Fisherman's Blues (studio album) by The Waterboys
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Fisherman's Blues is ranked 2nd best out of 24 albums by The Waterboys on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Waterboys is This Is The Sea which is ranked number 895 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,958.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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65/100  | 06/12/2025 23:20 | Invader666 | | 66/100 |
80/100 | 06/05/2025 13:28 | replacementlevel | | 70/100 |
75/100 | 05/12/2025 15:41 | spinout | | 81/100 |
85/100 | 04/26/2025 21:38 | sealskin0 | | 77/100 |
75/100 | 03/10/2025 14:57 |  hoyquarlow | | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.8/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Great album that followed the excellent This Is The Sea. Though strangely Fisherman’s Blues probably stands the test of time better. One has to wonder what Scott & Wallanger could have achieved if they had not parted ways after This Is The Sea
Sandrof1969 02/11/2018 14:30
Disco che sa di prati irlandesi, di sole, di mare, di aria fresca; canzoni eccellenti e ben fatte, scrittura ispirata, obiettivi ben chiari in testa e perfettamente raggiunti. Il momento magico in cui tutto ti riesce bene e quindi puoi permetterti di fare una cover della "Sweet thing" di Van Morrison migliore dell'originale ed in mezzo inserirci un estratto da "Blackbird" dei Beatles e tutto funziona alla perfezione.
planetneutral 01/29/2018 14:07
Meh. I kind of liked the energy at first, but it started to feel self-indulgent to me after a while.
Along with, This is the sea, this is the best Waterboys album. Excellent tracks in, And a bang on the ear, We will not be lovers, and the title track. Excellent record.
They absolutely nail Sweet Thing...it's a good album but a little too inconsistent to be great.
Very good album TIMELESS hasn't lost its traditional music charm
jhuik 01/02/2012 22:15
There have been lots of takes on celt-rock over the years but to me this stands as one of the very best, if not the best.
A good album that will be pleasent to listen to in the outdoors!
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