The Waterboys discography
Discography of releases by The Waterboys and Mike Scott.
| The Waterboys discography | |
|---|---|
 The Waterboys performing in Antwerp in 2003. L–R: Mike Scott, Geoff Dugmore, Steve Wickham and Brad Waissman | |
| Studio albums | 15 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 9 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Singles | 29 |
The Waterboys
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak 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 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| A Pagan Place |
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— | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | 100 | — | |||
| This Is the Sea |
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— | 70 | — | — | 4 | 6 | — | — | 37 | — | |||
| Fisherman's Blues |
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— | 63 | — | — | — | 15 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 76 |
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| Room to Roam |
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— | 17 | — | — | 69 | — | 11 | 16 | 5 | 180 |
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| Dream Harder |
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— | 21 | 67 | 7 | 54 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 171 |
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| A Rock in the Weary Land |
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35 | — | — | 17 | — | — | 27 | 51 | 47 | — | |||
| Universal Hall |
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59 | — | — | 54 | — | — | 24 | — | 74 | — | |||
| Book of Lightning |
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34 | — | — | 19 | 73 | — | 12 | — | 51 | — | |||
| An Appointment with Mr Yeats |
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17 | — | 82 | 13 | — | — | 23 | — | 30 | — | |||
| Modern Blues |
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10 | — | 46 | 10 | 18 | — | 10 | — | 14 | — | |||
| Out of All This Blue |
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3 | — | 68 | 5 | 107 | — | — | — | 8 | — | |||
| Where the Action Is |
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6 | — | 65 | 31 | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | |||
| Good Luck, Seeker |
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4 | — | 40 | 14 | 53 | — | — | — | 14 | — | |||
| All Souls Hill |
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10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Collector's edition studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [13] |
IRE [4] |
UK [9] | ||||||||||||
| Fisherman's Blues |
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79 | 67 | 119 | ||||||||||
| Room to Roam |
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— | — | 179 | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [14] |
UK [9] |
UK Indie [15] | ||||||||||||
| The Live Adventures of |
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66 | 91 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Karma to Burn |
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— | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak 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 |
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— | 11 | 52 | 1 | 69 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 2 |
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| The Best of The Waterboys |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 98 | |||
| The Secret Life of the Waterboys 81–85 |
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94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 133 | |||
| Too Close to Heaven |
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74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 111 | |||
| The Platinum Collection |
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— | — | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| In a Special Place – The Piano Demos for This Is the Sea |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 196 | |||
| Cloud of Sound |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Fisherman's Box |
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68 | — | — | 67 | 92 | — | — | — | — | 84 | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Extended plays
| Year | Title | Tracks |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Is She Conscious? |
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| 2014 | Puck's Blues |
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| 2019 | Out of All This Blue |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Peak 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" | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | 80 | The 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" | — | 12 | 71 | 76 | — | 19 | 19 | — | 26 | This Is the Sea | |||
| "Don't Bang the Drum" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1986 | "Medicine Bow" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | "Fisherman's Blues" | — | 54 | — | 80 | 13 | — | 20 | — | 32 |
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Fisherman's Blues | ||
| 1989 | "And a Bang on the Ear" | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 51 | ||||
| 1990 | "How Long Will I Love You?" | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | Room to Roam | |||
| 1991 | "A Man Is in Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Whole of the Moon" (re-issue) | — | 107 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 |
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The Best of the Waterboys 81—90 | |||
| "Fisherman's Blues" (re-issue) | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 75 | |||||
| 1993 | "The Return of Pan" | — | — | 64 | 89 | 28 | — | — | 10 | 24 | Dream Harder | |||
| "Glastonbury Song" | — | — | — | 62 | 12 | — | — | 3 | 29 | |||||
| 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" | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 125 | Book 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
- (1989) "World Party"
- (1990) "A Life of Sundays"
- (1993) "Preparing to Fly"
Mike Scott
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [28] |
EUR [29] |
NOR [30] |
SWE [31] |
UK [9] | ||||||||||
| Bring 'Em All In |
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18 | 44 | 14 | 21 | 23 | ||||||||
| Still Burning |
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24 | 54 | 18 | 39 | 34 | ||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [32] |
UK [9] | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | "Bring 'Em All In" | 38 | 56 | Bring 'Em All In | ||||||||||
| "Building the City of Light" | 46 | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | "Love Anyway" | 31 | 50 | Still Burning | ||||||||||
| 1998 | "Rare, Precious and Gone" | 47 | 74 | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
- (1998) "Questions"
Other releases
DNV singles
- (1979) "Death in Venice"
Another Pretty Face singles
- (1979) "All the Boys Love Carrie"
- (1980) "Whatever Happened to the West?"
- (1980) "Heaven Gets Closer Everyday"
- (1981) "Soul to Soul"
Funhouse singles
- (1982) "Out of Control"
References
- Scottish studio albums chart peaks:
- "A Rock in the Weary Land". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Universal Hall". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Book of Lightning". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "An Appointment with Mr Yeats". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Modern Blues". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Out of All This Blue". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Where the Action Is". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Good Luck, Seeker". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "All Souls Hill". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- European studio albums chart peaks:
- "This is the Sea" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Fisherman's Blues" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Room to Roam" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Dream Harder" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- German studio albums chart peaks:
- "Dream Harder". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "An Appointment with Mr Yeats". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Modern Blues". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Out of All This Blue". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Where the Action Is". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Good Luck, Seeker". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- Irish chart peaks:
- "Dream Harder" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "The Best of The Waterboys 81–90" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Irish chart peaks". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Dutch chart peaks". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "New Zealand chart peaks". charts.nz. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Norwegian chart peaks". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Swedish chart peaks". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- UK chart peaks:
- "UK chart peaks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 9781904994107.
- "Chart Log UK 1994–2010 - The Waterboys". zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Chart Log UK 1994–2010 - Mike Scott". zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Chart Log UK, 7 May 2011: In a Special Place – The Piano Demos for This Is the Sea". zobbel.de. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- "US chart peaks". Billboard. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 27 August 2023. Note: User needs to enter Waterboys in the "Search BPI Awards" field and press Enter
- "All Souls Hill by The Waterboys Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- Scottish studio albums (collector's editions) chart peaks:
- "Fisherman's Blues (collector's edition)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- Scottish live albums chart peaks:
- "The Live Adventures of". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- UK Independent live album chart peaks:
- "The Live Adventures of". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- Scottish compilation albums chart peaks:
- "The Secret Life of the Waterboys 81–85". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- "Too Close to Heaven". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- "In a Special Place – The Piano Demos for This Is the Sea". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- European compilation albums chart peaks:
- "The Best of The Waterboys 81–90" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- German compilation albums chart peaks:
- "The Best of The Waterboys 81–90". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- Portuguese compilation album chart peaks:
- "The Best of The Waterboys 81–90" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- Scottish singles chart peaks:
- "Everybody Takes a Tumble". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- Australian singles chart peaks:
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 333. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- 100+ ARIA"Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 6 May 1991". Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- Canadian singles chart peaks:
- "The Whole of the Moon". RPM. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "The Return of Pan". RPM. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- European singles chart peaks:
- "The Whole of the Moon" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "Fisherman's Blues" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "The Whole of the Moon (re-issue)" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "The Return of Pan" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "Glastonbury Song" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- 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.
- Portuguese singles chart peaks:
- "The Return of Pan" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "Glastonbury Song" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "Gallup Top 200 Singles". Gallup. 24 December 1983. Retrieved 11 November 2022 – via ukmix.org.
- "Gallup Top 200 Singles". Gallup. 21 April 1984. Retrieved 11 November 2022 – via ukmix.org.
- Mike Scott albums chart peaks:
- "Bring 'Em All In". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- "Still Burning". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- Mike Scott albums chart peaks:
- "Bring 'Em All In" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- "Still Burning" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- "Mike Scott Norwegian chart peaks". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- "Mike Scott Swedish chart peaks". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- Mike Scott Scottish singles chart peaks:
- "Bring 'Em All In". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "Building the City of Light". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "Love Anyway". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "Rare, Precious and Gone". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
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