The Waterboys' 'Out Of All This Blue' coming; listen to new track too!

I count The Waterboys' 1985 album This Is The Sea and 1989's Fisherman's Blues as two of my favorite '80s albums. I also loved Mike Scott & company's wonderful 2011 album "An Appointment with Mr Yeats" with 14 tracks crafted amidst the poetry of W.B. Yeats. I can't wait to hear the band's new album based on the terrific song "If the Answer is Yeah."...

The Waterboys release the groovy, infectious track, "If The Answer Is Yeah" 

New Double Album 'Out of All This Blue' is out September 8, 2017

The Waterboys have announced their brand new double album entitled Out Of All This Blue, available September 8 via BMG. This is their debut album with BMG since recently signing with the label. In advance of the album, The Waterboys have released their first single "If The Answer Is Yeah" - bound to make heads nod... and there's no "No" for an answer! The track is availabletoday for download and streaming. You can listen to the official audio below.

Mike Scott

Produced by Mike Scott and recorded in Dublin and Tokyo, Out Of All This Blue will be available on digital, double CD, and double LP formats, plus deluxe triple CD and LP packages, which include bonus tracks. CLICK HERE to pre-order. 

Out Of All This Blue is The Waterboys' most exploratory recording yet, comprising 23 songs with Mike Scott's trademark sharp lyrics set to pop music with echoes of classic R&B, country, soul and funk, underpinned by modern hip-hop production values and rhythms. String & brass sections were arranged and conducted by Trey Pollard of The Spacebomb Collective.

Of the record, Mike Scott explains: "Out Of All This Blue is 2/3 love and romance, and 1/3 stories and observations. I knew from the beginning I wanted to make a double album, and lucky for me - and I hope the listener - the songs just kept coming, and in pop colors."

The Waterboys – Out Of All This Blue

Official Tracklisting:
01. Do We Choose Who We Love 
02. If I Was Your Boyfriend 
03. Santa Fe 
04. If the Answer Is Yeah*
05. Love Walks In 
06. New York I Love You 
07. The Connemara Fox 
08. The Girl in the Window Chair 
09. Morning Came Too Soon 
10. Hiphopstrumental 4 (Scatman) 
11. The Hammerhead Bar 
12. Mister Charisma 
    13. Nashville, Tennessee 
14. Man, What a Woman 
15. Girl in a Kayak 
16. Monument 
17. Kinky's History Lesson 
18. Skyclad Lady 
19. Rokudenashiko 
20. Didn't We Walk on Water 
21. The Elegant Companion 
22. Yamaben 
23. Payo Payo Chin 

*Available Now!

Bonus Tracks:
01. The Memphis Fox 
02. If the Answer Is Yeah (Alternate Version) 
03. If I Was Your Boyfriend (Zeenie Mix) 
04. Epiphany on Mott Street 
05. Didn't We Walk on Water (JessKav Mix) 
06. Santa Fe (Instrumental) 
07. Payo Payo Chin (Tokyo Hotel) 
08. Return to Roppongi Hills 
09. Nashville, Tennessee (Live) 
10. Mister Charisma (Alternate Version) 
11. So in Love with You 

Album Pre-Order

This Fall, The Waterboys will tour the UK in support of Out Of All This Blue with dates as follows:

10/18 - Bristol Colston Hall - Tickets
10/19 - Birmingham Symphony Hall - Tickets
10/21 - London Palladium - Tickets
10/22 - Manchester Opera House - Tickets
10/23 - Sage Gateshead - Tickets
10/24 - Glasgow SEC Armadillo - Tickets
10/26 - Dublin 3Arena - Tickets

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