Name: Room to Roam
Brand: Chrysalis Records
SKU: 151714126
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Room to Roam

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Album: Room to Roam
#	Song Title	Time
1)	In Search of a Rose
2)	Song From the End of the World
3)	Man Is in Love, A
4)	Bigger Picture
5)	Natural Bridge Blues
6)	Something That Is Gone
7)	Star and the Sea, The
8)	Life of Sundays, A
9)	Islandman
10)	Raggle Taggle Gypsy, The
11)	How Long Will I Love You
12)	Upon the Wind and Waves
13)	Spring Comes to Spiddal
14)	Trip to Broadford, The
15)	Further Up, Further In
16)	Room to Roam
17)	Kings of Kerry, The
1)	In Search of a Rose [Full Band]
2)	My Morag [The Exile's Dream]
3)	Man Is in Love [Alternate], A
4)	Wyndy Wyndy Road, The
5)	Three Ships
6)	Sunny Sailor Boy
7)	Sponsored Pedal Pusher's Blues
8)	Wayward Wind, The
9)	Danny Murphy/Florence
10)	Raggle Taggle Gypsy [Live], The
11)	Custer's Blues [Live]
12)	Twa Recruitin' Sergeants [Live]
13)	Reel and a Stomp in the Kitchen, A
14)	Down by the Sally Gardens-By Tomas Mac Eoin
15)	Strathspey in the Rain at Dawn, A
16)	Song for the Life, A
17)	Kings of Kerry [Outdoor], The

Album: Room to Roam
#	Song Title	Time
1)	In Search of a Rose
2)	Song From the End of the World
3)	Man Is in Love, A
4)	Bigger Picture
5)	Natural Bridge Blues
6)	Something That Is Gone
7)	Star and the Sea, The
8)	Life of Sundays, A
9)	Islandman
10)	Raggle Taggle Gypsy, The
11)	How Long Will I Love You
12)	Upon the Wind and Waves
13)	Spring Comes to Spiddal
14)	Trip to Broadford, The
15)	Further Up, Further In
16)	Room to Roam
17)	Kings of Kerry, The
1)	In Search of a Rose [Full Band]
2)	My Morag [The Exile's Dream]
3)	Man Is in Love [Alternate], A
4)	Wyndy Wyndy Road, The
5)	Three Ships
6)	Sunny Sailor Boy
7)	Sponsored Pedal Pusher's Blues
8)	Wayward Wind, The
9)	Danny Murphy/Florence
10)	Raggle Taggle Gypsy [Live], The
11)	Custer's Blues [Live]
12)	Twa Recruitin' Sergeants [Live]
13)	Reel and a Stomp in the Kitchen, A
14)	Down by the Sally Gardens-By Tomas Mac Eoin
15)	Strathspey in the Rain at Dawn, A
16)	Song for the Life, A
17)	Kings of Kerry [Outdoor], The

Performer Notes

Personnel: Mike Scott (vocals, guitar, piano); Steve Wickham (vocals, fiddle, organ); Anthony Thistlethwaite (mandolin, saxophone); Sharon Shannon (fiddle, accordion); Colin Blakey (whistle, flute, piano, organ); Trevor Hutchinson (bouzouki, bass); Noel Bridgeman (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Kieran Wilde (clarinet); Roddy Lorimer (trumpet); Neil Sidwell (trombone); Barry Beckett (piano); Ken Samson (didgeridoo); Seamus Begley, Eileen Begley, John Burke, Diarmuid O'Suilleabhan (background vocals).
Recorded at Spiddal House, Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland.
Personnel: Mike Scott (vocals, guitar, piano); Steve Wickham (vocals, fiddle, Hammond b-3 organ); Noel Bridgeman (vocals, drums, percussion); Trevor Hutchinson (bouzouki); Anthony Thistlethwaite (mandolin, saxophone); Sharon Shannon (fiddle, accordion); Colin Blakey (flute, whistle, piano, Hammond b-3 organ).
Audio Mixers: Andrew Boland; Philip Tennant; Tim Martin.
Recording information: Spiddal House, Co. Galway, Ireland (02/1990-06/1990).
Editor: Mike Scott .
Photographers: Stefano Giovannini; Sean Jackson; Cyril Byrne.
If one were to divide the Waterboys' career into three parts, ROOM TO ROAM would fall at the end of the middle Irish folk segment. The Waterboys' Scots main man Mike Scott's love for Ireland is expressed in each song--the clearest example being "Islandman." Scott's band includes long-time partner Anthony Thistlewaite, accordion player Sharon Shannon, and renowned fiddler Steve Wickham, who really comes into his own here, contributing his touching "Upon the Wind and Waves."
Notable are a lively take on "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy," "Spring Comes to Spiddal," a spectacularly sprightly ode to the town the album was recorded in, and "Further Up, Further In," a gorgeously catchy song that sets Scott's lyrics to a traditional folk song. Also noteworthy are a pair of beautiful love songs, "A Man in Love" and "How Long Will I Love You?," both of which are sincere enough to make listeners feel they're eavesdropping on a private moment.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (11/29/90) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "..carouses delightedly and delightfully with its pixilated Irishness...[spinning] out an eternal story as if it had never before been told.."

New York Times (Publisher) (2/2/90) - "..a succinct assertion of the Irish ethic...a gentle, reflective record that branches out from traditional Irish influences into psychedelic rock and...pop.."