Fisherman’s Blues - The Waterboys

Fisherman’s Blues

Album by The Waterboys

Released 17 October 1988

Tracklist

Digital Media 1
1
Fisherman’s Blues
4:26
3.9 ★
2
We Will Not Be Lovers
7:01
5.0 ★
3
Strange Boat
3:06
3.0 ★
4
World Party (extended version)
5:28
5
Sweet Thing
7:12
6
Jimmy Hickey’s Waltz
2:06
7
And a Bang on the Ear (extended)
9:14
8
Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?
3:18
9
When Will We Be Married
3:00
10
When Ye Go Away
3:44
11
Dunford’s Fancy
1:04
12
The Stolen Child
6:55
13
This Land Is Your Land
0:54
Digital Media 2
1
Carolan’s Welcome
2:51
2
Killing My Heart (alternative version)
3:54
3
You in the Sky
5:47
4
When Will We Be Married (1987 recording)
2:40
5
Fisherman’s Blues (alternative version)
5:49
6
Rattle My Bones and Shiver My Soul
2:38
7
Let Me Feel Holy Again
6:09
8
Meet Me at the Station
3:24
9
Soon as I Get Home
12:03

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Release credits

Alec Finn
bouzouki [2.1, 1.10]
Anthony Thistlethwaite
Hammond organ [7], baritone saxophone [7], harmonica [2.4, 1.9], mandolin [1.1-2, 1.4-6, 1.10, 2.2, 2.5-6, 2.8], mouth organ [3], saxophone [1.8, 1.12, 2.1, 2.3, 2.8-9]
Bill Whelan
piano [8]
Bob Johnston
producer [2]
Brendan O'Regan
bouzouki [11]
Charlie Lennon
fiddle [2.1, 1.10]
Colin Blakey
flute [2.5, 2.7, 1.8, 1.12], horn [12], piano [1.3, 2.5]
Dave Ruffy
drums (drum set) [2]
Fran Breen
drums (drum set) [3, 8]
Frankie Gavin
fiddle [1], tin whistle [1]
Jay Dee Daugherty
drums (drum set) [7]
Jenne Haan
choir vocals [4]
Jim Keltner
drums (drum set) [9]
John Dunford
producer [2.1, 1.6-12]
John Grimes
recording [1-3, 5]
John Patitucci
bass [9]
Kevin Wilkinson
drums (drum set) [4]
Mike Scott
Hammond organ [2], acoustic guitar [3, 6-7], bouzouki [1.9, 2.2], drums (drum set) [1.6, 1.9, 2.1], electric guitar [3], electric piano [9], guitar [1.1-3, 1.5, 1.7-8, 1.10, 2.2, 2.5, 2.8], membranophone [9], organ [3-4], percussion [4], piano [1.4, 1.6-9, 1.12, 2.1, 2.7], producer [1.1, 1.3-12, 2.1-9], vocal [2.2-9, 1.1-5, 1.7-10, 1.12]
Máirtín O’Connor
accordion [7]
Noel Bridgeman
accordion [2, 5], congas [4], drums (drum set) [2, 5, 7], tambourine [4]
Padraig Stevens
bell [12]
Pat McCarthy
recording [2.1, 1.1-3, 1.5-12]
Pearse Dunne
mix [3], recording [1.1-2, 1.4-5, 2.2-8]
Peter McKinney
drums (drum set) [1.1, 1.5, 2.3, 2.6, 2.8]
Phil Tennant
additional [3], mix [1]
Rachel Nolan
choir vocals [4]
Roddy Lorimer
trumpet [4]
Ruth Nolan
choir vocals [4]
Steve Wickham
background vocals [4], fiddle [2.1-9, 1.1-9, 1.11-12]
The Abergavenny Male Voice Choir
choir vocals [4]
Thomas McKeown
spoken vocals [12]
Tom Flye
recording [9]
Tomás Mac Eoin
spoken vocals [12]
Trevor Hutchinson
bass [2.2-3, 2.5-8, 1.2, 1.4-8, 1.10], bass guitar [1-3, 5, 8], bouzouki [12], double bass [1.6, 1.10, 2.1]
Vinnie Kilduff
background vocals [4], guitar [3], producer [2.5, 2.7, 1.3], tin whistle [4-5, 7], uilleann pipes [4-5]

Issues

F
Fisherman’s Blues
CD
17 October 1988
F
Fisherman’s Blues
CD
25 October 1988
F
Fisherman's Blues
CD
1988
F
Fisherman's Blues
CD
1988
F
Fisherman’s Blues
12" Vinyl
1988
F
Fisherman’s Blues
12" Vinyl
1988
F
Fisherman's Blues
12" Vinyl
1988
F
Fisherman’s Blues
CD
1988
F
Fisherman's Blues
Vinyl
1988
F
Fisherman's Blues
12" Vinyl
1988
F
Fisherman’s Blues
CD
1988
F
Fisherman's Blues
12" Vinyl
1988
F
Fisherman’s Blues
CD
1988
F
Fisherman’s Blues
CD
1988
F
Fisherman's Blues
2x CD
8 May 2006
F
Fisherman's Blues
2x Digital Media
16 August 2006
F
Fisherman's Blues
2x CD
29 August 2006
F
Fisherman’s Blues
2x Digital Media