The Waterboys 
The latest album released by The Waterboys is Life, Death And Dennis Hopper. This album was released 04/04/2025.
The best album credited to The Waterboys is This Is The Sea which is ranked number 880 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,001.
The Waterboys is ranked number 406 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 4,765.
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- Mike Scott
- Anthony Thistlethwaite
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The Waterboys best albums
The following albums by The Waterboys are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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The Waterboys bestography composition
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| 1980s | 4 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 5 | 0% | |
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| 2010s | 5 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 5 | 0% |
The Waterboys best tracks
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100/100  | 10/24/2023 16:22 | DaaN | | 92/100 |
85/100 | 10/23/2023 09:57 | MaxStorm98 | | 92/100 |
75/100 | 09/23/2023 10:30 | Stevo796 | | 74/100 |
80/100 | 12/26/2021 15:26 | mostlymor | | 70/100 |
65/100 | 05/26/2021 15:36 |  paladisiac | | 67/100 |
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This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 17.3.
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The Waterboys are Scottish not Irish
Strange boat is one of the best songs ever ... underrated
thirstyDog 03/09/2018 02:13
Hang on, why is this band listed as Irish???
thirstyDog 08/09/2017 04:25
I like Mike Scott's "whoohoo!"s
Best albums: The Waterboys, This Is The Sea, Fisherman's Blues
There's some very good and interesting stuff on A Rock In The Weary Land, too
Still listen to them today, but only those essential albums. Excellent band. Still doing it great today and better than most.
Totally agree with above comment. Really overlooked band. My second favourite band after The Doors. Their first 6 albums are magnificent. Last four not as good but all have their moments.
jhuik 08/17/2013 14:22
Mike Scott is a musical genius that dug deep on so many of the great Waterboys' songs. I find it unbelievable how sadly overlooked this band is. Sure, they peaked with This is the Sea and Fisherman's Blues but what a peak that was.
The 1st 3 albums are glorious. Fisherman's Blues was good but I sort of lost them after that.
mr_wujas 09/27/2011 20:17
Dream Harder - essential
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