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Modern Blues

The Waterboys

Modern Blues

Eleventh album from Mike Scott's celtic rockers and their first recorded in the US, in Nashville

ADM rating[?]

6.3

Label
Harlequin and Clown
UK Release date
19/01/2015
US Release date
07/04/2015
  1. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    A mature album of tunes that contemplate the world from a distinctly middle-aged perspective
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  2. 8.0 |   The FT

    An album where Elvis rubs shoulders with Kerouac: a mix of Irish folk and rock ‘n’ roll
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  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Scott and Wickham have made the best Waterboys record since 1988’s Fisherman’s Blues. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    It’s the sound of him having fun and being content, still exploring what the definition of ‘The Big Music’ may be
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  5. 7.0 |   Uncut

    The sound is monumental, the lyrics discursive. Print edition only

  6. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    He’s something of a maverick genius who, occasionally, overreaches himself. Frankly, it’s why we dig him so much
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  7. 6.0 |   The Observer

    The singer is still a fan and his songs try too hard to mimic the swagger of the artists (Elvis, Marvin Gaye, Charlie Parker) Modern Blues namechecks
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  8. 6.0 |   The Music

    The tweak here is taking this most Irish muse to Nashville, adding big Southern guitar and organ flows to Scott’s declamations
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  9. 6.0 |   Q

    As always, Scott overdoes it- and frequently- but when Modern Blues is good, it’s’ very good indeed. Print edition only

  10. 4.0 |   musicOMH

    Modern Blues is probably one for the fans only
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  11. 4.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It’s almost inconceivable that this is the same man who wrote the greatest song in the history of pop music
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