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- Record Label: Proper Records
- Release Date: Sep 19, 2011
- Summary: The Celtic folk rock band led by Mike Scott release an album of songs based on the poems of W.B. Yeats.
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- Record Label: Proper Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 6 out of 9
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Mixed: 3 out of 9
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Oct 4, 2011From the clarion call of The Hosting Of The Shee to the haunting The Faery's Last Song, the result is a fabulous feast of words and music.
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Oct 4, 2011Eighteen years in the making, An Appointment With Mr Yates is The Waterboys actual masterpiece.
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MojoOct 5, 2011Like Eddi Reader's Sings the Songs Of Robert Burns, this is bard bigging-up of note. [Oct 2011, p.97]
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Apr 23, 2013In crafting an album that’s filled with largess, they give their fans a work that genuinely seems destined for the ages.
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Oct 4, 2011Scott's permanent air of wonder, and respectful, well-crafted arrangements, allow him to get away with even the most fanciful of tales.
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Q MagazineOct 5, 2011All 14 tracks here use Yeats's verse, and while it's a natural fit, occasionally, as on The Song Of Wandering Aengus, Scott's over-enunciation can overwhelm. [Oct 2011, p.130]
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Oct 4, 2011Too often, Scott and his band are guilty of lily gilding.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Sep 27, 2013
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