Good Luck, Seeker (Deluxe) The Waterboys

• 1The Soul Singer04:42
• 2(You've Got to) Kiss a Frog or Two03:48
• 3Low Down in the Broom03:05
• 4Dennis Hopper03:09
• 5Freak Street02:35
• 6Sticky Fingers00:45
• 7Why Should I Love You?05:44
• 8The Golden Work03:02
• 9My Wanderings in the Weary Land06:47
• 10Postcard from the Celtic Dreamtime04:11
• 11Good Luck, Seeker02:46
• 12Beauty in Repetition01:47
• 13Everchanging01:50
• 14The Land of Sunset04:27
• 15The Soul Singer (Instrumental)04:39
• 16(You've Got To) Kiss a Frog or Two (Instrumental)02:46
• 17Low Down in the Broom (Guitar/Vocal Version)02:58
• 18Dennis Hopper (Demo)01:53
• 19Why Should I Love You? (Instrumental)05:44
• 20My Wanderings in the Weary Land (Vocal Version)02:37
• 21Postcard from the Celtic Dreamtime (Instrumental)04:11
• 22Beauty in Repetition (Instrumental)01:57
• 23The Soul Singer (Demo)03:27
• 24The Land of Sunset (Instrumental)04:24
• Total Runtime01:23:14

Info for Good Luck, Seeker (Deluxe)

The Waterboys release their 14th studio album Good Luck, Seeker today to widespread acclaim from fans and critics alike. The Daily Telegraph have hailed it as one of their cultural highlights of the summer whilst Uncut, Mojo, Classic Rock, Record Collector and more are claiming it as one of the band’s greatest records.

The great reaction to Good Luck, Seeker has been echoed worldwide with fantastic reviews running in North America, Australia and Europe.

Waterboys leader Mike Scott has also produced a string of striking psychedelic videos to accompany many of the songs on the album. The brand new video out today to accompany the track ‘Dennis Hopper, is an explosion of rock’n’roll symbolism, celebrating the life and style of one of film’s greatest rebels – a kindred spirit to the Waterboys’ band-leader himself.

Mike Scott says: “I love Dennis Hopper, man. He was there at every stage of the twentieth-century counter-culture. Schooled at the Actor’s Studio, mentored by James Dean, a supporter of the young Andy Warhol. He burned forever in celluloid the image of the “head” then zoned off beyond the outer limits and came back soul intact and a twinkle in his eye. What a cat!”

The Waterboys

The Waterboys
are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York, and Findhorn have all served as homes for the group. The band has played in a number of different styles, but their music is a mix of Celtic folk music with rock and roll. After ten years of recording and touring, they dissolved in 1993 and Scott pursued a solo career. They reformed in 2000, and continue to release albums and tour worldwide. Scott emphasises a continuity between The Waterboys and his solo work, saying that "To me there's no difference between Mike Scott and the Waterboys; they both mean the same thing. They mean myself and whoever are my current travelling musical companions."

The early Waterboys sound was dubbed "The Big Music" after a song on their second album, A Pagan Place. This musical style was described by Scott as "a metaphor for seeing God's signature in the world." It either influenced or was used to describe a number of other bands, including Simple Minds, The Alarm, In Tua Nua, Big Country, the Hothouse Flowers and World Party, the last of which was made up of former Waterboys members. In the late 1980s the band became significantly more folk influenced. The Waterboys eventually returned to rock and roll, and have released both rock and folk albums since reforming. Their songs, largely written by Scott, often contain literary references and are frequently concerned with spirituality. Both the group and its members' solo careers have received much praise from both rock and folk music critics, but The Waterboys as a band has never received the commercial success that some of its members have had independently. Aside from World Party, The Waterboys have also influenced musicians such as Eddie Vedder, Johnny Goudie, Colin Meloy of The Decemberists,Grant Nicholas of Feeder,James Marshall Owen, and Miles Hunt of The Wonder Stuff; both Bono and The Edge from U2 are fans of the band.

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