Waterboys

Waterboys hit songs and albums
The Waterboys are a Scottish-Irish folk rock band formed in Edinburgh in 1983 by Scottish musician Mike Scott (born in Edinburgh on December 14, 1958), the founder and only permanent member of the band. The Waterboys began when Scott made a number of solo recordings in late 1981 and early 1982 while in other bands, where he met saxophonist Anthony Thistlethwaite and drummer Kevin Wilkinson and worked on songs that would make up both of the band’s first two albums. The Waterboys broke through with their third album, 1985’s This Is The Sea and the lead song The Whole of the Moon which was a UK Official Singles Chart hit twice. The Waterboys dissolved in 1993, when Scott ended up as the sole member and so binned the name and released a couple of albums under his own name before reigniting Waterboys again in 2000.
  • 0
    UK Number 1s
  • 1
    UK Top 10s
  • 5
    UK Top 40s
  • 7
    UK Top 75s
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    Weeks at Number 1
  • 4
    Weeks in Top 10
  • 18
    Weeks in Top 40
  • 33
    Weeks in Top 75
  • 0
    UK Number 1s
  • 4
    UK Top 10s
  • 10
    UK Top 40s
  • 14
    UK Top 75s
  • 0
    Weeks at Number 1
  • 7
    Weeks in Top 10
  • 34
    Weeks in Top 40
  • 71
    Weeks in Top 75
Date Title, Artist Peak
Pos
WoC Wks
No 1
Chart
Facts
30.04.
1983
A GIRL CALLED JOHNNY
NO-LABEL MIUCT0051
80 03 00
26.10.
1985
THE WHOLE OF THE MOON
ENSIGN ENY520
26 08 00
14.01.
1989
FISHERMAN'S BLUES
WATERBOYS
ENSIGN ENY621
32 06 00
01.07.
1989
AND A BANG ON THE EAR
ENSIGN ENY624
51 04 00
06.04.
1991
THE WHOLE OF THE MOON {1991}
ENSIGN ENY642
03 09 00
08.06.
1991
FISHERMAN'S BLUES {1991}
ENSIGN ENY645
75 01 00
Buy
15.05.
1993
THE RETURN OF PAN
WATERBOYS
GEFFEN GFSTD42
24 03 00
24.07.
1993
GLASTONBURY SONG
WATERBOYS
GEFFEN GFSTD49
29 03 00
Date Title, Artist Peak
Pos
WoC Wks
No 1
Chart
Facts
16.06.
1984
A PAGAN PLACE
WATERBOYS
ENSIGN ENCL3
100 01 00
28.09.
1985
THIS IS THE SEA
WATERBOYS
ENSIGN ENCL5
37 17 00
29.10.
1988
FISHERMAN'S BLUES
WATERBOYS
ENSIGN CHEN5
13 19 00
29.09.
1990
ROOM TO ROAM
WATERBOYS
ENSIGN CHEN16
05 06 00
11.05.
1991
THE BEST OF THE WATERBOYS 81-90
ENSIGN CHEN19
02 16 00
Buy
05.06.
1993
DREAM HARDER
WATERBOYS
GEFFEN GED24476
05 10 00
07.05.
1994
THE BEST OF
WATERBOYS
ENSIGN CCD1845
98 02 00
11.07.
1998
THE LIVE ADVENTURES OF
NEW MILLENNIUM COMM. PILOT40
91 01 00
Buy
07.10.
2000
A ROCK IN THE WEARY LAND
RCA 74321783052
47 02 00
14.07.
2001
THIS IS THE SEA
WATERBOYS
ENSIGN CCD1543
57 02 00
Buy
21.06.
2003
UNIVERSAL HALL
WATERBOYS
PUCK PUCK1
74 01 00
14.04.
2007
BOOK OF LIGHTNING
WATERBOYS
W14 1721305
51 01 00
01.10.
2011
AN APPOINTMENT WITH MR YEATS
PROPER PRPCD081
30 02 00
30.11.
2013
FISHERMAN'S BOX
WATERBOYS
PARLOPHONE 2564641330
84 01 00
31.01.
2015
MODERN BLUES
WATERBOYS
HARLEQUIN AND CLOWN CLOWNE1
14 05 00
21.09.
2017
OUT OF ALL THIS BLUE
BMG 538292480
08 01 00
Buy
06.06.
2019
WHERE THE ACTION IS
COOKING VINYL COOKCD731
21 01 00
03.09.
2020
GOOD LUCK SEEKER
WATERBOYS
COOKING VINYL COOKCD768
14 01 00
19.05.
2022
ALL SOULS HILL
WATERBOYS
COOKING VINYL COOKCD819
94 01 00