The Waterboys have announced their brand new double album entitled Out Of All This Blue, available September 8 via BMG Records. This is their debut release with BMG since recently signing with the label.
Produced by Mike Scott and recorded in Dublin and Tokyo, Out Of All This Blue will be available on digital, double CD, and double LP formats, plus deluxe triple CD and LP packages, which include bonus tracks. The official tracklistings are below.
Out Of All This Blue is The Waterboys' most exploratory recording yet, comprising 23 songs with Mike Scott's trademark sharp lyrics set to pop music with echoes of classic R&B, country, soul and funk, underpinned by modern hip-hop production values and rhythms. String & brass sections were arranged and conducted by Trey Pollard of The Spacebomb Collective.
Of the record, Mike Scott explains: "Out Of All This Blue is 2/3 love and romance, and 1/3 stories and observations. I knew from the beginning I wanted to make a double album, and lucky for me - and I hope the listener - the songs just kept coming, and in pop colors."
The Waterboys – Out Of All This Blue
Official Tracklisting: 01. Do We Choose Who We Love 02. If I Was Your Boyfriend 03. Santa Fe 04. If the Answer Is Yeah 05. Love Walks In 06. New York I Love You 07. The Connemara Fox 08. The Girl in the Window Chair 09. Morning Came Too Soon 10. Hiphopstrumental 4 (Scatman) 11. The Hammerhead Bar 12. Mister Charisma 13. Nashville, Tennessee 14. Man, What a Woman 15. Girl in a Kayak 16. Monument 17. Kinky's History Lesson 18. Skyclad Lady 19. Rokudenashiko 20. Didn't We Walk on Water 21. The Elegant Companion 22. Yamaben 23. Payo Payo Chin
Bonus Tracks: 01. The Memphis Fox 02. If the Answer Is Yeah (Alternate Version) 03. If I Was Your Boyfriend (Zeenie Mix) 04. Epiphany on Mott Street 05. Didn't We Walk on Water (JessKav Mix) 06. Santa Fe (Instrumental) 07. Payo Payo Chin (Tokyo Hotel) 08. Return to Roppongi Hills 09. Nashville, Tennessee (Live) 10. Mister Charisma (Alternate Version) 11. So in Love with You
This Fall, The Waterboys will tour the UK in support of Out Of All This Blue with dates as follows:
10/18 - Bristol Colston Hall 10/19 - Birmingham Symphony Hall 10/21 - London Palladium 10/22 - Manchester Opera House 10/23 - Sage Gateshead 10/24 - Glasgow SEC Armadillo 10/26 - Dublin 3Arena
