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Ben Folds Live (Clean) (with Bonus DVD) [Clean] [Live]
Die Jakobsleiter / Friede Auf Erden
Music: You Got to Bring It to Get It
Fallout From the Phil Zone [Live]
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Seven years and two Mike Scott solo albums since the Waterboys' previous album, Scott's decision to resuscitate the name of the band that made him famous feels like the decision of a man who is determined to stop running from something at which he excels. The second of his solo albums, 1998's Still Burning, was infused with the epic scope that had characterized the Waterboys at their best; A Rock in the Weary Land feels like a logical progression. There is little trace of the Irish-folk influence that occupied Scott for much of the early 1990s; his is what Scott calls "the big music"--surging rock ballads infused with Zeppelinesque drums, backing choirs, strings, and what sounds like dozens of guitars. At its peaks, as on the title track and "We Are Jonah," it is vintage Waterboys, which is to say it's altogether exhilarating. --Andrew Mueller
Album Description
Long awaited seventh album for the influential and critically acclaimed alternative rock act fronted by the literate singer/songwriter Mike Scott. Includes the first single, 'My Love Is My Rock In The Weary Land'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.