The Waterboys discography

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The Waterboys discography
The Waterboys in Antwerp 2003 5.jpg
The Waterboys performing in Antwerp in 2003. L–R: Mike Scott, Geoff Dugmore, Steve Wickham and Brad Waissman
Studio albums15
Live albums2
Compilation albums9
EPs3
Singles29

Discography of releases by The Waterboys and Mike Scott.

Contents

The Waterboys

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
SCO
[1]
EUR
[2]
GER
[3]
IRE
[4]
NED
[5]
NZ
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
The Waterboys
  • Released: July 1983
  • Label: Chrysalis (#CCD1541)
A Pagan Place
  • Released: 2 June 1984
  • Label: Ensign (#ENCL3)
40100
This Is the Sea
  • Released: 16 September 1985
  • Label: Ensign (#ENCL5)
704637
Fisherman's Blues
  • Released: 17 October 1988
  • Label: Ensign (#CHEN5)
63157181376
Room to Roam
  • Released: 2 October 1990
  • Label: Ensign (#CHEN16)
176911165180
Dream Harder
  • Released: 25 May 1993
  • Label: Geffen (#GED24476)
2167754283135171
A Rock in the Weary Land
  • Released: 25 September 2000
  • Label: RCA (#74321783052)
3517275147
Universal Hall
  • Released: 9 June 2003
  • Label: Puck (#74321783052)
59542474
Book of Lightning
  • Released: 2 April 2007
  • Label: W14 (#1721305)
3419731251
An Appointment with Mr Yeats
  • Released: 19 September 2011
  • Label: Proper (#PRPCD081)
1782132330
Modern Blues
  • Released: 19 January 2015
  • Label: Harlequin and Clown (#CLOWNE1)
104610181014
Out of All This Blue
  • Released: 8 September 2017
  • Label: BMG (#538292480)
36851078
Where the Action Is 6653121
Good Luck, Seeker
  • Released: 21 August 2020
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl (#COOKCD768)
440145314
All Souls Hill
  • Released: 6 May 2022 [12]
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
1094
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Collector's edition studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
SCO
[13]
IRE
[4]
UK
[9]
Fisherman's Blues
  • Released: May 2006
  • Label: EMI (#3576732)
7967119
Room to Roam
  • Released: August 2008
  • Label: Chrysalis (#509992)
179
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
SCO
[14]
UK
[9]
UK
Indie

[15]
The Live Adventures of
  • Released: August 1998
  • Label: New Millennium (#PILOT40)
669110
Karma to Burn
  • Released: 26 September 2005
  • Label: Puck (#PUCK4)
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
SCO
[16]
EUR
[17]
GER
[18]
IRE
[4]
NED
[5]
NZ
[6]
NOR
[7]
POR
[19]
SWE
[8]
UK
[9]
The Best of The Waterboys 81–90
  • Released: 30 April 1991
  • Label: Ensign (#CHEN19)
115216932176192
The Best of The Waterboys
  • Released: 25 April 1994
  • Label: Ensign (#CCD1845)
98
The Secret Life of the Waterboys 81–85
  • Released: 24 October 1994
  • Label: Ensign (#CHEN35)
94
The Whole of the Moon:
The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys
  • Released: 6 October 1998
  • Label: EMI (#CDPP073)
9133
Too Close to Heaven
  • Released: 24 September 2001
  • Label: RCA (#74321881522)
74111
The Platinum Collection
  • Released: 23 October 2006
  • Label: EMI (#3783462)
55
In a Special Place –
The Piano Demos for This Is the Sea
  • Released: 28 April 2011
  • Label: Chrysalis (#5099909841024)
196
Cloud of Sound
  • Released: March 2012
  • Label: Puck (#PUCK6)
Fisherman's Box
  • Released: 17 November 2013
  • Label: Parlophone (#2564641330)
68679284
1985
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Extended plays

YearTitleTracks
2000Is She Conscious?
  • Is She Conscious?
  • Sad Procession
  • The Faeries' Prisoner
  • Is She Conscious? (Acoustic)
  • Savage Earth Heart
  • My Lord, What A Morning
2014Puck's Blues
  • November Tale
  • I Can See Elvis
  • The Girl Who Slept for Scotland
  • Destinies Entwined
2019Out of All This Blue
  • Out Of All This Blue
  • Out Of All This Blue (Demo)
  • London Mick (Live)
  • The Whole Of The Moon (Live)

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positions Certifications Album
SCO
[20]
AUS
[21]
CAN
[22]
EUR
[23]
IRE
[24]
NED
[5]
NZ
[6]
POR
[25]
UK
[9]
1983"A Girl Called Johnny"4480The Waterboys
"December"113 [26]
1984"The Big Music"124 [27] A Pagan Place
"Church Not Made With Hands"
"All the Things She Gave Me"
1985"The Whole of the Moon"127176191926This Is the Sea
"Don't Bang the Drum"
1986"Medicine Bow"
1988"Fisherman's Blues"5480132032Fisherman's Blues
1989"And a Bang on the Ear"151
1990"How Long Will I Love You?"28Room to Roam
1991"A Man Is in Love"
"The Whole of the Moon" (re-issue)107323The Best of the Waterboys 81—90
"Fisherman's Blues" (re-issue)1775
1993"The Return of Pan"6489281024Dream Harder
"Glastonbury Song"6212329
2000"My Love Is My Rock in the Weary Land"A Rock In the Weary Land
"We Are Jonah"
2003"This Light Is for the World"Universal Hall
2007"Everybody Takes a Tumble"33125Book of Lightning
"The Crash of Angel Wings"
2011"Sweet Dancer"An Appointment with Mr Yeats
2012"Politics"
2014"November Tale"Modern Blues
2015"Beautiful Now"
2017"If the Answer Is Yeah!"Out of All This Blue
"Payo Payo Chin"
2020"The Soul Singer"Good Luck, Seeker
2022"Here We Go Again"All Souls Hill
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Mike Scott

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
SCO
[28]
EUR
[29]
NOR
[30]
SWE
[31]
UK
[9]
Bring 'Em All In
  • Released: September 1995
  • Label: Chryslis (#CDCHR6108)
1844142123
Still Burning
  • Released: October 1997
  • Label: Chryslis (#CDCHR6122)
2454183934
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
SCO
[32]
UK
[9]
1995"Bring 'Em All In"3856Bring 'Em All In
"Building the City of Light"4660
1997"Love Anyway"3150Still Burning
1998"Rare, Precious and Gone"4774
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Other releases

DNV singles[ clarification needed ]

Another Pretty Face singles

Funhouse singles

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    • "Good Luck, Seeker". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
    • "All Souls Hill". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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  10. "US chart peaks". Billboard . Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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  12. "All Souls Hill by The Waterboys Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  13. Scottish studio albums (collector's editions) chart peaks:
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  15. UK Independent live album chart peaks:
  16. Scottish compilation albums chart peaks:
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  20. Scottish singles chart peaks:
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  24. Irish singles chart peaks:
    • Note: User needs to click on the "Search Charts" tab. Then enter Waterboys into the "Search Artists" field and press "Search". "Irish singles chart peaks up to 1999". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  25. Portuguese singles chart peaks:
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  27. "Gallup Top 200 Singles". Gallup. 21 April 1984. Retrieved 11 November 2022 via ukmix.org.
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  29. Mike Scott albums chart peaks:
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  32. Mike Scott Scottish singles chart peaks: