- The Waterboys( Waterboys )【 256 songs in total 】
- The Waterboys are a Scottish/Irish folk rock band formed in Edinburgh in 1983 by Scottish musician Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland and Ireland with Edinburgh, Dublin, Spiddal, New York and Findhorn, serving as homes for the group. Mike Scott has remained as the only constant member throughout the band's career. They have explored a number of different styles, but their music is mainly a mix of Celtic folk music with rock and roll. They dissolved in 1993 when Scott departed to pursue a solo career. They reformed in 2000, and continue to release albums and tour worldwide. Scott emphasises a continuity between The Waterboys and his solo work, saying that 'To me there's no difference between Mike Scott and the Waterboys; they both mean the same thing. They mean myself and whoever are my current travelling musical companions.'
The early Waterboys sound was dubbed 'The Big Music' after a song on their second album, A Pagan Place. This style was described by Scott as 'a metaphor for seeing God's signature in the world.' Waterboys chronicler Ian Abrahams elaborated on this by defining 'The Big Music' as, '...a mystical celebration of paganism. It's extolling the basic and primitive divinity that exists in everything ('the oceans and the sand'), religious and spiritual all encompassing. Here is something that can't be owned or built upon, something that has its existence in the concept of Mother Earth and has an ancestral approach to religion. And it takes in and embraces the feminine side of divinity, pluralistic in its acceptance of the wider pantheon of paganism.'
'The Big Music' either influenced or was used to describe a number of other bands specializing in an anthemic sound, including U2, Simple Minds, In Tua Nua, Big Country and the Hothouse Flowers.
In the late 1980s, the band became significantly more folk influenced. The Waterboys eventually returned to rock and roll, and have released both rock and folk albums since reforming.
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Lyricist
Composer
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A Boy In Black Leather
Scott Michael (gb 1)
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2
A Full Moon In March
2011
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3
A Girl Called Johnny (2002 Remastered Version)
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4
A Girl Called Johnny
1998-02
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5
A Girl Called Johnny
1998
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6
A Girl Called Johnny
1982
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7
A Golden Age
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8
A Home In The Meadow
Sammy Cahn, Robert Dolan, Michael Scott
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9
A Life Of Sundays
1996-12
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10
A Man Is In Love
1996-12
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11
A Pagan Place
Michael Scott
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12
A Song For the Life (2008 Remastered Version)
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13
All The Things She Gave Me
1984
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14
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
2011
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15
Anatomy of a Love Affair
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16
And a Bang on the Ear (Remastered)
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17
And A Bang On The Ear
1988
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18
And The Healing Has Begun
1998-02
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19
Another Kind Of Circus
Scott Michael (gb 1)
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20
Be My Enemy
2006-04
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21
Be My Enemy
1998-02
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22
Beautiful Now
2015-01
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23
Because The Night
1998-02
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24
Before The World Was Made
2011
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25
Beverly Penn (2004 Remaster)
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26
Beverly Penn
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27
Bigger Picture (2008 Remastered Version)
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28
Bigger Picture
1996-12
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29
Billy Sparks
Mike Scott
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30
Blues for Your Baby (Remastered)
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31
Boy In Black Leather
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32
Buckets of Rain
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33
Bury My Heart
Michael Scott
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34
Calliope House(Provided)
1996-12
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35
Cathy
Nikki Sudden
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36
Church Not Made With Hands
1984
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37
Corn Circles
1993
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38
Crown
Mike Scott
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39
Custer's Blues
Mike Scott
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40
Death Is Not The End
1998-02
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41
Death Is Not the End
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42
December (2002 Remastered Version)
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43
December
1982
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44
Destinies Entwined
2015-01
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45
Do We Choose Who We Love
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46
Don't Bang The Drum
2006-04
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47
Down Through The Dark Streets
Mike Scott
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48
Dumbing Down the World
Mike Scott
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49
Dunford's Fancy(Provided)
1988
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50
Everybody Takes A Tumble
Mike Scott, Anthony Silvester Thistlethwaite
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51
Father
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52
Fisherman's Blues (2nd version)
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53
Fisherman's Blues - 2013 Remastered Version
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54
Fisherman's Blues
1998-02
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55
Fisherman's Blues
1998
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56
Fisherman's Blues
1988
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57
Fisherman's Blues
Michael Scott, Stephen Patrick Wickham
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58
Forever Young
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59
Further Up Further In (2008 Remastered Version)
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60
Further Up, Further In
1996-12
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61
Gala (Unedited!) Start
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62
Gala
1982
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63
Girl From the North Country
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64
Girl of the North Country (Remastered)
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65
Glastonbury Song - Album Version
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66
Glastonbury Song
1998
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67
Glastonbury Song
1993
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68
Glastonbury Song
Mike Scott
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69
Going To Paris
Mike Scott
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70
Good Man Gone
Mike Scott
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71
Good News
1993
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72
Has Anybody Here Seen Hank
1988
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73
Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?
Michael Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite
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74
Higher In Time
1998
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75
His Word Is Not His Bond
Mike Scott
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76
How Long Will I Love You (2008 Remastered Version)
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77
How Long Will I Love You
Mike Scott
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78
How Long Will I Love You?
1996-12
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79
I Am Not Here (2004 Remaster)
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80
I Can See Elvis
2015-01
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81
I Will Meet You in Heaven Again
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82
I Will Not Follow (2002 Remastered Version)
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83
I Will Not Follow
1982
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84
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
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85
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
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86
If I Can't Have You (Remastered)
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87
If the Answer Is Yeah
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88
In Search For A Rose
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89
In Search Of A Rose
1996-12
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90
Is She Conscious
Ian Mcdonald, Mike Scott
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91
Islandman
1996-12
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92
It Should Have Been You
1982
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93
It's All Gone
Mike Scott
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94
It's Gonna Rain
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95
Jimmy Hickey's Waltz(Provided)
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96
Kaliope House
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97
Killing My Heart (2nd version)
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98
Killing My Heart
Michael Scott
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99
Let It Happen
Mike Scott
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100
Let Me Feel Holy Again (Remastered)
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101
Let The Earth Bear Witness
2011
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102
Lonesome and a Long Way from Home (Remastered)
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103
Lonesome Old Wind (Remastered)
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104
Long Strange Golden Road
2015-01
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105
Lost Highway
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106
Love & Death
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107
Love And Death
1993
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108
Love Anyway
1998
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109
Love Walks In
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110
Love Will Shoot You Down
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111
Mad As The Mist And Snow
2011
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112
Malediction
Mike Scott
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113
Martin Decent
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114
Medicine Bow
2006-04
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115
Medicine Bow
1998-02
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116
Medicine Bow
1998
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117
Meet Me At The Station
1998-02
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118
Miracle
Mike Scott
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119
Mister Charisma
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120
Monument
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121
Morning Came Too Soon
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122
My Lord, What A Morning
Harry Belafonte, Robert Corman, Milt Okun
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123
My Love Is My Rock In the Weary Land
Mike Scott
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124
Natural Bridge Blues(Provided)
1996-12
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125
Nearest Thing to Hip
2015-01
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126
News For The Delphic Oracle
2011
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127
Nobody 'Cept You (Remastered)
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128
Nobody 'cept You
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129
Nobody's Baby Anymore
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130
November Tale
2015-01
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131
Old England
2006-04
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132
Old England
1998-02
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133
Out Of Control
Scott Michael (gb 1)
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134
Payo Payo Chin
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135
Peace of Iona(Provided)
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136
Politics
2011
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137
Preparing To Fly
1993
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138
Purple Rain
1998-02
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139
Raggle-Taggle Gypsy
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140
Rags
Michael Scott
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141
Rags(Second Amendment)
1984
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142
Rare, Precious And Gone
1998
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143
Rattle My Bones and Shiver My Soul (Remastered)
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144
Ready For The Monkeyhouse
Michael Scott
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145
Red Army Blues (Live)
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146
Red Army Blues
1998
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147
Red Army Blues
1984
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148
Rokudenashiko
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149
Room To Roam (2008 Remastered Version)
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150
Room To Roam
Colin (arr) Blakey, Noel (arr) Bridgeman, Trevor (arr) Hutchinson, Mike (arr) Scott, Sharon (arr) Shannon, A (arr) Thistlethwaite, Traditional, Steve (arr) Wickham
1996-12
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151
Rosalind (You Married The Wrong Guy)
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152
Rosalind You Married the Wrong Girl(Provided)
2015-01
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153
Saints And Angels
1998-02
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154
Santa Fe
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155
Savage Earth Heart
1998-02
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156
Savage Earth Heart
1982
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157
September 1913
2011
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158
She Is So Beautiful
1998
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159
She Tried To Hold Me
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160
Sleek White Schooner (2004 Remaster)
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161
Some of My Best Friends Are Trains
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162
Somebody Might Wave Back
1984
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163
Something Fantastic
Mike Scott
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164
Something That Is Gone (2008 Remastered Version)
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165
Something That Is Gone
1996-12
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166
Song From The End Of The World
1996-12
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167
Song Of The Steppes(Provided)
1984
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168
Song Of Wandering Aengus
2011
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169
Soon As I Get Home
Roscoe Corner
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170
Spirit
2006-04
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171
Spirit
1998-02
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172
Spiritual City
1993
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173
Spring Comes To Spiddal (2008 Remastered Version)
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174
Spring Comes To Spiddal
1996-12
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175
Still a Freak
2015-01
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176
Strange Arrangement (Live)
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177
Strange Boat
1998
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178
Strange Boat
1988
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179
Suffer
1993
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180
Sustain
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181
Sweet Dancer
2011
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182
Sweet Thing (Remastered)
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183
Sweet Thing
1988
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184
Tenderfootin' (Remastered)
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185
The Big Music
1984
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186
The Charlatan's Lament
Mike Scott
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187
The Charlatans Lament
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188
The Earth Only Endures
1998-02
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189
The Elegant Companion
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190
The Faery's Last Song
2011
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191
The Four Ages Of Man(Provided)
2011
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192
The Girl In The Swing
1982
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193
The Girl Who Slept For Scotland
2015-01
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194
The Hosting Of The Shee
2011
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195
The Ladder
John Nelson, Prince Nelson
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196
The Lake Isle Of Innisfree
2011
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197
The Madness Is Here Again
Mike Scott
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198
The New Life
1993
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199
The Pan Within - Album Version
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200
The Pan Within
2006-04
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201
The Pan Within
1998-02
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202
The Pan Within
1998
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203
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy (2008 Remastered Version)
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204
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy
1996-12
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205
The Return Of Jimi Hendrix
1993
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206
The Return Of Pan
1998
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207
The Return Of Pan
1993
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208
The Star And The Sea
1996-12
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209
The Stolen Child (Remastered)
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210
The Stolen Child
1988
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211
The Three Day Man
1982
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212
The Thrill Is Gone
1998-02
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213
The Thrill Is Gone
1984
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214
The Trip To Broadford(Provided)
1996-12
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215
The Waves (2004 Remaster)
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216
The Ways Of Men
Scott Michael (gb 1), Thistlethwaite Anthony Silvest
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217
The Wayward Wind
1998-02
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218
The Whole of the Moon (2004 Remastered Version)
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219
The Whole of the Moon (remastered)
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220
The Whole Of The Moon
2006-04
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221
The Whole Of The Moon
1998-02
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222
The Whole Of The Moon
1996-12
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223
The Whole Of The Moon
1998
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224
The Whole of the Moon
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225
The Wind In the Wires
Mike Scott
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226
Then You Hold Me (2004 Remaster)
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227
This Is The Sea
2006-04
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228
This Is The Sea
1998-02
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229
This Is The Sea
1998
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230
This Land is Your Land
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231
Too Close to Heaven - 2013 Remastered Version
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232
Trumpets
2006-04
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233
Upon The Wind And The Waves
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234
We Are Jonah
Mike Scott
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235
We Will Not Be Lovers
1998-02
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236
We Will Not Be Lovers
1988
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237
What Do You Want Me To Do
1998
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238
When Will We Be Married (Remastered)
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239
When Will We Be Married
1988
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240
When Will We Be Married?
Michael Scott, Traditional, Stephen Patrick Wickham
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241
When Ye Go Away (Remastered)
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242
When Ye Go Away
1998
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243
When Ye Go Away
1988
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244
Where Are You Now When I Need You?
Michael Scott
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245
White Birds
2011
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246
Whole Of The Moon - Album Version
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247
Whole Of The Moon
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248
Why Look At The Moon
Victoria Ann Williams
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249
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
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250
Winter In The Blood
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251
Winter Winter
1993
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252
Wonders Of Lewis
1993
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253
World Party
1988
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254
You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War
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255
You in the Sky (Remastered)
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256
You In The Sky
Mike Scott