The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys

The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys is a compilation album by The Waterboys and Mike Scott, released in 1998 by EMI.[2]

The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys
Studio album by
Released6 October 1998[1]
Length74:05
LabelEMI
The Waterboys chronology
The Live Adventures of the Waterboys
(1998)
The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys
(1998)
A Rock in the Weary Land
(2000)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [3]

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic described the compilation as an "excellent sampler", adding: "The sequencing pays no attention to chronology, [but] despite this, Scott's impassioned singing holds things together better than might be expected, and the effect is not unlike a good Waterboys concert."[1] The 2000 book The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion described the album as a "useful compilation" which "also rounds up some of Scott's stripped-down solo work".[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Whole of the Moon"Mike Scott5:01
2."Glastonbury Song"Scott3:42
3."Medicine Bow"Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite2:44
4."Fisherman's Blues"Scott, Steve Wickham4:25
5."A Girl Called Johnny (Live)"Scott4:14
6."The Pan Within"Scott6:10
7."She Is So Beautiful"Scott3:56
8."Rare, Precious and Gone (Radio Session)"Scott4:31
9."Strange Boat"Scott, Thistlethwaite3:05
10."Red Army Blues"Scott8:05
11."This Is the Sea"Scott6:29
12."Higher in Time"Scott, Thistlethwaite3:07
13."The Return of Pan"Scott4:19
14."What Do You Want Me to Do?"Scott3:01
15."When Ye Go Away"Scott4:37
16."Love Anyway"Scott6:41

References

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  1. ^ a b c William Ruhlmann (6 October 1998). "The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott & the Waterboys - The Waterboys, Mike Scott | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Music Scotland - The Vault - Biogs". BBC. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion - Google Books. 1 November 2007. ISBN 9781841959733. Retrieved 29 May 2019.