Name: An Appointment With Mr. Yeats
Brand: Proper Dpt
SKU: 20893405
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An Appointment With Mr. Yeats

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Album: An Appointment With Mr. Yeats
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Hosting of the Shee	More Info...
2)	Song of the Wandering Aengus	More Info...
3)	News for the Delphic Oracle	More Info...
4)	A Full Moon in March	More Info...
5)	Sweet Dancer	More Info...
6)	White Birds	More Info...
7)	The Lake Isle of Innisfree	More Info...
8)	Mad As the Mist and Snow	More Info...
9)	Before the World Was Made	More Info...
10)	September 1913	More Info...
11)	An Irish Airman Forsees His Death	More Info...
12)	Politics	More Info...
13)	Let the Earth Bear Witness	More Info...
14)	The Faery's Last Song	More Info...

Album: An Appointment With Mr. Yeats
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Hosting of the Shee	More Info...
2)	Song of the Wandering Aengus	More Info...
3)	News for the Delphic Oracle	More Info...
4)	A Full Moon in March	More Info...
5)	Sweet Dancer	More Info...
6)	White Birds	More Info...
7)	The Lake Isle of Innisfree	More Info...
8)	Mad As the Mist and Snow	More Info...
9)	Before the World Was Made	More Info...
10)	September 1913	More Info...
11)	An Irish Airman Forsees His Death	More Info...
12)	Politics	More Info...
13)	Let the Earth Bear Witness	More Info...
14)	The Faery's Last Song	More Info...

Performer 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

Professional 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..."