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Hosting of the Shee, TheSong of Wandering AengusNews for the Delphic OracleFull Moon in March, ASweet DancerWhite BirdsLake Isle of Innisfree, TheMad as the Mist and SnowBefore the World Was MadeSeptember 1913Irish Airman Foresees His Death, AnPoliticsLet the Earth Bear WitnessFaery's Last Song, TheTrack List
Hosting of the Shee, TheSong of Wandering AengusNews for the Delphic OracleFull Moon in March, ASweet DancerWhite BirdsLake Isle of Innisfree, TheMad as the Mist and SnowBefore the World Was MadeSeptember 1913Irish Airman Foresees His Death, AnPoliticsLet the Earth Bear WitnessFaery's Last Song, TheAlbum Reviews:
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..."
Uncut (magazine) (p.105) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hrillingly alive with Scott's undaunted belief in rock's majestic possibilities..."
Album Notes
Adapter: Mike Scott .
Recording information: Kore (03/2011-06/2011); Music Room (03/2011-06/2011); Sofa and Studio 3 (03/2011-06/2011).
Photographers: Helge Skodvin; Paul Macmanus; Steve Wickham; Ralph Salmins.
Arranger: Mike Scott .
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
