦ "World Party" | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | |||
| 1990 | ♦ "How Long Will I Love You?" | – | – | – | 28 | – | – | Room to Roam | |
| ♦♦ "A Life of Sundays" | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | |||
| 1991 | "The Whole of the Moon" (reissue) |
3 | – | – | 2 | – | – | The Best of the Waterboys 81–90 | |
| "Fisherman's Blues" (reissue) |
75 | – | – | 17 | – | – | |||
| 1993 | "The Return of Pan" | 24 | – | 68 | 28 | – | 10 | Dream Harder | |
| "Glastonbury Song" | 29 | – | – | 12 | – | – | |||
| ♦♦"Preparing to Fly" | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1995 | "Bring 'Em All In" | Mike Scott | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | Bring 'Em All In |
| "Building the City of Light" | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1997 | "Love Anyway" | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | Still Burning | |
| 1998 | "Rare, Precious and Gone" | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| ♦♦ "Questions" | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2000 | "Is She Conscious?" | The Waterboys | – | – | – | – | – | – | A Rock in the Weary Land |
| "A Rock in the Weary Land" | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "We Are Jonah" | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2007 | "Everybody Takes a Tumble" | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | Book of Lightning | |
| 2011 | "Sweet Dancer" | – | – | – | – | – | – | An Appointment with Mr Yeats | |
| 2017 | "If The Answer Is Yeah" | The Waterboys | Out of All This Blue | ||||||
Studio albums
For the sake of convenience, albums by The Waterboys and by Mike Scott are included here. Scott has stated on numerous occasions that he sees no qualitative or creative difference between the music produced under the two brand names. All albums credited to The Waterboys, except where noted.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||
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| UK [1] |
IRE | NLD [2] |
NOR [3] |
NZL [4] |
SWE [5] |
US [6] | |||
| 1983 | The Waterboys | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1984 | A Pagan Place | 100 | – | – | – | 40 | – | – | |
| 1985 | This Is the Sea | 37 | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | – | |
| 1988 | Fisherman's Blues | 13 | 67 | – | 7 | 15 | 18 | 76 |
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| 1990 | Room to Roam | 5 | – | 69 | 11 | – | 16 | 180 |
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| 1993 | Dream Harder | 5 | – | 54 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 171 |
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| 1995 | Bring 'em All In (as Mike Scott) | ||||||||
| 1997 | Still Burning (as Mike Scott) | ||||||||
| 2000 | A Rock in the Weary Land | 47 | 17 | – | 27 | – | 51 | – | |
| 2003 | Universal Hall | 74 | 54 | – | 24 | – | – | – | |
| 2007 | Book of Lightning | 51 | 19 | 73 | 12 | – | – | – | |
| 2011 | An Appointment with Mr Yeats | 30 | 13 | – | 23 | – | – | – | |
| 2015 | Modern Blues | 14 | 10 | 18 | 10 | – | – | – | |
| 2017 | Out of All This Blue | ||||||||
Live albums and compilations
- 1991: The Best of the Waterboys 81–90 IRE No. 1; UK No. 2
- 1994: The Secret Life of the Waterboys 81–85
- 1998: The Live Adventures of the Waterboys UK No. 91[8]
- 1998: The Whole of the Moon: the Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys
- 2001: Too Close to Heaven (issued as Fisherman's Blues, Part 2 in the United States) UK No. 111[8]
- 2005: Karma to Burn
- 2006: Fisherman's Blues (Collectors Edition) UK No. 119[8]
- 2008: Room to Roam (Collectors Edition) UK No. 179[9]
- 2008: Kiss the wind (outtakes collection)
- 2011: In a Special Place – The Piano Demos for This Is the Sea UK No. 196[10]
- 2013: Fisherman's Box UK No. 84[11]
Various artists compilations
- 2013: Larry Kirwan's Celtic Invasion - includes "Savage Earth Heart (Live from Glastonbury)" [12]
Notes
- ^ "Chart Stats – The Waterboys". theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "Discografie The Waterboys". DutchCharts.nl. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "Discography The Waterboys". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "Discography The Waterboys". Charts.ord.nz. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ "Discography The Waterboys". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ "Discography The Waterboys". billboard.com. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Certified Awards Search Archived 17 January 2010 at WebCite". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2011-10-25. Note: User needs to enter "The Waterboys" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
- ^ a b c Zobbel (16 June 2007). "Chart Log UK". Zobbel. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
- ^ "The Official UK Albums Chart for the week ending 23 August 2008". ChartsPlus (365). Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd: 5–8.
- ^ "CHART LOG UK: NEW ENTRIES UPDATE : 07.05.2011". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart UK Top 100 - 26th April 2014 | The UK Charts | Top 40". Officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Larry Kirwan's Celtic Invasion". Valley Entertainment. Retrieved 6 March 2013.